Chris Shaw : Writing

Silence, a Virtue or Not?

Silence, a Virtue or Not?

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(make your own mind up, I wonder what my brother really thought)
There But For Fortune

There But For Fortune

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Written after a visit to a local church where our Prime Minister worships
Losses and Gains

Losses and Gains

A Poem by Chris Shaw


My brother would have died at 59. Through organ donation he survived another 3 years. They were so precious to us and we found out after his death tha..
Questions

Questions

A Poem by Chris Shaw


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Jeannie

Jeannie

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Lyrical, and I do sing it in the bath. About my friend Jeannie, who appears now and then in dreams. My ten year old pal. Simplistic and through the ey..
"No more", they said, "No more"

"No more", they said, "No more"

A Poem by Chris Shaw


@ 1930, and true. My Nan's father. She could barely bring herself to utter his name.