the Samaritans (Remove filter)
The Samaritans charity's YouTube channel links to my Video poem 'So Sad WAS I'
Saturday 31st December 2011 11:42 am
'So sad WAS I' by John Harrison
'So Sad WAS I'
I dialled a number
A soft voice spoke
And talked gently
I spoke tentatively at first
But then...
Not so hurried
This voice filled me with care
It comforted me
That I could be heard
Listening intently
Ever so gently
A voice of understanding
At last!...
A short time passed
As I gasped but...
The pain
The pain...
Tuesday 26th July 2011 8:59 am
'So sad WAS I'
This next piece is from one of the only times I rang a helpline (the Samaritans). It to me expresses the difference helplines can make, and raises awareness of them. Check out the video on my accounts of it too. Its due to be published in the next RRRants anthology.
'So sad WAS I'
I dialled a number
A soft voice spoke
And talked gently
I spoke tentatively at first
But the...
Tuesday 26th April 2011 5:01 pm
Recent Comments
Rolph David on The Ever-Waking Word
17 seconds ago
Graham Sherwood on Mutation
1 hour ago
Tim Higbee on Mutation
1 hour ago
Larisa Rzhepishevska on Memories Of You
2 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Les Miserables
5 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Tommy and John (Where Did Tommy Go)
18 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Mummy`s Love (Hidden in Anger)
18 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on The Ever-Waking Word
20 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Seconds to Midnight
20 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on John comes clean about assisted dying
21 hours ago