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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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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.

I'm Afraid of AI

Well I am. Image made at Canva.com
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It's bad stuff. No known copyright issue for image.

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431 of my comments have received 478 Great Feedback votes

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This is our Pick of the Day 6 May 2022

Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022

Lot's to think about in this marvellous poem it is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

Please share and retweet, readers.

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Posted in Time and its Jovial Deceptions

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Thanks

Posted on Tue, 03 May 2022

for your patience, Mark.

Ewan

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Posted in Ingerland My Ingerland: The Prime Ministers Who Made Me

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You have to

Posted on Tue, 03 May 2022

Tick the box every time you log in. I thought that might be the case. Sigh! Nothing's ever easy, is it? Glad you got to post your piece.

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Posted in Ingerland My Ingerland: The Prime Ministers Who Made Me

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Just done the workaround

Posted on Tue, 03 May 2022

As you saw not doing it prevented the comment box's population!

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Posted in Ingerland My Ingerland: The Prime Ministers Who Made Me

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No problem

Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022

with the capitalizations. Just need to be consistent throughout. You might need 'Me' at the end of stanza 4.
 

Odd, mysterious, definitely one of your poems, if read without knowing the identity of the writer.
(That's a good...

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Posted in Angelus Novus

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Tight structure

Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022

and the rhyme scheme is transparent, as all the best ones are.
 

Loved this.

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Posted in Photograph

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I agree with

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022

the above.
Very smartly done, indeed.

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Posted in two men

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Sweet,

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022

but not too saccharine, in the tradition of Pam Ayres perhaps.

Very good.

Ewan

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Posted in When One Is One

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I do like

Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2022

things which seem to be about nothing, but aren't.

Worth the reading for

"anecdotes which develop arms and legs with the passage of time."

alone. Very meta too, something else in its favour,...

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Posted in We Are Only Riders

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"Top

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022

 of the world,Ma!"

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Posted in answering machine

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