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The After-Effect of Paul McKenna – and Relearning Skills
The strange thing about having Paul McKenna hypnotise me to get me writing again was that my creative power was out of control. I had this unregulated emotion to write, which over the last 4 years I have been honing … Continue reading
Man In The Moon – Draft 2
Well, that didn’t take long before I rewrote it. Here we go again: Man In The Moon “When priests in ancient times beheld the moon they conjured up a man hunched with a pack. Astronomers spied seas that would maroon … Continue reading
A Simple Act Of Kindness Can Change The World
I’ve just got back from a walk in my home town of Portsmouth – and I’ve learned how one person really can change the whole world. I was walking past a little brick-built church on Old Portsmouth’s High Street, called … Continue reading
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Vanity and Bad Breath – What Your “Self Publisher” Won’t Tell You
Bad breath at parties is a bad thing. And I know, because many years ago I used to have bad breath. I don’t any more, for good reason – but there was a time when people backed away from me … Continue reading
Borrowing Some Light From Author Graham Hurley
Graham Hurley is a fascinating man. Lean, with a grey-white widow’s peak, and a slight spike to his hair, he stands before the assembled group in the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Dockyard, among ancient cannons and other relics of … Continue reading
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“I Bought A Long Case Clock” – A Sonnet
A couple of years ago I got thinking about the grandfather clock I had picked up at an auction for not too much money. It was a beautiful thing; built around 1820, slender and delicate, with the most gentle sound … Continue reading
Evidence For The Existence of Ghosts, Version 2
So, this is the rewrite of the poem I wrote a few days ago. I have attempted to tidy up the meaning and improve the metre. Have had to lose a rhetorical flourish for the sake of clarity, but I … Continue reading
Evidence For The Existence Of Ghosts
So, this is the first draft of a sonnet that I wrote last night. It came out of an idea I had while reading a book on cosmology. Wonder what you think? It’s the first draft only, so I may … Continue reading
My New Word – “Synecdoche”
Okay, so I’ve got to share this with you because I think it’s one of those unusual words that I didn’t know existed. I was just reading Seamus Heaney’s notes on the Anglo-Saxon poem, “Beowulf”, and this really unusual word … Continue reading
A Bearded Old Midget From Baden…
A bit of a change today, with a limerick I dug up in one of my notebooks: A bearded old midget from Baden Found his body had started to harden He dyed himself red Put a cap on his head … Continue reading
