Articulating myself
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Articulations
Articulations: Examples of my creative writing: aphorisms, poems, short stories, humour (“humour”), (auto)biography, translations and more. Read Articulating myself for more details or scroll down.
Steel fabricating under the arches
One of my first jobs after graduating from university – I worked for a steel fabricating company under the arches near Leeds station.
Does a poem a day keep the engine turning over?
For nearly three months I’ve been writing a poem a day as a creative writing dscipline and I’m quite pleased with how it’s turning out.
Swimming race to disappointment
Translation of 5 pages from Alex Schulmann’s Överlevarna – The Survivors: three brother race one another, swimming too far out in the lake.
A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – a memory from 1968
A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – not the best advert for Lytham St Annes, I’m afraid. This is an attempt to write autobiographical flash fiction.
Pinman lives a dangerous life
The pinman in the hazard triangle lives a dangerous life. Here’s a sonnet to celebrate his superhuman contribution to human safety.
Return to Tema: the search for house and school
Part 2 of The Return to Tema, in which, in 2018, I search for the house I remember living in and the school I attended back in 1963 and 1964.
Return to Tema: the motorway then and now
On the Accra-Tema Motorway: first part of a report on my return to Tema, Ghana, 50 years on from when I was there as a child in 1963-64.
Writing a wreath – adventures in poetry
In which the author shares an eight-line wreath poem in iambic tetrameter, and atempts to explain how and why he went about writing it.
A Man Walks into a Bank – Flash Fiction
A man walks into a bank wearing nothing but a smile … This was the FlashNano prompt for 23rd November, and this short story was my response.
Skiing downhill, with or without an audience
Skiing downhill was never my strong suit – let’s face it, skiing was never my strong suit – but once upon a time I used to ski every winter.