Poetry in Motion

The first day of May - and as I look out of the window, the sun is bright and surrounded by blue. It's a gorgeous day!

I've been writing poetry again recently. I am always reading poetry, but over the years I have discovered that I am only interested in writing poetry when there is pain or love or melancholy in my life. A recent poem to share with you:

In the absence of you
There is only hope
And dreams
Of life
Better
Of life
Sweeter
Held at the seams.

In the absence of you
There are whispers
Longing
Fibrous
Nimble
Softly speaking
Felt not heard
Whispers of song.

In the absence of you
There are too many pieces
Ragged and broken
Moments
Edges
Closing in
Words forgotten
Remain unspoken.

In the absence of you
There is nothing
Pale tones
Breath in
No marks to hold
No heart tick
In the absence of you
It is done.

Very cathartic, writing poetry. Of all of the writing I do, this is the writing which feeds my soul and makes me feel complete.

I've also been recording sketches for radio recently. My friends Sam Morgan and Dave Rees have been successfully flogging their brilliant comedy sketch show The Sam and Dave Show to radio stations throughout the UK. They have been working with a number of talented writers and I'm excited about the prospect of 'performing' for a different audience. I will continue to work with them until I leave for Canada. If you'd like to listen to the shows, check out the current line-up on Phonic FM (www.phonic.fm 106.8fm Exeter) and Sound Art (www.soundartradio.org.uk 102.5fm Totnes). More stations to be announced soon.....

Barefaced Cheek will be filming an number of sketches from the live show to post online and will also be recording sketches for audio use in the future.

I'm desperate to get as much writing/recording/filming and submitting done before leaving, but am quickly realizing that I'm running out of time.....

Now back to work!!