Engagement – Second poem of the self
looked at the worldand got involvedoutward vision tobe of service to otherstook a bit of learning a lot of learningfor relationshipsexploration andfalling off the edgeof the known world remembered how to playwithout needing to knowwhy any of us do whatwe just do anywayor so I believed then chose my friends makinglots of mistakes on that […]
Animal – First poem about the self
animal world of whichwe are naturally partinvades my thoughtsin the every daymakes me do better this body and its healthreliant upon my attentionneeds food and drinkand lots of exercisefirst two are ok anyway the younger medid better it seemsalthough still the runtchallenges been presentfrom the very start I hunt out the best foodensure no dehydrationfix […]
You Again – How can it be?
joke cardno greetingpresentfrom the pastwistful prudentlanguage lacksemotional cadenceyour visit stillmakes me wonder blinkyou disappearedI missed youI fill the mugscoffee black FraserJanuary 2025
That Was The Week – 13 January 2025
In this last week, a number of very significant things have been happening, and I have been trying to make sense of them, as one, single, tiny observer. The first of these has been the anxiety and distress seen amongst the people of Los Angeles who have been made homeless by the wild fires. We […]
Embracing Retirement – And continuing on with that chapter in life
When it comes to chapters, they can be deeply personal in our lives, and we might imbue them with a great deal of meaning, according to the emotional experience we have had within them. As I leave behind the world of work, and begin the new life (6 months in so far) of retirement, I […]
Passion In Our Ordinary Lives – Wherever we are in 2025
As I sit here writing, I am listening to the London Symphony Orchestra play Carl Nielsen’s Helios overture, which is a wonderful musical experience, at least from my perspective. This is being played-out on my TV via streaming from Marquee TV. Thus, I am also looking from time to time at the musicians playing their […]
September to December 2024 – Reflections
Latterly, my output on Medium has been interrupted by my studies, which was an unintended consequence but, nonetheless, that happened, for which, apologies to all readers. In order to try and prevent that happening in the future, I will be simplifying my workflow on this platform to just one output per week on a regular […]
Coming and Going – And gone forever
last week was the departureBella has gonethis week is the arrivalsons and daughtersnever seen before they gather forwhatever Bella left themand they rake overthe remains of her possessionsthe final accoutrementsof a life well-livedbut one they barely knew abandoned for 20 yearsin housing for older peoplewe all knew her wellwe will wait for them to go […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 18 November 2024
Monday was a busy day for me, going first to Cardiff to see the lovely daughter. She is now on 20,000 words, and doing well with it and, most importantly, having fun with it too. Later, I went to see a huge display of Christmas lights filling the front garden of a large house. All […]
Dastardly Dave – May he be cursed forever
I’ve loved you, Bensince I don’t know when but I’ve lost you nowand I don’t know how one day you were thereand I always knew where but I grew too old, it seemsI don’t know what it means for you are older than meyou wanted to be free I never kept you a slavebut now […]