December 28, 2016

A London Morning #1

North London Park in Winter

North London Winter Park

London Parks

Clissold Park Wildlife

There was little and much to see of the park today, shrouded in a thick mist, revealing only the contrast of its bones.

Colour muted, sound stifled, but for the flash of wings, or the cry of a gull. 

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December 27, 2016

Postcards from Kent | #2

Postcards from Kent | #2
The Devil's Kneading Trough, Wye.
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December 08, 2016

We Need a Boatman | #CapturedInWords

We Need a Boatman | #CapturedInWords
Place your brackets around me Around us (And especially around yourself) We'll be safe there On your made-man sun Manacle me ...
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November 30, 2016

The 29th of November | #CapturedInWords

The 29th of November | #CapturedInWords
7-shrill blips A warm bed in winter Dim light reaching in Cold hands  Gurgling stomachs The smell of burnt toast Streaks...
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November 27, 2016

Observations from China #3 | #CapturedInWords

Observations from China #3 | #CapturedInWords
We scrolled through small villages, never pausing for longer than a moment's thought, succeeded by another, the roadside washing ov...
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November 26, 2016

Earl Grey, Fig, and Vanilla Cake | Celia's Saucer

Earl Grey, Fig, and Vanilla Cake | Celia's Saucer
This cake encapsulates some of my favourite scents. The malty-ness of black tea with bergamot, the mellow tones of vanilla, and sweet,...
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November 20, 2016

Notes at 6:16am | #CapturedInWords

Notes at 6:16am | #CapturedInWords
 Last night I dreamt of a burnished American landscape in Fall  My reflection hung and pregnant upon my own gaze;  A swollen hau...
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November 19, 2016

Piaf's Mask | #CapturedInWords

Piaf's Mask | #CapturedInWords
I found your eye, Blue Scratched into my notebook January 2007 Burnt there, lingering With notes on Piaf Her name Scrawled a doze...
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November 13, 2016

A Weekend Walk #16

A Weekend Walk #16
Mark the passing of the year on the park circuit, by the leaves on the tree - or on the ground - and by the colour of the cygnet feath...
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November 13, 2016

The Nighthawk | #CapturedInWords

The Nighthawk | #CapturedInWords
I came to meet a nighthawk As the moon it swelled to its fullest fill Heavy, held aloft on the shoulders of the horizon As it r...
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November 06, 2016

Observations from China #2 | #CapturedInWords

Observations from China #2 | #CapturedInWords
Along the snarling mountain roads of Anxi County, pumpkins, gourds, squashes and marrows grew haphazardly; tumbling from shed tops, gna...
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November 03, 2016

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | #CapturedInWords

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | #CapturedInWords
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, thr...
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October 30, 2016

A Weekend Walk #15

A Weekend Walk #15
So maybe there are rocks in your pockets, Virginia, but none of us want you to go. 
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