Spirit Rain

First drops splat You felt that More will come Time to run Run – for it is surely coming Splat! Splat on the window screen Clears the muck – the spot is seen Cleansing where the dirt has been And rain is surely coming Splat! Splat! Splat! The sound is heard A tapping on my Read More …

The Birth of New Things

I have a little hobby of taking photographs then adding lines. This line came to me for this photograph. At the time it made no sense. After all, every sunset leads to a sunrise. Dawn happens on a daily basis. The line sounded profound, deep and perhaps a little crazy….. Yet we are now living Read More …

Perception

Battered and bleak With no ending in sight Hopelessness, helplessness Sleepless at night Distortion, distraction All fear and all flight Or is my perception Withholding the light?

Grow the Idea

I tossed an idea I clearly rejected Abandoned another Discarded, neglected No act of pursuing No fanning the flame All thinking – no doing No pain and no gain Frustrating though really I thought it was good But now it’s all theory I strangled the bud   I am reminded of a day that began Read More …

More Faith – Less Logic!

Don’t you find that some days you walk around oblivious then get smacked in the face with History? Like visiting Hillsborough Stadium on the very day you can actually stand on the pitch! Like visiting closed Bretton Hall on the very day you can actually go inside! Like turning up to a meeting and finding Read More …

Off the Map!

They couldn’t make the journey in 40 years! Know what I’m talking about? The Israelites could not manage to arrive on a journey that should have lasted days. I could give this blog the title Lost in Leeds 2. I wanted to attend a meeting in Leeds and, for once, I was feeling pretty confident. Read More …