Category Archives: Verses

Jubilee

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

It must be watching the Queen’s Jubilee that brought it on: I’ve been thinking about the war years. The Anderson air-raid shelters were damp, and sometimes flooded. I remember vaguely that there were a few damp comics on the benches … Continue reading →

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I’ve been interviewed

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

At: http://themyesterioumuslimahshaven.blogspot.ca/2012/05/interview-with-harry.html

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From my box of poems.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

I wanted to post something today, but my writing arm is idle. So I’ll resort to a rummage among my poems. Here is a storm, still remembered: Lost Ship We saw nothing on the wind-glazed surface, nothing floating in the … Continue reading →

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Yellow Dog.

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

The ice peaks are green, they stretch all the way to China in the metallic moonlight. The scabby yellow dog, with his fleas, sits alongside on this moraine, watching. I pull the lost one close as we gaze to the … Continue reading →

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Poets United – SherryBlue interview

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Life of a Poet – Harry Nicholson Kids, this week we’re nipping Across the Pond to visit a talented writer and artist in England. Today we’re sitting down with Harry Nicholson of 1513Fusion. Having been enthralled at age thirteen by … Continue reading →

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Neighbour

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

I sat in meditation, counting the breaths, the mind was growing brighter somewhere a little to the left of straight ahead. The doorbell rang; Raymond stood there, Sunday suit in the rain: ’any chance of running me up to the … Continue reading →

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Meggie Blackthorn

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

I’ve reviewed Meggie Blackthorn by Elizabeth Jasper 5 of 5 stars I rarely read YA fiction; perhaps I should read more. ‘Meggie Blackthorn’ is a delightful story of a Tyneside lass growing up in the 60s. The atmosphere of her … Continue reading →

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Meditation Note 1

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

A meditation note for a contented new year. Dhruvasimha From this site: http://www.wildmind.org/ > > > By Tejananda (meditation teacher at Vajraloka, Wales  www.vajraloka.org/ ) > > Jan 04, 2012 (Wildmind site) > > Making the practice your own > > … Continue reading →

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War Horse

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

I’m half-way through Morpurgo’s ‘War Horse’. How easily I was coaxed into taking the pov of a horse! At times I’ve been damp eyed. My dad drove similar artillery horses on the Somme – fortunately for both of us he … Continue reading →

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That Football Match

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Christmas 1914 It began with Tannenbaume and shouts of ‘Got mit uns’, and replies, ‘we got mittens too.’ They met hesitant at first, between the wire. On a crust of frozen mud, swapped Princess Mary’s tins of chocolate and tobacco … Continue reading →

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