From the serious to the light-hearted, from the sad to the optimistic — stories told through verse.
London, 1840 — a young girl asks a gentleman for a sixpence to feed her baby.
A tender poem about the safety and wonder of being raised on a parent's shoulders.
A reunion that echoes back to golden childhood summers spent climbing an apple tree.
A bittersweet reflection on childhood heroes and the loss of innocence that comes with growing up.
A flying boat glimpsed in the sky stirs memories of a father and a golden day in 1953.
1917 — a poem about a childhood friend lost in the fields of Flanders.
A man revisits his old school before it is demolished, finding ghosts of the past in every corridor.
A tender, heartbreaking poem for a child named Pascal, gone too soon.
A beloved wood on the edge of town faces demolition — a lament for a treasured green space.
A tribute to a beloved roadside diner and the comfort it has offered through good times and bad.
A powerful poem about losing a brother at Monte Cassino in 1944.
A chance encounter on a bus that changes everything — a romantic poem about fleeting connection.
A deeply moving poem about grief — the presence of absence in a loved one's empty room.
A poem weaving two places named Paris — romance across continents and memory.
A celebration of classic American cars and the nostalgia of the open road.
A heartbreaking reflection on a young life cut short and the futures that will never be.
An atmospheric poem about the lives of those who come alive after dark.
A haunting poem about the spirits of fallen soldiers who never truly leave the fields where they died.
A warm-hearted poem about the greatest friend a fellow ever had — his dog, Mister Murphy.
A midnight walk through the city reveals the lonely and forgotten — a world of stark contrasts.
An eighty-five year old man remembers a girl of sixteen he never found the words to speak to.
A childhood memory of Saturday mornings at the picture house, cheering for a silver-haired cowboy hero.
A young boy dares to enter the menacing, supposedly haunted house all the neighbourhood children fear.
The story of a brilliant cricketer whose greatest innings was played not on the field, but in the war of 1943.
A personal memoir of knowing James Dean in New York before Hollywood took him, and losing him too soon.
A man locks the door of the family home for the last time after loss, and tries to move forward alone.