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Deus ex machina: Monopoly Man

Standing silently upon a tall building’s top floor, a man stares out surveying a city he knows well, or at … More

austerity, collection, inequality, london, poem, poetry

Deus ex machina: god from the machine

‘In this context, the term deus ex machina was chosen too for the possible connotations of the translated words, which lead to questions seeking to determine what could be the ‘machine’, and the ‘god’?’

anti-austerity, austerity, collection, Deus ex machina, poetry

Poem: Where was I, where will you be?

   When they came for you was I with you there or did I find an last-minute excuse to be … More

alone, anti-austerity, poem, poetry, politics, protest, society, solidarity, together

Poem: Big row

I had this big row  in this big city  on our only big holiday. Oh, this big drama on this … More

argument, disagreement, fight, poem, poetry, row

Poem: mango leaf

Tell me how the leaf felt  as it fell from the scorched height of the mango tree, thirsting at the … More

bali, holiday, mango tree, moment, nature, poem, poetry

Deus ex machina: god from the machine

  Deus ex machina is a collection of political poetry exploring the very broad canvas of ‘today’ in the UK: … More

Deus ex machina, election, GE2015, god from the machine, Green Party, inequality, labour, Lib Dems, poem, poetry, politics, SNP, society, Tories, uk, ukip

Poem: You can’t write that

I’ve been checking and there’s some things that you’re not allowed to write about anymore. Some of them are listed but you … More

cliché, poem, poetry, post-modern, writing, written before

Poem: The language of song, the song of language

I found myself singing at the sites of solutions soliloquies sounding the sight of revolution over the hills but no … More

language, poem, poetry, song, world poetry day

Poem: Another day, another coffee

It starts slowly. Easing you in with a coffee warmed through with bleary eyed puffy cheeked cracking elbowed shedding the … More

another day, coffee, poem, poetry, work, working life

Poem: True grit

I felt grit in my eye and my god didn’t it burn. It stung against my eyelashes and dripped, almost, … More

crying, grit, love, poem, poetry, tears

Poem: The sons of Mammon

They clawed their way out of the ground. Risen and towering, presiding over the destruction of crushed tradition, they razed … More

Bishopsgate Goodsyard, london, poem, poetry, Shoreditch

Poem: Anonymity

On my anonymity I do solemnly swear not to offend anyone and to steer clear of certain subjects until I … More

anonymity, fame, hiding behind words, poem, poetry

Poem: Terms & Conditions

I’ll be your disclaimer, baby. I’ll show you what to do I’ll tell you how to do it. Don’t you … More

conditions, poem, poetry, terms

Poem: Seamstress

I wrote a tale about a singer and her sewing machine. She was old and frail, but her fingers flitted … More

poem, poetry, seamstress, sewing, singing

Poem: Beginnings

I’m a bit nervous so you’ll have to all bear with me. I’m wary of you so will you bear … More

beginnings, introduction, nervous, performances, poem, poetry

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