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Continue reading →: Prose Poetry
I get the idea of prose poetry as a freer way of expressing yourself, but I struggle to encapsulate ideas outside the rigid structure of a rhyming scheme. This link was quite helpful on the subject. I had this prose poem published in a community arts anthology some time ago…
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Continue reading →: No comment
I do the odd MOOC to jolt the grey matter out of my ennui. That is the sort of sentence you might read along with the hundreds of pithy remarks people feel the need to share online. Perhaps I should be more charitable, but as someone who is looking for…
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Continue reading →: Fact or Fiction
Storytelling is a time-honoured activity. The tales that are spun for young and old spark our imagination and transport us to other worlds by inviting us into the creative mind of the narrator. We suspend our disbelief and anything becomes possible in a land of fantasy. However, the current trend…
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Continue reading →: Schrödinger
It is surprising to me that of all the blogs I have posted, a correction about quantum physics famous thought experiment, Schrödinger’s cat, has received the most interest. The lost art of whittling got some attention, but my naïve attempts to reach a Chinese readership failed miserably. My writing is a…
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Continue reading →: Oh dear!
So much for optimism…already posted on the White House website “President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule”…gosh yes, who needs to do anything about climate change or water pollution if you can save a…
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Continue reading →: New Era
President Trump is being inaugurated even as I type. This challenging new era should not be prejudged because the wheels of government may well turn as usual. Change does not happen easily, as President Obama discovered despite being elected on just that mandate. What might happen is that previous reforms are…
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Continue reading →: Year of the Rooster
Chinese New Year is not far off – starting from January 28th, and ending on February 15th, 2018. There will be some celebrations locally in Belfast which has a vibrant Chinese community – here’s a link to the Chinese welfare association’s website. My Chinese Zodiac sign is the Goat which means that…
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Continue reading →: Flogging a Dead Horse
Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Drumpf, was an enterprising individual who knew a good thing when he saw it. In 1885 he emigrated from Germany to New York aged 16. At 22 he headed West and grabbed opportunities along the Klondike trail during the Gold Rush. The notorious Dead Horse Trail may well have…
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Continue reading →: Shocking Stuff
I am in danger of following a theme, but don’t worry that won’t last long. My latest draft poem is a dig at prose poetry and the scatter gun approach to writing, where spontaneity is key. Pollocks as a title is my attempt at humour. Art is often ridiculed for…
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Continue reading →: Scare Tactics
Fear is a powerful force in the hands of despots. It is a great inhibitor preventing people from carrying out actions in their own interests and bending to the will of the oppressor. Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot took the fear of violence and death to extremes. Those who understand…
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