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The teachings of a tortoise

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

If I, consumed by worry, Simply wave my life away, being always in a hurry, haring, dashing through each day never ever blue sky pondering, ful..

For All The Night Owls

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

I stole by guards at midnight’s gate into the early hours, tip toeing through a maze of doors, passages and towers, along a crooked hallway..

Seize the day

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

Earlier, before I began it was later than I thought time you see had run too quickly to be caught so I’ll have to move myself and get a f..

Dreaming Of Dirt

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

Breadcrumbs led me here this morning, I was lucky for the early birds we’re catching worms, Whilst they lay in their beds, dr..

Grounded

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

The ink that was scraped all over the paper, left only squiggles the colour of damsons, my favourite fruit that’s made into jam, and ri..

Saints Rest

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

It was a stilly night, with darkness investing itself so heavily into every corner of my hometown, that it held the majority share of its streets and ..

Stars

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

A sky full of stars so soulless lost and cold, what else except for sullen eyes would want to linger there, oblivious to warmer dreams held so..

Anger

A Story by Lathen Griffiths

Anger had its pyjamas on and was sat twiddling its toes in a pair of old, well worn, crimson red slippers, finding its feet as it were. It had been ..

The Grandfather Clock

A Story by Lathen Griffiths

Towers of clocks besieged my childhood! “Why were such scary items given such friendly names and placed in the homes of such wonderful ..

Momentum

A Poem by Lathen Griffiths

Remember yellow mornings and orange afternoons for soon the sun won’t shine its light, reminiscent of your youth. And light we held so tr..