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Tag: poetry

11/02/2018 Reading

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire

There’s really only one reason why I read this book and that’s its appearance in Blade Runner 2049. Replicant blade

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26/10/2017 Writing

Walking the Ghost

Walking the Ghost On the windy winding way I hear trees crying their autumn tears while clouds hang like childhood

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19/08/2017 Writing

The Whales II

The Whales II Glasnost in Alaska, near Point Barrow the ice is bare and vicious, the way out is narrow

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19/08/2017 Writing

The Whales

The Whales Putu comes up again for air spraying sparkling water everywhere her snout falls like a granite ship passing

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25/07/2017 Visiting / Writing

The Hill(s)

I was supposed to be doing another weekly blog post tonight, but maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. Walking on my

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08/09/2016 Writing

A nodding dog

Inspired by a stationary nodding dog in the back of a parked car at work this morning, I started writing

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21/11/2015 Reading / Writing

Out Now: The Sun and the Rainfall

I’m pleased to announce that my collection of short stories (and a little bit of poetry) is now available on

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02/11/2015 Writing

Falling Down

I can feel it A barely hidden momentum To my life No matter what pleasures arrive It haunts me This

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18/09/2015 Writing

Wee of the Red Tower

From our red tower We have the misty power To travel across the land In letters written by other hands

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29/03/2015 Listening / Reading

On this day in history: 1989

On March 29th 1989, I was eighteen and in the middle of studying for my A-Levels. In the days leading

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