Category Archives: THAT’S ME IN THE MIDDLE

O’ CAROL .. .

Posted on March 16, 2021 by edenbray

O’ CAROL I AM BUT A FOOL (the 1st kiss) .. Her name was Carol, of curly hair, a most happy disposition I am sure I had kissed other girls, even before the age of seven Gill who had a … Continue reading →

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NINETEEN .. .

Posted on January 8, 2021 by edenbray

NINETEEN .. . . Nineteen, I started writing when I was nineteen but that’s a lie The child became a man when he had learned to cry If I was nineteen today I might just long to die \.. . … 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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THE ARTMAN #2 – THE SAD MAN and THE GALLOPERS

Posted on September 29, 2020 by edenbray

  ORIGINAL VERSION – THE ARTMAN #2 THE SAD MAN and THE GALLOPERS EDIT 2 …   She looked like Betty Grable, she was and post the Brighton bombing Maggie had her hair, she might have worn Carmen Miranda’s extravaganza I … Continue reading →

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I, I AM WILLIAM BLAKE

Posted on September 24, 2020 by edenbray

I, I AM WILLIAM BLAKE … Sweet bird of youth, I attend your birth and watch thee grow As fond as any doe or any love that I in honour still may show The amplitude of life, either ascending or descending … Continue reading →

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THE ART MAN #1

Posted on September 19, 2020 by edenbray

THE ART MAN – 1 … THE PICTURE OF JESUS . A look of recognition, the sun streaming making abstract shapes on the new, suspended ceiling, a Miro! She stepped through the door, I harboured a good feeling, a pantechnicon … 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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I, A SKINHEAD IN CROYDON TOWN – 1968

Posted on September 13, 2020 by edenbray

I, A SKINHEAD IN CROYDON TOWN – 1968 SUB HEADINGS : when Croydon was Reggae City – the Boss and Scottie … On the London Road, south of Brixton, eight mile north of Coulsdon South Two friends had slipped the … 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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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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