Some More Words on Paper

He did it again.

Following Words on Paper and More Words on Paper, this third collection confirms what readers of the first two already know: there is a quiet but irresistible pleasure in the way this author sees the world, with clear eyes, a generous heart, and an occasional glint of mischief.

The poems range across the landscape of a long and well-observed life: getting older and growing wiser, sometimes in that order, sometimes not; tributes to fathers and mothers, to mates and strangers, to the dogs and horses that ask so little and give so much. There is grief, honestly felt, and humour, honestly meant.

Little Johnny returns, as irrepressible as ever, and so do the country roads, the rainy days, the empty chairs and the full hearts. If you have read the first two volumes, you will feel at home here. If this is your first, you will want to go back and find the others.

— The Author, March 2026