Category Archives: Poetry

Tell Me Your Psyche’s Song

Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com I wrote this poem whilst observing the very public break-up of a couple who had generated such hope for the future. The woman appeared to becoming progressively more lonely, isolated, and eventually lost. I felt for her. I just wanted to understand how she might be feeling. Was itContinueContinue reading “Tell Me Your Psyche’s Song”

Deciduous Waltz

Photo by Dasha on Pexels.com This is one of my favourite poems. It was written at Bath Spa University whilst doing the Creative English degree that I then abandoned for History, on the advice of my tutor who said that these degrees were for people trying to write, not those who could write. In theContinueContinue reading “Deciduous Waltz”

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Photo by David Kopacz on Pexels.com This poem is very close to my heart. For my entire life I’ve never understood the damage humans do to one another, using a random set of excuses why it’s okay. It’s never okay. Even as a toddler I told my parents that unkindness was stupid. I was bornContinueContinue reading “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Who is This Perfect Person?

The only time we were all perfectPhoto by Daisy Laparra on Pexels.com This flawless Faultless Vision of brilliance This sparkling example of humanity It isn’t me I am human I am fallible I have weaknesses Strengths And everything in between I love deeply I forget things sometimes I daydream when I should be working OccasionallyContinueContinue reading “Who is This Perfect Person?”

Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?

Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com This poem is a poem to myself. To the person I thought I was and the person I turned out to be.Maybe it’s a poem for you too, for the person you really were. For forty-five years you suffered terriblyFrom an anxiety that wiped you outObscured the fun lovingContinueContinue reading “Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?”