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...

Falling Colours Hold me up Hold me up I'm falling Silver Take my hand Take my hand I'm falling White Tell me it's ok Tell me it's ok I'm...

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, ...

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...

Mirror Dark A mirror stare into the abyss, Surface scored with the black-lines. Drawn to the well of emptiness, But the mirror refuses...

Lay / Lie Lay down low, Embrace the floor. I'm lying, I'm lying, Can't lay any lower. Can't lie Anymore. __________________ Some days...

Weather Steps Step outside and wait the clouds Hung so low you can scoop them Into your shaking hands that Tremble with fear like...

Shadows Darken I watched the shadows Darkly form, shapeless. No hint of the brightness That cast them univited. And the shadows...

Pages remain blank Letters scattered on the winds Words left unspoken #sadness #loss #grief #bereavement #letters #words #thoughts #haiku

Letters I wrote you a letter, But words scattered, Lost in the winds. I wrote you a letter, But the ink ran, Smudged by tears. I wrote...

No Longer Present Wind echoed memories Left the streets sad and empty No longer present Clouds gathered to grey Their weeping...

Conversation With Your Memory How have you been? (The leaves rustled in the breeze) What have you been up to? (The shadows danced...