(ONCE I HAD A) SECRET LOVE by ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK. Story and artwork by Chris Rees.
At some point the peg began to sing, and the song it sang was (Once I Had A) Secret Love.
TONIGHT WILL BE FINE by LEONARD COHEN. Story by Luke Davies.
Listening to most music has been so much harder for me since the stroke and I had not been keen on revisiting older recordings and demos of ideas stashed away on various hard drives.
BAGS by CLAIRO. Story by Jennifer Manoogian.
My name sounds different when she says it, and often, I ignore her the first time so I can hear her call it again.
ALL I WANNA DO by SHERYL CROW. Story by Marcelo Medone.
Moira smiles shyly, hypnotising me from across the table with her catlike green eyes.
POOL PARTY by JULIA JACKLIN. Story by Gemma Keating.
It was strange: I listened to it, and the unspoken words hanging between us were suddenly said – not by him, or me, but by this angelic voice from afar. It was an admission, an apology. No, it was a plea. No, maybe it was just a song.
YESTERDAY by THE BEATLES. Poem by Craig Kirchner.
Craig Kirchner reflects on romance, elopement, honeymoon and when life goes awry.
JUMP by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Story by Louise Maskell
The first band were doing their first ever gig. But all three were very experienced musicians and two of them were people I had known for years.
LOVE HER MADLY by THE DOORS. Story by Rijn Collins.
It was, yes, a Jim fanatic who led me to visit the grave. We had parted ways in volatile fashion before my trip. He’d expressed a lifelong desire to visit Jim’s grave. I wasn’t sure whether a casual photo of it would be a peace offering, or a taunt. I was, truth be told, quite fine either way.
THE OTHER WOMAN by CARO EMERALD. Story by Lucia Nardo.
Believing herself unloved and unlovable had splintered her heart. Her desperate life’s search was to find someone to piece it back together.
THE POWER OF LOVE by HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS. Poem by Michael Leach.
A 'heart of yarn' inspires a Valentine's Day love poem