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About edenbray

I am a writer ... a beat poet who began writing poetry way back in 1966 ... 'edenbray is born ugly, wet, covered in blood, mucous & bodily functions, the effluence of my short life' ... I recently published my 1st solo Anthology - the best of 60 years writing - previously I ran my own Art Supplies Store for 40 yrs before I became a full-time writer I am a Blogger who has posted 1,000 poems - available in 24 themed booklets ... please ask for details + leave a 'like' or a comment for my encouragement, thank you so much for listening - I truly value your opinion on my work ~ in fact I literally survive on your creative input ~ edenbray

ENTER – THE THIEF

Posted on October 22, 2017 by edenbray

Enter – the Thief ”’ Mercy is, yes mercy me, I find the battered key Opening dreams of mysterious dances you could not see Or touch, or feel, or understand with your mind Speaking words that glisten as fairy-dust that … Continue reading →

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HORSE

Posted on October 17, 2017 by edenbray

HORSE .. .. One day I will walk off the face of the earth and there will be a kind of silence A gentle wind blowing, rustling the taller grasses, caught in golden clusters A bird’s call lost in the … Continue reading →

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IN THE LAND OF NEVER WAS

Posted on August 12, 2017 by edenbray

In The Land Of Never Was I started ‘writing’ when I was fourteen just before I left school and yes, fourteen was too young to be leaving school but as we say – ‘that’s the way you did it in … Continue reading →

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NINETEEN

Posted on August 9, 2017 by edenbray

Nineteen I said when I was nineteen I would lead a useful life. Throw off the angst of adolescence, become a man of endeavour and history but do we ever really achieve? Even when we have scaled the walls of … Continue reading →

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CHILD .. .

Posted on October 24, 2015 by edenbray

CHILD – O’ weary me O’ weary be the sight of sun the smell of sea the yawn of death the bite of flea – I give nothing but a hand a word, an arm a coin, a kiss the … Continue reading →

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DRIFTING INTO AN ABYSS – IDEAS #1

Posted on June 22, 2015 by edenbray

AN ANTHOLOGY OF UNCOMPLETED PROSE ENTITLED – I HAD AN IDEA! – #1 … DRIFTING INTO AN ABYSS I feel cold, like an icicle in the desert Like a mountain on mars, A gnawing pain in the gut Isolated, frozen, … Continue reading →

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TRIBUTE TO JAMES GANDOLFINI

Posted on March 24, 2015 by edenbray

Tribute to James Gandolfini .. . You can travel down the road, check on every vine, you can travel down the road, you can travel down the line. But there were few like Jimmy. He was homemade wine. Honest, good, pure, nothing … Continue reading →

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EXTRA OUTTA JAILHOUSE ROCK

Posted on March 22, 2015 by edenbray

I Wanna Be Free There’s no joy in my heart, only sorrow And I’m sad as a man can be I sit alone in the darkness of my lonely room And this room is a prison to me I look … Continue reading →

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ARNO’S FIRE

Posted on March 10, 2015 by edenbray

ARNO’S FIRE . .. The swollen Arno overflows, only the wicked river knows A trail of umber sediment, borrowed nuggets of rose-gold Beneath the merchants tables, its soft, princely belly gored The flower of the Medici on laden, merchant-vessels moored … Continue reading →

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GLASGEE

Posted on March 7, 2015 by edenbray

glasgee finally we come to the city of Glasgow, served by the fresh waters of the Trossachs, nestled at the base of the verdant west and the wild plains of the east, It is the driving wheel of those two hubs of commerce that prompt … Continue reading →

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