haiku: paths
the graveyard is closedand ghosts walk down narrow pathsthat lead to glory the path through the marshleads me deeper and deepera sinking feeling I have to turn backpick my way along the pathalready travelled
2021
I’ll let you be in my dream: the magic of Bob Dylan
So Bob Dylan is in his 80s. Bet he never thought that would happen, back when he was blowing’ in the winds of change during the fragile 1960s. Most people then were pessimistic about longevity, what with the threat of…
The Holocaust Discussion Group
It was no secret what was happening… It was like killing rabbits… But people are not rabbits. Even after the war, when they could see that the survivors were not in fact rabbits but people, they still felt in their…
Songs that tear you apart and put you back together
As age creeps up and taps you on the shoulder day after day, you ask yourself various questions. These are usually prefixed with “When?”, but sometimes drift on to “Who?”, “What?” and quite often “Why?” Recently I have been thinking…
Just another waterfall
He watches as the shadowy ship on the horizonbeyond the blue-grey housedisappears into the Blakeney mist sinks soundlessly into the distant pitwhere there is no sun,and is consumed by your tears Just another waterfallin the story toldbetween your sheets as…
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The beautiful connection between chess and North Norfolk
Is it possible to have too many books? When it comes to moving house, as my brother is about to do after some 40 years, the answer is a resounding yes. But in normal circumstances, it is a comforting thing…
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Psalm
The night is deadly quiet,still as a dead man’s breath:life teeters on the empty edge,and those of us who live in dark placesbecome invisible, even when the light returns In times past the twisted paths,the blind cliff edges and wrong turns have…
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Why is there nobody in the cemetery?
There was nobody in the cemetery today. I don’t mean that the way it sounds. I’m sure there were a large number of bodies in the cemetery, because that is what it’s for. But there was nobody above ground, apart…
tanka
no king is savedby having tall armiesno mighty manby great strength or the powerof a hundred horses you throw bright starsmaking patterns in heavenwhile angels laughand we play with creation,rejoice in your glory
Let’s hear from people with inconvenient views
Don’t get me wrong. I happen to believe that the COVID vaccine is an excellent thing, created in the main by beautiful people with the good of mankind at heart. They have worked hard, often at personal expense, to save…