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It’s a well-known fact that seafarers staring at the sea during the hours of darkness can be hypnotised by the calming waves and the bioluminescence as their ship cuts through the water. In their half-awake half-asleep state of mind, they feel an unexplainable urge to walk to the railings, climb over and jump in. I once experienced this peculiar feeling whilst on watch on a bulk carrier sailing south through the Red Sea towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Indian Ocean beyond.

The precise, rectangular array of the postal boxes was both geometric in design and appealing to the appreciative eye. Behind each brown metal door,...

Another Reason To Live By Paul McCann We all need a reason to carry on .when thing go wrong , when we feel disappointed , when we retire or feel...

Sometimes, there's no time for fear, or pain. And, before we could talk, were there any wars? Where was the fear? What was there to fight for? Before...

CLANCY: One hundred and thirty-one times. Crazy, right? And that’s not an unusually long special, mind you. JEAN: ( Intercom. ) Why were you counting...

We are 'doing' Stevie Smith in my poetry group, and I like her poetry. This is my homage to her style, inspired by her own 'God and the Devil'. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Sleepwalking through life dreaming, beaming …

Set the night in onyx dark thread it fine with golden slumbers drop it in a specter’s space and turn the wheels of wonder Taint the brush in mystery...