2019 retrospective – a year rated 9 out of 10
Just this Sunday past, end of January 2020, we’ve visited some friends for dinner, wine and a catch up. We spiced it all up with…
Category: Land Inside writings
Poetry performance at Stafford Poetry Slam – October 2018
My first time at Stafford Poetry Slam, I performed this poem in the first round. I went through to the the final, where I came…
What makes good doctors – 3 top qualities, from personal experience
I have known doctors and hospitals since the age of 1 year and 10 months, due to asthma and severe bronchitis. My memory keeps no…
Back to school: from Victorian childhood through communism to contemporary UK
My partner’s daughter, Rosie, goes to high school starting this year! Her first day there, last week, sounded a bit scary and disappointing, but now…
Letter to the world about grandma
Written today, this poem comes as it is. It might be part of a series, it might be just a one off. If you read…
in a single moment of strumming – intro to poetry slam
Photo: @Gareth Reed carbon gas dwells just a few notes above the golden tears and the village dazed by music tequila marijuana I remember the…
Family roots and creative people inspire my writing
Today, in Romania we celebrate Palm Sunday, which is called Florii. Probably linked with the old pagan traditions, it means the flowers (Sunday). I myself was baptised…
“SISTER OF WAR” POETRY: encounters
In the intro for my newly-launched vlog, I mentioned my poetry book “Sister of war”, published in 2012 in Romania. There is a story to this, as…
My childhood in communist Romania (part I)
I wanted to write my memories of growing up in communist Romania for quite a while now. Since I have been living in the UK,…
VIDEO: What about knowing somebody from Eastern Europe?
Would you watch a video about somebody’s home/homeland? Would somebody you did not know, from a country you do not know a lot about, have…