This old man, he played on until all his mind had gone. With a tip-tap, slip-slap, where’s the dog and… Read more This Old Man

Death Poems
This old man, he played on until all his mind had gone. With a tip-tap, slip-slap, where’s the dog and… Read more This Old Man
Closer comes the sickening, the withering, the reckoning. Closer, now, and closer still. It always has, and always will, be… Read more The Sickening
Standing on a footbridge. The ring road below it, traffic from out of town streaming along the dual carriageway from… Read more I Almost Understand
We found our pet cat cold and stiff in a cupboard kittens dead in her
Breathing in the dark, alone, quiet, and at peace. May death be like this.
A short story from my Medium account. Pop over and have a look. The End Of The Line
A taste of poison The godforsaken flavour Bitter as defeat
On television In our warm, dry homes we see Refugees drowning
The last autumn bee Just resting on a footpath Waiting for his death
An urban footpath Unused, empty and hidden A man could die here
Writing a story About the loss of a child I just can’t do it
In the Great Dying We will kill all worth saving Then look at ourselves
At the edge of life Looking at approaching death There we will find peace
My Last Day Not on a dull day A bright glorious morning Make that my last day
Final Thought I sometimes worry In the small hours of the night Is this my last thought?
Garden all tidied Everything is squared away I could end it now
A wire bird feeder Its grim content this morning Dead tangled starling
The humble earthworm A friend to the gardener He will one day eat
Dying butterfly Its wings all frayed from flying Flutters a goodbye
I often wonder What the dead people I know Would say to me now
The easy rider On the highway to heaven Ride on, man, ride on
The dog is happy A big stick held in his teeth Cankers on his face
I had upset her ‘You can go now,’ she told me My mother’s last words
The sound that she heard, At the end, we will all hear. Eternity’s call.
Someone I didn’t really know died And I feel affected In a way I didn’t expect. We spoke a couple… Read more Someone I Didn’t Really Know Died