Springing eternal in autumn
In 2010 I wrote a series of four haiku spanning seven-year intervals in response to Deepwater Horizon: 1996, 2003, 2010, 2017. Now it’s 2023, maybe an update that ignites the will to keep plugging on would be helpful…
Poetry
National Poetry Day
Two haiku, one responding to the news of record September average global temperatures, and one celebrating a bit of biodiversity that is often overlooked.
“Dress for overcast”
In which I was a creative lead at a MozFest Fringe hack day, and also tinkered with Javascript to create some generative weather forecast poetry in motion.
Now we have Trump
Armageddon outta here…
Petroleum
BP has been found “grossly negligent” in the lead-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I wrote a series of haikus in response to the original event, and other oil-related events past and imagined,
#turnedoutgreyagain, a Twoem
Blackbird perched precariously in pyracantha, picking at plentiful berries. #ventriloquismforbeginners
Presence
A poem inspired by Iona, and commended in Earthing Faith’s “Inspired by Creation” competition, October 2010.
My soul has taken flight
An experiment in a geo-located poem, August 2010.
Waiting for the Fionnphort Bus
Poem published in Poetry Scotland, Late Spring 2010.
