Artists.
For Nick Drake written on Wednesday 8th April 2009.
Image. Wild spring blossom, Tanworth in Arden
For Alan Ginsburg.
Image. The Ikon gallery cafe, Birmingham.
For John Milton.
Image. In a tent, the Canwell show, Sutton Coldfield.
There's a new kid on the block.
Written on Mayday 2009, for Carol Anne Duffy.
Image. Girl with an ice tray, Bracebridge pool, Sutton park.
Written on 31.08.2010.
Last of the summer wine comes to an end.
Image. View from the Sun Inn, Llanengan.
Dissent.
Excuse me, do we still have to sign on after the holocaust?
Image. Welders at Warwick university car park.
Image. Railway through Moseley, Birmingham.
Image. Balf and Adam's bonfire party, Stockland Green, Birmingham.
Written on 24.12.2008.
Image. Shakespeare's birthday celebrations, Stratford upon Avon.
Festivals.
Written on 25th June 2004, in Lichfield.
Image. The Llyn peninsular, North Wales.
Image. The harvest, Wall, Staffordshire.
Image. Fishing in Salford park, Spaghetti Junction (J6/M6).
I wished to forget who I was and entertain the young hippies.
Image. Cold front, Llanengan.
Image. Stonehenge free festival 1984, for Marcus.
Hay on Wye, written on 22.05.2009.
Friends and family.
A wedding in a blizzard in Wales 1946.
The wedding of my mother and father at Wrexham cathedral,
on 21st December 1946.
Written on Monday 19th January 2007, for Lynda.
Written on 4.12.96. for Nina.
Image. Man selling balloons, West Bromwich.
Written on Thursday 11th November 2010.
Image. Roses in Four Oaks.
Written on 10.07.2003.
Image. Card stand, the Ikon gallery, Birmingham.
What is the Farsi for freedom?
Written on Wednesday 17th June 2009.
With apologies to Ferdowsi.
Image. The Birmingham city motto, the art gallery.
Green.
Image. Flats in Birmingham.
Holidays.
Written on 28th and 29th August 2009, the BMFA Nationals, Barkston Heath.
Image. Flyers at the BMFA Nat's.
Written on Sunday 2nd September 2007.
Image. Lady with flowers on Glastonbury Tor.
For the herb growers and the healers.
Written on the 18th to the 21st July 2008, camping on the Llyn peninsular.
Image. Sign in a car park, Aberdaron the Llyn peninsular, North Wales.
Written on a trip to West Pennard with Lisa, 24th and 25th September 2004.
Image. By Glastonbury Tor.
Written on the Llyn peninsular and at home, 27th to the 31st July 2006.
Image. Path in the cliff, Porthdinllaen.
Written in Glastonbury, Wednesday 18th February 2009.
Image. Bank holiday cyclist's stopping for a pint, Staffordshire.
Llantony-the priory and after.
Written in Llantony and Castle of Park, Scotland.
Image. Reading at a cafe in Hay on Wye.
Written in Cornwall, 14th to the 21st May 2010.
Image. Cornwall.
Friday 31st July to 2nd August 2009,
camping with Lisa on the Llyn peninsular.
Image. Porthdinllaen beach, looking at the Rivals.
Written on 22nd to 26th July 2010 on the Llyn peninsular.
Image. The Spanish delegation, Shakespeare's church, Stratford upon Avon.
Written in the Havelock tavern, Alum Rock, Christmas 2004.
Image. War memorial, Alum Rock.
Easter, West Bromwich, 20.03.2008.
Image. Church window, Henley in Arden.
Image. Shakespeare's birthday celebrations, Stratford upon Avon.
Image. Large model aircraft show, Cosford RAF station.
Written on 30th May to 2nd June 1990, St Leonards.
Image. Balf and Adam's bonfire party, Erdington.
Trying to be nice to the house of Saxe-Coburg.
Written on Wednesday 17th November 2010.
Image. Aunt Jean and uncle Selwyn's wedding, the Cymae near Wrexham.
In remembrance.
Written on 21.08.2001
For Maureen James and family.
Image. Neil James in tie at the christening of one of his family, Curdworth church.
Oxford and the Ashmolean museum.
Image. List of workmen, Crete 1375 B.C.
Written on 04.09.1997. On the death of a princess
and in memory of Anne Winston. Tirabad, Powys.
Image. Glastonbury Tor.
Written on 31.03.2010. The Griffin Inn, Shustoke.
Image. Koi carp.
New poems.
Written on Friday 10th September 2010.
Image. Butterflies, the Herbert art gallery, Coventry.
Written on Saturday 7th to Saturday 14th July 2012.
On the Llyn peninsular.
Image. Car park, Morfa Nefyn golf club.
Written on Monday 27th June 2011.
The government desire to make squatting illegal.
Image. The Lichfield Bower 2011.
Written on Mayday 2011.
Osama bin Laden is no more.
Image. Back garden, Erdington.
Written on 31.10.2012.
Nearly 100 years since the first world war began.
Image. German and Commonwealth war memorial and graveyard, near Cannock.
Written on 28.06.2012 in the Barton Arms.
From Queen Elizabeth to Harold Wilson.
Written on Thursday 30th June 2011.
After a visit to Baddesley Clinton and in support of our teachers.
Image. The soldier's tools circa 1640, Baddesley Clinton.
Written on Friday 19th August 2011.
Image. The river Avon, Stratford upon Avon.
Written on Saturday 23rd July 2011.
For Amy Winehouse.
Image. House at night, of Hill Village Road, Mere Green.
Image. Outside Birmingham registry office.
England riots, it's an art form.
Image. Highcroft workhouse and asylum 1970's, Erdington.
Written on 09.08.2012.
Image. William Morris designed tablecloth, National Trust cafe.
Written on 17.07.2011.
Image. Porthdinllaen.
Written on 04.10.2012.
National poetry day.
Image. Open art display, The Midland Art's Centre, Cannon Hill park,
Birmingham.
Written on 15.01.2013.
Rugeley town centre.
Image. Kingsbury fuel depot.
Written on 30.05.2012.
Image. Man with Zimmer frame, Coventry town centre.
Written on 11.06.2012.
After the Jubilee celebrations.
Image. Jubilee window display, Lichfield.
Written on Tuesday 24th January 2012, Smethwick market.
Image. The balloon man, Stratford upon Avon, McDonalds.
Parliament and the Crown.
Written on 01.05.1996.
Image. The Ashmolean museum, Oxford.
Sculpture from a tomb, Syria 8 to 120 AD.
Written on 12.09.2003.
Visit to Kenilworth castle with Balf and Adam.
Image. Slope soaring near Church Stretton.
Written on 16.09.2008. The credit crunch bites harder.
Image. Indoor market, Bishop's Castle.
My mum thinks we need a Tory government.
Image. The Fighting Cocks, Moseley.
Thatcher reign 3, day 2 Sheffield.
Image. Boxed flowers, Birmingham wholesale market.
Written on 11.05.2010. The election results are declared.
Image. The river Avon and the new Swan theatre, Stratford upon Avon.
Passing time.
Written on Wednesday 7th July 2010.
Double zero on the fourteenth floor.
Image. Shop front, Stratford upon Avon.
It's like Brumagem's been hit by a one kiloton bomb.
Image. Bonfire party, Erdington.
Written on Thursday 5th March 2009.
Walking around Town.
Image. Reflections in the cut, Gas Street Basin.
Image. Lichfield market.
Image. Zetty singing Sutton Coldfield YMCA, early 1980's.
The day began with a cone three skinner.
Image. Fletcher, the Station public house, Sutton Coldfield.
Early 1980's.
Two punnets of strawberries a pound.
Written on Monday 18th May 2009.
Chelmsley Wood library.
Written on Saturday night February 28th 2004.
Image. Wilton market, Erdington.
Stratford upon Avon.
Written on Saturday 26th April 2008.
In memory of Humphrey Lyttleton.
Image. Shakespeare's birthday celebrations, Stratford upon Avon.
Written on 08.03.2010.
Image. Fun and games by Shakespeare's house, Stratford upon Avon.
Support.
Image. Nuclear launch controls, Avro Vulcan B2.
Cleaning the rain of my glasses.
Written on Wednesday 29th July 2009 at,
Aldridge shopping centre.
Image. The Bernard Leach pottery, Cornwall.
Survivor poetry.
The Tories picking up on the long humiliation of the disabled,
will make us pay for the greed of the rich.
Image. The Station public house, Sutton Coldfield.
Written Tuesday 5th October 2010.
The Tory party conference is being held in Birmingham.
Image. Frozen sink, Erdington.
Image. Couple sunbathing, Wales.
Written on Thursday 22th March 2007.
Stratford upon Avon.
Image. the fairground, Weston park.
Highcroft workhouse and asylum 1970's.
Image. The botanic gardens, Birmingham.
Written on 15.11.2007.
For Amy and her old man.
Image. Birmingham museum and art gallery.
The Royal Jubilee 2002.
The Queen's Jubilee celebrations, Stonnall, Staffordshire.
Image. The Gunmaker's Arms, Birmingham.
Image. Terraces, Birmingham.
Image. Rose garden, Stratford upon Avon.
The rose comes to Chelsea.
Image. Surfers, Devil's Bay the Llyn peninsular.
Image. Waiting for the fair, Birmingham.
Image. Durer, the hare.
Written on Tuesday 30th April 2002.
A time for reflection and thanks.
Image. Angel by Mary Gibson, Wolverhampton art gallery.
Image. The Electric cinema, Birmingham.
War and peace.
Written on 02.08.2005.
Back garden the Trooper, Wall.
For the South Staffordshire regiment in Iraq.
Image. Sainsbury's car park, Mere Green.
Written on 09.01.2002.
Image. Hurricane fly past at the dedication to the Polish memorial, Alrewas.
On the arrival of a section of the Burma railroad.
Written on Tuesday 29th August 2006.
While listening to Dimitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony, Leningrad.
Image. Night flying model aircraft with lights, Barkston Heath.
Written on 06.11.2001.
Image. Window at St Paul's, Birmingham.
Written on armistice day 2006.
Image. Swimming in Sutton park.
Written on 29.01.2011.
Egypt erupts.
Image. Wedding anniversary party, the Black Country.
Dave's at Worcester and the Swan with two Nicks.
Image. Bygones, Worcester.
Written on Friday 3rd August 2007.
The BBC flag up that our soldiers are spending to long in the field.
Image. Grammar school boys, Stratford upon Avon.
Written on 28th June 2008.
Image. Launching a chip chopper at Weston park.
Written on 16.02.2003.
Image. By Lichfield cathedral.
Written on Saturday 8th July 2008 at the Old Swan, Stonnall.
Image. Hardware shop, Slade Road, Erdington.
Written on 22th October 2008, Evesham.
In memory of Chris Cook.
Image. King's Heath flower and produce show.
Written on 4th June 2009.
Image. Bordesley Green allotments.
Written 13.08.2003.
"To be or not to be", Ernist Lubitsch 1942.
Image. Flower shop, Coleshill.
Written on 23rd March 2007.
The European Union welcomes its new friends.
Image. Waiting for egg and chips, Wolverhampton.
The latest poems.
Written on Monday 21st March 2013.
Bruce Reynolds died.
In the land of, ninety not out.
Written on Good Friday 2013, in a garden centre.
Mother's 90 and in Good Hope hospital being well cared for.
Image. Sea thrift.
Written on Thursday 18th April 2013.
After the funeral of Margaret Hilda Thatcher.
Image. The peoples Stonehenge free festival 1984.
Apologies to John Donne.
Written on Tuesday 23rd April 2013, St George's day.
After a visit to Tanworth in Arden.
Image. Home made cakes and cream, a quaker birthday party, Sutton Coldfield.
Written on Wednesday 8th May 2013.
Image. Walsall's new art gallery.
Written on Tuesday 14th May 2013.
Image. Whitby abbey.
April in May. (The snails got my marigolds).
Written on Friday 24 May 2013.
Image. Medieval painting, Lichfield cathedral.
Written on Thursday 6th June 2013.
The anniversary of D day and a hymn to our long freedom.
Image. Rugeley power station.
The sun shines on the sightless.
Written on Monday 24th June 2013.
The Glastonbury festival looms.
Image. The Glastonbury festival 1987.
Written on Wednesday 3rd July 2013.
Image. Friends chat in Birmingham museum and art gallery tea rooms.
Written on Wednesday 17th July 2013.
Image. Family headstone, St John's Berkswell.
The stage coach has left Dodge.
Written on Tuesday 30th July 2013.
In loving memory of Mick Farren a kind and gentle man.
Image. The Peoples Stonehenge free festival 1984.
Written on Thursday 15th August 2013.
Travellers are being abused and harassed in Meriden.
Image. Bird in the sky, Warwickshire.
Written on Friday 30th August 2013.
Seamus Heaney will write no more.
Image. Holy water, St Chads Birmingham.
Written between Saturday 31st August and Saturday 7th September 2013.
Image. Stone pot, Portmeirion.
Written on 13th September 2013.
Image. The Vienna Patisserie, Stratford upon Avon.
Written on 19th September 2013.
Image. Old fine glass, Birmingham museum and art gallery.
Written on 3rd October 2013, national poetry day.
In praise of my brother's wedding on Saturday.
Image. Wedding, Centenary Square.
Once where fish and smugglers.
Written on Tuesday 15th October 2013 in the Black Swan, Whitby.
Image. A fine window, Whitby.
Written on Saturday 26th October 2013.
Image. The Robin Hood cemetery, Birmingham.
Written on Thursday 7th November 2013, Little Hay.
Image. Small tiger at work, Vincent Road, Worcester.
Could have been a perfect day.
Written on Tuesday 26th November 2013.
Image. Scattering the ashes, the Lickey Hills.
Written on Saturday 6th December 2013.
Image. Boys diving into the river Avon, Stratford.
Written on Friday 13th December 2013.
Image. Trip boat on the river Avon, Stratford.
Written on Monday 15th December 2013.
Image. Public art, Digbeth.
Written on 4th December 2013.
Image. The Mayor and Mayoress of Stratford upon Avon.
Written on Saturday 18th January 2014.
Image. A bar at Warwick University.
Written on Thursday 23rd January 2014.
Image. Glastonbury High Street.
Written on Tuesday 11th February 2014.
Image. Andre Druckers, the Parade, Sutton Coldfield.
Written on Friday 14th March 2014.
Tony Benn has died.
Image. Shakespeare's birthday celebrations, Stratford upon Avon.
Written on Monday 24th March 2014.
Image. From the Midland Arts Centre.
Written between 3rd May and 10th May 2014.
Image. Fun at the millennium hall, Laugharne.
Ice melting in the summer sunshine.
Written on 2nd August 2014.
Image. Ice sculptures, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham.
Written on 26th August 2014.
Image. Shoppers in the new Bull Ring.
Written on 5th September 2014.
Image. From the new library.
Written on 29th September 2014.
Image. The Ffestiniog railway.
Written on Wednesday 9th October 2014.
Image. The Glastonbury festival 1984.
Written on Thursday 2nd October 2014, national poetry day.
Image. Getting ready, fair, Pype Hayes park, Birmingham.
Written on Wednesday 12th November 2014.
Image. Abandoned pub, Castle Vale.
Written on Monday 22nd December 2014.
Image. Aston Hall in midwinter.
Written on Thursday 8th January 2015.
Image. Flower shop Coleshill.
Written on February 2015.
Image. Mother at home.
Written on Thursday 12th February 2015.
Image. Supermarket roses.
Written on Thursday 12th March 2015.
Image. Greengrocers, Erdington.
Written on Wednesday 25th March 2015.
Image. Wall art, Glastonbury.
Written on Saturday 4th April 2015.
Image. The Derby Format.
Written on 3rd July 2014.
Image. By David Cox, Birmingham museum and art gallery.
Written on 13th April 2015.
Image. Birmingham art gallery tea rooms.
Written on Friday 28th August 2015.
Image. Highcroft asylum 1970's.
Written on October 2015.
Image. Scarborough.
Written on 30th November 2015.
Image. Halloween party, Four Oaks.
Written on Friday 22nd April 2016.
Image. Shakespeare's birthday celebrations,
Stratford upon Avon.
Written on Tuesday 20th December 2016.
Image. A Bob Wilson classic ride, Christmas Fair, Birmingham.
Image. London Olympic games, torch bearer, Coventry.
Image. Flower shop, Coleshill.
Image. Me on horse, Uncle Bob and Aunt Agnes, near Wrexham.
Image. Porthdinllaen, the Ty Coch inn.
Image. The Ikon gallery, Birmingham.
Image. Cafe, Derby.
Written on 10.6.2019.
Image. Simon Armitage, the new poet laureate.
Written on 26.09.2019.
Image. Churchyard, Glastonbury.
Written on 09.07.2019.
Image. Dave's front room, Worcester.
Written on 20-27.07.2019.
Image. Donkeys, Great Yarmouth.