D.P. Percy Poet . Writer

Writing and Poetry

The poet, Philip Larkin, has a solitary word inscribed on his gravestone, ‘Writer’. One of the most-loved poets in English language of his post WWII generation, it summarises for me a life’s aspiration.

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Increasingly over two decades, writing has taken on a meaning far beyond the capture and expression of ideas. As I move on from a long career as a counsellor, teacher, mentor, board advisor, and some directorships, writing in general, and poetry in particular, has expanded into a burgeoning writing vocation. This website has a recurring thesis. Creative imagination and self-exploration through writing is both energising and enriching in that later phase of positive life called elderhood. I hope the samples of writing you encounter here—books, poetry, papers, and blogs—can help lead you, whatever your age, to the same conclusion.

Board Advisor, turned Forest Dweller, and Writer Poet

Once again,

see the beauty in the world,

hear the song sung for you

and know how beautiful

and resilient you are.

---D. P. Percy, 2020

Available Books

Standing in the Fire

On the personal and
universal nature of Loss, Grief and Renewal through Seeing Beauty.

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The DNA of Culture

A Handbook for for company Directors
and strategic thinkers.

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Or via online retailers

Seeing, hearing, embodying

soul in the everyday,

to hone what matters

on a grand scale

or on a small scale,

be that nature, loved ones, community,

or climate change, poverty, wars.

Then to offer our best gesture back;

which need not be a revolution

but a simple kindness . . .

The true gifts life has given us become clearer with age

and in return we can deliver our own gifts with abundance.

I encourage you to know and deliver all your gifts

and hope you’ll join me in this undertaking.