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Following The Funeral: Living With The Loss Of A Loved One
With nearly 40,000 deaths due to Coronavirus in recent months, there must be hundreds of thousands of friends and family having to live with the reality of loss. You may have been through Coping With The Initial Shock, learned, in a small way, about Looking After Yourself, dealt with...
World Mental Health Day: Don't Chase The World
DON'T CHASE THE WORLD
Why do I feel such a waste of space?
Why is life always such a race -
To emulate, or, better yet
To surpass the success with which others have met?
Is this the world in which I live?
Is this the future I wish to give
To those who follow on...
National Poetry Day: My Poem, Picked For A Purpose
A seed, a weed, is sown and grown,
This is your life, you know!
The soil, the toil till it's full blown
Bring happiness and woe.
The root, the shoot, the stem and leaf
The pain the rain of life,
The sun, your joy, gives way to grief
As struggles become rife.
Nipped in the bud...
Three Thoughts For Christmas & The New Year

Have you ever found that sometimes, various, seemingly disparate, things have come together and you've heard a still small voice? Some truth about life that's been revealed to you? Something that's previously eluded you, but has now come into sharp focus?
It can happen, as I discovered, even in the busyness...
So You Want To Be A Writer? Questions & Answers
I was reading a poem titled “So you want to be a writer?” by author Charles Bukowski a while ago. It begins:
“If it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything, don't do it.”
And continues with the urge NOT to “do it” if you’re after fame or fortune, status or any...
Spoof Poetry: Or Gripes From The Chancel

No time for a blog today because we're about to go away for the weekend. So I thought I'd put up this poem for your enjoyment. It was sent to me some years ago.
IMMORAL, IMPOSSIBLE, GOD ONLY KNOWS(Tune: St. Denio)
1. Immoral, impossible, God only knows
how tenors and basses, sopranos, altos
at...
Bereavement Poetry - Death Is But A Door

IF YOU WISH TO USE THIS POEM FOR THE BEREAVED DURING A FUNERAL OR THANKSGIVING SERVICE, PLEASE SEE THE FREE REPRINT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE.
I lost my daughter some years ago, so I know what it’s like dealing with the loss of a loved one. You wonder...
BBC Radio Devon Interview
Listen to me chatting to Dave Fitzgerald about my latest release, Chosen, on BBC local radio.
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