Monthly Archives: November 2020

PHIL LYNOTT WAS A POET

PHIL LYNOTT WAS A POET . . . . . . The wide, the woven, the smell of fear Easier to hide than make a stand Form a band, cover yourself in glory  Write your own story, nights of fury … Continue reading

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TOO ENDLESSLY

TOO ENDLESSLY Hemmingway’s Folly .   .   . The rolling river knows and to this torture shows From virtues sodden garments strewn The bloodless captives body hewn .. O endless river follow long, a plaintiff song Where dreams will … Continue reading

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its a bailey .. . madeleines

      ..  its a bailey .. using no traditional punctuation  madeleines women usually raise their eyebrows  as only women can  when i say candidly that i have an affinity with women  but its true  ◉  of course it is … Continue reading

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POLLOCK SHORES

POLLOCK SHORES the slaves of causality .   .   . .   .   . At Pollock Shores, in summer squalls, a madcap stepped across chianti walls To celebrate the morning like a thousand eons before, where universes collide, … Continue reading

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DYLAN’S PROMISE

DYLAN’S PROMISE .   .   . .   .   . And if he be an Welsh poet It is true one day he maybe up and leave me sound but for now, he loyal Dylan stands his ground … Continue reading

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LONDON TOWN BY THE DIRTY WATER

LONDON TOWN by THE DIRTY WATER (LONDON TOWN BY THE PURPLE WATER)  … Walked from the West End to Streatham once  we had been out on the razzle-dazzle Lived there later, I knew London Town It’s back streets and its … Continue reading

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SAN FRAN

SAN FRAN … So many pieces of the puzzle, there is no need to hide but they were lost, caught in nets on Pier 39 Like an unfaithful son on the day of his bride the colours of this city … Continue reading

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BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST In walking of your sunny streets, I see your past is Prussian bled And in your markets the abundance of paprika, parcelled orange-red For now we amble thoughtfully as though the Danube’s greyish blue Refuses now to conjure illustrations … Continue reading

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ANDY, JACK and a SIAMESE CAT

… I wish it was the sixties … . . .

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edenbray PAMPHLETS and PUBLICATIONS TO KEEP

edenbray – PAMPHLETS and PUBLICATIONS to purchase Over the past 2 months, literally 100’s of edenbray – POEMS, ESSAYS and ARTICLES representing over 50 years of work have been catalogued and collated in a number of collections. These collections of verse have now been published … Continue reading

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