Blue Monday (17th January 2022) is supposedly the 'saddest day of the year'. The long winter, the grey skies and the cold can make us...

"Boxed Up" has been written to coincide with the time that Christmas decorations are coming down and being put back into storage. I hope...

This explores the horrendous treatment of our many homeless around the globe, the beggas, the vagabonds and the many other cruel words we...

The below poem has been written specifically written to coincide with International Men's Day 2021. It was inspired by a piece of advice...

The below poem, I Don't Want To See Another Flower, has been specially written to coincide with Armistice Day, 11th November 2021. I...

Celebrating Black History Month 2021 An Article by Simon Clark As with all ‘awareness months’ it is incumbent upon us to educate...

'The Earth and I' came out of a feeling of hopelessness for the planet and the consistent abuse of it by humans, including by myself. It...

After much thought I decided to 'hang up my heels' and put my drag persona to one side. I am so proud of what we have done and so...

No real introduction. It's a windy night in a topsy turvy time. This is the result. The Wind A Poem by Simon Clark Feeling terrified by...

To close Mental Health Awareness Week (10th - 16th May 2021), I decided to share the final three poems on the last day. So you are...

Day 4 of the daily poems to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week (10th - 16th May 2021) is here. Looking at the idea of feeling broken...

Day 3 of Mental Health Awareness Week (10th - 16th May 2021) brings the third of my daily poems. This one looks closer at past feelings...

Today I continue my celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week (10th - 26th May) and its theme for 2021, Nature. Each day this week...

Today is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week (10th – 16th May), and this years theme is NATURE. Many of us have felt the benefits...

The second poem that I am sharing with you today builds upon the feelings of doubt, hopelessness and destinationless that I explored...

This poem comes from the examination of ones own doubt; that feeling of being in the middle of nowehere, miles from the nearest solution. ...

Today is Earth Day and after a year of lockdowns and restrictions where we saw our planet begin to heal and reclaim its beauty, and after...

Kintsugi A Poem by Simon Clark He’s a broken soul fighting to conceal the cracks but come to my arms where I’ll trace his seams in gold...

Distraction A Poem By Simon Clark Block the stations and fill the television channels with the sanitisation of a life, The truth is...

My Town A Poem by Simon Clark The high street has been resurfaced more times than I’ve had hot dinners, The brickwork replaced with...

I started a poetry project, in January, that I intend to revisit throughout the year. A project that looks at individuals who have...

How Lucky Can One Guy Be? An Article by Simon Clark So often people concern themselves with the tiniest of problems, most insignificant...

The bravado and façade sometimes painted on is only to mask the layers of insecurity and unattainable ambitions that we allow to tear us...

Recently things have been fluctuating emotionally and mentally for so many people, including myself. Changes to the way we work, the...