And I can’t help but empathize with this horror tragedy — Last Thursday evening, 16 September, a husband and father, Graham Dickason, returned home near 10 pm to find his three daughters' lives had been taken — by his loving wife of 15 years, Lauren Dickason. She herself, was unconscious and rushed to the nearest hospital. This is a tragic and…

Submission — The Lark’s poetry competition — Then — You cradled me, held me tight within you I could hide. You rocked me, made me sleep unnoticed buried inside. You enveloped me, safely covered to let go cry and cry. You fed me, helped me discover lucid dreams ideas to try. You accepted me, beneath the moon sultry gazes rising…

Dreaming of the day you spread your wings — You mesmerize me with your yearning to be reborn from your chrysalis but I regret the time is not right now I will not put you here for here is undeserving since here does not appreciate seeing your true beauty for here does neither hear you for your worth nor…

A therapeutic self-help technique worth writing about — Here’s something worth trying to tame your fearful nerves. Every morning make a list upon waking. Straight after your first caffeine cup, cold shower, sex, yoga, or whatever you get your cockcrow kicks from. A list for the day — which includes two columns. The first column is labeled ‘For…

Amy-Leanne Stringfellow, age 26 — This is such a senseless murder that forever leaves a young child without her mother, and a young mother without her child too. Amy-Leanne Stringfellow, from Doncaster, UK was only 26 years old when she was subjected to a brutal attack by her boyfriend, Terence Papworth, age 45. Amy-Leanne who…

A welcome for some, a costly burden for others — why such miscalculations? — We’ve all been there as parents, excited to be entitled to some respite in costs associated with raising a child. But as with every free offer, it often comes with some fine print, so I don’t understand why there is no asterisk by the word free on all those ‘30…

Gracie Spinks, age 23 — One year ago on 18 June 2021, Gracie Spinks, from Derbyshire, UK, went to attend to her beloved horse, Paddy at 07:30 am. Just over an hour later, she was found lying in a field, unconscious and bleeding. …

Sarah Everard, age 33 — As if 2020 and ‘21 weren’t hard enough years for most, three families are left without their daughter, sister, cousin, niece, or granddaughter, as a result of tragic gender-based violence attacks, some seemingly avoidable. At the beginning of March 2022, we were reminded of the most horrific murder we’ve read…

With £32 million still unaccounted for — On the evening of February 21, 2006, Mr. Colin Dixon, manager of the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, England was on his way home when he was pulled over by what seemed an unmarked police car. A fake policeman with his flashing blue lights and false badge ordered Mr. Dixon into…