17/11/2022
Here are two poems which may change your attitude towards those who are suffering the effects of unemployment. One is a powerful extended metaphor poem by […]
17/11/2022
We all need a laugh. Sometimes something makes us smile. Sometimes we laugh out loud. And sometimes we laugh because we feel uncomfortable about the terrible […]
09/11/2022
This is a new form of poem based on the popularity of pictorial memes on social media, only they paint a picture with words alone. Hopefully, […]
07/11/2022
Art is created to express ideas and will often evoke a strong response in the viewer, so it is not surprising that poets have developed a […]
02/11/2022
This poem is a self-examination in honour of Socrates who was purportedly the one who gave us the aphorism: An unexamined life is not worth living. […]
01/11/2022
It was not surprising that Gian Marco Ciampa and Erica Piccotti named their album, JOTA, since they dished up a nourishing stew of extraordinary works from […]
01/11/2022
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson Allen & Unwin, 2022 Review by Julie Wright I admit, from the outset, that I have a love/hate relationship […]
28/10/2022
Hello Everyone, As we are in Advent, my thoughts have turned to waiting. We seem to spend a great deal of our lives waiting. Our […]
28/10/2022
Hello Everyone, It has been four months since I launched my first two poetry books. In that time, I have been teaching Orwell’s text, Nineteen […]