Tag Archives: ART

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 →

Posted in edenbray COMMENT, edenbray OPINION, edenbray POMES, POEMS FOR CHANGE -, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray MEMOIRS, edenbray OPINION, edenbray POMES, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray COMMENT, edenbray MEMOIRS, edenbray OPINION, edenbray POMES, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray COMMENT, edenbray MEMOIRS, edenbray OPINION, edenbray POMES, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray APPRECIATION, edenbray POMES, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray COMMENT, edenbray MEMOIRS, edenbray POMES, PROG-PROSE | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THINGS THAT ARE YEARNED FOR .. .

Posted on December 7, 2024 by edenbray

things that are yearned for .. . . . There comes in time; the moment   when you lose ability to be artful you settle for the easy life   lose agility to duck and dive lose the jump and … Continue reading →

Posted in BEAT, edenbray COMMENT, edenbray POMES, POEMS FOR CHANGE - | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

beat poetry for the masses .. .

Posted on November 29, 2024 by edenbray

beat poetry for the masses .. . .. . .. . streams of thought running through   a mountain of kinetic energy I look for bravery in the writers I read   bravery that unties bonds of slavery slavery to … Continue reading →

Posted in BEAT | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

NATURE CALLS .. .

Posted on November 3, 2024 by edenbray

nature calls .. . ‘ smoke grey the backcloth                fallen out of bartered skies            indigo philosophical, the heron        wings cut and curled        … Continue reading →

Posted in edenbray POMES | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

OUT OF ZONE COMFORT

Posted on October 22, 2024 by edenbray

Out of Zone Comfort .. Originality can catch the reluctant eye A glint of sunlight on a sniper’s gun barrelA photo journalist operational and far from homeSuddenly alerted by virtue of a surprise attack It had seemed to me deftly … Continue reading →

Posted in edenbray APPRECIATION, edenbray COMMENT, edenbray POMES, OBITUARIES, WAR POEMS | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment