Short Story 1 (Swinging Along)
An 7 year old girl called Holly was on her swing in the garden. She sang songs with the birds that flew past her. Her golden hair blew in the wind, swaying back and forth.
Secondhand Angels
This poem was inspired by Mark Twain's "War Prayer". With a painful lurch the stranger came into the room,
And cast his eyes about into the darkness and the gloom.
The Family Chain
It takes seconds to say it
Those three little words
But when they do
Their hearts sing like birds
It takes minutes to realise
Those words mean so much
But when they do
Begins the simplest touch
It...
The Lives Of Blackbirds
A pair of black birds live in my garden. Never leaving each others sight. They bob between the bushes. Finding worms in the undergrowth. Together they built a nest against my shed.