January 2, 2016
An Elegy to Sheffield for 2016
Unfortunately a hangover that hits those who cannot drink it the hardest.
Poetry
November 3, 2015
in Poetry, Reflections
The October Blood – Part Two
The true new beginning is to live stripped, willing and wilful at the starving edge of brightening days, where solstice endured yields to winter birthing spring.
October 28, 2015
in Photographs, Poetry
The October Blood – Part One
These wisps of disconsolation are a fleeting eulogy to falling, a carol to the withering season.
October 3, 2015
in Poetry
The Song of a Motherless Son
I curled my hand around its grace; it touched my soul like a mother’s face.
September 27, 2015
in Photographs, Poetry
Last Rites
Then when the stars tumble from the sky at the end, our shining will illuminate scars on love’s invincible face.
September 21, 2015
in Photographs, Poetry
A Poetic Manifesto
I will speak out about my city in my ready northern tongue and make a simple solid vow to tell your stories with the honesty I got from you.
July 6, 2015
in Photographs, Poetry
Keel Hauled
If you haven’t been keel hauled by life, then you’re not living.
July 1, 2015
in Poetry
A Poem for my Children
Your life is within, a fine filament that arises in your given soul.
June 30, 2015
in Photographs, Poetry
This is All the Life You Have
Believe in the bird’s song, and the way the sun rises, slowly, the steady beat of your pulse, at that pace you can love it all.