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This website features a wide range of writings by Tony Inwood and each page has a selection of just some of the works he has written.

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Flying Under the Radar                                                                   

You go to the very core of me,
where no-one else can go.
You slipped in under the radar,          
you were flying so dangerously low.

But it wasn’t till I saw
the sunlight glinting on your wing,
that I could see you weren’t the enemy
and it was safe to let you in.


To hear Tony reading "Flying under the Radar" click here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sev-J7-aXms&list=UU6VZJHYiqQEX8rxYxolqmPg




Science at a Glance!                                   

The appliance of science                   
is sometimes very odd.
First they tell us one thing,              
as though it came from God.
And then they change their minds
on this “immutable” belief,
which sometimes causes laughter
and sometimes causes grief.

So should we query
any theory
that we are presented with?
For maybe its reality
or maybe pure myth!                 




Presents of Mind.                                                                                
To give and receive
is life’s circular flow.
It always was,
and is eternally so.

Who can tell by the wrapping,
just what is inside?
So gifts must be opened
and not be denied.

“As Saint Teresa of Avila wrote, words ‘prepare the soul and make it ready and move it to affection -- give it light and make it happy and tranquil.’ I hope that all who read this wonderful collection will recognize poetry that achieves precisely that sacred prompting.”
(The above quote is an extract from BBC Correspondent Fergal Keane’s foreword to “Flying under the Radar” – Tony Inwood’s latest booklet.)