Category Archives: PROG-PROSE

MODERN WORKS – 2 – HE DID NOT KNOW HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL MIND TILL THE CROWS HAD GATHERED ROUND HIM .. .

Posted on December 13, 2020 by edenbray

A NEW PUBLICATION: MODERN WORKS 2020 ~ 2 – POEM 1 To celebrate the launch of my NEW booklet containing 16 diverse poems and essays entitled : MODERN WORKS 2020 – I am happy to offer a signed, printed hard-copy … Continue reading →

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PHIL LYNOTT WAS A POET

Posted on November 30, 2020 by edenbray

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

Posted on November 30, 2020 by edenbray

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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PURITY

Posted on September 17, 2020 by edenbray

PURITY There was a red stain on Jessica’s dress, it grew, an inkblot, a tattoo, a cloud above the East Fen and it travelled slowly above a spread table where the community were gathered Ben Dawlish, whose whiskers fawn and … Continue reading →

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MY POSITION

Posted on September 17, 2020 by edenbray

my position a minimalist study in dialectics and peace control ———————————————————————————— my employer decided not to trade my job description was terminated temporarily my employer wishes for me to work somewhere else under the same contract my contract does not … Continue reading →

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ORION SPEAKS

Posted on September 3, 2020 by edenbray

. . ORION SPEAKS . … It would take too much time to tell the tall man all the mighty moments he had stored Aboard the centrifugal, the stargate frugal, the narrowest way known to heaven And he surrounded with … Continue reading →

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NOLI TIMERE ~ DO NOT BE AFRAID

Posted on August 13, 2020 by edenbray

NOLI TIMERE – DO NOT BE AFRAID …   ⚐⚐⚐  … . I came very late to the party By the time I arrived it had started Coleridge was dancing with Langston Emily had a whole group of admirers In … Continue reading →

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OUTTAKES – 05 ~ MAUD & MARIANNE

Posted on August 9, 2020 by edenbray

OUTTAKES – 05 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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OUTTAKES ~ 02 – COMMON PEOPLE –

Posted on August 8, 2020 by edenbray

… … … COMMON PEOPLE … …   …   …   The common man is hidden He hides Society once dressed him in grey And navy But now out of the magician’s hat Badly free Punctured skin and stored notes NHS … Continue reading →

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OUTTAKES – 03 ~ THE TRASH MAN

Posted on August 7, 2020 by edenbray

OUTTAKES – 03 . ⚙︎   ⚙︎   ⚙︎ …  …  … THE TRASH MAN …   …   … . nunun . I am a bin man taking the trash Loading up on peoples throw-outs I seen my share of care Fourteen cents … Continue reading →

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