Oscar’s birthday poem, 2012
. . . Calm here, And across the ocean a storm. I am guessing that you Will take a cursory glanceAt these words,Raise an eyebrow, cough, and move on,And squirrel… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
. . . Calm here, And across the ocean a storm. I am guessing that you Will take a cursory glanceAt these words,Raise an eyebrow, cough, and move on,And squirrel… Continue Reading
Some say I’m anti-science. Some say I’m deliberately controversial and obstructive as far as science and science education are concerned. I’m not. I am merely alarmed at how far the pendulum… Continue Reading
The Art of Physics It’s too easy to become alone,Trapped in your own thoughts,To believe you are the only staticPoint in this restless universe,To carry the burden of the whole,A… Continue Reading
On Monday, I got up at 5:30, left the house at quarter to seven, caught the 07:23 train to Stowmarket, then the 08:15 from Stowmarket to Peterborough, and from there… Continue Reading
There is a time in every man’s life when he has to reflect on what has been and gone and what will be, on how he may have wasted his… Continue Reading
These have been hectic, mad weeks, these last few months, and it’s difficult to relate, in a few words and impressions, how my life has been changed by what I’ve… Continue Reading
I know people think I’m an intellectual snob. I know they think I use words that are too big for my mouth or even for the pages I write on…. Continue Reading
I unpick my layers of skin,An old wound healing,Softened rawness,The scab gone, some moreOf my DNA scatteredOver the cutting room floorsOf my travelling. It doesn’t hurt,This unravelling of what I… Continue Reading
It’s almost four weeks now since Dead Men was released into the wild. And it’s not been an easy four weeks. The gig at the NHM in London was brilliant,… Continue Reading
You fly out into the silence Of your paint, of your words, Up to the stars and the vacuum, Down into the centre of your world, Cut yourself adrift from… Continue Reading