The decision to create an unconventional blog post. My book – what is it about? Shattering the fake, bogus, counterfeit, persuado, phoney, pseudo, sham, similar, supposititious, artificial, celluloid, ersatz, imitation, plastic, assumed, imposturous, ostensible, professed, so-called, soi-disant, meretricious, flash, painted, adulterine, spurious, untrue, apocryphal, fabulous… Oh, but it is fictitious. Embroiled in our own complexity. … Continue reading At Varuna
Self-indulgence
Observations, rants, fun stuff, links…
A Literary-Minded Day in London
A dreary, overcast morning (typical London I’m told). I have been awake for hours – jetlagged, adrenaline-filled, foreign. Abbey Road is a long road. I find what I think is ‘that’ crossing (it is the only one I can find). It is early still and the street is packed with buses, taxis, rushing Londoners with … Continue reading A Literary-Minded Day in London
Update – Feb 08 – The Literary-Minded Traveler
Blog posts may be slightly sparse throughout February due to my lack of extensive access to computers during my European adventure. I am currently in Scotland, heading back to London tomorrow for a day, then on to Paris and several other places in Europe. But the wealth of material I am collecting will be worth … Continue reading Update – Feb 08 – The Literary-Minded Traveler
Lunar Eclipse – a poem
puppets of vertigo under the lipsticked corpse of an eclipsed moon shadowed by us how small we are and yet our silhoette casts curved three-dimensional taint sultana or ovalteenie (i minimise it) with a light cusp a moon party - the sun is playing puppets with us it is tongue on teeth, red painted fingernail … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse – a poem
Pecking – a poem
loathed marrow jealous crystals pecking sparrows future nitpick, which way what? golden pathways human blocks tongue out for adventure feed please feed? battering cages withering away pecking at seeds
Update – Dec 07
A bit of background and an update to regular readers - I wrote the poem (Pecking, next post) while in a relationship. Some of you know I have recently come out of this relationship. It is strange to look back on my writing when I was with him. There is no doubt that I loved … Continue reading Update – Dec 07
I've been memed
I have been tagged by The Uncanny Broadcasting Brain. The Rules of this tag: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules. 2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself. 3. Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). 4. Let them know they’ve been tagged … Continue reading I've been memed
Sylvia Plath reads 'Daddy'
I wanted to share my favourite YouTube clip so far. It is so amazing to hear her voice, and the visuals are well placed. Enjoy.
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