Category Archives: edenbray ESSAYS

Philip Roth .. .

Posted on June 16, 2021 by edenbray

Philip Roth .. .   Sometimes it happens. Sometimes I’m a writer and sometimes I’m a liar. You can’t pick up your life and live it for two hours and then put it down again. When Horowitz or Henry, Patrick … Continue reading →

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its a bailey .. . sandals

Posted on December 4, 2020 by edenbray

     .. . its a bailey .. . using no traditional punctuation sandals .. . and while we are on the subject of mothers  did i mention that my mum  mammy  mater  mother  mummy  was the best ever  ◉  … Continue reading →

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POLLOCK SHORES

Posted on November 23, 2020 by edenbray

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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OUTTAKES ~ 04 – Guilt never wears a happy face!

Posted on August 10, 2020 by edenbray

OUTTAKES – 04 I’ve been in the attic, I’ve been in the cellar, I raided my notebooks –I’M HAVING A YARD SALE – It’s a Car Boot – THEY’RE UNFINISHED LINES, unfinished poems, POEMS THAT MISSED OUT ON PREVIOUS RETROSPECTIVES, … Continue reading →

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A FOREWARD & AN ESSAY ~ ‘The Trials Of Miles Blackman’

Posted on August 5, 2020 by edenbray

An Essay and a Foreward to the autobiographical poem THE TRIALS OF MILES BLACKMAN ⚛︎ During the early lockdown period of the Covid-19 pandemic I ran a series of Posts on my edenbray8 blog site with helpful notes from my own point of view. … Continue reading →

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TALES OF THE SWAN-DYKE ~ 4 – AN ESSAY

Posted on July 20, 2020 by edenbray

MY 2ND PUBLICATION OF VERSE! Tales of The Swan-Dyke March – July, 2020 – CV-19 … TALES of the SWAN-DYKE ~ 4   To celebrate the launch of my 2nd self-published booklet of 11 diverse poems and essays entitled : TALES of … Continue reading →

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OUTTAKES – 01 ~ TELL US A STORY PROFESSOR HESTER

Posted on July 10, 2020 by edenbray

OUTTAKES – 01 I’ve been in the attic, I’ve been in the cellar, I raided my notebooks – I’M HAVING A YARD SALE – It’s a Car Boot – THEY’RE UNFINISHED LINES, unfinished poems, POEMS THAT MISSED OUT ON PREVIOUS … Continue reading →

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‘CAN YOU GET THE SUN OUT, WHILE I COME BACK?’

Posted on May 20, 2020 by edenbray

CAN YOU GET THE SUN OUT, WHILE I COME BACK? …   …   … It is amazing the mediocrity that people are prepared to live with. If I stop and think for too long I begin to feel my age, otherwise … Continue reading →

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EDENBRAY in EXILE ~ Retrospective Anthology of Poems, Articles and Essays – Post-2011 – The Final List of 50

Posted on May 11, 2020 by edenbray

‘Edenbray in Exile’ A Retrospective Anthology of Poems, Articles and Essays Post-2011 ~ The Final Selection of 50 Pieces ~ … … … – Posted on https://edenbray8.com/ – between March 25 and May 12th, 2020 – …   …   … Love is … Continue reading →

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EDENBRAY in EXILE – 43 – 30,000 hits UNDER THE SEA

Posted on May 6, 2020 by edenbray

    ‘Edenbray in Exile’ A Retrospective Anthology of 50 Poems, Articles and Essays … … … ‘30,000 HITS under the sea’ (or a certain kind of nonsense) The writer stepped out of the boat, his boat, on 12.12.2010 and like Jesus … Continue reading →

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