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…I’ve been inspired by a couple of Creative Writing courses to put a few pieces online for your consideration. I enjoyed writing them and I hope you enjoy reading them.

LWH

Bonnie and Clyde

I wrote this short story when I got a homework request for something biographical. It was inspired by a BBC 2 Timewatch programme I watched about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Admittedly both were killers, but anyone’s death, especially in violent circumstances, is poignant, so I tried to make this an emotive piece. . . . → Read More: Bonnie and Clyde

Volcano update

Ash crisis over? Sadly it looks likely, as confirmation of our homeward flight comes through from the airline. An eruption story update now available!

Eruption

I’m on holiday, and you can read all about it here…

Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall

We recently spent some time up at Hadrian’s Wall taking part in the illumination, commemorating the 1600th anniversary since the Romans left Britain. I’ve written a piece about it and it’s here…

I’m back…

Some of my friends in Gibraltar noticed the site was down. I’m happy to report it’s back online again.  Thanks Roy and Sylvie!

Concrete Poetry

Wikipedia(what else!) says “Concrete poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry; a term that has evolved . . . → Read More: Concrete Poetry

Hand in hand with the great Stephen King?

Recently in my creative writing class we carried out an exercise, adding to the beginning or end of a fragment of text we’d been given by our tutor. I was excited by the start of the story and piggybacked my text on to it.

Sonnet

This poem was inspired by watching tv adverts showing shiny, happy people buying nice bright sofas, immediately followed by ‘Warzone’.   ‘Warzone’ was a Channel 5 documentary series following the lives of British servicemen and women at Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan. Amongst the team was a fire crew, who had recently put out . . . → Read More: Sonnet