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Continue reading →: Sovereignty
Western super powers were reluctant to give up their colonies. Great Britain had painted the globe pink with the extent of its empire and finally marched its armies out of India and other golden geese to retain them in the British Commonwealth and keep them as allies. The consequences of…
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Continue reading →: Putin’s murdered opponents
Machiavelli would have been proud of Vladimir Putin’s ruthless use of power. Those who have dared to criticise his regime risked death or imprisonment. Having failed to kill Alexei Navalny, Putin’s harshest critic, using the nerve agent Novichok, they sentenced him to imprisonment in a penal colony in the North…
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Continue reading →: The weeds are winning
There was a time when we were more on top of things, particularly gardening. We have a small front garden with a square of grass and bushy plants up to the low metal fence. At the back of the house the ground slopes gradually down to the wooden fencing. We…
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Continue reading →: Pampering
Some might think we’ve lost it, and they could be right, we are booking into a hotel for one night less than 3 miles from our house. 4 star luxury, spa treatments and a swimming pool. Just what we both need. The evening meal in the River Bar was tasty.…
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Continue reading →: Carol Ann Duffy – Maestro
I am dithering over whether to sign up for Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry master class. To convince ditherers like me there is a free sample that I haven’t watched yet. One of her poems that I came across in Clive James’ anthology “The Fire of Joy” is called Mrs Midas.…
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Continue reading →: Nice
I asked some people in the Bulhouse East bar what they thought of my poems. There was one “Wow!” and some lovely and nice comments.. Now call me churlish but I was hoping for something more …artsy? My distaste for nice and lovely started when a tutor on a Residential…
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Continue reading →: Mahomes magic
Superbowl 58 was a nail biter. Would Taylor Swift get more air time than Travis Kelce? A blocked field goal attempt by the 49ers led to the sides being level at the end of full time. Purdy drove his team down the field and they kicked for 3 points in…
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Continue reading →: Purely poetry
Well, I read three of my poems to a group of about 35 similarly inspired poets. There was applause and someone stopped me on my way out and said they liked my Ode to a Lettuce. There was a great selection of poetry from the 21 readers who had their…
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Continue reading →: Audio
I am looking a bit disheveled as I recorded this ode prior to this evening’s open mic event
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Continue reading →: Open mic poetry
Tonight I will be hoping to stand in front of a bunch of strangers and read a couple of my poems. This is a monthly open mic event for poets to perform their work at the Crescent Arts Centre. The last time I put my name in the hat for…
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