Category: Writings & Scribbles
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’ Pt. 3: A Different Fate: Alternative Reality
A boy, the spit of Freddy when he was little, charging about the lawn of 41 Kensington Gardens with a football, Edith proudly sitting by in a lawn chair and calling out “Pass it to Uncle Percy!” Percy, not particularly inclined to sports, runs around after the child gently, and when passed the ball kicks…
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’ Pt. 2: A Reunion
It may be that, sometime in the future, Freddy is taken from Pentonville and laid to rest beside Edith. It may be that, as happened with Edith, one day in that London cemetery, people will gather to remember him and talk of him. They can’t forget what he did, but they can remember who he…
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’: Tales of Edith Thompson
*This is actually the first chunk of my dissertation, there are three, more to come* A Ghost in Shanklin Chapter 1 Betty Haunt Lane Won’t you tell me the story of Betty Haunt Lane? A young woman rests there whose love was her bane What else holds this Isle of the past’s refrain … I’ve…
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‘When Winter Came’: A Series of Haikus
More writings and scribbles. Wrote some haikus for a creative folio. All the usual sources. ‘When Winter Came’: A Series of Haikus Edith When winter cameShe was alone, with condemnationFear and grief, yet books. Freddy When winter came,He fretted for her becauseEverything was his doing. Percy When winter came,The man lay still, out of theHorror…
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From Ilford, with Love
Welcome to the vulnerability corner, where I share ‘writings and scribbles’ of mine. Here, again, Edith is the subject but I tried to tell it through trains and places. (I’ve been reading train poetry today and typically, I write poetry after reading it). Edith got a lot of trains in her life, living in London.…
The Hopeful Edwardian 