Today, I am excited to announce the programme of readers for 'The Anthropocene Hymnal Live,' which will be taking place via Google Meet at 5pm CET on Sunday, 7th November. You are welcome to download a copy and invite others if you wish: The-Anthropocene-Hymnal-Live-Programme-1Download I will post the link once the meeting goes live, but... Continue Reading →
Tracing the origins of human hatewe wonder if this desperate stateis bloodborne If our desire to hurt and maim,outsiders who are not the sameis bloodlust sparked within when we are bornfrom mother’s womb we’re cut or tornin bloodbath. To trace such origins of gallwe need our wits and wherewithal:a bloodhound who alone can tracea spark... Continue Reading →
Campbell’s condensedthe Primordial Soupinto a can for your convenience. Of courseit isn’t quite that simple:millions of years of evolution biodiverse branching of the tree of life came first then came the industrial revolutionof one particular species calling itself homo sapiens or‘Wise men:’ They found the cheapest wayto feed the masses for the greatest profit, spraying away the competition,... Continue Reading →
Največje je nebo,zato ker vanj lahkospraviš sanje. Največje je drevo,zato ker v njem lahkognezdijo ptice. Največje je morje,zato ker se na njemširi obzorje. Največje je beseda,zato ker z njo lahkopreden greš spatpoveš: Svet, imam te rad! The biggest is the sky,for up there way on highwe store our dreams The biggest is a tree,for there... Continue Reading →
Best viewed outside of WP reader... You sent me a slightly smiling face 🙂 But what does it mean, that slightly smiling face? 🙂 You like me, but not too much? 'Would you kindly stop texting me now, I don’t want to be rude, but it’s enough?' 🤬 So mysterious! So inscrutable, that slightly smiling... Continue Reading →
For all the blessings of my lifeI’m truly grateful: for my children, hopes and dreams,my family For the light of day, the stars at nighta place of shelter, food to eatI’m grateful .For my alternating health and illness teaching me so much about myself I’m grateful. For more than two years of sobriety, for getting my kicks naturally I’m grateful.For all the... Continue Reading →
I’ve been doing a lot of suffering lately though I often hear it saidlife couldor shouldbe fun‘Shouldawouldacoulda’that’s what I say:beautiful suffering that’s the life for me;the artists way. Beautiful suffering,like dying sunlight raysover the mountains;like the break of daywhich almost splits itself apart with yearning,but what’s sweeter than thatbeautiful suffering when you bleedinto the pageand make it sing?... Continue Reading →
It was late October 2020and there were all the trappings of modernity:fibreglass pumpkins spraypainted and belching smoke;a fairytale tree made to mimic naturefrom some forgotten time when all the world was wonder:Childhood Orange, aglow, the children’s faces inthe chill October aireyes and hearts lit by the spectacle:a drink that fumed with liquid nitrogen;a haunted galleon;a... Continue Reading →
It was the dreaded news:nobody knew if you were coming backyet, in my heartI knew you weren't. My mother. Whose hand would I hold now?Whose arms would comfort mein times of sorrow? Who would be my championand sing my praisein the faceof the entire, uncaring world? Out of the blackness of that coldOctober nightcame the... Continue Reading →
I need a poem, a poem that will sayall of the things I have for so long stored up in my heart, the things which I've for so long longed to share with you. Send me that poem:the one which pierces like a poison-tip darttipped with love not poison. Perhaps I will wake up with that... Continue Reading →
