Jon Collins

Jon Collins

Word weaver, song singer, pattern whisperer, baker and candlestick maker.

What you know

Write about what you know, they said. What, I thought- my childhood? That continuum of non- descript non-events that somehow went to define me? Of solitary walks to school, collecting Smurf stickers

Solitude

Solitude Solitude, rushing in like the sea, pushing into every space, overwhelming, changing the level of place between what can be breathed and what now lies, submerged, beneath the wave-licked ebb and

The Armed Man

This "come and sing" session was delightful, albeit a bit discomfiting due to the lack of tenors and my close proximity to the Kings Singer who was running it. I apologised

The doorway in my mind is a metaphor

The doorway in my mind is a metaphor The doorway in my mind is a metaphor The long street that winds, and vanishes Into the mist, a question still unanswered From childhood—or

You Can’t Force It

You Can’t Force It You can’t force it, you can’t cause it You can’t make it happen just because you want it You can’t shape it out of