When Will It Be Time to Wear the Stove Pipe Hat Again?
During the Rebecca Riots, men from South Wales wore the stove pipe hat and Welsh maids outfit as an act of defiance. Where is that spirit now?
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Llanelli Via Yorkshire
Llanelli Via Yorkshire is a poem about coming home- written as part of a People Speak Up session. Image of Llanelli from oldukphotos.com Bored in tin towns with thin frowns… Read More »Llanelli Via Yorkshire
Spaces
The Spaces Between Billions of atoms building blocks cram-packed into nothing into silent gaps into pauses once they were everything and will be again forever and never. Amen Making Space… Read More »Spaces
Writing Collaboration #19 -Echoes
I heard the words that [passed away in the growing void echo- please stay
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Guest Post- Pilgrimage of a Garden Chair
I’m sharing something a little different today- something which is not my own work. I’d like to showcase the talents of Anisha in the first-ever guest post on this site!… Read More »Guest Post- Pilgrimage of a Garden Chair
Writing Prompts #26
It’s been a while since I last posted any new writing prompts on this page. My apologies to those that regularly used to visit to use the prompts that I… Read More »Writing Prompts #26
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Baseline
I’ve recently started taking some new medication called Abilify to stabilise my moods. Because I can go from one extreme to the other quite rapidly, I need something that holds… Read More »Baseline
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Spoken Word Saturday #2
As part of this month’s Peoplespeakup Spoken Word Saturday lockdown non-gathering I submitted a video of me reading “You can believe what you want but it doesn’t make it the… Read More »Spoken Word Saturday #2
That’s When I See You
Here’s a very short poem called “That’s when I see you” that I wrote for this week’s Peoplespeakup. I’m not a very good listener. I am not very good at… Read More »That’s When I See You
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The Invisible Strings
Here’s a very short poem that I wrote in a PeopleSpeakUp Zoom workshop today. It’s a bit different from my normal style. I hope you all enjoy it! I wonder… Read More »The Invisible Strings
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Cyclothymia
There. is. nothing. Hours. days. weeks. Nothing. Thoughtless voids of calming drought. Scratching. Nothing. Scratching. Scratching at the words that flow fast and free bouncing joy from the skies the… Read More »Cyclothymia
Flashback Friday #7 – Dreaming of Walls
It’s been a while since I last posted a Flashback Friday, however, buoyed by the fact that in the last 48 hours I’ve had more page-views than in the whole… Read More »Flashback Friday #7 – Dreaming of Walls
Nowhere More Familiar
There is nowhere more familiar than 96 pixels per inch — than 26 lines of acid ruled, A5 pages, blank. These voids used to fill me with dread — but… Read More »Nowhere More Familiar
You can believe what you want but it doesn’t make it the truth
As the internet creaks with lockdown fueled conspiracy theories with racist connotations, and we have to endure jokes about kung-flu, it really does remind me that you can believe what… Read More »You can believe what you want but it doesn’t make it the truth
Spoken Word Saturday
Last week, for Peoplespeakup’s online gathering of Spoken Word Saturday, I had my piece Worn Down Locked Down featured (Go and read it, if you haven’t already done so!). Peoplespeakup… Read More »Spoken Word Saturday
as i purge my soul.
Here’s a short poem called “as i purge my soul”. As the COVID-19 lockdown has become The Great Spring Clean (that’s how it’ll be referred to in the history books… Read More »as i purge my soul.
Worn Down Locked Down
What day was it tomorrow? Worn down locked down. We binged on tiger kings and tiger bread so long that I lost time down the back of the sofa along… Read More »Worn Down Locked Down
Writing Collaboration #18 – Moving
It seems like forever since I last posted a writing collaboration. I do still have a couple in my inbox, so apologies to anyone who has been waiting for a… Read More »Writing Collaboration #18 – Moving
(A Field Of) Scapegoats
“We didn’t start the fire”
he said
“they did”
he said
as he pointed
at his field
of scapegoats.
Writing Prompt #18
Today’s writing prompts, use them wisely. Create poems, stories, essays, songs, or anything you like. Don’t forget to link back to this post. 1. Buy me another beer and I… Read More »Writing Prompt #18