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Monthly Archives: September 2014
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Outside, a long grey morning lingers, its slow light trickling into the cell; yawning awake and staring back from an indifferent mirror, a face dragged from penultimate sleep,to shave and breakfast then read a paper whose pictures and words soon … Continue reading
The Winters and Their Dead
The Winters and their Dead , half-remembered names and faces but to whom do they belong ? pale , withdrawn , forgotten ; The small town the jealousies that raged there , so very long ago ; The hidden deeds … Continue reading
Everyday : A Triptych
Gibbet – shadowed the long slaughter of hang – dog afternoons is shaking fleas at screw-top topless towers , – holier than thou – sweeter than nectar sea captain’s sermons drowning empty pots with their cloudburst souls’ everyday oceans , … Continue reading
Posted in About Britain, About Wakefield, Contemporary Austerity Economics, Contemporary Society, Culture, Destiny Poets, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Expression of Faith, Identity, Louis Kasatkin, Magic Realism
Tagged British History, Contemporary Austerity economics, Destiny Poets, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Louis Kasatkin, Philosophy
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Battle of Lutzen 1632 : The Fate of Von Pappenheim
The fading salvation of the skills of a surgeon, too far away for this desperate carriage, a funeral without cortege to reach ; Far away from fading grey tatters of evening and battle’s stench, How sweet the singing of “Te … Continue reading
Posted in 17th.Century, European History, Existential, History Poem, Imperialism, Politics
Tagged European History, Existential, History Poem, Imperialism, Philosophy, War
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The Armada :1588
In Calais Port you await a heralded dawn long foretold , yet somehow you shall fail to meet that appointed hour at St.Paul’s and the Coronation Of Eagles, apples of Phillip’s eye , as they are plucked from their firmament … Continue reading
Scotland Won
Northward the train speeds hearthward bound to Kith and Kin , to calmer climes ,bolder climes , surer days , surer airs , wrapped in their firmness of a promise made long long ago before the Stuarts failed and hearts … Continue reading
Posted in About Britain, British History, Contemporary Society, Culture, European History, Existential, Media coverage, News, Politicians, Politics, Revolution, Scotland, Scottish referendum
Tagged British History, European History, Existential, Politics, Scotland, Scottish Independence referendum
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Total Recall
Your mirror no longer recognises you as you stare in vain at it hoping to jog its memory ; the face your mirror chooses to reflect wants nothing more to do with you ; the mirror remembers you only as … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Society, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Philosophy, Poetry Noir
Tagged 20th.Century History, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Poetry Noir
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London Underground
Tendril lines snaking coiled uncoiled uncoiling , merry-go-round round in circles spiralling vectoring , trailblazing lit-fuse temporal expectant , journey’s end back to the beginning , whirring winding concrete and steel roulette , spinning spun spun again arcing racing , … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Society, Culture, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Horror, Magic Realism, Nature/Environment, Poetry Noir, Social History, Transport
Tagged Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Poetry Noir, Social History
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Hillsborough
When the truth is found to be lies , the trust you had within you dies ; What future testimony then convinces ? having put your trust in the words of princes ? Their words nailed the body of truth … Continue reading
Posted in 20th.Century History, About Britain, British History, Contemporary Society, Hillsborough Independent Panel report, Media coverage, Politicians, Popular Culture, Soccer, Sporting History
Tagged 20th.Century History, British History, Hillsborough Disaster, Politics, Popular Culture, Social History, Sporting History
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Lamentations
lemonade on the verandah after supper, discussing Rousseau and Voltaire before retiring to the soft embrace of an easy langour; expecting tomorrow and its harvest of promise,the lush savannah the tall sheaves and sturdy horses; and yet that tomorrow never … Continue reading
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