Lullaby

What do we hope to plan and pray for our children and our children’s children? In general, we are obligated to protect nature so that they do have a future on sustainable earth; but above recycling and physical properties of protecting their environment how would we like our offspring to live? Current crises of theContinue reading “Lullaby”

Why do we write?

I remember my first poem. It was written when I was in primary school. I was taught and inspired by a visiting practice teacher,not yet qualified. He was tall with dark hair and he wore glasses. I remember a brown jacket (corduroy-fashionable then) and his encouraging smile. He was the grown up version of hisContinue reading “Why do we write?”

Colour blindness

Poem Number Eight Colour blindness Why should we                 Search for colour? When it             just happens? A creation, that is                             something uniquely beautiful                             All around us. It was never                    meant to be Thrust            in front of us As a  ya          rd          st          ic          k  measure                   Continue reading “Colour blindness”

Soul Food

Isn’t it amazing, the way that the waft of an aroma transports the mind to another time and place? Whenever I catch a whiff of baking spices , add a little rum, and a low humming song and I am back in my small bedroom listening to the clatter of pots and pans , experiencingContinue reading “Soul Food”

FEAR

Poem number eight I wrote this poem some thirty years ago. It was published in a poetry magazine called DIAL It has been republished in a wholeyogaayurveda newsletter a couple of months ago (see my instagram account-pink flowers image- for details) This short poem was written about how we cope with this emotion It occurredContinue reading “FEAR”