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I love metaphysical poetry, I love ‘love’ poetry (when it’s good!) and I love the associations and connotations of writing a sonnet – crafting something, taking your time, and using skill to build something (hopefully) effective and beautiful. I also … Continue reading →

So; worship at church. You know, the singing bit. Ever wondered exactly what’s the point? First things first, if you’re a Christian, there’s the whole ‘bringing glory to God’ thing. That’s obviously the point right? Sounds good? Well, yeah, but … Continue reading →

So this is where they live, the ones who won the victors; proud and just and justly proud of all they own and now just coasting down the hill the wind behind and cadence light and ease is theirs by … Continue reading →

…or rather my fractured relationship with it. Inspired, in part, by my job, by my past and by the media… the results were the poem below – ‘english’.  

So I figure if it’s good enough for Donne it’s good enough for me… I’ve been writing love poems for as long as I’ve been in love (with my wife) and that’s a while now; typically these have been little … Continue reading →

More fabulous and wonderful more luv-er-ly and beautiful more funny, kind and generous more sunny, wise and splenderous more Gillian more Gillian that’s you   kiss kiss

There she stands, film-star shades atop her perfect brow and so she moves and style and grace exude she smiles and all will stop and stare and see – what joy – such beauty; rare and rarefied the air in … Continue reading →

A little song I like to sing Gilly is better than everything! she’s better than cake, she’s better than tea she’s better than holidays she’s better than me! she’s nicer than kittens she’s better each day she fills me with … Continue reading →

She always supposed thereafter that there was something special about that particular street corner. But such things as happened that day are outside of our usual experience, and the clustered cars and scattered shoppers served only as a backdrop. This … Continue reading →

just so you know, I like the poem “Zero” because it’s something I have written that (I think) is clever, which is embarrasing to admit. People aren’t supposed to say something they’ve written is clever. But hey! I could well … Continue reading →