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Lament of a Dying Dragonfly

A poem and reflections on the current generation of artists.

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Battle or Build?

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It Was No Accident

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A Letter To Tedros

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Lighting The Kindling

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Poems

Lament of a Dying Dragonfly

A poem and reflections on the current generation of artists.

Apr 21 •

Haikus of a Forager III

Even more poems and reflections from nature.

Apr 7 •

Tree-Eyed Sonnet

The trees have eyes, and they see what we become - even when we cannot.

Mar 24 •

Curse The Animals!

A somewhat silly set of limericks in honour of Harry Radcliffe and my time in Anarchapulco.

Mar 10 •

The Painter's Song

A song and lyrics, with thoughts on the arts and agendas

Feb 24 •

Pity The Newsprint

A competition poem on the theme of "Time".

Feb 10 •

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Books

Born Anew and Other Poems

My first poetry book

From A Dying Empire Near You

My second poetry book

My latest poetry book

Workshops

A poetry workshop for climbing mountains

The Fire Within

A poetry workshop for addressing the burning things within us.

Reflections

Judgement is Inevitable. Offence is Optional.

A response to "Sinner To Saint", and why we are all exactly where we need to be.

Mar 31 •

Why have character progression when you can have propaganda instead?

A case study of Mickey 17, exploring how agenda-pushing over compelling characters destroys the art of storytelling.

Mar 17 •

Writing The Desecration of England

How the poetic works of C.S. Lewis warned of what would happen if the traditions, myths and ways of life native to the UK were destroyed.

Feb 3 •

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Metropolis - New Translation

This Substack is to house the re-translation of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis” that I am currently working on. The re-translation is being released chapter-by-chapter on this Substack to paid supporters.

Metropolis - New Translation

Metropolis ~ Chapter 19

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Apr 21 •

Metropolis ~ Chapter 18

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Apr 14 •

Metropolis ~ Chapter 17

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Apr 7 •

Metropolis ~ Chapter 16

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Mar 31 •

Metropolis ~ Chapter 15

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Mar 24 •

Metropolis ~ Chapter 14

This piece is part of my ongoing translation of the novel of Thea von Harbou’s “Metropolis”.

Mar 17 •

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