Patsy Goodsir is watching the clematis creeping

THROUGH THE WINDOW Now the growing months are hereI can see the added beauty of this tree,it blocks out the neighboursand frowns at the clematiscreeping, invading, but makingapologies with delicate pinks. I've hung the voile with blue tulipsit looks good...

Alan Price is reading up on old movies…

COLOUR MY MOVIE MISS NIAH FROM MARSSettings, dialogue, characterisation and special effects are of a low order; but even their modest unreality has its charm. There is really no fault in this film that one would like to see eliminated. Everything, in its way, is quite...

Roberta Swetlow's writing an octologue

Today we have a poem by Roberta Swetlow in a relatively new and novel form – an octologue. This was invented by Pat Gomes and consists of eight line stazas, with syllables arranged: 3,5,3,3,5,3,3,3 and with each line capped. For more information see the Octologue...

Helen Pletts says there will come a time

And there will come a time And there will come a timewhen the sheets will ride up into one,you and he, meeting again,melting like rain, taking a hand in a hand and putting steps in a soiltoo soft to remember you,yet he is saying something  that you will...