STONE

This poem was written today about the inequalities in society, a reminder perhaps that though our lives are relatively comfortable plenty of others are not,and that if we persist in taking no responsibility and ignoring the cries for help by so many, we run the risk of losing our own privileges which we take so…

NEST

This poem is about our naïve belief that we can do something to protect ourselves from the forces of nature. Our desire to build a wall around ourselves in our homes, to keep the nasty things that can happen out. However we try we are pretty powerless, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying.…

A POET IN SAINSBURY’S

For years I have bought notepads from Sainsbury’s to write my poems in. They are often on offer and great value for the budding poet. If you get it wrong you can just tear out a page and start again, (IF ONLY REAL LIFE WAS LIKE THAT) This little ditty was written some time ago,…

ANGST

A poem written today which you may find strikes a cord. ANGST. I think I’ve got too old for Angst it’s a youthful mans condition, too much angst can put you in a compromised position. It’s OK to be angry, and I can be that at times, but angst will tend to tempt you to…

MY BENCH

It is good to make something unique, particularly if it can be of use every day. The artist needs to be brave enough to make a personal statement, and one like my bench is a way of sharing my aesthetic preferences and decisions in a direct way. Hope you like it. G

SNORING

As a late night person, if you are one too, you may relate to the sentiments expressed in this poem. SNORING Life is so precious and each moment counts, each second could be the best, it’s just a pity we sleep at all but they tell me the brain needs rest, they say that the…

The last post of Urban Junkies.

To publish this last picture ‘together with text’, took about two hours! I am obviously not entirely adept at blogging yet! So I will give you a separate blog of my thoughts on the piece ( Urban Junkies ). The image is a collage made up from magazine pictures and other publications in 2012, part…

SINGAPORE

I visited Singapore in 2008 and the gulf between the have and have-nots was very evident. It struck me that this was a country hanging on to its Imperial heritage and that a shift of power was needed to give the populace a voice. This poem talks about the conundrum that Singapore faces. SINGAPORE Nothing’s…

Thoughts on the RA Summer Show.

I visited the RA Summer Show in London today. My first impressions were that painting is definitely back. The RA show went through a period when painting didn’t get much of a look in and conceptual work was rife, with form over substance playing a rather negative part. Some rooms were hung well this year…