Nightingale

12/07/2021 0 Comments

Both the title ’The Grace of a Nightingale’ and the cover design have various connotations – nature, nursing, freedom, spirituality (the...

05/07/2021 0 Comments

How do you choose the best editor for your work when there are hundreds of highly skilled and experienced ones to choose from? How do you know who...

21/06/2021 0 Comments

Poppy Appeal A centenary Of single, scarlet petals Lest we should forget This bold sacrifice Rivers of blood, and heartache For those left behind...

20/06/2021 0 Comments

Wedding Haiku Share each other’s lives In many ways. Go gently, Special friends always. Lesley Young – Writer and Poet ...

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Identity Crisis She was looking for herself In all the usual places Seeking a connection But finding just blank spaces She’d tried the church and...

21/05/2021 0 Comments

On Becoming a University Lecturer I imagined this place would be grand With spires, and Eminent professors with spectacles And flowing gowns...

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I can resist anything but temptation * You’ll never be left on the shelf Reclining there so provocatively In your skimpy white robe...

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I first met Wendy 20 years ago when we worked in a local District Hospital. Between us we provided training programs for staff caring for patients...

20/03/2021 0 Comments

These seven reflections are taught by Tibetan Buddhist Lama Rod Owens. They encourage you to recognise and respect your own personal ‘circle...