Wed, 13 July 2011 escape artist
the shadow of the bars
can cast a longer shade
than the sentence served
behind them.
when their cold memory
dents recoiling skin
recall the first free breath
inhaled outside.
the gaol of the past
is the vital prison
for the escape artist
to crack.
Fri, 07 January 2011 beyond the wall
This is a recent photo during our current sunny, frosty weather. It reminds me how photographs are so much better when you get good light…
I’ve our holiday decorations packed away since Monday. I try not to let them linger too much after the festivities are over, but I do miss the blinking lights. They’re cheery [...]
Fri, 22 October 2010 Huguenot memories
Yesterday I posted images to my Flickr photo stream of my recent trip in Dublin. All of them were taken with the camera in my mobile phone (a Sony Xperia X10 mini – an Android smartphone). Looking through them I thought about my time living in Dublin, and the photographs I took using my first [...]
Sat, 09 October 2010 two nobles
There are a lot of Holly trees my local woods. Not that you’d notice during the summer, when the other trees flounce about in their finery. Lately, I’ve noticed Holly’s re-emergence as one of the dominant personalities of the woodlands as we spin further into autumn.
The above photograph is of a Holly tree growing [...]
Thu, 15 April 2010 sun in the sky you know how I feel
I’ve been getting a constant stream of birthday greetings from people via Facebook and Twitter today, and it’s lovely. Thank you all! People might grumble about social media, but it has its good uses too.
I’m just about recovered from my two-week trip with back-to-back convention in the UK. World Horror Convention was probably the highlight [...]
Wed, 17 February 2010 Seamus Online
Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, is giving a reading today at 1.05pm at the National Gallery in Dublin, organised by Poetry Ireland.
Fear not, the event is being broadcast live over the Internet, so you can watch and listen from anywhere in the world.
At times like this I must add: technology rocks!
Thu, 31 December 2009 coming out of darkness
I’ve never neglected my blog for such a long time – although I continue to chatter on Twitter – but the last quarter of 2009 has been a period of stressful work deadlines followed by a string of difficulties that rendered me mute. I should note that it was not terrible all the time, [...]
Thu, 21 May 2009 hearing the resonance bell
Today I wrote a poem, went to a poetry reading, and read out a different poem at the open mic section.
I know no one at these events, and it’s nerve-wracking for me to read poetry in front of strangers. Still, it’s a good exercise, and I haven’t had the opportunity to attend of late. Generally, [...]
Wed, 29 April 2009 catching up
The past three weeks have been hectic, and my weekly Thursday Twitterfic lapsed during this period, but as it happens a bunch of my twitter stories hit the web so here are links to them:
There are two stories, here and here, on Thaumatrope, and a pico story on Outshine.
During Easter my poem “Exchange” went live [...]
Mon, 16 March 2009 good and stupid news
Last night I heard from Amal El-Mohtar and Jessica P. Wick, the editors of Goblin Fruit, that they are buying my poem, “The Solace of Dark Places”, for their Spring 2010 issue. I will also do a recording of the poem for the web site.
I’m pleased to sell another poem to such a fabulous market.
I [...]
