This is being written a few days after Gary Lineker refused to back down. He won’t read these words, but I feel the need to declare here to whoever might be visiting my deep admiration and gratitude for the position Lineker has taken and held, both on a disgraceful and abhorrent government policy (and the motives for, and the framing… continue reading
Category Truth Telling
Truth cf. ‘Impartiality’
Poems for the Wall
I haven’t mentioned this project here for a while. I started it over twenty years ago, now. Both of the following two statements are true : it remains what it has always been – very much a one-man-band ; but also, and from the beginning, it has received help and support from a wide range of individuals, each excited by… continue reading
Four New Poems
1/ ‘In the Cathedral‘ is in 5 short parts. 2/ ‘Word-Finding‘ is in 5 short parts. 3/ ‘Dancing in a Daze’ is of 1 part, but there are ‘notes’ overleaf. 4/ ‘Rowing‘ is of one part. I seem to have stopped spluttering helplessly and hopelessly in prose, in response to present-day developments within… continue reading
For relevant Notes, see previous post !… continue reading
Click on the text and the poem will expand a bit and be easier to read. It had to be this small, to fit onto a single page.
Only a few months ago, we were celebrating the Platimum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, a living symbol of stability among so much in the world that is anything but stable. But then,… continue reading