Named for the Tree

Ever squeamish I’ve stepped outside my comfort zone,beyond the relief we have to feel. The end of pain.Her long life, lived full. But this day, this   ritual is my first. No body. No fuss. An empty box. We remember,without her, the way she folded, blended,...
Hares

Hares

I have a hare on the sitting room wall. It’s painted by Cerys – that’s Cerys Susannah Rees, who’s an amazingly talented artist and who lives in Carmarthenshire, like me, but at the other end of it, near Llandeilo. Happy happenstance drew me to her nearly two years ago...
Thanqs for ‘22

Thanqs for ‘22

Thanks are due to:- Mike Jenkins, editor of Gwyrthryfel/ Uprising, an anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Wales, published by Culture Matters. My poem – ‘To my Suffragette’ – was included in this: Howard and Marilyn Timms of the Wildfire Words ezine team for...
So long, farewell to 2022

So long, farewell to 2022

2022 was a mixed bag…it started in a downbeat kind of way, post the aftermath of ‘donkeygate’, and post the demise of the indie publishing house who had brought out ‘Valletta and the Year of Changes’ in 2021. The year began with Covid and a long, slow recovery. Mr B...