The Days of Love and all That Followed

Part One – The Greatest Love of All The Melancholy Sigh was a tired old worrier, never more than an Continue reading →

The Paisley Soul of a Stricken Man

  This is a very short excerpt from Chapter One of my novel The Paisley Soul of a Stricken Man; Continue reading →

The Sound of Ancient Voices

The voices of the leaves chattering, singing harmoniously to the wind. Copyright John de Gruyther 2014

Tall Tales

I had planned to release a collection of my poetry as an e-book entitled Tales from Redundancy Row. These plans Continue reading →

The Paisley Soul of a Stricken Man

I am making good progress on my first novel, I now have 40,000 words and a fully mapped out plot. I am currently Continue reading →

Flowers on the Pavement

People stop and stare at the flowers on the pavement, do they whisper answers to the unimaginable horrors Crouching down Continue reading →

The Pen

Too long staring at a screen By 9pm literally forcing eyes open Can’t face the screen again, except maybe for Continue reading →

Ken Kesey

“What can you pay for the way a man lives? What can you pay for what a man is?” – Continue reading →