Hello there! Welcome to my site. Having been a writer of poetry for many years and having recently taken on the challenge of adapting my writing to produce short stories I decided it was the right time to give my work a home where I could share it with the wider world. My plan is … Continue reading Welcome to my site
Collide-oscopic
One night in a meteor shower,In a dazzling flash of starsInto my world collidedA radiant being made of glass Too fragile to beholdWith my raw and naked eye I could only peek in glimpsesTelescopically and slightSo wonderfully reflectiveSomething different every timeIn with the alien elements Many echoes that were mineI saw the softness of a … Continue reading Collide-oscopic
How I learned fire burns
Nights are cold I find alone And distant here and there The firelight of others Two people huddled Close in each other’s glow I imitate them best I can forage Build up the wood Strike the rock Still I sit in the dark I need the right sticks I tell myself The perfect leaves Strike … Continue reading How I learned fire burns
The pier
The smell of home hits her full force in the face as she leans against the front door to open it. The brackish winter rain, which has harried her in gusts all the way across seafront, has seeped into the cracked paint and swollen the wood. The door drags heavily across the old Victorian tiles, … Continue reading The pier
Hiraethu
Don’t wish you’d left, DearWhen you might well wish you’d stayedThere in the distant streetsMemories of where we playedMaybe you’ve heard storiesAds from a far-off landWhere the sunshine seems much brighterWhite-toothed people perma-tannedThe allure of a different voiceWhich speaks exciting wordsAnd maybe in another earYou’ll finally be heardAnd yet your mind it whispersOf the place … Continue reading Hiraethu
Rainbow Road
When I think back to that night what I remember most is the stars. It was such a dark night, the kind of darkness which is close around you, the kind of darkness you can almost feel. In the sky you could see every star sparking furiously in the heavens. It felt as though each … Continue reading Rainbow Road
Emergence.
Can you hear the rain? Most likely you can’t see it in the dark, but you know it’s raining because you can hear it. I can hear it too. But then, if I focus, if I shift my attention outside of this body into the night, I can feel the droplets of water pushing a … Continue reading Emergence.
Rhapsody in June.
‘Hey June. It’s nice to see you again! How are you? ... No mum today?’ Cassie is trying to peer into the dark hallway as June steps out into the street and closes the door behind her. She stops, squinting and blinking in the sun. She needs her sunglasses but the door is closed, … Continue reading Rhapsody in June.
End of shift
Dark November night. Dripping streets. On wet leaves shoes slap. Going home
Dreamstalker
I dreamt of something.A web you’ve woven around me,Warm and finest feather soft. Made ofSensuously whispered reveries, wordsWhich become a songMy heart gladly sings,Our favourite lullaby.You close my eyes.Asleep I fly with remembered wingsTo all the places we could go.You’re all the things you could beAs you lead me to dance so joyfullyThrough every sensation … Continue reading Dreamstalker
Lonely wind over the sea
Salt in the air sharp and granular hourglass sand shifting surrounds me
E. Travelli 