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The Sad Poetry Book
There once was a very sad poetry book. It was a book of childrens poetry called ' Children's Poems to Enjoy' and it had been languishing on Amazon.co...
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Mind On Fire Pt.1
A was set alight, By the whirlwind which had swept up my life, Which had shattered my view, Which overturned my thoughts, Which tore myself to shreds...
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Flinders Field
I'm sat here in my study a dream has come to me To plough and sow a field of wheat as it used to be Cornflowers with their blooms so blue were...
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Another Parody Of An Old Western Theme Song
When right was right and wrong was wrong, and chaps were first the rage. When the west was young, in terms of geologic age. He rode the trail with...
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You know what to do...
You’ve imagined packing up, walking away from this cramped flat over and over but now you’re doing it for real. You’re angrily slamming drawers shut...
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The Bigger Picture
“Why do you keep all that bloody junk?” He’s in a mood again. I can tell. “It only collects dust,” he snaps. I carry on dusting. Better to let him...
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On Hegel
As the eminent philosopher Hegel argued, historical progress is largely non-linear, and our world- although so advanced in technology and other...
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The Future Beyond Capitalism
The Future Beyond Capitalism Catastrophic collapse Of capitalism! Anarchic regimes spring After the tectonic plates shift This is not a future...
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If I Let It Bother Me....
If i listen to what you say about me, I would not of done amazing Things in my life,or meet Some truly special people. I appreciate help and advice...
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The Death of Yarmouth
I posted this is a nostalgic Great Yarmouth facebook group recently and got great feedback. I wonder if it will appeal to those who don't have such a keen interest in the town
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That Morning
A re-write of something I did years ago. I got up late that morning, too late. My head was pounding like cannon balls being fired from an old galleon...
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Hot Enough for June
This café isn't the one in the piece, but it's in Seville and I had breakfast many times in it.
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A Letter to God
Great is your power and mysterious your ways. Even as I love Christ and creation... I know and fear the power of God! And even as I have enjoyed...
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'Go'
You belong to the normal generation. Everything clear-cut and solvable. Climate change stabilised. No more poverty. Hunger eradicated. The gap...
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The Causes of Poverty
Neither human nature nor the order of divinity tends toward a utopia in which all are equal, and wherein there is no class hungry for even temporary...
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Condoms for Cornwall - a short monologue
Here’s the list. Now what do I need? Well not me. My gallumping son Dan, who's just passed his GCSEs. Him and the rest of his year are heading for...
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Waiting For The Flash
I wasn't sure if a photo could express Ekphrastic poetry, but decided to have a go and see if it worked. Childhood is such a mystery to me,...
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The Cricklewood Times, Sunday 25th June 2017
NB: for Jack, no, Tarquin doesn't exist and I don't have these kind of connections. Image is author's own.
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Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (Ekphrastic IP)
Buildings, far - off and grey seen across a vast field like a yellow ocean waiting to be sailed and, lying on the shore, Christina.
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