The Dark Self 12, Susan Aldworth, 2017, monoprint, 56 x 76 cms. Image courtesy of the artist and Guy’s Hospital, London. susanaldworth.com       …

Photo by Jinen Shah on Unsplash           Farm Work   Your first car catches heat like a tin roof, white clouds snag …

    Photo by soumya parthasarathy on Unsplash            Saree   Mother gathers the folds of her old chiffon saree around her shoulders …

Photo by Metin Ozer on Unsplash     The below poem won first prize in the SSA (Soldiers’ Arts Academy) International Poetry Competition 2021.   …

Oasthouse cowls, Sissinghurst, Kent             Bitter Hops   I am the end of a Kent summer, the careful cutting of the bine. …

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash         Flat   The new floors, kitchen and bathroom, I can just about cope with. I’m fine …

    Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash          Rec Rugby, 195 Years Later*   — for Maggie   Current version of the original …

    Photo by David Brooks on Unsplash          Peniel Heugh   Hounded from the burghs at killing time the Covenanters hid their faith …

Photo by Cecile Hournau on Unsplash         Aubade   Waking at five, I stare at the shimmering diaphanous curtains as the window square …

       Photo by Shapelined on Unsplash            Games   Each week it was the same – the PE teacher would pick his …