WHAT CAN I OFFER YOU?

Personalised poetry for a special person or a special occasion

Romantic poems - Valentines, Birthday, Weddings...

Occasional pieces, poetry or prose - Christening, Memorial, Individual Tribute, New Baby, Life Events...

New words to an old tune for Your Special Occasion

Lyrics written to your chosen theme and music

Poetry to a given theme, rhythm or story outline

Romantic/Sexy/Erotic poetry or prose to a given theme or as a storyline for sensual adventure

Thank You Mum
Say thank you to your Mum, or Dad or Gran. There must be someone out there who would like to know that you know what they did for you.

Personalised Birthday Poem
Tell someone what they really mean to you. Perhaps you can't be with them. This way they know you were really thinking of them

I Miss You
When you're lonely, let someone know how you feel. Even if you can't be together, you can have something special for you both to share.

I Love You
You want to express your feelings and you want the words to express it beautifully and poetically. And you can set your words against a favourite photo if you wish

Use Your Own Photograph

If you have a favourite image or photograph you would like to be incorporated into your finished image, for example a picture of your husband/wife/partner or friend, or perhaps of a special landscape or a favourite place, I will be happy to use it (subject to it being of suitable quality). Images used as background to the final work need to be chosen with some care to allow clear viewing of the text.

Alternatively, I can supply appropriate images in my own stock.  For example, the poem to the left of this test is the same as the one above. The version above uses a stock image. The version to the left uses two photos on my own - one of me personally and one of a favourite spot of mine where I used to walk. I think each image captures a similar mood, but the one to the left is personal.

Whatever the image requirements, I will supply you with a draft version for approval. At this stage you will be able to suggest any changes you would like in the final work.

Your Artwork can be prepared to any desired size for printing, subject to the quality of the source image being suitable.

Printing is on good quality paper, matte or gloss as you prefer. A4 is the standard size but if you have a special size you would like this can be arranged. 

Please note: I need to know your print size in advance of starting the artwork to ensure a good quality result.

The finished work is printed by an appropriate professional printer and will be forwarded to you from there. 

And now for something completely different, originally written as a song lyric


Tangled dreams are taking me to places never sought
Ghostly faces dreaming me in hunger fear-wrought
The lambent gaze of strangers who uninvited find
The whirling pools stagnating in the corners of my mind

Dawn and dusk and daylight fade as the unlight brightly burns
Sin and virtue twisting me, controlling in their turns
The chilled return to life is feeling empty, aching, cold
Feeling lost in time and wasted and untimely old

CHORUS
Where am I? Where now?
Is this life a sham?
Who am I? Who now?
Tell me who I am

Sunset in Helsinki Harbour

The “Chug-Chug” of the ferry engines,
Soothing, Settling, Quieting,
Sat cross-legged on the bed. Enclosed,
Warm & comfortable,
Sipping wine. Looking out.

And through the port, Another world. Different.
Fairyland.
The Land of Faery

Broken ice and sunset.
Shattered water fills the brain,
Fractured light splinters the eye.
A thousand colours rising and falling in the wake.
A million shards, Undulating as one.

Tiny islands. Tiny houses.
Dolls houses. Ridiculous
Made for munchkins and hobbits
Little wooden wendy huts,
In pink, lemon, bird blue and apple green.

The sun fades.
Light drains away. Colour washes away.
Shadow rises.
A darkling light. The landscape, a changling.
Blueness steals the ice,
Now changed to sapphire, opal and jet……

And as night falls,
We draw in, to Helsinki Harbour

Dedicated to Cara Kierl

As I lie in the night-time, Sailing dark tides. Running from demons, dying inside
Seeking an answer, can it be real? My wonderful daughter, Cara Kierl

 She was the fizz in my "champers". The "bucks" in my fizz
Crazy and racy, I can't believe that this is the end of the party
Surely just one more song? As I tap at my wrist watch, Cara parties along

Tis said the gods will take early the ones they love more
Heaven has one more angel than it counted before
But look who's arriving! Halo slightly askew.
Puts your harps down boys. You've got something new!

With a wicked eyed grin, That no angel should smile
She's there with her scissors, Cutting wings to new styles
There's a party in town, By those gates made of pearl
Hang on to your halos, It's Carz J Kierl!

She's left this party early. And we wish that she'd stayed
We're left stood in the kitchen, Too many songs left to play
But raise your eyes starwards, You can hear the band play
And there's a sultry eyed damsel, Leading angels astray

 Beautiful inside and outside, That wonderful girl
The star guest of the party, Cara Kierl