Category Archives: Poetry

THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 14

Extract from Book 11 in the Fortnightly Review here. However the editorial of the Fortnightly is relocating and there is a delay in publishing extracts from the most recently completed books. When the links to these extracts are available I will … Continue reading

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Reviews of The Ogre’s Wife

I am very grateful for the reviews I got for this book, back in 2010. Thanks to Ian Gregson, Luke Kennard and Rachel Allen.  As one gets older, it’s easy to feel forgotten about and unacknowledged, as the ambiance changes. … Continue reading

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Abstractions published on Heyzine

I have published a selection of my abstract writings as a free Heyzine online book here I have been engaged in writing liberated from any deliberate attempt to convey a meaning since the 1960s. I consider as ‘abstract’ my writings … Continue reading

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CHARYBDIS

A new slideshow on Youtube I don’t do modern art, I do deep art. Unlike those modernists who derived abstraction from figuration – Mondrian for instance – I begin from chaos and just see how far I can get towards … Continue reading

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THE RUNIAD – Book 11

Extract from Book 11 in the Fortnightly Review here. As a work in progress Books 1-11 can be read for free as a Heyzine online book. On the Heyzine link there is a contents page – p 5. All the pages … Continue reading

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All about the Stern Gang

At 38:27 that is my great uncle Felix (Pinhas Rosen) sitting two from the left from Shamir. Head of the Liberal party and Minister of Justice, he brought in proportional representation, which has been blamed for enabling extremist splinter groups … Continue reading

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The RUNIAD – Book 10

Excerpt from Book 10 in the Fortnightly Review here. As a work in progress Books 1-10 can be read for free as a Heyzine online book. On the Heyzine link there is a contents page – p 5. All the pages are … Continue reading

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TANGO

x I have to dance a tango with Joe. Commission I should not have taken on though Reduced to a flourish at the show. Joe can’t get the footwork. The red carpet Doesn’t help his pivot. No, Joe, no! Christ, … Continue reading

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The Broken Vase

I have just published a new slide-show on Youtube here! The drawings in pencil on a black watercolour ground are inspired by a passage in The Runiad – the epic poem I am writing. Stay with me now. There is … Continue reading

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The RUNIAD – Book 9

Excerpt from Book 9 in the Fortnightly Review here. The Runiad is a project I started in 2023 – an epic poem that will be 24 books long. As a work in progress it can be read for free as … Continue reading

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