This poem came about out of a sudden realisation that life was much more than just simply living and working. I was one of those persons who spent a lot of time at work doing many things that I thought at the time were important, to buy the things that I thought were important (like [...]

I am a spider writer. If I try to write my body goes in to a kind of writhing spasm. Every part of me fights against the task in hand, perverting and distorting my intentions, making a mockery of a sham!
But this is not the end of the world; I’m excellent at almost everything else. [...]

Answer Me
So I went to the sea to ask what should I do?
What’s my next move?
And the tide ebbed and flowed,
And the gulls just flew.
The people talked and kissed.
My heart whispered, ‘Stay,’
But my head shouted, ‘Go.’
As the boats just stood in silence.
I wrote this poem about fifteen years ago. At that time I had been [...]