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I do not know my mother’s name: she got it from her father,and her mother, from her father before her.Our herstory has been erasedby history,records always follow the paternal line. Matrilineal DNA might help,if we had all the samplesbut most of them liea long-time underground(or burnt to ash).We silently acceptedan unspoken, acknowledged misogyny and had... Continue Reading →
Man writes in his pompousnessof my magnificence, Iinspire in him dread and awe Often, I would see himface upturned in the valley belowstraining his head-stalk, watching my swoop and plough Catching a thermal, hitching a free ride, up, upto the dizzying wideempty blue (or often, grey)with a clear eye to search out prey The truth... Continue Reading →
I try to bring the sunshine where I canthough days seem dark, the future dim, obscure: a breath of hope born where my life began. There are no certainties, for child, or man:nothing to which we may cling, constant, sureI try to bring the sunshine where I can. Though some seem to seek for the entire... Continue Reading →
Cold blows the wind from east to westand far it seems, so very farthe home where we may take our restlike some receding star I have on this thin dress, bare rags,the babe bound to my backI pray is warm, and safe and snugand feels the heat I lack My eldest, bent against the wind,her... Continue Reading →
Outside my doorthe roar of divine windlike the of the blast wave from Hiroshima:only another storm we made It’s only another storm we madea storm we madein a teacuponly another prayer un-prayedone huge, almighty fuck-up If knowledge is powerto kill ourselves who wants that kind of knowledge anyway?You praise this new technology, I say It’s only... Continue Reading →
Thank you to all who took part in my Citizens' Assembly via earthweal this week. I have submitted our feedback, stories and suggestions to the organisers, meaning they should feature in the first official Global Assembly 2021 report! I really appreciate the care, effort and consideration which participants gave to this challenge. Below you will... Continue Reading →
Such flameworksuch firesuch fury The once-firm rubber tireburst and meltedinto a trailof liquid white Such transformation by violence ‘All knowledge or devicethat Man has reached or wrought’*perhaps amounts to nought So in the end, there is simply this:crazed tangle of rusted metalcrushed skeletons of chairscharred interiorchassis ribboned in cordon Ineffectual soothed only by nature’s gunmetal grey sky © 2022 experimentsinfiction.com. All... Continue Reading →
I now sleep on the same bed where my father used to sleep,it feels cosy at night but in the morning I weep,he snored with no rhythm,he snored so loud and it told no tale, neither did it make me want to sleep,it’s a hole so deep,sometimes I drown in my own sweat,sometimes it’s so... Continue Reading →
When the carriage rolls bumpily over the bridge across the Tyne, and you hold me steady so that I feel none of the impactmy heartsafe within its carriage knowsyou are the one When the rain rattles the skylight windowpanesand pelts the Metro as wegreet the sea againsheltered in one another’s armswheels trundling sing the lullaby of You... Continue Reading →
Dear Readers, I am delighted to share with you that my debut solo poetry collection, 40 Poems At 40, is now published and available from Amazon! I would like to say a special thanks to all those who supported and encouraged me in bringing this project to fruition, especially Gabriela Marie Milton, Nick Reeves and... Continue Reading →
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