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Written for the 2024 Poetry Anthology - Seasons

Poem written for the 2024 Poetry Antho.

Most conversations people have in a lift rarely range beyond a 'Hi - how are you?' That's probably how Leo prefers it. Then he encounters Andi.

A geeky, un-Socials-ready author stands on the precipice of glory- holed honed fame! But can his ultra-hip influencer, hired to mold the young man’s golden clay into Instaham worthy BS, be able to resist the artless naïveté of his un-hep student?

A series of events unfold, placing sham and subterfuge in the uncompromising light of true love.

Denys, a journalist, drifts through his days sad and desperately alone. By a stroke of unexpected chance, a runaway appears in his life. However, teenage Theo carries a lot of anger in him, and his feelings of loss are just as palpable as Denys’.

Yet, perhaps – somehow – man and boy can help fix what's broken in the other. That is, if they're able to survive what the Russians have planned for their city.

Christmas is Bruce's special time of year, a time he shines, but there's always a shadow...

Changed times need new thinking. Open minds. This applies anywhere and to anyone. Even to those who never thought it'd be their turn.

Five poems concerning various anniversaries.

An itinerant photographer stops by the one town he’s avoided for the last twenty years. What is it he hopes to encounter there? What is this ‘one last thing’ he feels he has to do?

Times of environmental disaster, political upheaval and endless wars . . . . 1816 is relevant to the world we find ourselves navigating today. Antonin Carême, the world’s greatest celebrity chef — with his rockstar salary and good looks — heads to an open-ended engagement at the Prince Regent’s seaside home. What, though, are his true motivations for going? What about all the deaths and attempted killings unfolding at the Pavilion while he’s there? Who is this mysterious doctor who draws him into the investigations?