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I think I miss an imagined version Of cricket, where there are no failures Nor unkind words, where there is no Permanent core of self-doubt Writhing around my heart, and… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
I think I miss an imagined version Of cricket, where there are no failures Nor unkind words, where there is no Permanent core of self-doubt Writhing around my heart, and… Continue Reading
Some days, writing seems futile, Putting seldom-read words onto Paper, unheard voices and unseen Stories ignored by those who most Need them. Where are those who Want to know the… Continue Reading
Everything stopped at that point. Even slow motion ceased, because the perfection of that moment had to be forever engraved into the air, a static monument, the ball about to… Continue Reading
It was an age to collect. Waste filled the skies, The streets, the water. Dying things left their Teeth and bones on The rotting shores for Us to pick up… Continue Reading
A friend of mine – Greven, der Graf, the earl, Nicknames all – Ironically on the other side Of the political spectrum to me, Albeit moderate, I met through fencing… Continue Reading
I tell myself there’s something derelict About the 62-year-old me going to watch A team I don’t reall support and yelling Myself hoarse at their win, and getting Home late… Continue Reading
THE KNOWING There is no certainty in the knowing, Always that small nook of doubt, The crick in your neck asking if you can Really be sure of anthing. And… Continue Reading
Another hectic day. And I’ve not yet prepared my show for tomorrow. But there are more important things. I’ll just make the show up as I go along. And for… Continue Reading
I am today mostly bereft of words. A and I are just back from the final match of the cricket season at Stradbroke, and stayed for Presentation Evening afterwards. Seeing… Continue Reading
I occasionally break the rule about all of this blog having to be new writing, but as we move towards the end of what has been a glorious summer in… Continue Reading