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A Bitter Sweet Happy Birthday

Posted on May 10, 2022May 9, 2022 by rak

The Missing Ones We Miss The Most a birthday party family get together all those who remain

family meal

Relatively Little Was Said

Posted on May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 by rak

What We Don’t Say family meeting so much light chitter-chatter so much left unsaid

old photo of a family at play

Love Is All You Need

Posted on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 by rak

These Are The Ties That Bind what is family? random genes thrown together held in place by love

a young brother

The Greatest Gift Of All

Posted on April 6, 2022April 5, 2022 by rak

Learning To Love Yourself Out in the green Derbyshire hills a ginger man sees in another year. Just like me,… Read more The Greatest Gift Of All

My True Gifts To My Son

Posted on February 9, 2022February 18, 2022 by rak

My True Gifts To My Son It came to me in a painful flash of obvious, duh. He can sing,… Read more My True Gifts To My Son

a butterfly on a womans palm

What We Should Leave Our Loved Ones

Posted on January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 by rak

What We Should Leave Our Loved Ones when all this is over when you are all done what will there… Read more What We Should Leave Our Loved Ones

driving into sunset

It All Keeps On Coming

Posted on January 20, 2022January 19, 2022 by rak

It All Keeps On Coming driving on the motorway the setting sun blinding this son setting out on the road… Read more It All Keeps On Coming

three young brothers on a scooter

The Difficulty With Love

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 by rak

The Difficulty With Love The difficulty with love is the word love. I can’t tell you how much I love… Read more The Difficulty With Love

a terraced house

The Terraced House

Posted on December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 by rak

The Terraced House It was up a hill but a step down from the place we had called home. It… Read more The Terraced House

an old family photo

Family Photos

Posted on December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 by rak

Family Photos Family photos. Like looking at an absence, at something missing.

Emma Tustin child killer

Suffer Little Children

Posted on December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 by rak

Suffer Little Children What is in their minds? As they kill their own children, what are they thinking? Arthur Labinjo-Hughes:… Read more Suffer Little Children

an old gold ring

An Old Gold Ring

Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 by rak

An Old Gold Ring Going through the glitter tat that we’ve gathered over years of buying this and that, shiny… Read more An Old Gold Ring

a young boy

The Terror Of Love

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 by rak

The Terror Of Love Out with my son, a too rare event, on a weekend, even rarer, we eat and… Read more The Terror Of Love

mother father and child reading

New Tricks Old Dog

Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 by rak

New Tricks Old Dog even a young pup can sometimes show an old dog a book of new tricks

gold wedding ring

Worn And Worn

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 by rak

Worn And Worn An antique gold band. Her grandmother’s wedding ring. Worn from being worn.

I Remember You

Posted on September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 by rak

One year gone, one year on, but I remember you. That little girl with a cherry red flame of hair… Read more I Remember You

Watching People Die

Posted on September 7, 2021November 24, 2021 by rak

Watching People Die I sat and watched her as she died. My grandmother, Winnie. Her skin, always white and weather… Read more Watching People Die

Leaving Hurt

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 by rak

Beatings didn’t hurt Nor fights or harsh silences Leaving was what hurt

An Empty Nest

Posted on December 3, 2020November 24, 2021 by rak

An Empty Nest Now an empty nest is filled by an absent whole and our fledgling needs

fallen rose petals

Nothing Lives Forever

Posted on September 19, 2020 by rak

Petals fall softly All that lives must one day die Even those we love In memory of my little sister,… Read more Nothing Lives Forever

Old English

Posted on September 2, 2020September 1, 2020 by rak

We had a pet dog when I was a boy. A great, stupid, soft, shaggy Old English sheepdog. I think… Read more Old English

Not Remembering

Posted on August 29, 2020September 30, 2021 by rak

I don’t recall him being born, my son. Not enough, anyway. I remember scenes from the day: the blood; the… Read more Not Remembering

Our Joyce

Posted on June 16, 2020 by rak

Walking into a city centre shop a year or two back, or perhaps longer, I did a double take and… Read more Our Joyce

the road home

A Small Act Of Vengeance

Posted on March 3, 2020 by rak

The father arrives. He pulls up on the road and he beeps the horn and he waits. Perhaps he beeps… Read more A Small Act Of Vengeance

The Super Hero

Posted on February 26, 2020 by rak

Protected by the impenetrable shield of self-absorption the dark-haired young boy strode around the garden dispensing justice with his thumb-cocked… Read more The Super Hero

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