Poetry

I recall having a book called an Anthology of Childrens’  Poems and this was one of my favourites. A big lesson here for the climate change twats – us puny humans have no effect on [more…]

Horatius! Had forgotten about that stirring epic poem. Good to see it getting an airing. I read this extract from ‘The Prophet’ by Kahil Gibran in my speech at my daughter’s wedding. ‘And a woman [more…]

Wanting to contribute something to the blog a while back I started these musings (a.k.a. ramblings of an old git) and I do enjoy letting my mind rove over the past, and occasionally a thought [more…]

Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts, and seemed to see significance in [more…]

Thank you all you lovely people for your kind comments and encouragement on my articles. One such  from Audrey’s Daughter using the phrase – A way with words has given me the opportunity to air [more…]

There is a multitude of fine poems by ‘modern’ poets and it is my aim to introduce as many as is feasible in this series. However, we have to take into consideration the requirements of [more…]

Danny Kruger Starmer is right – this is a fork in the road. One way lies the politics of late-stage liberalism: international human rights, Net Zero and mass migration. The other way lies the politics [more…]