Poetry

The Help

There is a hush that coats the great‑hall steps of a country house where the floorboards wish to remember the footfalls of those unheard— the soft, relentless sweep of the maid’s hand. In the

Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves In the wide‑sprawled plains where the horizon unrolls, A lone lieutenant strides in the dust of the south, His heart a compass set further than his will — A shoreless page

Surge

Surge – the word that whistles through the air, A rolling, crawling pulse that rides the tide. On Thames‑bank nights the water swells, a tide‑swept sigh, Turning quiet harbour reeds into canvases of

White Heat

White Heat The dawn is a smear of grey, the Thames a soot‑lined scrawl, yet somewhere beyond the cobbles, a furnace sighs and swallows the pall. Its iron heart convulses, a living coal‑sky, spreading

Vegan

The Veggie‑Flavour of a London Evening In a cosy flat on Notting Hill, the kettle whistles, and the tea‑break spills a lattice of steam over plates. The kitchen’s chalk‑white, the pan’s humming a quiet

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