gerard rochford Biography
He was born in England, raised in Worcestershire, lived in Hong Kong, but has spent most of his life in Scotland: '...where the best footballers leave and the best poets stay. It is good to be near them'.
He has many children and grandchildren.
He writes mostly about intimate human relationships, wildlife and occasionally politics. 'Perhaps they are all one.'
His poem 'My Father's Hand' was selected by Janice Galloway as one of the 20 best scottish poems of 2006 on behalf of the Scottish Poetry Library.
He is the Makar (Laureate) for: www.scottishreview.net -publishing one poem per month.
Night Shift
You’re sleeping with your back to me tonight.
I reach around. Still sleeping you say: Later.
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I like to wear a band around my wrist,
an amulet of copper, links of bling,
a hippy weave of cotton or dried grass.
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I know the scene – an aunt,
the mix of perfume and talc,
demanding a kiss
on her rouged target of cheek.
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