If only I could say let’s meet at St Pancras,not below the android-looking couple clinchingunder the clock, but next to Betjeman’s statue,crumpled, loveable, human. You haven’t seen the station, done-upin all its magnificence; that long,...
Dogs were howling. I don’t know what breedbut something like wolves; so maybe Alsatians.They wouldn’t stop, their noise was contagious.Soon we were all weeping. When they came, we quietened, but not the dogs. Soldiers pickedthrough...
Mr. White, or can I call you Bob? I promise you this: We will take great care of your heart. The surgeon, yes that's me, from India, I will lead the operation. An anaesthetist from...
Mr. White, or can I call you Bob? I promise you this: We will take great care of your heart. The surgeon, yes that’s me, from India, I will lead the operation. An anaesthetist from...
I know we look sad; unfortunately it's instinct. If your ancestors had seen what we endured, maybe you'd understand. We were always attracted to sacred places, the never-ending peace of holy ground, only the sound...
New and Selected Poems by John Rety (1930-2010) Stonewood Press (Oundle 2012). Pbk. 122 pages. £10.95. John Rety didn’t write for an audience. He said what he meant, didn’t look over his shoulder. The poems...
The Psychoanalysts asked me to write about ‘inner’ space. That took me a long time, I had no idea about inner space, it sounded a bit hocus-pocus. I came up with a poem, but I...
Written by Revd Peter Philips, priest of Our Lady of Pity, Shrewsbury.
Patti Whaley chairs the SoF ( UK) | Steering Committee and isa member of the special working group. = Further information about the Sindy, _ including the full terms of reference, areavailableat = —— –...
