Here’s a piece I’ve written to mark National Poetry Day and this year’s theme of light.
The Same Light
The light of our sun
Travels 93 million miles,
To illuminate our world.
From Damascus to Durham,
The particles bring life,
Lifting the veil of the night,
To let us see beauty
And identify strife.
The same rays of sunshine,
From a single star,
Glint off a camera
On the west highland way,
Reflect off a rifle in Homs,
Or a refugee’s tent near Calais.
Mince and Skirlie 