Biography

  The Long and the Short of it

He’s had a full life, and a good one...

The loneliest cold stare

Poor Mr Miserable,
No bench to sleep upon,
No rum to warm yur belly,
No fire to warm your toes.
Poor,
Cold Mr Miserable,
No sleeping bag nor company but your chattering mind.
Poor,

leaning

legs. you have to love them, right?

  Her Rucksack

For Ashley

BIX

It was said of Bix
That his Cornet spat out notes

  OUGH

English is a very strange language and severely taxes even native speakers. For instance, there are nine ways to pronounce the formation 'ough'.

Spirit haiku

Self explanatory :P

I feel about a million times smaller.

Just some thoughts I digged up... A bit 'beat' style. un-edited spontaneous prose.

first and third

That big moon and the sinking sun / his and hers marriage reflectors

The Ascent of Miss Ann Watt

A tribute to my mother Miss Ann Watt, 95 years young last November 13th!

Free Downloads

Eleven years ago a stroke felled me, and with a great wife at my side, prayers pulled me through very difficult times.

  At Eternity's Gate

In a pool
Of sweat and dark memories
A lone swimmer
Carves out lengths
On the quivering surface

Ides Society

Julius Caesar - what a geezer.

  (Sea Story, extract)

extract

  Apollo in his cottons

His imagination was crushed to a pulp,
Between the pages of a GCSE maths book,
And his eyes were dug out of his face,
By lines and lines of twisting jargon,

TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES

In memory of my late mum, who took her own life.

happy memories of happy moments when every was happy being together

grandad around the bookies
no beinging paid his winnings
cricket on the telly
waching englands innings
arm around the girl friend
gob stoppers to suck
back row of the pitchers

thirty one years with mentel health/betts

betts
ifeel like an animal
locked in a cadge
i dont lose my temper
or fly in a radge
you see im a person with feeling
when damaged needs healing
be nice to me
alibali

Castle Walls

I feel my memories from the hood have long been forgotten
And all my success is jaded by the blood of my friends, dirt rotten

Writer's block

I can't write. My fingers are typing but they're not giving any creativity.