• Purification

    Washed by Spring shower Dried in gentle breeze and Sun Refreshed Earth awakes . CLP 19/02/2019

  • Clarification

    Boil up the liquid To remove impurities Is everything clear? . CLP 18/02/2019

  • On St. Valentine

    Do not lose your head There is love all around you Minds, eyes, hearts open . n.b. The story of this Christian martyr, beheaded it is thought, on 14th February, 269 CE involves belief that he restored sight to the daughter of either Judge Asterious, or the daughter of his gaoler. Valentine had made a

  • On Noose Lane

    In Willenhall town A sinister named road runs through Thereby hangs a tale. . CLP 09/02/2019

  • On Meeting

    Many and varied Beach pebbles dance together Fate acts as caller . CLP 01/02/2029

  • On Snow

    White dusting slow melt Ice on road blackens with night Will nothing stop us? . CLP 30/01/2019

  • Private School Boys Shame UK

    “This is not the House of Commons, colleagues, this is the European Parliament.” Mairead McGuinness* 32% of Members of Parliament are privately schooled, many from the “top schools” in England such as Eton, Dulwich, Winchester, Harrow. The world has seen how the House of Commons at the Westminster parliament behaves when matters of national and

  • On The Blues

    There is a rhythym Wine at five, drunk by dinner Twelve bars, or thirteen? . CLP 01/02/2019

  • On Change

    Sudden absences Silence not heard prior to Counting loose pennies . CLP 31/01/2019

  • On the Land

    Passing o’er our heads Sun draws our starry-eyed gaze She weeps for the soil . n.b. If we look to the earth beneath our feet we will discover that all life depends on restoring the soil to good health. Imagine: skin sealed by concrete, tarmac and bricks; diet of insecticides, herbicides, nitrates and other manufactured