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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.

Lily the Pink – the saviour of the human race

11 August, 20198 December, 2009

On the 8th December 2009, the Artwiculate Word of the Day was embrocation. It seemed as good a reason as any to edit and compress to Twitter length the lyrics to “Lilly the Pink”.

Categories Articulations, Poem

Machiavellian mashups – an Artwicutale of intrigue and quotation

16 April, 201928 November, 2009

On the 28th November the Artwiculate Word of the Day was Machiavellian, which prompted this series. I called them “Machiavellian mashups”, but really “Machiavelli condensed” would have been a better title.

Categories Articulations, Story
Helmse and Caruthers in the inglenook

The Inglenook Incident – a Case for Sheerluck Helmse

14 February, 202421 November, 2009

On the 21st November, the Word of the Day was Inglenook. It seemed to call out for Sherlock Holmes. Since he wasn’t available, I invented a new Consulting Detective, Sheerluck Helmse, and his biographer Winston Caruthers.

Categories Articulations, Story
St Callous of Acrimony

St Callous of Acrimony – an Artwicutale

16 April, 201931 October, 2009

Acrimony was the word of the day on Artwiculate 31st October 2009. The word inspired this flight of fancy. The first of my “ArtwicuTales”.

Categories Articulations, Story
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Most popular posts published in 2023

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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover – a review (March)
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Character building with Lajos Egri (May)
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You are you and that’s Okey! Photos from Stockholm (September)
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Juxtaposition and Creativity (May)

Most popular posts from earlier years

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Jamestown, Accra: walking through history with Collins and Lee (2020)
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The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on (2018)
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Antiques and memories (2015)
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Vai: across the South Pacific – a review (2020)
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The short summer night – a translation (2020)
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