An die Schadenfreude
In fact, Beethoven’s original title for “An die Freude” was “An die Schadenfreude”, but Schiller objected.
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.
A Short, Inaccurate History of Statism
A tendentious history of (mostly Western) politics since the French Revolution in a series of twitter-length bites.
The Epiphany of St Callous of Acrimony
Epiphany was the word of the day on Artwiculate – three days before the Epiphany of January 2011. As good an excuse as any for further fantasies woven about the personality of St Callous of Acrimony.
Ten Things in a Public Swimmingpool
Ten things that can upset your pleasure when you are swimming in a public swimmingpool.
Into that Good Night
Poem that cannibalises a famous line from Dylan Thomas to play with the word “raillery”.
Athropos and Mnemosyne
Short poem commenting on senility by reference to Greek mythology.
If I Were Vociferous
Poem that recycles a verse from a lyric by Tanita Tikaram to illustrate the Twitter-based wordgame Artwiculate’s Word of the Day Vociferous.
Vociferous weather
Poem descriptive of the weather at the time it was composed.
Siggy Sought a Syzygy
Comic nonsense poem to illustrate the poetic term syzygy (a form of alliteration).
Lucia on the Morning Tram
Poem: 12 Dec, Lucia Eve. Celebrated in all-night parties by Swedish kids. Girls dress as Lucia in white dresses with candles in their hair.