Not Good Enough
By Ewan
What it says, please buck up...
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Cold Paradise
I used to live in Spain... currently suffering yet another heatwave. It wasn't always bright sun and flowers. One month every year all the rain and wind used to come at once... And it was cold
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Old Glory Returns
Written (quite) a few years ago, when the US re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba. Posted today, because I was looking for something else on an old hard-drive and found it... just next to an unfinished novel or three... Image source is Wiki Commons, it is in the Public Domain as it was taken so long ago...
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Somehow
Another nugget of fool's gold from the digital mines... No known copyright issues for original photograph of Argentine Death Flight victims... fiddled with by author.
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Burning Bridges
hmmm... it's not about bridges... image created by writer from open source original.
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Jocasta's Reading
UPDATED 3 Jan 2020 : the footnote appears in the original version never posted. I wouldn't swear it makes anything clearer... GOOD! Experimental, ergodic. Image is in the Public Domain:
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A Reflection on Memory's Dreams
It's about... I've forgotten. Image source wikipedia. It is in the Public Domain
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My Father's Diaries
Just read it. Image author's own
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'Ach Well...'
ambivalence, there's a lot of it on both sides... Image source wiki commons. Licence CC-SA 3.0 Photographer Gil Cavalcanti
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Crooked Timber
It's about the same thing as the last one was about... image by Jason Swadley. Source Flicker.com . Licence CC BY 2.0
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Double Glazed
I'm sure you'll figure it out. Image author's own.
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Inside
It's about ... time, I went for a walk. Image is used in good faith according to fair use.
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Do Not Ask
No, don't... Image created from PD elements by author.
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fizzbangpop
I'm sure it'll mean something to somebody... image is by SalfEnergy source is Wikipedia. Licence is CCA 2.
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Somewhere
An old one, from you-know-where... No known copyright issues for image from TESS
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Good News
sometimes, it's just where the keyboard takes you, after you look in the notebook. This might be autobiographical, but it isn't all true. Image. Author's own. BTW ten-out-of-ten for getting to our age if you remember this record being in the charts...
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Tempus Fugit
Someone once said some things very like these to me when I was younger, I should have listened, but ... well, as a teenager/young man I was ALWAYS right. Now I'm older, I know that there are many more than two sides to anything. What do you call a shape with two sides..? Exactly. Image use licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International source; wikipedia. Creator: Yakidono
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Fingers
Whitechapel... Edited 29th October 2020 Two (TWO!!) lines changed... oh and this image added. Image source needpix.com. Free for non-commercial use.
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Phyllida Case
Odd. Because I felt like writing something weird. Image source wikipedia commons licence CCA2.0 photographer Tex Texin on Flicker too.
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The Footballer's Fear of the Whistle
Amid the fuss about the death of another, admittedly incredible, footballer from the other side of the world, there's this. It used to be on another site. I wrote it nine years ago the week after his death. I've edited it somewhat. What a terrible waste. Still no explanation of why, although unsubstantiated reports link him to the abuse carried out by boys' coach, Barry Bennell. Anyway, we know the spotlight is hard to give up. Gary Speed (1969-2011).
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Zoom
The taste of nostalgia is sickly sweet... Image source http://kidr77.blogspot.com/2017/05/zoom-ice-lolly.html No known copyright issues. But I'll keep investigating.
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Old Nick's
It's the only place in town, now... Image author's own fault, I mean design.
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The Great Conjunction
Seasonal. image licence is CC SA-BY 4.0 Source wikipedia commons.
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Millicent Frome
Doggerel. Image source pinterest. No known copyright issues.
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Nocturne
Nocturne - a night scene. Image taken by Chris Gampat used under Licence CC by SA 2.0 Source Flicker
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I Wish
No clues, just guess. It's more fun. Image is in the Public Domain. Source wikipedia.fr.org
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Imperial-ism
It's just silly. Nice to remember, for us old 'uns, but there are much more important things in the world. Image CC by 2.0 Nico Hogg - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/252397147/
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Land of the Rising Batter
A bit of affectionate ribbing. Image from the café depicted's facebook page... they're happy with the free publicity.
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Gibborim
This is an old one dug out of an old hard drive, don't think I ever posted it here. Anyway, Gibborim sort of means warriors, heroes, the mighty... The word was used to refer to King David (yes, that one)'s bodyguard. Anyway, enjoy this... or not. Image is PD from Wikipedia.
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The Dis-harmonic Sympathy Orchestra
How many female conductors are there? It's not about old buses. Image from classicfm.com, by Flyin' Fiddler. No known copyright issues.
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Pebble
Sometimes the simplest things are the most complicated. image from freeimages.com free for non-commercial use
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The Road Goes
on, but NOT ever on. Image used under CC-SA 2.5 Generic. Photograph by
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Corner Poet
He's from a different town, really Image by Michael Ely licence CC by 2.0 SA, source wikipedia.org
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Spilled Ink
This will not cheer you up. Move on. Image source is flicker.com Original artwork by Joyce Ballantyne. flicker.com has it licensed as CC-SA 2.0. Hmm...
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Rattlesnakes
Yes, I've been listening to Lloyd Cole - and reading the news story about Sarah Everard. Nothing changes. Image is from creativeuncut.com - no known copyright issues. https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-23/ha-rattlesnake-and-silverballer...
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This is a Spell
What it says... abra cadabra... image is CC0 PD!!!
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"untitleds"
Nothing much to see here. I made the image at graphicsprings.com
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A Spadeful of Blues
Ten years old... just shows how long I've been obsessed with... well, if you listen to the audio too, you'll know. I've always said I'd pay for an audiobook of him reading Chandler. Image from The Big Combo is in the Public Domain (!!!)
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Moonlight Over Seville
Now this IS very old. I spent a whole, hot summer in Sevilla (learning to be a TEFL teacher, as we were called then) before I moved out full time to Spain the year after. From June to September everyone in the city stays up until 4 a.m. because it's too hot to sleep. On rare occasions there'll be a cloudburst, many people just stay outside, for the rain never lasts long. The city does look wonderful in the moonlight. Image source Wiki-commons licence CC-A SA 4.0 Bocinaplatea is the original uploader, but there's no link now.
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Paseo Maritimo
Another old one: I wrote this eleven years ago, whilst on holiday in Galicia, escaping the heat of Andalucia for two weeks in the summer. It rained a lot, but we didn't care. Photo by mindsteel on pxhere.com licence CC0
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From Rochdale to the Stars
It's about... well, you'll see. Image from publicdomainvectors.org
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen
An old one: probably written in the summer of 2014, which was hotter than usual in The Frying Pan of Spain, the Guadalhorce Valley. image source flicker.com photographer Beppie licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Four Stanzas in Search of a Poem
What it says. Image is by Carl Spitzweg and is in the public domain because he's been dead quite a while.
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Sunday Morning, 3 a.m.
Odd... I quite understand if you don't like it. Image is free for non-commercial use from pxfuelhere.com
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Think of a Number [Cadae]
Cadae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadae also interesting : https://www.livescience.com/14836-pi-wrong-tau.html Glad I follow Ian MacMillan on twitter. Image from Pixabay
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Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die
I feel a bit ridiculous going to concerts, at my age. Image is CC0. Song titles (and part thereof in one case) only used.
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Self-Help for the Selfish*
If you are offended after reading this, you're probably guilty of it... just like I am. image from Pixabay.com created by Cdd20 and is free to use.
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The Department of Explaining
Where all this hub-bery will get us eventually... and what someone brave might do about it...
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Papyrus Horoscope
Always check the reverse of any document. If you want to know what I'm chuntering on about go here Image belongs to The British Library
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Dreaming the Life
Just nonsense, no need to stop here... Image author's own...
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Earworms
The writer's equivalent of doodling... move on, nothing to see here. Image author's own.
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We Grin
Ranty, not ranty. Image source, public domain vectors.org.
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Roolz is Roolz
Well, they is. Image from pxhere.com free for non-commercial use CC0 PD
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Ten Snapshots Before Going Under For The Third Time
Last weeks IP... better late than never... or perhaps not... Image from pixel.com
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Digital Palimpsest
Is such a thing possible? Probably not, as anyone who ever lost a manuscript to a hard disk failure will know. Image from nosher.net No known copyright issues.
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Triptych
watching. image is public domain.
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Cold Open
A cold open is where a film or tv programme starts in medias res and the titles and theme tune start some way in. It's very, very popular, especially on TV, at the moment. I can't help it if you didn't read this first!
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if no one were someone
Imagine. If they were... Image authors own creation at canva.com
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Estragón Sur La Plage
Found this in an old book, curated by John Wilks from one of his old contests from 2012. I've often thought there are more comfortable places to wait for someone than a crossroads. image created at Kubist.io from pd photographic image.
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Winds
Odd. Best left well alone. Image FREE PD from clker.com
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Django
Some days only Django will do... Image author's own... fault.
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Meet Ze Monsta
As you all know there is no copyright on titles. In any case, this is the title of a terrific track by PJ Harvey on To Bring You My Love. IP - thanks for giving me an excuse to play some Polly. Image is author's own fault.
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