Asylum
There will be no light today. We lie at the top of the cliff To watch the shadows drift in to shore. As soon as we hear the small boats… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Politics
Fable
I have written every day, but only today’s prompt seems appropriate. Fable It was there from the beginning, Yet too few heeded the warnings, That the monster was growing, that… Continue Reading
Mourning For America’s Soul – and fearing for the world
Everything, and I mean everything, we write is political, and it’s never a pleasure when what we write is prescient, when dystopia becomes reality, when fictional and non-fictional warnings are… Continue Reading
The Man With No Remorse
The Man With No Remorse Behind the desk, spurious Trophies of forgotten things, Meant to remind the viewers Of some glory that never existed. The fists on the table, the… Continue Reading
#NewMusicFriday 11/10/2024
I can’t believe this illness is lasting for such a long time. I’m taking antibiotics now, but only after a long face-to-face discussion with the GP. And, yes, it was… Continue Reading
Still Fanning The Flames
STILL FANNING THE FLAMES The old order, Jacob and Robert and James, And all their like, Andrea and Suella and Liz, And all their groupies, Think they’re still in power… Continue Reading
Stand Up To Racism
I’m posting this on all my platforms, because it’s important. We all need to stand up and be counted. Racism must not be normalised. Richard Pierce · Stand Up To… Continue Reading
Pause For Thought
I’m going to be away for the next two weeks, so I just wanted to make a few points about the upcoming General Election. The Tories have deliberately destroyed any… Continue Reading
#NewMusicFriday 14/06/2024
This is the last #NewMusicFriday post for three weeks as I’m going on holiday. But I have pre-recorded two episodes of The Best Of NewMusicFriday 2002-2023 which will air on… Continue Reading
The Far Right Never Went Away
I’m cross-posting this on all my sites. It’s not about writing, but my literature professors always told me that to know the writer is to understand the writing. It was… Continue Reading