Join me on Friday 2nd June, at Southborough Civic Centre, from 12:30, for Poetry and Environment. Whether you write in traditional form, free verse, or rap, would like to start a new poem or finish an old one, you are
The Buzzard and the Raven
I’m delighted that this poem, out of GAIA. Being. Alive, was Highly Commended by David Herd, Professor of Poetry at the University of Kent, for the Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Folio Collection 2023. Highly Commended: The Buzzard and the
Horizon 2040 – The Beginning – Chapter 5 – Bird
Painting by Jo Walter, The Chenille Tablecloth @jowalter_art Daniel finds himself flying through tunnels of light, with tropical birds, memories with the lightness of feathers… Birds are central to Daniel’s life. They are the most visible of animals, typically
Horizon 2040 – Chapter 4 – Teen
Painting by Jo Walter…The Chenille Tablecloth jowalter_art Our planet is in danger. We all know that on some level of our consciousness. The accelerating ecological crisis which threatens the survival of life on earth is evident now not only to
GAIA. Being. Alive – Book launch 22nd April 2023
EARTH DAY INVITE You’re warmly invited to the launch of GAIA. Being. Alive and Horizon 2040 – the beginning, on Earth Day, Saturday 22nd April at Sankeys’ upstairs function room Tunbridge Wells, from 7:30pm. Dear friends, yes it’s a launch
Watch this space for a new publication: GAIA.Being.Alive and Horizon 2040 – The Beginning
Wood Anemone
It’s April the sun is tender as it opens the gift of Spring…
Echoes of Orion – Ted Walter’s Collected Poems – Now Available
Dad’s poetry collection was launched at Sankeys Tunbridge Wells on St George’s Day, his mother’s birthday, 23rd April 2022.
The Bookshelf
There are moments when your eye settles on a book on your bookshelf that you haven’t noticed for a while, and may not have opened for years. This was one such time, when I rediscovered a pair of journals I’d
Life outside the window
From the Wilfred Owen Room at The Clockhouse, The Hurst, Clinton, October 2021 Thankfully, the fields I look out on are not those in which battles were buried as the clay grew tall they are gently sloping hills, trees
Together we walk on the Common
I offer this poem for National Poetry Day, 7th October 2021 and for World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2021 Together We Walk on the Common Dark clouds threaten, rain not bombs
Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival – Remember the earth whose skin you are
On Tuesday 24th August 2021, Steve Walter and Roger West delivered original performances and soundscapes celebrating life on planet earth, as part of the Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival – A video of Steve’s half of the show can be found here Remember