Humanity Platform

I have a compulsion in my life that is I need to write poetry. People often ask me how do I stay so positive with the crap that goes on in my life? The answer; I turn it into poetry. When people read my poetry they hear the darkness of my soul but what they don't realise is that each word on the page punches some light even if it's the tiniest hole. There are many definitions of poetry but one I like best is language that shows your soul truth. With that in mind I encourage everyone to put their soul truth down on the page for UNESCO's World Poetry Day. Poetry in Pain Pain show me your poetry. Poetry show me the purpose of my disability. There is poetry somewhere in my tornado mind. If I just keep calm, the truth I will find. Wheelchair whisper poetic words or does my disability mean I will be forever taunted by the freedom of the birds.  Sometime my body is as rigid as plastic It is sarcastically fantastic when my muscles go spastic. When I...

On screen and stage I have worked with some amazing leading ladies and in my real life my leading lady is my wife. I wasn't going to write a post of International Women's Day this year but three events shocked me enough to change my mind. First I went to see the movie Bombshell which depicts the sexual harassment culture that took place at FOX News. As I was watching it I felt incredibly uncomfortable because as a man with many female best friends, not to mention a stepdaughter, I wanted to scream at the screen "No woman should have to deal with that shit!". Second, I was shocked and horrified to hear about Hannah Clarke's murder and the subsequent response from Bettina Arndt. I know not all men are violent but when another woman attempts to brush violence under the rug it sends a bad message. There are no excuses for violence against women. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse my blood tipped over the boiling point when I learned about th...