Tom Shaw

Reflections

Some Things You Might Have Missed

I’ve been writing some pieces that haven’t been going on Substack - here’s how you can read them:

Poems

[Poem] Coming Up For Air

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI have been a hider in the shadows, Hoping to fly to the meadows—but I, Knowing that under the night sky must be A flowering sun you must see, I choose To wash out the stains of my blues.

Reflections

Keep It Cash—In 17 Syllables

Pushback Poetry #3 Is Now Live

Poems

[Poem] The Closing Chapter

A poem - and a new book - to mark the end of an era.

Reflections

How Your Dissent Is Monetised Against You

How your own words can fund your own destruction

Live and Direct

From Dentist To Dissisent

My recent interview with Miranda Webb

Reflections

The Power To Say No

Piece #2 in the Pushback Poetry series on the Solari Report is now available.

Poems

[Poem] Freedom of Association

A Poem and a Directory

Reflections

Death Shall Have No Dominion

An exploration of the poems of Dylan Thomas - and his showcase of using poetry to move through grief.

Poems

Poetry and Tea: My Keys To Realign

The winning combination I've found in keeping my sanity in a turbulent world.

Reflections

Pushback Poetry

My first article in a series for the Solari Report

Poems

[Poem] Frightened Rabbit

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedIt gets hard to love you When your heart has burrowed down, Frightened by the thought That a predator's around. You hide out in the hides Of the ones you called your kin I call to you to