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Hemmingway and the Beats
This is my take on Montparnasse by Ernest Hemmingway (http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/31703-Ernest-Hemingway-Montparnasse-wbr-) and a tip o'the hat to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso.
Montparnasse One More TimeEvery afternoon the people one knows ( Read more... ) -
Pens not Pills
“Pens not Pills” is a sub title to a creative writing course I am attending. Here are some of the gems and pearls to come forth. First an ode to Black Dog Depression ( Read more... ) -
It's a New day
Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turn up the lamp and see the glow.
Heat up the coffee pot from below.
Other days will be fun and cheery.
Says ME. -
D E S I D E R A T A for Me
Went to a birthday party. Nobody knew my name. But I was just the same. All right now. Learnt my lesson well. You can't please every one. You just have to please yersel. That was lyrics of a popular song. Can't please everyone. And someone is going to say "Ow, my bunion" no matter how carefully you are going to tip-toey around not to tread on toes ( Read more... ) -
Snippets
Every morning while the Ethiopian Goat Frisky Juice is stirring the last remaining brain cell into wakefulness I troll the net. Here is what is in the literary rag bag waiting to be made into a quilt or w'istcoat of the finest colours. Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading, judgment difficult ( Read more... ) -
May Daze
Ya da ya da de da Ya da ya da da da And nothing worthwhile gets said, its all noise inside your head, going on and on and on. Quick run for the bus and train. Stomp that accelerator down: next meeting next meeting gas gas gas. Diary diary what's todo give me something really brand new. These are all repeats, over and over again day in day out. Ding ( Read more... ) -
Mansa Eats
Last night my next door neighbour who is from The Gambia said "Come see. I show you how to cook from my country". This may not be an authentic Gambia dish but what it lacks in originality it has picked up in "streetwise" traveling ( Read more... ) -
Fool Painted Stick
Are you the Fool with the Bladder and the painted stick ( Read more... ) -
Maybe one day i uv a bit
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit ( Read more... )
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