Category: Poems

TV It’s time to put my new dress on and become tvYou can turn me on, take a seat, sit and see The drama that is me. I’m not ill or sick you see Just mixed up trying to find the me that is me Behind my curtains nothing scares me...

Here are three poems in their rough cut state. Maybe I’ll finish them someday!                                             Why? Once I was a butterfly but now I’m just a flutterby in history A salmon leaping to his future selves...

Two more poems to like or not. Your choice. A Poet. To be or not. Inky lines and words that rhymeAre said to be the bestWhen trying to a Shelley or a HeineOr one of all the restBeast, feast, heat and beat are cluesOn how you end...

I wrote this after watching Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men. His portrayal of an old, tired and world weary sheriff was so impressive.   We Shall Be Dust I’ve sat here so long my coffees full of mouldEyes tired, slowly...

      The Mounds of the Gods Chapter 1 First Introduction upon Dying The afterlife wasn’t quite what Karl Stevens was expecting or, for that matter, a close approximation of what the Christian teachings had promoted for the last...

Extinction:      the state or process of being or becoming extinct. We scream but no one hears, We cry but no one cares, We laugh but it is hollow, We’re still breathing. For now! Extinction: It’s a lifelong tragedy to be...

Judgement The early morning is cold. A bone freezing cold that bites slowly, gnawing into marrow. A mound of sleet sodden fur struggles up a wet sand ridge; far above a solitary gull screeches into the wind, unsure from its high...

Inspiration comes at anytime, words tumble and crash in the head. Time to write it down, play around and hope it works. If it doesn’t nothings lost. It’s not the end of the world, THAT is coming from all around us faster than we...

And so April 2019 draws to an end. The year is flying by and I vacillate between writing and not writing. Enthusiasm to continue writing waxes and wanes. So I have the following offerings still to be offered: a sci-fi novella...

A bit late sharing this review of my Mind Rubble short stories! 4.0 out of 5 starsWell worth a read 21 January 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Mind bending is the word. A fairly random set of stories that are well...

It’s the journey that counts! I’ve been retired for three years now and having more free time has allowed me to do more writing. One novel but now mainly short stories and poetry, although I have just completed a novella, which...