A Navvy’s Legacy In driving winds, thunderous clouds and sleetThe navvy toiled, his pick cleaved at the landAnd as wet rot attacked the poor man’s feetAnd blisters soiled, a hook replaced his hand. He carved for years through meadows, hills…
Transposition of Care I have lived so long in this place and I have born witness to life.I am moved around at their will…waiting,Waiting to feel the warmness of their form to weigh on me, to nestle in me.I have…
The earliest of smells so distant in timeMy mother’s cheek as it lay next to mine.As I grew it remained, to love care and tendI turned to her smell when I needed to mend. A jam jar of water with…
A vision of gorgeousness stood to greet me,His handshake just set me a quiver.Dressed in scrubs of pale blue, it was quite plain to see,Why I melted…and was all of a dither. My toe nails were hard; crumbly and greenWhen…
“Take that dirty thing off your head child” Louis chin fell. He had been so excited to show his mother what he had found in the field. “It is stuck, it won’t come off.” “Silly boy of course it’s…
Oh I do like to roll among the leavesUnclothed, I feel such a teaseEspecially at night and under the moonWhen he says… ‘Oh babe it’ll have to be soon’ Tonight is the night, we can’t wait any moreAnd how he…
I had been waiting at the bus stop for fifteen minutes before it was due. It didn’t matter that the rain was sheeting down like stair rods or that my hair was plastered in strands around my face, I had…
Welcome to Pickering, a small market townOn the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.In summer the coaches come crawling in,On magical mystery tours.There’s plenty to eat, as cafés abound,Fresh produce available too.And if it turns cold, buy a cardi or…
It was a bitterly cold day with leaden skies and biting winds. He was waiting for me at the cottage. ‘Nice of you to join us Honeybun, stayed up late waltzing? Got a headful of sequins eh?’ ‘Honeybone!…
George Hardaker and Minnie Jessop arrived at THORNTREES on the same day. ‘We like our new residents to arrive at the same time,’ she smiled, rocking backwards and forwards in sturdy black shoes, her arms clasped behind her back.…