#NewMusicFriday – 24/01/2025
I think a very good friend of mine had a point some years ago when she said all time was speeding up (but in such a way that it still… Continue Reading
Red Mohair
On another lonely afternoon out, Alone in the shopping centre that Had pushed out all the old Independent shops, it was her Jumper he noticed first, bright red Mohair, at… Continue Reading
Two Poets
We talk across the North Sea, About politics and age and writing, Through technology that didn’t Even exist when we were born, and About these strange women who Inhabit our… Continue Reading
A Billionaire In Black
What is more lucid than a Nazi salute from a billionaire In black at the start of a new State? What is more clear than A Nazi salute about the… Continue Reading
A Hospital Visit
The letter said not to be early, So he walked around the hospital Grounds and then its corridors, But he was still early. Subwait A, The letter had bolded, and… Continue Reading
Science
Of all the things science has given us, Certainty isn’t one. Despite its rationality, All it is is a guess at what life really is, A question, a surmise, a… Continue Reading
The Inauguration Of Evil
Today marks the official inauguration of the first openly fascist country since Hitler’s Germany (although McCarthyism gave Nazism a close run for its money). A fascist state supported wholly and… Continue Reading
The Sting (in many ways)
Tomorrow will hurt, in so Many ways, and for so long. Those It will sting most will have no Options for evading the black boot Of this evil conclave of… Continue Reading
Sunless
For want of the sun, Her lips are salt, dry and Split, her skin the same, As nature protests at the Excesses of men. Although She has buried many of… Continue Reading
#NewMusicFriday – 17/01/2025
This week truly just evaporated. I remember last Sunday thinking what a long week it was going to be, what with having to go into London for work on Monday,… Continue Reading