Fiction-writer, poet and writer for well-being. Using Haiku to help people.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and blessWith fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; John Keats, To Autumn Give yourself a round of applause because you…
You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit…
I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and what trees and seasons smelled like —…
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own Good morning, afternoon and evening from Haiku for You! This is a 12-week interactive…
I love the silent hour of nightFor blissful dreams may then arise,Revealing to my charmed sightWhat may not bless my waking eyes. Anne Brontë, Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters Thanks so much for coming along…
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. George Eliot, Mr Gilfil’s Love Story A warm welcome to week 7 of Haiku for You, the interactive blog-series that for 12 weeks,…
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt Greetings from week 6 of Haiku for You, where you can huddle up to haiku and learn how to use…
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. Alice Walker Say hello to week 5 of Haiku for You, where every week…
Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Covid-19 note: As this is a time where social-distancing is…
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Mark Twain Thank you for joining me on week 3 of your Haiku for You writing for well-being programme, Haiku about Weather!…