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Jul 20, 2015Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

weekend getaway

Jul 13, 2015Feb 22, 2022 M My Pen, Português, Verse

Como ser imune ao esfumar do corpo (apaga a luz) Tu de braço solto E eu a única elevada no banco de pescoço exposto à tua voz Há entrega num soltar dos ombros no leve descair contra o teu peito (como se já tantas vezes o tivesse feito) e os teus dedos passam seguros pelos … Continue reading Levante

Jun 25, 2015Sep 9, 2016 M Blurb, My Eye

family is…

...texting your proxy-mom asking if you can have dinner at her place because you had a shitty day and don't feel like going back to an empty house to wallow in self-pity - and seeing this when you finally get there:

Jun 17, 2015Oct 22, 2018 M Best Of, English, My Pen, Pen

What would Granny Weatherwax do?

I've always had a soft spot for the stern. They have the discipline I lack, they're objective where I'm soppy - and they may not smile much, but will always tell it like it is. My favourite teachers at school and university were the ones that, even though I dreaded their grading pen, always made … Continue reading What would Granny Weatherwax do?

Jun 13, 2015Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

Weekly Photo Challenge: Poetry

Crossing the Bar, Alfred Lord Tennyson

Jun 9, 2015Feb 21, 2019 M Best Of, Digital, English, My Eye, My Pen

it’s the manic goblins!

It's the goblins again! The plan: go to one of The Holy Bible shows in 2015. The venture: never-ending setbacks from day one. Getting the tickets back in December of last year was a nightmare, from visa cards failing, to money transfers and login issues - all to the sound of the ticking clock you … Continue reading it’s the manic goblins!

May 5, 2015Sep 9, 2016 M My Pencil

‘I can’t be having with that kind of thing’

Sketched tribute to one of my heroes captured with dodgy smartphone camera:

Mar 25, 2015Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

Weekly Photo Challenge: Vacation

Mar 1, 2015Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

Barry White Gone Wrong

Barry White Gone Wrong @ Sabotage

Feb 3, 2015Mar 22, 2019 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse

Tony Cokayne: an introduction

Tony Cokayne lived up to his name. (It ran in the family He wasn't to blame.) Where there was demand, he’d supply Except for wise ass kids Wanting to get high On any shit they could buy. Tony Cokayne felt no shame. He wasn't one to hide (Only, maybe, from time to time When the … Continue reading Tony Cokayne: an introduction

Jan 22, 2015Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Prelude

Most of the pirates were unable to sleep that night. Some of them had heard this old tale before, when they were young boys, but only bits and pieces and never while sailing high at sea on a full moon night. How did the baby survive when she showed no signs of being alive and … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Prelude

Jan 21, 2015Mar 22, 2019 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse

Cerulean

it was someone else's book (one still on the shelf) and all its shades of blue poured in at twelve there were waves along the sideway our underwater promenade a bit like Moses a bit like swimming all while asleep under the linen.

Jan 19, 2015Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Us & Them

It is always Us vs. Them. The Others are different so They must be feared. What was that? You don't fear Them? We'll take care of that for you. Repeat after us: Threat. Violence. Terror. Evil. Infidels. Degenerates. One more time. Repeat this everyday - it's for your own safety. And don't worry: we'll remind you. … Continue reading Us & Them

Jan 16, 2015Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

An agnostic, a pagan and an Arab Hebrew student walk into a bar…

...not really. We only had lunch. The gathering was meant to be a quiet chat about the Kabbalah, which our Arab friend is studying and of which we know too little about. In light of recent events, however, the conversation naturally moved towards religious discrimination, double standards, media manipulation (on both ends) and downright bigotry. … Continue reading An agnostic, a pagan and an Arab Hebrew student walk into a bar…

Jan 6, 2015Mar 22, 2019 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse

Down the spiral ladder

Down the spiral ladder Your pet demons’ visiting hour. (Can you truly hate them when you’re their mother?) Can’t you tame them When light shouts louder? You know better. Being born from the water and all The mysteries you claim to know. Just go under.

Jan 5, 2015Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – The Throne Room

‘How very lovely to see you again, Lord Peafowl.’ ‘It is an honour, my Queen,’ Peafowl gave the best curtsy he could manage. ‘I am sorry to hear about your late father. He was one of my most loyal subjects.’ ‘Indeed, my Queen. I am afraid that immortality was not one of his many talents.’ … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – The Throne Room

Dec 26, 2014Jun 4, 2017 M My Pen

Dystopia Time

As much as I would love to, I’m not someone who finishes all the books she starts, most of the times due to my chronic impatience: “Oh dear, I’m wasting all this time reading this here when there’s a gazillion others over there I want to read as well!” (An absurd reasoning but, being a … Continue reading Dystopia Time

Dec 24, 2014Mar 22, 2019 M My Pen, Pen, Verse

dilettante

maybe I should take up songwriting again though I never could play any instrument well enough to satisfy you melodies in my head.

Dec 23, 2014Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

(Not-so) Weekly Photo Challenge: Christmas Decorations

Dec 22, 2014Nov 20, 2025 M Best Of, English, My Pen, Pen

the Richey Edwards appreciation post

My very first memory of the Manic Street Preachers is the news of Richey’s disappearance. I was about 12 and just starting to get up to date with modern pop & rock after years of listening to nothing but oldies and my dad’s jazz records. There were the hourly updates by Carolyn Lilipaly with footage … Continue reading the Richey Edwards appreciation post

Dec 14, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M Blurb

02-06-2015

Manics fan girl gets tickets to watch The Holy Bible being played in full next year. This is how I feel:

Dec 9, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

my cruel December

To Eliot it was April - for me it's December. There was always something about this month that made me feel hopelessly nostalgic - even when I was too young to have anything to feel nostalgic about. (I blame romantic Christmas comedies. Maybe I even blame the Christmas season altogether, with its cosy fireplaces, merry … Continue reading my cruel December

Nov 30, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Pardel’s Tale (Part II)

It was a full moon that night. The entire house and the entire beach were silver white. She looked for the spot where she had seen the lady in her dream and stood there. ‘Ask the sea for help,’ she remembered. So the young wife stretched her arms out to the sea and, losing herself … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Pardel’s Tale (Part II)

Nov 29, 2014Mar 22, 2019 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse

heartburn

I used to feed on the unseen - such a tempting, delusive thing - starving leaving my brain to digest not even mist but air I would just leave it there chewing chewing teeth gritting images brewing (they were everywhere) and I carried them faith full the invisible stories too heavy to bare when I … Continue reading heartburn