Poetry and Prose

Ada

A short story originally written in 2020. I have decided to publish it now due to the recent excitement surrounding Artificial Intelligence, and particularly the ethical and existential issues that…

Ode to Tube

Through a sea of people you swim and wriggle,All waiting for the same vessel,To carry you far from the place that you are,So through the crowd you wrestle, And hop…

Reflection

I look at the sky and see you,staring back at me.Watery eyes and wavering mouth,Everywhere and nowhere.Why aren’t you who I wanted you to be? A lazy wind makes your…

Fleeting

I look upon this clearing as it is. Through a parting in the branches above shine Rays of hope too blinding to appreciate And down below A brook of astounding…

A Blind Man’s World

The whispering voices, The soft-sounding chimes, The hissing of serpents that slither and slide, Under and over – around the divide, Upon which the sighted found all of their pride,…

Reading – A short poem

The written word – oh how it tumbles and its myriad characters rise As if Black, Letters Like Flies rise up and Follow The lines written on the page of…