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WHAT’S THAT PAINTING ON THE WALL .. .

Posted on February 26, 2025 by edenbray

What’s that painting on the wall? … .. in the half light it seemed the best place to start to try to explain there is a painting on the wall we were in a cafe before we all stopped smoking … Continue reading →

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STEINBECK LANE .. .

Posted on January 26, 2025 by edenbray

Steinbeck Lane .. . .. Where I grew up in gunner’s shale   shoes polished, faces paper pale the television flickered bread was stale   we put a brave face on and smiled green the carpet spread about us   … Continue reading →

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FORSOOTH .. .

Posted on January 10, 2025 by edenbray

. forsooth .. . … . Branded by categories paranoia on a train heading east where sandals divide toes and sardines lie in tins I memorise lines of Chaucer not enough time to digest all she wrote me or candles … Continue reading →

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BRITPOP AS A VISTA .. .

Posted on December 9, 2024 by edenbray

britpop as a vista …         sad as I feelmy teenage duty laid asidelaid down and out on a level floorour horizons reduced to lard worlds recycledin a toxic bin of sourdough andaspiration dressed in sardine stripeshollow … Continue reading →

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THINGS THAT ARE YEARNED FOR .. .

Posted on December 7, 2024 by edenbray

things that are yearned for .. . . . There comes in time; the moment   when you lose ability to be artful you settle for the easy life   lose agility to duck and dive lose the jump and … Continue reading →

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OUT OF ZONE COMFORT

Posted on October 22, 2024 by edenbray

Out of Zone Comfort .. Originality can catch the reluctant eye A glint of sunlight on a sniper’s gun barrelA photo journalist operational and far from homeSuddenly alerted by virtue of a surprise attack It had seemed to me deftly … Continue reading →

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LIFE WAITING FOR CHIPS .. .

Posted on October 18, 2024 by edenbray

life waiting for chips  .. . . .. the people came on Tuesday then again on Wednesday at the middle of the week with their hands in pockets minds trained upon the fishes in paper packets taters lay in bins … Continue reading →

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NUREMBERG 5

Posted on August 7, 2024 by edenbray

Nuremberg 5 .. Unashamed tears, a tributary     rivers run grey without a sun     banners unfurled in cardamom     reflect an orphaned moon Nuremberg, your clenched smile     your rendered face stained     till … Continue reading →

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20 : 20 VISION

Posted on July 15, 2024 by edenbray

20 : 20 VISION .. on the wooden seat blotched with historicity green with horizontal lines disguising continuity of cement a trio of lions one vagrant tower of changeable abstraction ascents to our modernity amidst lifeless, listless sound vastly shapeless … Continue reading →

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NINETEENTH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN .. .

Posted on June 7, 2024 by edenbray

NINETEENTH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN .. . initially I had been concerned about the subject of plageurismand how you spell itthe americaan or the angleterreor whether i need worry about another thingdid the pop group ever pay Publilious Syrus his commissionand surely … Continue reading →

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