'That's Zazu, over there.' 

A recent run of coincidences has got me thinking about poetry.

Humans have been, historically speaking, astonishingly ignorant. Not until comparatively recently did we realise that our small blue and green planet is, in fact, round and not flat.

Most of us are familiar with the concept of a list. 

Freedom is a fundamental human right, one which should be valued most highly.

Unless you are amongst those of us lucky enough to be living in either California or southern Spain, chances are that the start of spring hasn't signalled the return of spring-like weather.

Despite the countless differences between peoples' characters and careers, or their likes and their dislikes, it seems that we are all connected in this weird and wonderful life by one thing: namel

Astonishingly, it's been almost three years since I moved out.

Stereotypically, girls are supposed to love wearing pink, braiding their hair and playing with dolls. 

An unexpected snow flurry in my small corner of rural Germany made me think of two seemingly unrelated, but closely connected things.