Recently I attended a writing group at Queen’s University, where we did a 45 minute challenge where we wrote a story based on a famous quote. The following is what I produced – thanks go to members of Belfast Writers’ Group for helping edit the piece! Hands “Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of human […]
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Christian Poetry Review: Of Poetry and God
During an exceedingly long car journey between Troon and Fraserburgh I had the pleasure of reading Of Poetry and God by Daniel Kerdin. As the title suggests, it is a collection of mostly faith based poems. For several of the poems the author assumes the first person persona of Biblical figures, such as John, Peter […]
Happy National Poetry Day!
Happy National Poetry Day! Here is a poem I wrote based on this year’s theme, messages. The Knock at the Door They came at night, those harbingers of death, with their sirens and their sympathy and their superficial sorrow. Their hats come off. Somehow you know what they will say before they speak. They say […]