Chris Shaw : Writing

Silence, a Virtue or Not?

Silence, a Virtue or Not?

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(make your own mind up, I wonder what my brother really thought)
There But For Fortune

There But For Fortune

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Written after a visit to a local church where our Prime Minister worships
Ice Splinters

Ice Splinters

A Poem by Chris Shaw


I loved him first when I was seventeenand knew through all his deeds he loved me too.A tenderness portrayed that was so rarelike petals touched at daw..
Losses and Gains

Losses and Gains

A Poem by Chris Shaw


My brother would have died at 59. Through organ donation he survived another 3 years. They were so precious to us and we found out after his death tha..
Gentle On My Mind

Gentle On My Mind

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Let this planet be a placeof gentle thought and kindly deeds.Extinguish all the fires of hatethat grow like mould on old stale bread.Each one of us is..
Questions

Questions

A Poem by Chris Shaw


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Jeannie

Jeannie

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Lyrical, and I do sing it in the bath. About my friend Jeannie, who appears now and then in dreams. My ten year old pal. Simplistic and through the ey..
Who's Who in the Pecking Order?

Who's Who in the Pecking Order?

A Poem by Chris Shaw


A magpie with a beady eyealighted from a nearby tree,to strut upon my wood-stain deckthen stood there rudely, ogling me.He blankly stared, so I stared..
"No more", they said, "No more"

"No more", they said, "No more"

A Poem by Chris Shaw


@ 1930, and true. My Nan's father. She could barely bring herself to utter his name.
Rough Justice

Rough Justice

A Poem by Chris Shaw


There are whispers in the valleys,there are rumours in the streetsand it's spreading like a virusas on gossip people feed.So the curtains are all twit..