Visiting Ypres at 13 Years Old
Monday was the 100th anniversay of the start of the “third battle of Ypres”: Passchendaele. This poem and piece of music is my tribute to all those who died in the trenches. Fodder to the Maschinengewehrs, often drugged with amphetamines to quell their terror, some as young as 13 years old raced and palpitated towards…
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When I’m gone and turned to dust, You’ll still click my link, I trust, Give us a like or even a love, I’ll be watching from above, If creation truly be not a sin, Maybe my uploads will get me in? Followers come and followers go, Like lovers you never really know, Unless they too have…
Echo Chamber
Goodnight, my love, Sleep well in your chamber, See you in a while, You’ll be in no danger, From the voice that dares ask, Any question at all, To the strong and the stable, Of their thirst for our thrall. Goodnight, my love, Your skin has grown paler, Behind the chamber’s glass, You’ve become your own jailer, Closing the…
Day at the Zoo
An experiment in combining poetry, music and film: three things by which I have been besotted since I first experienced them. I’m no film-maker, but editing these public domain clips into something that vaguely makes sense was really satisfying, somehow. I’m used to working with words and music, mostly, but working with the visual felt amazing. All…
Get Some Free Poetry Down You
My latest poem FOXHUNTER, inspired by the current epidemic of psychopathy amongst the more privileged members of our society.
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