An hour spent watching the sea is a lesson in accepting change.
Tag Archives: nature
Holding Breath
The great joy of this summer has been the garden and my re-engagement with growing.
Summer’s End
Holidays must end as you know.
McCarthy and Moon Autumn Tour
We are pleased to announce our Autumn Tour for 2018 with a series of dates in North East Lincolnshire. Friday 14th September 7.30 pm at The Globe in Cleethorpes. This lovely new coffee and book shop is an intimate venue with very welcoming hosts. Entry is free. Signed copies of Poems from the Swamp willContinue reading “McCarthy and Moon Autumn Tour”
Bridges
I knew in my dream I was walking from one reality to another, one state to another and that I had to say goodbye to everything I thought I knew in order to make that journey. I was not afraid or excited, just peaceful.
The Nature of Fire
It’s no good taking the old into the new when it is no longer fit for purpose. Into the fire go those things that need to be rendered to ash, stripped of their potency, made healthy again for the new life of a spring garden.
Touring, Travelling and All That Jazz
Once I’d re-calibrated myself and found the coffee the world began to resettle and assemble itself in a manageable order. I tuned out the news, it’s all bad, and thought about the past few days, with no small sense of wonder.
The Nature of Birthdays
I have just had what is often referred to as a ‘significant birthday.’ It was my 50th birthday and it did feel significant but not because of the fact of the number 50. The number 1 is in fact the reason for its significance. This was my first birthday as Josie Moon and that is what feels important about this mark in time.
Ode to Joy
Blackbird heralds dawn as light breaks. Where his gentle wing abides spring enters in as a protest and his song sings of hope. I had the pleasure of being invited to talk about poetry on Radio Humberside this week as part of the BBC’s shout out for short poems to be considered for inclusion inContinue reading “Ode to Joy”