Extra Time : More Poems by David Middlewood

Poems on topics of everyday lives-family, friends, love, ageing, and how these relate to issues of mental illness, the pandemic and our care of the natural world.

David Middlewood's poems are based on personal observation and experience. Written in accessible language, something he believes is fundamental to all effective literature, and often in traditional forms, his poems have resonance for many people as they portray aspects of modern life, such as family tragedies and joys, coping with the digital world, making sense of life's complexities and the power of basic emotions of human life, especially love.  Some of modern society's difficult issues such as addictions, Alzheimer's, homelessness and suicidal thoughts are also dealt with in David's poems but a positivity and optimism underpins the overall effect, where the poems express the importance of recognising our individual ability to savour moments of the pleasures that exist in true love, personal reflection and our chosen pursuits such as gardening or playing music.