Jun 30, 2020Humans have a fascination with memento mori, reminders of death.Fascination with death, or at least bewilderment, is not confined to humans as it is observed in chimps huddled about a newly passed whoopee (I know, but what else would you call a member of a ‘whoop of chimpanzees’?), even though it is at the core of our lamentable condition…Music7 min readMusic7 min read
Aug 16, 2019Vulgar LatinConfiteor Deo omni potenti, beat ee Mariae semper Virgini, beat oh Michaeli Archangelo, beat oh Joanni Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, et tibee Pater: quia peccavi nimis cogitation ee verbo, et operay: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. …Pedophilia4 min readPedophilia4 min read
Aug 16, 2019Kaddish For Allen Ginsberg 1926–1997(a response to Kaddish, Part 1 For Naomi Ginsberg, 1894–1956 by Allen Ginsberg) Glorious! Now to think of your coming — bespectacled and bearlike — brilliant — ursa major — while I ride the rays that irradiate your verse — “Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems” — modesty tantamount — blinding…Life2 min readLife2 min read
Aug 16, 2019MEET HIS MAKAR (for Edwin Morgan)EGAD! MIND-ORE GERM, IDEA, NOD. DREAMING ODE EGAD! MIND ‘ROE ’RED+ION = GAMED IDEOGRAM DEN READING MODE EARNED DIG … OM NEAR DEMIGOD “ADORED ME GIN” DARE DIG O’ MEN ORDAINED GEM A DOMED REIGN ADD REGIME: ON A REIGNED MOD REMAINED GOD AGED. DIE. MO’RN. ADMIRED GONE ADORING ‘ED’, ME EDDIE MORGANPoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Aug 16, 2019InsomniaInsomnia, you are my perfidious companion. When all other lovers have taken sleep to bed, Here you are, stroking my eyelids open, Nibbling my mind and arousing my head. Your fondling now awakens my every being, Its body bestirred by your wanton lust. I surrender to the touch of a longing lover, On the sundown scent of a late-night fuck. My blunt-brain penetrated by your burning issue, Forgotten thoughts thrust to forefront mind.Insomnia1 min readInsomnia1 min read
Aug 16, 2019Dredging Rockpools (in response to Don Paterson’s “Why Do You Stay Up So Late?“)Dredging Rockpools (in response to Don Paterson’s Why Do You Stay Up So Late?) Russell wondered why his Daddy stayed up so late, for which shiny metaphorical pebbles Don used to sate the probing interrogation of his adolescent visitor, the innocent queries of his callow inquisitor. And here, I now flounder, also…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
May 8, 2019Chuff Chuff is El LocoThis is a follow up, part 2, and probably final instalment, to a complaint submitted to the operators of the Caledonian Sleeper Service. Their response is appended. The first part, was called part 1. — Thank you Dan Gifford, * I am grateful for your reply and I appreciate the logistical challenges of running the service and maintaining standards. I gladly accept reimbursement of my ticket price. I understand your reasons given for lapses, not least old rolling stock, and I note your assurances regarding…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
