Haiku
A haiku, or hokku, is a Japanese verse form composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, […]
Category: Prose and Poems
Words, words and words.
Run With Toon
I stumbled out of the taxi in the heart of Chiang Rai city. I had reached my destination, the Nak […]
Nicaragua-Books Not Bombs
Lucky me. I’d bought a raffle ticket at a meeting held in a draughty old Edinburgh school, on a cold […]
An Ayrshire Goudie
An Ayrshire Goudie I scanned across the silent sea, Straining my grey-green eyes as I searched for any stubborn sight […]
Four Pine Trees
They had a certain calmness Those Scots pine trees That stood together On the edge of town Four […]
Last Train?
A forsaken copy of the Racing Post brushed against his size 12 black brogue shoes as it made its way […]
Tea Time in Stewarton
My father sat there on ‘his chair’ next to the smouldering fire of ‘coal’ briquettes, his eyes fixed on the […]
Held Back – Chapter Four
Previous chapters here 4 It must have been about two o’clock in the morning when loud banging on the front […]
Held Back, Chapter 3
Chapters 1 and 2 here 3 Unfortunately, even school summer holidays must come to an end and as August drew […]
Held Back – Chapter Two
Chapter 1 here 2 I stuck the book token in my back pocket and sneaked out of the Assembly […]