Author: Turning the Stones

Written one humid afternoon in August, when we were all desperate for a storm!

For many reasons, I haven’t written for a while, but a beautiful photograph by my dear friend, Angus Ferguson, taken in the North East of England, inspired me to put pen to paper again late last night. His images – all straight lines, vanishing points, and … Continue readingAT THE RUSTED GATE

When I was driving out of the village recently, I could see something ahead on the road which from a distance looked pretty, but as I got closer, I realised it wasn’t! This poem came to mind almost immediately.

A poem written in response to an article I read about the Big Bang.

A poem which began life as a writing exercise on an Arvon course, remembering a happy childhood, and lots of book reading!

INVOCATION My fingers tremble as I lift her, Just a whisper of shell-bone and feather, Stilled by a false horizon in wild autumn weather. I tell her I am Caladrius, come to carry her to the sun, I speak of Rhiannon and her birds, Singing … Continue readingINVOCATION

“Welsh place names run as bright, incandescent threads through the long and tangled weave of memory” … Continue readingWHERE GIANTS SLEEP

Vale Vineyard – Gwinllan y Dyffryn, a pioneering vineyard in the Vale of Clwyd, is approached along a quiet, winding lane, deep in the heart of the Denbighshire countryside. Set against the backdrop of the hauntingly beautiful Clwydian hills, and with vast, open views towards … Continue readingIECHYD DA! THE WELSH WINE REVOLUTION

A poem about the journey of the beautiful River Dee in North Wales, from its source in Snowdonia to the magnificent Dee Estuary, beautifully read by Keith Humphreys. Click to listen: https://fb.watch/qNfSAI7Nl9/ TAITH AFON DYFRDWY Sibryda llais Aerfen yn ddistaw bach Drwy greigiau Dduallt, ar … Continue readingTAITH AFON DYFRDWY – JOURNEY OF THE RIVER DEE