With the sad news about Maytree Press, I have a number of copies of Fledge now available for sale. These can be bought in the UK from me at £4 which will include postage and packaging. Let me know if you’d like a copy and we’ll take it from there. In the meantime, here are…
Derek’s Theory of Quantum Stiles
A poem for children published in Tyger Tyger Magazine
This Work is Done
shortlisted for The Milk House Best Poem of 2023 winner of the Readers’ Choice for Best Poem on the Milk House 2023 This Work Is Done This is an old feeling,standing by this evening’s field,these dark rags hanging, strung on wire,beaks silent and unmoving under a stretched sky. So which lore or gods apply?Would it…
Chicken Girl
In this year’s round of short film festivals, a new talent is beginning to make her mark with a ten minute comedy, Chicken Girl, which is entertaining audiences in the North of England and abroad. Written, directed by and starring Em Humble, the film is a tragicomedy about a young woman’s obsession with chickens and…
What’s it all about, Albert?
What’s it all about, Albert? Let us talk of fundamentals,chew the fat on flawed reality,two caffeine fuelled organismsquestioning existence. Let’s pretend that we are fixturesand not dodgy synapse constructs,scribbling madly through the hourslike we feel there’s no tomorrow. Here I pitch verse at the universe,seek antidotes to entropy,focus following the threadsin the patchwork that is…
This Work is Done
This Work Is Done This is an old feeling,standing by this evening’s field,these dark rags hanging, strung on wire,beaks silent and unmoving under a stretched sky. So which lore or gods apply?Would it help to free your feathers,wake thought and memory in cold skulls,wear a black cape in silhouetted brotherhood? Should I take up your…
Re-working the Windermere Poem
Readers of this blog will be aware of my interest in the story of The Windermere Children the true and uplifting tale of the rescue of 300 Jewish kids from the concentration camps at the end of World War ll and the summer they spent in Calgarth by Windermere arranged by Leonard Montefiore. I wrote…
Towards a Theory of Everything
Recently, I’ve written a few poems with a science feel to them (specifically related to the topic of a Grand Unified Theory and those brilliant minds that have worked on understanding the essence of reality in this universe). Some of this work is out for consideration, but that process takes an age and so I’ve…
There is Love Within Each Act of Kindness
a poem by Jonathan Humble inspired by the Windermere Children There is Love Within Each Act of Kindness On Windermere’s shoreunder trees and by streams,we learn to be children again.And slowly at firstunlock feelings and dreamstightly shackled by anguish and pain. Feel the breath of the airon your face as you run;leave the hatred behind…
Goodwill to all Men and Mice
I am a soft clart. Situations requiring cold, reasoned logic and swift decisive action are often dealt with ineptly when they involve wildlife infestations. Let me paint a picture … In Cumbria where I live, my house is situated next to a field. Along with the help of neighbours, the field is run as a…
Jonathan Humble 