Horizon 2040 – Chapter 13 – The Laboratory
As he woke, he had the strongest memory of his girlfriend on his mind. Tara. He remembered the excitement when once they’d met in the cool of the concrete cages at the side of the laboratory, where the tall, torpedo-like
Horizon 2040 – The Beginning – 7 – The Green Man
Groundswell: a quickening tide; a rising flood; a gathering storm – chaos theory describes howtiny incremental changes may amount to a real shift, a very real difference in the order of things. Daniel, Groundswell 2000 CHAPTER 7 – THE GREEN
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
GAIA Being Alive
These poems follow an environmental theme, many share a personal response to the current climate and ecological crisis. Now, perhaps more than ever, we have become acutely aware of the extent of our impact on the planet. Many of the
Watch this space for a new publication: GAIA.Being.Alive and Horizon 2040 – The Beginning
Echoes of Orion – Ted Walter’s Collected Poems – Now Available
Dad’s poetry collection was launched at Sankeys Tunbridge Wells on St George’s Day, his mother’s birthday, 23rd April 2022.
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
Blog – Electric Head…
Not a petrol head, although I do adore my 1250 Suzuki Bandit, but an electric head! Tomorrow, for the first time, I will become the owner of a completely electric car! I’m excited and amazed, and also sensing my first
COVID Phase II – A Beginning
COVID Phase II – A Beginning Watching the unfurling of Lockdown leaf by leaf a gradual opening +++ Tree catches fire in cool evening light uncertainty for a moment suspended +++ Brushing aside the clouds on a paling sky
World Environment Day 2019 – Air Pollution in Tunbridge Wells
On Wednesday 5th June, think about air pollution: vehicle emissions contain a number of different toxic gases such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) (in spite of catalytic converters), as well as the tiny particulates
Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival (April 2019)
On Sunday 28th April, I read from When the Change Came, with Roy Marshall and Derek Healey at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. The theme was Verisimilitude, and I offered a few contrasts of truth and fiction. The Cheltenham Playhouse Lounge