A Rhyming Poem about Rhyming Poems
Each month, I post one of my best poems exclusively to my poetry patrons in Patreon. Among other benefits (more … Read more
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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 3: Who is Rosie?
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Poem of the Week: Let’s Dance
I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … Read more
Poem of the Week: These are the Moments
I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the … Read more
This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Things Change
This month’s exclusive poem for my patrons on Patreon is: Things Change. I release my poems there 90 days earlier … Read more
Join my Reader Group and Help me Develop my new Novel: In The Hour
Do you love fiction? Would you like to help shape my next novel, In the Hour? I now post short … Read more
IN THE HOUR Haiku Planning
I recently learned the most marvelous story planning technique from fiction writer and teacher Linda Cracknell—using haiku to outline/plan your … Read more
This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: The Deer’s Cry
It’s time to release my exclusive poem for patrons this month: “The Deer’s Cry”. This is another one of the … Read more
This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Doing Dreams
It’s time to release this month’s exclusive poem for Patrons: Doing Dreams I hope you enjoy it. Till next time, … Read more
Friday Fiction: Iseult Gonne and Lucien Millevoye Take Tea
Maud and Iseult Gonne are living in Normandy, taking refuge from the war in Paris, when they hear that John MacBride, Maud’s husband, has been executed. This leaves Maud frantic to get back to Ireland. She dispatches Iseult to London, to fetch their friend, the poet Willie Yeats.
Allowing Now: The Book and the Poem
I’ve been working on my mindfulness poem “Allowing Now” for a number of years and it’s finally finished. I’ve also been revising some of the poems in that collection.
Poetry for Christmas
The nights are drawing in here in London and the Christmas lights have just been turned on. This is a poem for the season, inspired by the Christmas angel outside Geenpark tube station, Picadilly. You can find it, and more poems for mid-winter, in my Poems for Christmas collection. It’s available in paperback and hardback, as well as ebook, and makes a great gift.
This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Soaring
This month’s exclusive poem for patrons is a Christmas poem “Soaring”, inspired by the Chrismas lights on Picadilly, London. SOARING … Read more
This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Passing On
This post is about November’s exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: Passing On.
If you would like to read the poem, it becomes available exclusively to my patrons today, for the next three months.
A New Poem: Tree Alert
The trees in London are spectacular at the moment. This particular beauty gave me a new poem: Tree Alert.