Poetry

Why call you Devil’s Bridge – when each flowing ridge comes steeply, greenly down to merge and meet beside the Mynach river’s path? Can Satan ever live where such glories give a stillness to the soul, that gazes on the […]

Our life begins  Of this earth.  It grows on this earth. It dies on this earth.  But what makes us What wakes us. What stirs us. What breaks us. We sit on this planet We look up to the sky. […]

Winters are wise Winters are few  Winters are long  Winters are new. Each winter is cold Each winter is dark Each winter is white  Each winter is stark. Some are mild  Some are rare Some are wild  Some are fair. […]

Heart filled with tug boats. Eyes filled with sea. My journey begins With you. And ends with you and me.  I’ll take you on my journey Across the wilder sky And we’ll share my sights  And pleasures.  Across the wider […]

The crowds, the busyness of stalls, with purse, with shop intent, conventional the street of stores to every city sent, built close to calm of Swansea Bay. Yet walk the main road, find the green of centre’s open space, near […]

Through lacquer sun and tree shade dusk, there wound the seaward flowing Usk, with bridges which its waters cross on stone rock piles where currents toss their glinting heads out wavelet roll as river seeks its Newport goal. How shall […]

Bring joy. Bring golden leaves. Bring calm skies. Bring stillness. Bring silence.  Arise autumn.  Rejoice birdsong.  Rejoice peace.  Rejoice rainfall.  Rejoice renewal.  Rejoice life. Arise autumn.  Hear the wind. Hear the waves. Hear the showers. Hear the fall. Hear it […]

What are we for What do we do Where do we go. I’m sure you’ve asked yourself these questions. We are such clever souls We can put our hand to anything If we put our minds to it.  Sometimes we […]

A gaze  A laze;  An autumn haze. Still is the air. Quiet; contemplative. But oh so clear.  Days like this  Come but once a year.  Silenced beautiful; And reflective;  Of those so dear.  Stop. And stare. Wherever you are.  Look […]

It is better to forget and be happy Than remember and be sad The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten A cod fish lays ten thousand eggs The homely hen lays one […]

They came to Swansea stadium like stars at some palladium: for victory were any keener to win the cup in that arena? Yes, Hakin had been there before, but Tenby opened new found door, their black and red would win […]

Violins calmed the night. Piano played gentle keys. And it rained.  The dark sky  Bled silence.  And the violins  Played.  The horn spoke. Applaud the clouds  And uphold the air Sing to the night. Sing everywhere.  It rained. ———— Words […]