Poetry

A small collection of poems, some previously appearing in journals such as "Gay Love Poetry" and "Scratch". With illustrations by Moira Coupe and signed by the author. This is the author's first published collection since the 1990s

An anthology of poetry on the dilemmas of war, by pupils from Macclesfield, Cheshire.

How do you feel empowered when depression leaves you powerless? How do you promote self-esteem when your internal critic always shouts the loudest? How do you change the world when you can't get out of bed?

The title's is not very crisply informative, I know. But tht tentative ambiguities in those two words suggest, I hope, dear reader, quite a lot of possibilities to the open and forgiving mind of poetry-readers.