Category Archives: PROG-PROSE

NUREMBURG 5

Posted on December 12, 2025 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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OPTIMIST at the OPTOMETRIST

Posted on December 7, 2025 by edenbray

optimist at the optometrist .. . optimist at the optometrist 1, 000 illuminated eyes waiting to decide Buddy Holly brides endless eyebrows rising space-pod aliens disguise urban cowboys overheard in private conversations about their ears and eyes Marianna’s blackened eaux … Continue reading →

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ALCOHOL and IRONY .. .

Posted on August 23, 2025 by edenbray

alcohol & irony .. . ode to a bum on the street .. . i resort to alcohol what do you do to cope with atrocity moribund, culture shame i resort to alcohol what is your poison that you would … Continue reading →

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WAKE UP SUSIE .. .

Posted on August 21, 2025 by edenbray

wake up Susie .. . The world was simpler thenwhen Phil and Don strummed guitarsand Mahalia Jackson sang of love and mercywe thought we saw Gagarin’s shadow on the moonbut it was really blue cheese spread on pizza breadwith anchovies, … Continue reading →

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ROAD MOVIE ITALICS .. .

Posted on July 25, 2025 by edenbray

ROAD MOVIE ITALICS : . .. We were not taught     how to love     or give out properly     and when you do     you find out how ugly     people can become   … Continue reading →

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mishmash exceptions

Posted on July 24, 2025 by edenbray

mishmash exceptions : .. I tumbled out of the controversy    and out of sleep where I had raised a perspiration   not brought about by heat but nagging concerns   I wrestle with each day McManus and Jackie Pallo … Continue reading →

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LETRASET LANE .. .

Posted on May 30, 2025 by edenbray

letraset lane .. . .. Back streets cobbled    hidden off-street parking   green door shabby   betide brushed-tin sign placard to an advertising   business, screwed flush    against the wall, engraved   in times new roman desk-top publishing’s arrival    puts the … Continue reading →

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TESCO OFFERS .. .

Posted on May 10, 2025 by edenbray

tesco offers .. .. i Step down walkways   imaginations memoirs   clinging; still hung over   in your full bloodied mind   concerning latest cortex             of worries   dreams ill-defined I join this … Continue reading →

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HELL ON FIRE: with THREE HARES, a QUADRILLE and a QUAIL in a COCONUT SKY .. .

Posted on April 25, 2025 by edenbray

Hell on fire with 3 hares, a quadrille and a quail .. . in a coconut sky A sonnet burns upon this flaxen heath      flairs are lit within my glowered eyes storm the harbinger of yellowed grief dance … Continue reading →

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TURNER PRIZE .. .

Posted on April 3, 2025 by edenbray

Turner Prize .. . by your leave I am not sullied by semantics my projects laid out like morning clothes Charles Wesley spoke with the chamber maid lay down your guns in charcoal the chamber maid spoke with the cook … Continue reading →

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