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Richard Wain says that the world needs no hero to save it, it just needs you and me to take...
Read moreDetailsRichard is a storyteller, poet and author of Beyond the Brink is the Beginning. As well as being a part of the Thrutopia writing collective, he regularly publishes spoken word stories about navigating life's little dramas as a man, a father and a reluctant businessman (see lifeslittledramas.com). Richard is also one of the directors of Fatherhoods - an organisation that aims to support men's mental health through stimulating open, vulnerable conversations between men.
Richard Wain says that the world needs no hero to save it, it just needs you and me to take...
Read moreDetailsIn my latest poem for the West England Youtube channel, I recall a memory of catching butterflies and how fascinated...
Read moreDetailsRichard compares the monsters of today (AI and social media) with those of Jurassic Park and wonders if we should...
Read moreDetailsPlymouth City Council’s decision to fell a hundred trees in Armada Way under the cover of darkness prompted our poet...
Read moreDetailsFor Richard the smell of coffee symbolises change. As a child he couldn’t bear it. Now he loves everything about...
Read moreDetailsMy first poem of the year, where I talk about getting a telescope as a kid and finding our place...
Read moreDetailsA poem from Richard to make you smile at Christmas .
Read moreDetailsFatherhood is difficult challenge for anyone who takes it on. Our poet sums up his feelings and the journey to...
Read moreDetailsRichard Wain's poem on the 12 years since the Tories won power and putting Party before Country time and time...
Read moreDetailsWe are all made of stardust as the saying goes. Though our lives seem fleeting, I find it reassuring that...
Read moreDetailsGoodbye to Boris the Clown: Jayson Winters shares a poem to mark the end of Boris Johnson's premiership
Read moreDetailsIn the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the USA, Richard Wain's poem asks What's a gun for -...
Read moreDetailsA poem about why the author doesn't go on fairground rides
Read moreDetailsRichard's poem portrays dark days but a hopeful outcome to the tussle between Russia and Ukraine - The Bear and...
Read moreDetailsRichard's poem shows all the evidence is there to see for the government to be held to account for Partygate,...
Read moreDetailsRichard Wain shows the power of poetry to convey the message that migrants are people and deserve treating as such.
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