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.
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.
The Bear’s Dream
Poem. Classic 5-7-5 haiku with a seasonal reference in the second line. What does the hibernating bear dream about?
Old Uncle Sam, his Wikileaks
Comic poem that references current events and the masses of classified US documents recently leaked through Wikileaks.
Together in Cordoba – the complete picture
Poem and illustration produced as my contribution to an Internet-based co-operative project.
Together in Cordoba
A poem and illustration (in four more detailed parts) produced as my contribution to an Internet-based co-operative project.
Disparate days in Leeds with Jonathan Kershaw
Disparate days as a student at Leeds with my housemate Jonathan Kershaw, bipolar (manic depressive) and certainly neither gay nor queer.
Not now, Cora!
There are some great lines in Fantastic Voyage (some of them cited below), but I ended up going for a cheap joke at the expense of Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. I was inspired by the strip in the middle of the postcard above here, which is a still from the DVD. (What she’s actually … More…
The Case of Viscount Visage
The Case of Viscount Visage: Sheerluck Helmse and his faithful sidekick Carruthers set out on a surreal journey to track down a murderer.
Swimming alone
I thought today about swimming alone in an empty pool. That time in Finland when I found myself / alone at the baths in Kouvola and was able to swim back and forth completely without anyone else to take account of.
Svengali and Trilby
Svengali and Trilby – After the coalition agreement between the Tories under Cameron and the Lib Dems under Clegg, who will play Svengali?