Category: poetry


  • Stay Positive

    What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? The hardest personal goal I’ve set myself over the last few years is to stay positive. With so much negative and bad news about, wars here and death there. I have tried not listening to the news or flicking through the Internet, but I have…

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  • Oasis

    Who are your favorite artists? My favourite artists for me are Oasis the pop group from Manchester. I think they are a inspiration to every working person to show that you can accomplish stardom in your life, if you work for it. They are from Burnage in Manchester and are just like me, they are…

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  • Car Journeys

    What is your favorite hobby or pastime? When we are not working or I’ve got a poetry event to attend, I like to go out on car journeys in our trusted Ford Festa called ‘Yellper’, after her registration plate. We go to many places over the UK and visit places owned by National Trust. Haiku…

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  • Memories

    What would you do if you lost all your possessions? If I was to loose everything and that was to include my home then that would be devastating! But let’s say, I keep the home but I loose everything in it, all my possessions then I could live with that. Because things that you gather…

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  • I Never Have

    What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? I honestly can’t remember a topic or issue where I’ve changed my mind. I have always stuck by my decisions and I’m proud of that. Haiku I don’t change my mind. If I decide then that’s it. Stick with it, Marky.

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  • No Need

    Your life without a computer: what does it look like? My life without a computer, well I have lived some of my life without computers or the technology we have today. When I was growing up and even onto my early days starting a job or working for myself, I never had a computer or…

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  • Guitar

    What skill would you like to learn? I’ve always wanted to play the guitar but I’ve never got around to doing it, Jeni bought me one as a gift many years ago, but for some strange reason I haven’t even tried to play it, it is still in the attic/loft  collecting dust. With me writing,…

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  • Honesty

    What’s the trait you value most about yourself? My best trait is that I’m a good friend, a good person to know, I would stand by you thick and thin and never go behind your back. Honesty is the best, be upfront and don’t lie, yes little white lies to protect, but if one trait…

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  • Positivity

    What things give you energy? To tell the truth the thing that gives me the most energy is thinking and being positive. Having a good attitude, keeping up with my excerise and eating healthy, that is what gives me the most energy. But it is not easy, things bring you down, other people, work and…

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  • Boring

    What would your life be like without music? I’ve been on a magical mystery tour, I’ve had brown paper parcels tied up with string, and they have been some of my favourite things, I’ve been on a yellow submarine and I’m free to do whatever. Haiku Music to my ears. Music with joyful lyrics. Music…

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