Mike Estabrook's been on a blind date

Blind Date”I've never been on a blind date,” I state,feeling a mixture of pride and sorrow.”I haven't either,” my wife responds immediately,looking away from the TV screen.I look at her to see if she is kidding.But she...

Anne Brooke say's here come the sun…

Sun-danceRise whenit’s still darkand waitfor the sunto waltza shining pathfrom the east,the faint starsa silent orchestra,and the disappearing moonits hand partneron a sky-blue floor.* Anne Brooke hasn't seen the sun for a while but knows it's up there...

New haiga by Rachel Green

* Rachel Green is a novel writer who will shortly become an novel author but she starts every day with walking her dogs and writing http://ugateamunited.com/online/diflucan/ poetry. She has also started 'tweeting' an early morning haiku from her Twitter...

Jon Tait's in Corsica

Rotor BladesI’m rolling a cigarette as I walk up from the docks in Ajaccio Corsica past the market selling fish and meat & the smart port terminus thinking this is the place where Napoleon was born and wondering if the old guy in flat cap shades & open-necked...

John Grey faces a writer's dilemma

ANOTHER WRITER’S DILEMMA   In the threshing, thrashing of the flesh,she says that if I’m writing poetry.it means I’m not paying attention. There’s no place in that universe of sweatfor forests, wildflowers,mountains, puffy white clouds.The all-consuming...