Ewan
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Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here
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Looking
No explanations. Image is PD.
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The Road to Erehwon
You'll work it out, don't worry. Image is Peter Breughel the Elder's The Land of Cockaigne, it is in the public domain and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where I've seen it.
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Afternoons Without Spoons
Entered in a poetry competition more than 10 years ago. I think it came 2nd last. I've just found it again. Perhaps you'd prefer it if I hadn't. Image author's own, made at canva.com using a collage technique.
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No Hats en el Pueblo (Alhaurin El Grande, June 2015)
Boring. Don't bother. Image has no known copyright issues.
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I'm Afraid of AI
Well I am. Image made at Canva.com
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022
Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022
This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.
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Read full commentPosted in The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg
When my wife
Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022
was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...
Read full commentPosted in chemo 4
Well done,
Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022
remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.
E x
Read full commentPosted in Contour and wave.
I feel like I've
Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022
been on the Marrakesh Express...
Read full commentPosted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road
Been thinking about this one...
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
I confess
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
I did enjoy the the silence, once it started being filled by wildlife. At the depth of the lock-down a deer was running down Jepson Road - usually a very busy thoroughfare. I hate the noise those buses make really, but when I was young, you might...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
Welcome back...
Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2022
Although I fail to see what could be more important than keeping us amused.
E x
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks
Most of the classic P.I.s
Posted on Wed, 10 Nov 2021
seem pretty well known by the underworld and the police. I like the fact that Miss G is as nihilistic as Micawber. Femmes Fatales are much more interesting when they're less passive.
Besides, I have absolutely NO idea where this...
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Scotland
Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2022
a land of harsh beauty and rugged romance. A bit like your poem.
Read full commentWell done, I enjoyed this.
Posted in Midst Highland Shadows
Tweaking
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
Captain Pedant here, think you might want to tweak again,
"I see witches, green faces on push-bikes."
I appreciate that the storm scene from the film is surrealist fantasy, but this reads like the green faces are on the...
Read full commentPosted in Back In Kansas
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