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Author's note: the following poem is a collaboration. My elder brother penned the original when he was working as a night watchman on a farm. He gave me a draft to 'tidy up' and I did a bit more to it than anticipated. So the end result you could say is by both of us, though hopefully the spirit...

Recently I've found that writing Haiku is a great way to unwind. I'm not entirely convinced you can do a proper Haiku in English, but here are some of my clumsy efforts: unexpectedly a dolphin in the shallows and no towel rows of cold gravestones jutting from unfeeling clay back...

A snippet from my new fantasy novel for kids, 'Cat Kin'. Some background to this extract: Tiffany and her parents are on their way home from visiting her younger brother Stuart, who is in hospital because of his muscular dystrophy. From chapter 2:

A new take on an old favourite... IF If you can keep your head when all around you Are losing theirs and tripping over you If you can find a home when none has found you And claim their garden, house and bedroom too If you can wash a mile from any water And roam without recourse to...