Month: Jan 2024
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18 January: Postmortem on a Dead Poet’s Desk
A Postmortem on a Dead Poet’s Desk This room was my poverty,my turnpike,crumpled papers and rough scrawl.Piles of A4 lined paper, and smudged scraps and fragmentswind-blown left and right for this postmorteminto a poet’s notebooks, into drawers,and ink splashes on her desk,and if ink be bloodas it is to a surgeon’s knife, then this woman…
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17 January: Found Poetry
Night’s Speed We are not aware of time passing,night’s time flies at different speed.Not the speed of fragrance.Nor an incense nose. And we wokewithout an alarm clock,rose to the stillness of quiet stars. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded…
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16 January: Found Poetry
The Shepherd His work is not one thing.Not fishingor tending sheep, and he left this worldwith a smile and kindness. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English…
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16 January: Magpies, Crows, and a Heron
There’s a magpie walking around the garden with an apple core in its mouth – sounds like a wire of wind within its throat. Yesterday, there were two crows fighting over a bone bigger than they were long, both in moods like darkening sky. My neighbour has a fish pond, koi, I think they are,…
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15 January: RDP and SSS
Dear Gran, It is January, and the garden freezes and thaws, and then freezes again as if tortured in inches by phantom kicks. The herbs mostly survive: rosemary remains vigorous, although the sage yielded to a hoar frost and snow, dying a valiant death – my warrior sage – my wise old sage, and the…
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15 January: Found Poetry
Veggie Meagreas a dietof fruit and vegetables.Avoid fierce food. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A concise explanation of Found Poetry and Dadaism…
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14 January: Sunday’s Recommendation
Roland Yeomans at Writing In The Crosshairs joins in a discussion with the ghosts of Sigmund Freud and Mark Twain regarding the letter O. O is for opinion, says Roland. Dry wit, sarcasm and humour ensue. Roland’s books are available on Amazon UK and USA. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such…
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14 January: Found Poetry
14 January There is no philosophyin a heart. No singers in a voice.No price in a dream. People are tormented … by the why word. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St…
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13 January: Found Poetry
Ragnarök He said there wastrue freedom in it,to burn like waters parted.An open path, he said,that was a gift,but it was the zealof death’s tyranny. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St…
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