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The Buzzard and the Raven

I’m delighted that this poem, out of GAIA. Being. Alive, was Highly Commended by David Herd, Professor of Poetry at the University of Kent, for the Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Folio Collection 2023. Highly Commended: The Buzzard and the

Steve Walter May 17, 2023June 22, 2023 CONTENTS, POETRY Read more

Horizon 2040 – The Beginning – 5 – Bird

Painting by Jo Walter, The Chenille Tablecloth @jowalter_art   Daniel finds himself flying through tunnels of light, with tropical birds, memories with the lightness of feathers… Birds are central to Daniel’s life. They are the most visible of animals, typically

Steve Walter May 9, 2023November 17, 2023 CONTENTS, STORY, Uncategorized Read more

Horizon 2040 – The Beginning – 4 – Teen

Painting by Jo Walter…The Chenille Tablecloth  jowalter_art Our planet is in danger. We all know that on some level of our consciousness. The accelerating ecological crisis which threatens the survival of life on earth is evident now not only to

Steve Walter April 30, 2023November 17, 2023 CONTENTS Read more

GAIA. Being. Alive – Book launch 22nd April 2023

EARTH DAY INVITE You’re warmly invited to the launch of GAIA. Being. Alive and Horizon 2040 – the beginning, on Earth Day, Saturday 22nd April at Sankeys’ upstairs function room Tunbridge Wells, from 7:30pm. Dear friends, yes it’s a launch

Steve Walter March 17, 2023April 7, 2023 CONTENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY Read more

Wood Anemone

It’s April the sun is tender  as it opens  the gift of Spring…

Steve Walter April 29, 2022April 30, 2022 CONTENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY Read more

The Bookshelf

There are moments when your eye settles on a book on your bookshelf that you haven’t noticed for a while, and may not have opened for years. This was one such time, when I rediscovered a pair of journals I’d

Steve Walter November 26, 2021 CONTENTS, Uncategorized Read more

Life outside the window

From the Wilfred Owen Room at The Clockhouse, The Hurst, Clinton, October 2021 Thankfully, the fields I look out on are not those in which battles were buried as the clay grew tall   they are gently sloping hills, trees

Steve Walter October 22, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, IMAGES, POETRY Read more

Together we walk on the Common

I offer this poem for National Poetry Day, 7th October 2021 and for World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2021   Together We Walk on the Common   Dark clouds threaten, rain not bombs            

Steve Walter October 8, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY Read more

Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival – Remember the earth whose skin you are

On Tuesday 24th August 2021, Steve Walter and Roger West delivered original performances and soundscapes celebrating life on planet earth, as part of the Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival – A video of Steve’s half of the show can be found here Remember

Steve Walter June 25, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, POETRY Read more

Dear Dylan…

Great to be part of this tribute anthology to Dylan Thomas…with ‘Skomer’ …and lovely words from his grand daughter Hannah Ellis Visit IndigoDreams And see the YouTube video clip Bless you Dylan…

Steve Walter May 15, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY Read more

Litter Hunt II

From this common land, Earth Day brings six large sacks of litter – discarded fragments collected piece by piece – extendable picking arms, click in weekday sunshine. Sacks stacked carefully beside a litter bin, a multitude of plastics, foil, metal

Steve Walter May 1, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, POETRY Read more

From moment to moment…

Even now, after over twenty years, there is a certain mystery about exactly what happened, and why, especially why. Seemingly out of nowhere, the world took on a certain magic, conjured coincidences, showed me new meaning in things, places, people,

Steve Walter March 26, 2021November 19, 2021 CONTENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY Read more
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