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Polythenia (Eco Poem)
Polythenia Can you picture this: indulging In the holiday of your dreams, On a distant tropical island Fringed with sunbeam-catching, pearly Sands, lapped by hushed, whispering waves Of rolling light at the edges Of a shimmering, turquoise sea, And the spell of...
May Day – poem
May Day Hawthorn, Bride of May, That flighty damsel. Her syrup-sweet perfume As potent as incense, From blossoms - dancing Maids scattering petals; The creamy confetti Swirling to music Of giddy, jigging gusts, Joyful, waltzing breezes. Offering wishes, Merry-making....
Eco Ratio Lament – poem
National Geographic These Fractions Make Me Fractious Fractions can be useful, we can’t deny. Percentage, pi, and what slice of the pie We can get; the discounts, bargains and gains. Yet while we are taking all of these pains; Working out added value, returns, wealth,...
Why Do ‘Mums Make Porn’ on Channel 4?
https://youtu.be/ScbljRieaJE Having set about a few years ago to write a novel about objectification and the darker side to our 'hyper-sexualised' culture, I was interested to find out more about the motives of the mothers who featured in this documentary. My book...
The Happiness Saboteur
Profile of a Narcissist from the novel:'The Life Coach Less Travelled' "I think I can remember a time when I was happy, before my sister was born. My clearest memory of her is when I was five, going on six. My saliva was dribbling onto the skin which tickled my lip...
Sister Patrick’s Namesake
Humourous extract from my novella, 'So Sister,' which usually goes down well at readings, delivered in my corny Irish accent. The girls in the Geography class at the protagonist's convent school delight in leading this delightful nun off her subject: Mysteries The...