Hello darling grandchildren on this 5th May 2021. If one day you read this, I’m reminding you that this date is a fairly large scale moment in the democratic timeline across the United Kingdom in one ‘democratic election’ event or another. In Scotland we are being...

Greetings friends,   This round I’m adding 3 poems on the light side, written at short notice for occasions, a while back. Moniack Mhor Burns night, a night with strangers but fine people ; Neverendum, of course the referendum on Scottish Independence (it’s THE...

In working with groups of people in communities, institutions, casually convened common interest groups, colleague groups - (what is a group? - classic discussion!) - I always, or at least as far as was possible would look to fit in a residential experience. - This...

PERMISSION A dictator collected all people And speaking to them ''Listen to me, I know The one who laugh, Laugh to my chair! The one who cry, Cry for my position! So that I decide; Both of laughing and crying Are prohibited without our permission'' (from Kurdish)...

Greetings m’friend , if you have stumbled across this simple, yet possibly challenging idea , certainly for myself and potentially for a while, my grandchildren.   My plan is to gather my poetic efforts together in one place and leave available for my...