Disorientated all day…only by this evening do I feel more sane, more sober, inside, quiet – a sense of disbelief, what did I feel had really happened? Madness on the web… A strange night, imagining Revelation, as if I were
Blog – Thursday 25th February 2016
The day after the presentation. Some of the colour has gone, faded. And yet also a relief…what next? Yesterday The day of the conference, things are hotting up – we have a fire alarm at 6:40 – everybody out! The
Blog – Emotional Resilience – Dunchurch Park – 24th February 2016
Script of Presentation delivered to IOSH West Midlands Branch Emotional Resilience – ‘Managing Stress’ Making Connections Matter is my own personal brand, dating back to my first breakdown in 1997. It is not a company.. So, I’ve just rewritten the
Erofili – Armenistis – September 2015
The return And so the sea, the sea continues its conversation with the shore rock and sand, its heavy silence stretching across horizons continuous from here to home.
Riverhill June 2015
Riverhill (I) There is no river at Riverhill, the name comes from Saxon: ‘rither’. Riverhill (II) Listen to jackdaws chip at the edge of the breeze staccato laughter. Riverhill (III) I am no gardener and yet I love a garden
It’s a Spring Thing – Sankeys Friday 21st March 2014
On Friday 21st March there will be an evening of poetry and song in the function room at Sankeys in Tunbridge Wells (TN4 8AA). The evening will be a tribute to Ted Walter (1933-2012), a much loved and respected poet
Book Launch – Voices @ The Poetry Cafe, 31st January 2013
I’m delighted to say that Voices was formally launched at the Poetry Cafe on Thursday 31st January 2013 The line up included many who had contributed to the book with music from Steve Antoni and Ross Wilson
Creative thought: poetry, bringing ideas to life…
Creativity. To be inspired, to be moved by art, beauty, winning performance, dance, music, painting, sculpture, writing, even articulating dissent, the human voice, the human body, ecstasy, heights we aspire to… making connections matter is primarily about creativity – spirit
Fast train approaching…
Fast train approaching… is a lively autobiographical account of my experiences of breakdown (see mind: making sense of the reality we think we know). It is raw, frank and in places shocking and disturbing. It is interspersed with poems which provide
Brighton Festival Fringe – archive
The World Premiere of An Acute Psychotic Episode was performed at the Brighton Festival Fringe on 18th May 2008. Good humoured, confessional, raw, honest, poetic & in parts shocking – based on Fast Train Approaching…Steve Walter’s personal account of nervous breakdown
Have you experienced mental ill health?
If you have direct experience of mental illness or know someone close to you who has been mentally ill – get in touch. I’m drawing together a narrative of individual experiences and what they’ve meant for people, for my next
If this is your first time to this site
If this is your first time to this site, be aware that it is one of personal reflection, of poems and breakdown, and recovery. Check out the links for my book (Fast Train Approaching…) and, if you’re a business visitor,