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After Parveen Shakir: Poems
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2011
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Strange FrenZies
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2014
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About Time
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2011
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Prose 1997 - 2008
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Socrates: Philosopher or Prophet?
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Morney Wilson: The Recordings
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Poetry Potion #11 : Love & Compassion
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The Rotary Dial January 2014
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Review of ‘Love Is A Virus’ by Lola Demo
This mind-blowing album is pure seduction by music. ‘Love Is A Virus’ is very in-the-moment but its lyrics deliver an overall message about society’s obsession with making us into what we are not, with being other than oneself,. When one tries to change what one is, the things that define an individual, we are no longer wholly ourselves - That which makes each individual unique. Auden takes up th
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Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poems by Ahmad Shamlou (Autographed):
"I was so moved by these poems, and especially by Niloufar Talebi’s translator’s note—the sense of translation as a decade-long, deeply embodied relationship with Shamlou’s work. I loved the bravery and care of carrying poetry so often called “untrans"
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stridulating auburn sensualias upon Carrara marble, in a rare amphora shone proud and fickle dahlias ('The Colour of Sound'). I shall die and still I cannot rid my desire of roses red as fire, expiring in shreds from the fury of my kisses ('Red Roses'). one love is ...more |
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Extremes are not edges. Extremes are easy. It’s edges that are tricky. The best compliment anyone has ever paid my writing is ‘He knows what it’s like to be me.’ Poetry best because you can do more in less. Lying in the long chair in the flat and looki ...more |
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| Peter Ackroyd, that grand historian of London and serial biographer takes up the pen to write the first major biography of the poet W. H. Auden for quite some time. It is not a critical study as such though Auden's poetry is seen in the light of his ...more | |
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“I believe the visionaries and true reflections of society will be rewarded after their lives. Those being rewarded now are giving the public what it needs now, usually applauding its current state and clearing consciences.”
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“I know I will always be attracted to the unknown as it does often verify what I am or what else I could be.”
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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
“Each morning they re- hang the sky
early, before sunrise; it moves to left or right
and I look hard to see the gap
between here and heaven.
© Victoria Mosley ‘’Love Bites”
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early, before sunrise; it moves to left or right
and I look hard to see the gap
between here and heaven.
© Victoria Mosley ‘’Love Bites”
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“He carries stars in his pockets
because he knows
she fears the dark.
Whenever sadness pays her a visit
he paints galaxies
on the back of her hands.”
― Growing Light
because he knows
she fears the dark.
Whenever sadness pays her a visit
he paints galaxies
on the back of her hands.”
― Growing Light