Melting Clock Face – Slow is the way
I’m in a racebut don’t want to beI want, instead, to paceInclude the thingsI want to achievebut recognise I canif I schedulego slowlyand not compromiseon what I believe slow is my waybut it may not be yoursI guess I have to do bothto think fast and slowas the book saysit’s not all about one thingit’s […]
Tugging Cloths – Create your own art
create chaosand smileto completethe performance artdo it in style and the nation groansand the old folks sighand scowl their wayto a still life experienceof a different kind of art and whilst the youngand old alikefind ways to subvert,those in the middledoff caps and bow down and they look backand… “How I wish I…”and create too lateto […]
The Only Truth – Inspired by ‘Kathy’s Song’ by Paul Simon
love is a messy thingthat gets in your bonesand you never can be ridof love that was meant for you no matter the imperfectionof the humans involvedor any kind of rejectionor ending of relationships if you know, you knowthat true love can never endand a thousand miles apartmeans nothing to the heart but sometimes you […]
Postcard Home – Stuck on earth
travelling lightacross the universeI find myselfstuck on this planetthey call earth I could justkeep on movingbut it is thestrangest of placeswith humanoids like us they have this thingthey call countriesand they kill each otherover scraps of their planetdon’t know how to share ugly and uncivilisedI know, I knowbut I can’t help myselfwatching how it unfoldsno […]
The Demise of Old Lions – As birds take flight
she is a beautiful birdand he a majestic lionshe pecks at little thingsand he swipes his wayeach to their ownjoint reality happening together they existwary of the otherhis world enhancedwhilst she feels abusedshe tweets in his earand he roars his demands she counts the sad daysand he basks in the sunwhen she tires of himshe […]
Face – A consideration of physiognomy
face up to itface down in a puddlefacing the musicputting a face onfacing the winds of changefacing east in prayer brave facesad facelong facedrooping facefacial symmetryfacing reality wrinkled facewizened faceweathered facerecognised faceinnocent facemade-up face night-time facesleeping facewaking facetired faceresigned faceface in the mirror healthy faceill facecollapsed faceaccepting faceinjured facedead face loving facesurprised facesmiley facehappy facecontented […]
Gills and Fins – For children everywhere
oh to be a little fishswimming from afarminding my own businesswhen they put me in a jar they took me to their homeand then they had their teabut what I really want to knowis where’s the food for me dying of heat and hungerthey returned me to the poolI loved the fresh waterand I found […]
Ten Ways Not To Write Listicles – Excitement does not wait within
1 Don’t read rubbish like this 2 Stop getting excited by the ‘content’ word, and only allow your writing to be described as writing or the genre or sub-genre that it is. (See Clive Thompson’s great examination of ‘content’ here) 3 Remove the words ‘digital marketing’ from your vocabulary 4 Stop clicking on ‘click bait’ 5 Consider […]
Managing Energy – Incorporating all kinds of days
Kim Witten, PhD wrote a great article on Medium entitled “Stop Trying to Manage Your Time”, in which she gave us lots of alternatives to try-out. I particularly liked Dr Witten’s focus on managing energy rather than time, and her reminder that small actions can have a huge impact on our wellbeing (She gave the example of removing a […]
Love Beyond A Box – A tale of two realities
1 No matter which way I turn, or how I express or present myself, I remain restless, despite the busy family life. Perhaps turning 60 scratches at my tranquillity.I make the most of the time, though. I finish preparing the food for Maria’s return from an afternoon out with the grandchildren. We take it in […]