Thursday 31 December 2009

The Old Man by the Sea

THE OLD MAN BY THE SEA

Soporific sounds

Slap, swish, slap, swish

Sea on sandy beach.

Elbow on knee, fist under chin

Pen knife and apple on lap

Breeze stirring grey hair

Man sits thinking.

Of life and Liberty?

Of philosophy?

Or daydreaming

Of times gone by.

Memories of missed hopes

Wondering at lost dreams.

Life’s a bugger

When we get old.

Tuesday 22 December 2009




To All My Readers

HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a
VERY GOOD 2010




The Ancient Mariner

Tuesday 1 December 2009

A Ceremony of Innocence


My second novel, A Ceremony Of Innocence will be published next week by Youwriteon.com.
Two brothers are at home on holiday much to the delight of their mother. It was the first time they had been at home together at the same time for several years. Their father is the union convener at the local shipyard and he leads the men out on strike against proposed redundancies at the same time as the brothers arrive home. Though on the surface both brothers support their father, underneath the surface there simmers the stew of disagreement. Mark, the elder brother, is fresh from months at sea as a ships officer and refuses to compromise his upwardly mobile lifestyle or his friends for the sake of family harmony. He lives for the moment and grabs any opportunity for happiness. Jim, freshly graduated from university, supports his father passionately and without question.

Can the brothers find a way to compromise their positions and fulfil their mother’s wish for a happy few weeks or will their anger boil over into open conflict and family break up?


It can be purchased from Amazon or any independent bookseller.

Come on. Lets make this a best seller!?!