Life Experience
Hottest Day of the Year Heatwave The hottest day recorded.Towards ten at nightThe rain started. We walked out Into the garden, naked,enjoying the refreshing rain. The
Fifty kinds of love – introduction Fifty kinds of love is the longest poem in Poems about love. It is full of ideas and observations –
W B Yeats, Never Give All The Heart, poem analysis William Butler Yeats, age 35, 1900, painted by his father, John Butler Yeats Never
The poem “Marriage” – part two A wedding group in Sicily, 2017 Here is the text of the poem, and the third of a series
Publisher Saxon Books Returns Popular and long established war poetry anthologies are not only back on sale again, but for a short time are being
Love in three plant pics and a poem, The last train We are currently plant-sitting for friends who have gone on holiday. One of the
The poem “Marriage” from “Poems about Love” Here is the text of the poem, and the first of a series of background infos and comments
Love poems – subtle change of title Published as How could you know? – Poems about love, it is now Poems about love – How
Poems and life – the stories behind the poems 1B The book: Poems about love – How could you know?. The story behind the poems
Marilyn Stafford, distinguished photographer Promoting poetry – a good idea being developed in Shoreham The basic idea is to present a poem, by a local
Stormont Parliament building where the politicians have been refusing to meet for 18 months to govern Northern Ireland. A Poem for Northern Ireland Backward Vision
LOVE POETRY EXTRAORDINAIRE I believe that many people may find a lot to relate to, argue about and be moved or amused by in my
A poem about Iraq in 2003 Tony Blair’s visit to Southern Iraq early in 2003. He explained the wisdom of the war. MY POEM A
Apple strudel – poem for St Valentine’s Day My darling, you are the apple strudel of my eye, naughty but nice. And yet, friends warn
Poem – Love is its own reward A poem for NHS workers and everyone in caring professions who go on caring for others, even though
My new book How could you know? – Poems about love Love experienced, love observed, love examined from different angles, love in the context of
This is me in the Mojave Desert, California, in 2009 Climate change is not new Ever since there have been climates on earth there has
One of nearly 400 memorials at The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire A Hymn for Remembrance Sunday May be used as a prayer or sung
The sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley is perhaps the best known memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire. It was inspired by the
Poem – What do I know? What does anyone know? What do I know? The origin of the universe its scale its destiny are beyond
I write the occasional poem. Here are three of them. Writing a poem in ten lines is a useful discipline. It concentrates the mind. I
For ten years the small town and port of Shoreham-by-Sea, on the south coast of England, just along the coast from Brighton, has had a
Born in 1942, I now have time to enjoy life more widely and reflect on my experience, interests, and contemporary events.
My books (books I have edited) are primarily books of war poetry (mainly the First World War) and remembrance poems.
I also run a very popular war poetry website www.warpoetry.uk
