The Story of Joy: Poems 

To Joy, 

I hope you enjoy. 

Contents

preface

choir 

mine

Joy

wild rain

people

suburb

wavy 

what if 

rejected

Cape Town

no mask 

flavour

spark 

new story

a seed for tomorrow

silent walks

train

coin

a cry for joy

tickets

eyelashes

front line

forever? 

once again

soul food 

mountaintop 

Persian Gulf 

colossus 

space 

warm

oak tree 

gift 

years 

try 

October

was

she 

rainy 

driver 

lessons

write 

hot tea

thirst 

gambler

the ones you love 

apple 

cheap cognac

next 

fateful

on leave

whole

complex

friends

time 

beautiful butterfly

mentor 

emotions

mission

class

glass

poets

blue

cherish

December

Christmas

fairytale 

dierent reasons

pandemic

FaceTime

awful

speed dial 

heroes and soldiers

closer 

poemless nights 

sea 

finally 

travel 

tattoo 

Of Mice and Men 

history 

airplane 

espresso 

afterword