Forward To The Past

Post 5 Migrant Myths?

MIGRANTS Humans have always been nomads Since the dawn of man, we have travelled We have upped sticks and moved on In tribes, with goods and chattels With horses, goats, cattle and dogs Motivated by a search for food and shelter Spread wide by the vagrancies of nature

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Post 4 Suffer the little children

I’m LOOKING  .  . . .              For a return to passionate youth Confident for their future Celebrating their present Long haired; not scared Unfettered by ‘Woke’ Marching together Singing of love Longing for peace Clamouring for justice Loving their neighbours Cheering on Global United Discovering the true ‘power of […]

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Post 3 forward to . . the return of Community

  To celebrate the passing of self isolation, our neighbours got together for a barbecue: for which I wrote a little ode: A COASTGUARD COTTAGERS GATHERING  July 2021 Coastguard cottagers had a meet One evening in the July heat They met to chat and drink and eat Of salads , fish and barbecue A chance […]

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Post 2 Wild Life

I thought I’d start off with a poem I wrote back in the eighties, which could, loosely, be described as looking out for wildlife! My kids have always liked it.   ODE TO AN UNWELCOME GUEST        1981 An earwig crawled into my boot And this I did not know Into this boot I put my […]

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Welcome to Forward to the Past

Welcome to this first post of Forward to the Past. Why am I writing it? Mainly because last year I, like many others, had a wake up call. The Covid crisis brought into sharp and brutal relief the huge and growing gap between the rich and poor, the increasing pollution of the earth, the global […]

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