My only experience of whales comes, like most of us, from television. I’ve always been fascinated by the vision of a whale, with that intelligent eye staring from a wall...
Ever had the feeling that you are one with your environment? This poem attempts to capture that feeling.
This poem was actually inspired by Sara Cedar Miller’s book on Central Park in New York, despite the fact that I have visited Central Park several times to enjoy it...
I’ve been a lifelong archer, and while I love football, this is the sport that I’ve practised, and which has been a vital thread running through my life. It is...
I love football, and I’ve long admired the football reporter’s skill in being able to analyse a game and spot just who did score that goal in a goalmouth scramble!...
Updated from a poem first written in the early 90’s, this version reflects the names of four of Manchester United’s great heroes, although Mark Hughes remains a favourite of mine...
The poem was written before the first exoplanets had been discovered, especially the rocky ones that may be more similar to earth, and which may contain life. Science is now...
Here I am attempting to take the voice of a Native American chief. It is apocalyptic in tone – the false sun rising could be an atomic bomb - but...
This is an experimental poem (at least for me) in that it is written in a conversational and blank form, copying the message carved into the bench, and relying on...
Balloons is one of my favourite poems. Ballooning is something I’ve seen many times on television, and this is where the imagery comes from. The nearest I’ve been to a...
