BREAK NECK SPEED Life moves at break neck speed, full throttle, balls to the wall, waiting for no one. So why should I? I’ve spent most of my life putting others first, silencing my heart, dying to the dreams coursing through my blood, pouring out…

HOUR FOUR-   8.45am: At Subway Waiting for the train with a cup of coffee, salted bagel and a book in my hand. I peered around me. People of all sorts, shapes, sizes and with different appetites wait. To reach their destination. My stare now…

Looking up at the night sky Filled with these little stars I think back to when i was young And tried to count them in all seriousness Sometimes reaching out my hand As if to get hold of one of them And getting all dissapointed…

Please introduce yourself Among the poets here Among the new friends We have yet to meet. Please introduce yourself Tell us who Tell us where And especially tell us why. Please introduce yourself Give us a tiny glimpse Of you, as a poet You, as…

I unlock my thoughts, These black and white letters, In this daily newspaper, That travels more to my mind, I experience a lurch in my stomach, As I board the train to my office, Every man around me, Reminds me of some crime, I rub…

One July day Karen and I took a walk in the woods. Summer friends since our days as kindergarteners a decade before, things had changed. Karen had changed. Sister of my best friend David, her tomboy ways with fishing poles and bait, canoes, axes and…

As I sit here waiting. Anticipating the coming hours. The next prompt. That births each one. My nerves grating, my stomach aching. My hands and body shaking. The second hour in, I’m physically sick. Headache approaches, in the third. My mind teetering. Taking the time,…