Harold : Writing

Depression

Depression

A Poem by Harold


Anger and, eventual feelings of hopelessness and despair. I used to live near the Wyre Forest in Worcestershire, so part of this is autobiographical.
Wind and Rain

Wind and Rain

A Poem by Harold


Written on a typically dreary Easter Bank Holiday in Britain. I reminisce about the places where i would rather have been; the hauntingly austere, yet..
By the Brook

By the Brook

A Poem by Harold


Nature as a metaphor for life's journey. The ideas of growing as diffusion, and the joining of 'souls' into a continuum, but with a loss of identity.
In Search of Earth Magic

In Search of Earth Magic

A Poem by Harold


All of the most magical places, whether spectacularly beautiful, or hauntingly spiritual, are nothing without the love of my wife. Nothing is anything..
Lonely Waters

Lonely Waters

A Poem by Harold


'Lonely Waters' is the title of a piece of music by the Irish/English composer E. J. Moeran. The poem was written after a short break with my wife in ..
Influence

Influence

A Poem by Harold


A narrow, and remote, lane in North Cornwall; leading, eventually, up to an ancient, granite, cross. Here the powers of nature are definitely in the a..
'Lighthouse'

'Lighthouse'

A Poem by Harold


My longing for the sea, in all its moods, and my wishes to escape the anxieties of life. Sometimes I just want isolation and the chance to be my own p..