Terrorism

30 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

With every new terrorist atrocity you get the same knee jerk reactions, calling for vendetta like retribution, that ‘something’ must be done. It is always the same and invariably the same people that bang the same tired old drum with the same tunes, calling for action to be taken but […]

BULLY

25 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

“Bullying Hands up who thinks they haven’t bullied someone. I bet there’s a few of you out there claiming you never have already. Rubbish. We all have at some point, though very few of us will ever admit to it for one simple reason. We were completely unaware we had […]

Lake Bala

21 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

Behind mithril clouds, the moon plays hide and seek, The stars and I the only spectators to this heavenly chase. As ebony silk laps at my feet and bathes my mind, So far from home, I lay upon this Bala bank. It is three AM eternal, for sleep and I […]

Father’s Day

16 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

“Nearly ten years now since I last wrote you a card, No need to stand in queues and pick a poignant phrase or deliberate the verse, No need to choose between socks, aftershave or another Cliff Richard CD, No need to pick up the phone or curse the traffic, on […]

A need for National Service?

14 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

All too often you hear people call for the return of National Service. A two year stint in the Armed Forces that will apparently cure all ills. The reasoning I suppose is sound, but the reality something completely different. Let’s look at the reasons why these calls are made in the […]

Stress

12 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

Nobody can go through life without encountering stress. It will happen to the hardest and softest of people but where it differs in every case is how the stress is handled. If you do not develop a sound technique for dealing with it then you are in serious trouble because […]

Tissue

10 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

All my friends were there that summers day as we laughed, we drank and smoked, Maybe it was was always this way with friends, but in me is just evoked A question I needed answering, a truth I had to find What I really meant to them, and would they […]

The Beach

9 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

No hidden lovers go there, giggling and petting, away from a parent’s prying eyes, Cupids playground is closed now, eviction served by a Swastika and machine gun. Overhead the children’s painted kites and the greedy gulls have taken their leave, Metal wings swoop now, not for half eaten sandwiches and discarded […]

Nature’s call

4 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

Saddle sore and weary, I cast a glance to the sky, As I alight from my steed, my trusted mount. We stand aside, a whispered word of gratitude Acknowledged with the cock of an ear and the pursing of lips. Our journey now halted, postponed by natures call. I stare upwards […]

Summer

4 June 2015 steviehorrell 0

Saddle sore and weary, I cast a glance to the sky, As I alight from my stead, my trusted mount. We stand aside, a whispered word of gratitude Acknowledged with the cock of an ear and the pursing of lips. Our journey now halted, postponed by natures call. I stare upwards […]