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:

[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.

Keep It Cash—In 17 Syllables

Pushback Poetry #3 Is Now Live

[Poem] The Closing Chapter

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

How Your Dissent Is Monetised Against You

How your own words can fund your own destruction

From Dentist To Dissisent

My recent interview with Miranda Webb

The Power To Say No

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

[Poem] Freedom of Association

A Poem and a Directory

Death Shall Have No Dominion

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

Poetry and Tea: My Keys To Realign

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

Pushback Poetry

My first article in a series for the Solari Report

[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

Reflections

Master Your Word

An invitation to re-align with your creativity and soul essence.

Poems

[Poem] Bullring

A Poem on Masculinity

Reflections

Will ChatGPT Turn Us Into Poets?

The unintentional consequence of AI language models, and how we might get a new wave of excellent poets that will prove why human creativity cannot be matched.

Poems

[Poem] Apocalypse Lyricists

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedBalance this weighty world and its trance Without seeking the urge to tap-out. Holding out through all that's unfolding, You bring the dark to light as you sing. Harness the truths that you channel in earnest; They&

Reflections

A Poetic End to Slavery

On The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley

Poems

[Poem] Centri-Futile Force

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI broke the law of gravity today, So that I could soar high into the sky. The physics cops spotted me right away And so they gave chase in their police plane. They had to cuff me with an iron

Reflections

Under The Bludgeonings of Chance

On The Poetry of W.E. Henley

Poems

[Poem] The Sword of Liberty (2026 Edition)

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedLet today be known amongst the greatest of days: The one where I said “I don’t need you any more.” Sovereignty freed from your vice-grip, And now the scales of justice tip. It is high time that I

Reflections

How Globalism Kills Literature

Creating the case for local art and local literature

Poems

[Poem] Weathering The Storm

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedFear not, my friend; we are not lost at sea, For I have been to this island before. I have been mutinied by those I loved, Spat at in the face and left feeling sore, Cast overboard with them blaming

Reflections

"Passive Income" and Other Epidemics of the Mind

No matter what you do, your work will never be over - and that's okay.

Poems

[Poem] Return Address To Morpheus

A poem on the painful nature of dreams.