Sel Whiteley : Writing

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

A Chapter by Sel Whiteley


Firstly I want to thank the many people who have had an input into this work. My mother, the late Linda who was like a second mother and writing tutor..
Happy Birthday Tom

Happy Birthday Tom

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


Today, will be a day of ales downed, smooth and creamy as the years and celebrations alight with th..
He Crossed The Seagulls Path

He Crossed The Seagulls Path

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


Please can you pick a preference of collocation?
Marda 2007

Marda 2007

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


This one is getting printed in a charity fundraising book so I really need you guys to bash it. It can�t have any mistakes whatsoever, so ..
The Freedom of Morning Silence

The Freedom of Morning Silence

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


I wake, half drunk, where those first sparrows warble into early spring. My best friend presses ice-cool water to my lips. She hazes the room wi..
Goodbye, for Now

Goodbye, for Now

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


But here, at the final barricade, British customs officials snatch his brown arms, force him to depart, his feet scar the concr..
The Mauve Hills

The Mauve Hills

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


Six years old he stands the same height as the cello and still idealises his father their lead singer, who drunkenly reels between the..
The Troubled Isle (Part Five: the current situation)

The Troubled Isle (Part Five: the current situatio..

A Story by Sel Whiteley


THis is not well-written: I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~Eve Merriam
Harvesttime, County Fermanagh

Harvesttime, County Fermanagh

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


In a Fermanagh farmhouse a T.V. flickers romantic as candlelight and a man arms pimpled by the North wind, hugs his young fiancé w..
The Gypsy

The Gypsy

A Poem by Sel Whiteley


His forebears might have tamed a wild horse while riding bareback through fields; or legislated the animal spirit; now there is only this: an ..