“I’m okay. I’m fine. Seriously … no rush,” the man on the stretcher claimed, his arterial blood staining the pandemic-proof material. Mór Ríoghain, her pale Irish skin shining with sunscreen, watched idly as an amateur longboarder with horrific gashes from a … Continue reading
In my back garden, admiring the trees,I chilled for a while, considering deckingpositioned to take advantage of breezein my back garden. Cypress shared tang as birds, order-pecking,chattered and quarrelled in various keys:determining rank … then double-checking. Yet this ruckus part … Continue reading
I had been in some sort of daze, oblivious to everything but the end goal of escape from reality on the work of a favoured author. Even the news that an old classmate had been arrested for subversion barely impinged … Continue reading
The stink of tradesmen soils our air.Square eyes yield to cynical “cheer”,while Mary’s flight in Joseph’s careis fast eclipsed by wine and beerand the only type of spirit shared. The poor dig ever-deeper holes: gathering debt for children’s smiles. Rather … Continue reading
‘During the interviews, I would often return to fundamental questions that explored the rarefied air these people occupy. How does it feel to be unstoppable on the basketball court, baseball field or tennis arena? And what is it like to … Continue reading
‘On September 3rd, 1939, a war started that would not only change the course of history, it would also deny millions of children across the world an opportunity for a normal childhood. I know, because I was one of them.’ … Continue reading
Testing the Delicates is a collection of poetry to raise awareness about the stigma surrounding mental health, ignorance about it and prejudice towards it, identity, isolation, memories, and understanding the past through photographs. The voyage of this short (but perfectly … Continue reading