Tag: Poetry
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Leveret
This is a poem I wrote about 8 years ago when Dad found a baby hare in our garden. Fawny-furred and tawny-eyed, As soft as heather is your silky hide. And such a precious little thing are you And delicate in the same way as glass I am afraid the world in which you bide…
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An Edith Poem
An Edith poem I wrote that doesn’t fit into the book. Peidi was Freddy’s nickname for Edith, I think because it rhymes with Edie, but we’ll never know. The ‘poem about death’ is from Khalil Gibran’s The Phrophet (1923), a minor anachronism But I’m taking poetic liberties. I wrote this after reading a friend’s poetry…
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An Actual Manuscript
An author friend who is going to read the first draft requested a printed out version. Surreal moment. Was going to share a spare page from the printing, but just read it and realised it’s a spoiler, basically the only spoiler in the entire book. Looking forward to a bit of a break while I…
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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…
The Hopeful Edwardian 