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A Tale of Spam and Suspension
So, yeah, I've been posting at Dreamwidth and echoing to here.
What I didn't realise was that this account got turned into a dumping ground for Russian spam - bastards - with the predictable result that my LJ got suspended. I even lost my primary userpic ( Read more... ) -
reading poetry
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows ( Read more... ) -
Poetry month - The Journey, by Mary Oliver
THE JOURNEY - Mary Oliver ( Read more... ) -
Poetry month Mo(u)rning, by Serena Mithane
Mo(u)rning- Serena Mithane ( Read more... ) -
Poetry month - Continental Drift, by yours truly
Continental drift
- Marian Weaver
He started wearing new suits
and leather shoes.
She cut her hair.
They read different books,
and faced away from each other in bed.
Published in NFusion 50 -
Poetry month - let the dead rise, by Raya
let the dead rise
by Raya
paper sits on the wooden table & doesn't know what touch feels like.
& what of touch - indelicate, I didn't intend to cocoon it beneath a shell
conditioned not to break. a pen, I am thinking, touching: I can write
mother's body is not a sunday dress an ambulance collects ( Read more... ) -
Poetry month - Untitled, by Megan
PoemThere's a star in the sky ( Read more... ) -
Poetry month - The Mortician
The Mortician, by ~crooked-clockwork
(via deviantart)
january: when i was stupid
enough to embark down the
path of death.mortician, teach me the ways ( Read more... ) -
Richard III - re-interment elegy
For my DW/LJ friends who are Shakespeare and/or poetry geeks - the elegy for Richard III's re-interment, written by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and performed by the actor Benedict Cumberbatch (who will play Richard in The Hollow Crown later this year). It brought tears to my eyes. I've included the transcript below.
RichardMy bones, ( Read more... )
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