The Darkness
I am a great fan of having layers in a poem. On the surface, this appears to be about sleep, but it's really about depression. The prompt...
Groundless
I had saved this poem twice, once with the title 'Lightweight'. Either works. The prompt word was 'heavyweight', which is a hefty word to...
Mittens
When my children were at primary school, they would fill a box each Christmas which would be sent to an orphanage. I would place gloves...
Damaged
Very interesting responses to this piece... It was written with two meanings, but what lies beneath the surface is the more powerful...
Oddity
The title suggests something awkward, and perhaps ugly, but there are many beautiful anomalies on our planet.
Radio
The word which inspired this poem was 'static'. I wrote it with a dementia sufferer in mind, but then I had the most special message from...