Child, this day (Elin to her unborn child)
Child this day … One of the two narrative voices in Elin’s Story. This is my heroine writing a letter to her unborn child.
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.
Right worshipful Husband (Elin’s letter to Thomas)
This is my heroine writing a letter to Thomas her husband. One of the two narrative voices in Elin’s Story, the novel I have been working on for 3 years.
My dearest mother (Elin to her mother)
The other narrative voice in Elin’s Story (workng title), the novel I have been working on for 3 years. This is my heroine writing a letter to her mother.
It’s hard
Humorous nonsense poem playing with various senses of “sod” and other words and phrases in which “sod” is an element.
The River Rippled (Elin’s Story begins)
The beginning of Elin’s Story (workng title), the novel I have been working on for 3 years.
Bad timing (1938)
Bad timing (1938) Poem retelling a family story about my father and his father. Dad ran away from home to enlist in the army just in time for World War Two.
Dad – remembering my father
Dad – remembering my father as I do every year in June around about the time of his birthday. His influence still hangs over me.
Neanderthal … or otherwise?
The killing of Osama bin Ladin by US special forces in Pakistan was NOT the action of Neanderthals!
He Wishes for a Sinecure
Poem playing with the word sinecure meaning: A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment.