Category Archives: PROG-PROSE

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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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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INDIGENOUS INDIGESTION – beat bop

Posted on February 23, 2025 by edenbray

Indigenous indigestion – beat-bop People are proud of their heritage sitting on balconies with their windie boxes wondering if the structure they are sitting on is secure enough to take their weight the high-rise boxes they now live in are no … 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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AT HOME WITH JOHN MARTIN .. .

Posted on December 18, 2024 by edenbray

at home with John Martin .. . . . We wrung the neck of life slashed the face off it i stumbled around in the dark reached out my hands found sheafs of crumpled paper by a match I read … 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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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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STRESS RELATED ILLNESS – a silhouette

Posted on August 12, 2024 by edenbray

STRESS RELATED ILLNESS – a silhouette the body, this body   is a temple with fonts and pews   and stained glass windows   eggshells on the floor places   where holy people go on long, summer nights   when … 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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