OCCAM’S KNIFE

Mar 10, 2023 | Tony's poems

We’re at that stage in human lifeWhen we must pause to scan our fate,Refining thoughts with Occam’s knife.  The hour glass empties, greed is rife,We must act now, it’s not too late -We’re at that stage in human life. We’ll search for...

March Insect apocalypse

Mar 1, 2023 | Keynsham Voice

I recently saw my first bee of the year, tempted out of hibernation by a sunny day. With little food and the temperature set to plummet overnight, I wondered about its fate. I’ve written about insects before, but every time I read about their steep decline I’m moved...

Afterwards

Feb 10, 2023 | Tony's poems

When the last human being has gone And the planet is free of their kind What will then happen? Will wounds heal and damage disappear? Will wild storms cease and ice refreeze At the Poles?  Will fires and floods go away? Will evolution try again, as our poisons fade?...

A RADIOACTIVE LEGACY

Jan 10, 2023 | Tony's poems

Stern concrete structures stare silently out to sea At Sizewell, Dounreay, Trawsfynydd; And yet another four, Stock still behind barbed wire fences In a blossoming natural landscape, Tombs for graphite reactor cores, Untouchable for at least one hundred years –...

Secret Santa

Dec 1, 2022 | Keynsham Voice

Are you taking part in a Secret Santa this Christmas? I am, and I’ve been matched with someone I’ve never met. Working out what on earth to do has surfaced difficult questions around trying to live a sustainable life and how that might be perceived by others. I could...