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Extracts from The Runiad – books 5-6 now in The Fortnightly Review.

Extracts from Books 5 and 6 of my epic poem can now be found in The Fortnightly Review here There is a link at the end of that post to previous extracts (from books 1-4) that The Fortnightly has posted. … Continue reading

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Matthew Hoh: Briefing to the UNSC March 22, 2024

Is this the speech of the decade, at the very least, as Matthew Hoh addresses the UNSC? “The permanent member veto must be abolished.”

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Wittgenstein and Performance

Thank you, Mischa Twitchin, for inviting me to contribute to this fascinating publication.

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COLLECTED LONGER POEMS

This Grey Suit publication will be launched in May 2024.

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WRITING AT THE ROOM – Poetry, text, sound, song

3 pm Sunday October 6. Featuring Michelene Wandor and Anthony Howell Hosted by Marian Eastwood and Patricia Ahern * The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale/Bruce Grove London N17 9AS – enquiries: 0208 801 8577 Open mike. BYO – suggested … Continue reading

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PUTIN’S DAUGHTER

x Aged eleven, I was sent to meet Putin’s daughter. She was a year or so younger. Smiling, she invited me To go out for a ride with her. Two white horses were provided. She of course rode brilliantly, but … Continue reading

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Losing a Slave Girl

x Around my garden the little wall is low; In the bailiff’s lodge the lists are seldom checked. I am ashamed to think we were not always kind; I regret your labours, that will never be repaid. The caged bird … Continue reading

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TOTTENHAM TREES POETRY READING AT THE ROOM

Hilary Davies has published four volumes of poetry with Enitharmon Editions. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at King’ s College, London and the British Library, is a former Eric Gregory award winner and and also former Chairman … Continue reading

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FACES AND VASES

Recent developments: drawing in lead pencil over indigo/black paint. Several drawings done with the eyes closed. Erasure on vases done with the eyes closed. The vases are inspired by a line from one of my own poems: the broken vase … Continue reading

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Of a Snake and a Stith

From Arthur Golding’s A Moral Fabletalk. Seems a bit like NATO threatening Russia. A “stith” is an anvil. A snake, being in malice with a stith, laboured to bite off a piece of it. But the more fiercely he bit, … Continue reading

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