with the Open University – what more could a poet wish – random, elegant, mathematics
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work in progress
more regular postings of current projects, often described and photographed during the making process…
Questions
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
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How was your journey? Would you like a cup of tea or a glass of water?
The Ridiculous Wishes
Les Souhaits ridicules by Charles Perrault (1697)
The genie grants you a wish. What is it?
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to not make a ridiculous wish
my dog
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself?
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Tess, a Parson Jack Russell terrier, my grounding, eye-watering alter-ego x
home
I have visited, worked and lived in many places that felt like home; home by different ways
(life hath called and death will call, Christina Rossetti)
Someone from “The Circus”…
Daily writing prompt
If you had to switch lives with a fictional character for a week, who would you choose?
George Smiley British Intelligence Officer, with thanks to John le Carré
…no one can live with a broken spirit
(Proverbs 18:14)
with thanks to all the kind folk who were there along the way…
sleeping with Frida
my latest post-poem, featuring our little dog Tess, sleeping with Frida…
the poetic world
of e.e. cummings…
the day i learned to swim
Daily writing prompt
If you could go back and witness any historical event, which one would you pick?
The time Billy Boston, rugby league legend, taught me how to swim (sadly he died today…)
