
TWO SEAS
By Lesley Morrison Image: solenedesjardins, www.pixabay.com The sea is calm and beautiful and soothing. It stretches out to the horizon,...

SYRIA SUITE, The Story of a Friendship
By CLARE PHILLIPS Through volunteering with Dumfries and Galloway’s Refugee Resettlement project, Clare Phillips befriended a Syrian...

SILENCE THE GUNS
BASHABI FRASER Image, Calm at Glencorse, by Vibha Pankaj Can we call for a ceasefire to silence the guns And let peace and tranquillity...

CONSCRIPTS IN OUR WAR
To mark this year's COP26 conference being held in Glasgow we are re-publishing this article on humans' use of animals during the war....

CHILDREN NOW
Image courtesy of vlaaitje, pixabay.com JANET DUBÉ Stepping into the garden before supper I was taken with its beauty: swooping swags of...

CARUSO
MARIO RELICH My mother was a fan of Mario Lanza On a snowbound day, she took me to the local cinema to see The Great Caruso, an MGM film...

A TRIO OF POEMS FOR YEMEN
The war in Yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Since it started six years ago: 233000 people have died 19.7...
FIRST SIGHTING
Image by Dimitris Vetsikas on Pixabay “… long as a lying whale…” “… a canoe without paddles…” “… ten - twelve - enormous wings … piled on...

Liberty Line
Crocodile caravan coming our way Barred before Harried behind. Stumbling, tumbling Plunging, floating, sinking Stinking boats, stalled...

LOVE BOMB
Watercolour, The Pram, courtesy of Avril Paton I watch the family push a pram Down where the sandy shore meets sea, Letting wee waves lap...