Poems

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Abbey Music

Written on Water

The first set of Lyrics for the Footprint project, the story of Bath Abbey, written! A good day! (Thank you, Keats, for the inspiration as...

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Song Lyrics

The Monk’s Song

At least this is to some extent cheerful! Luckily for me, writing the lyrics for the Footprint project, now called Written on Water, there was...

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The World

De Profundis

Is this the end of it all? Is the darkness encroaching on the light, seeping into the warm corners of the room, drowning the bright...

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The World

Species Extinction

I have been in a pretty bleak place for some time now, and I haven't been putting poems up on the blog, partly because I...

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Stairway to Heaven: A Meditation on the angels of Bath Abbey

As usual, I am trying to write lyrics and, as usual, am getting deflected into a poem. It is good to be writing again; I...

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The World

American Hero

This is not the way the movie was meant to end. Where is the dark swoop of Batman? The fluttering glory of red cape? The...

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Carols for Schools

These are the two sets of lyrics I like best, I think - and they are very different in mood. See what Jools thinks when...

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A children's A to Z of Poetry

X marks the spot

And there it is! The last poem of my Children's Alphabet written ( not quite in order!) And with my agent. That was fun. Now...

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Y is for Why

Y IS FOR WHY? Why is my favourite word My parents like it less. They much prefer the questions They can answer with a yes.

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W is for Witch

W IS FOR WITCH   When it’s very very dark And the wind is howling loud And a star’s caught in the tree And there’s...

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