Poetry

This journey is a collection of stories and poems I’ve written for children and for the child who still lives within all of us. Many combine the wonder of nature, its creatures and moments of learning that remind us that we all matter. Children will meet busy bees, fireflies and others who discover kindness, courage and the beauty of friendship

Beautifully crafted, sensitive and enlightening, One Hundred Years of Ermintrude, is a breath of fresh air to the poetry arena. Drawing on the imaginative vitality of the magic-realist mode, the book tells the stories of 3 members of one family, presided over by the indomitable Ermintrude, condensing defining moments in each life into stanza form. The result is a highly evocative, affecting poem-story.

The eponymous opening tale of centenarian Ermintrude is recounted backwards, opening with the image of her wreath and ending with her mother s pregnancy, and establishes the probing questions about time and life that characterise the ensuing tales of her children, Tristan and Lucy.

The stories intertwine, musing on family, individuality, and mortality, whilst the prismatic writing bears endless re-listening.

Meditations that help us re-member our humanity in a time where everything is changing all the time, everywhere, all at once. A mix of words heard from beyond, blended with blushes of poetry and wisdom's whispers. Can we get still enough to hear them?

A series of poems inspired by specific artworks by Michael Whelan. You can check out his gallery here

This three-track journey a invitation to reconnect with the brave child within

the one who endured, survived, and never stopped hoping for love.

Together, we'll create a safe space to meet your inner child with compassion, release what no longer serves you, and embrace the quiet transformation symbolized by the butterfly. As each meditation unfolds, you'll be guided toward healing old wounds, cultivating self-love, and discovering the strength that has always lived within you.

Whether you're beginning your healing journey or continuing to deepen your relationship with yourself, these practices offer a place of refuge, courage, and renewal.

Threshold Verses draws from a collection of poetry spanning several decades. Some of it arrived as stream of consciousness. Some of it showed up on the page before I was aware I was writing it, then got erased and traced again a few times over. It moves through three thresholds — declaration, grief, and waking — and touches loss, Ireland, ancestry, and the question I keep asking in rooms that would rather I didn't. Form or free never mattered to me. What matters is that it finds you in its own time.

Remember, poets are playdates for the brokenhearted.

A sampling of free content, including my humorous science fiction audio books and poems, to provide a taste of what the full premium content is like.

This also acts as an example for Guides as to what is possible — in terms of links in the descriptions, links to other sites as attachments, file attachments, and links to other journeys and guides from tracks — with each track as part of the functionality provided by NRJ.