The Remembrance of Pebbles I reach the beach under A grey-sky welcome, A stiffening breeze whipping Bottle-green-broken wave tops...

Wave Watching I liked the way You watched the waves. Surprise on your face As each one grew to A rising presence. A force of nature...

Sea Grief We called the seabirds. Swooping and squawking - The wave bobbers in Constant chatter, exchanging Stories in braggadocio caws,...

You Became The Bird And when the light Began to fade In sunset's silence, I felt your touch. Fingertips became Feather tips and your...

Pier Into The Past We walked to The end Of the pier And watched The distant Ships, silently Drift toward The horizon Accompanied by The...

I will Be your Lighthouse I will Be your Calm I will Illuminate your Darkness I will Weather your Storm I will Be your Harbour I will Be...

Spirits of the Passed We exist in the wind notes We spin in the river eddies We live in the night silence We burst with morning dew We...

The Pier, The Gulls and The Penny Falls It was a summer of warmth and sadness, Where the sun beat in cloudless skies. While the wind...

Why? Why does the wind whisper your name? Why does the sun mirror your smile? Why does the sea shimmer like your soul? Why does the moon...

Silence always brings thoughts and memories. #memories #silence #childloss #bereavement

I Am A Father I am a father To your presence Tangible as the wind I am a father To your voice Alive within my dreams I am a father To...

A Poem Saved Me The page lay blank Wordless, muted. The ink dried to black dust. Write, just write. Your tears are ink filled, Black...

A Life A life That rose with the sun And cast first colours, Scattering dawn's final mists And spread an optimistic warmth. A life That...

Fly If I could fly I would witness the world Troubled below & sadness found If I could fly I would beat my wings Escape the sorrow &...

My 8th poetry collection, Life Waves, is available now in both Kindle Download and paperback. Life Waves. Life pulses around us,...

A Poem Saved Me The page lay blank Wordless, muted. The ink dried to black dust. Write, just write. Your tears are ink filled, ...

Not A Statistic. A Life The millions can never reveal The hidden depths of each and every 1 Every statistic, every number, A life, ...

The Sea Black The sea rhythms Still the town sounds And muted lights blink In the whispering rainfall. The night-gulls cry, Lost...

Winter's Tears I cried tears, Stalactite formed On cheeks encrusted With winter thought. Sadness buried In the first snows. ...

Because This Must Be. Why from the olive dark sea The plaintive waves never cease. Why from the darkest clouds The rain falls...