Tag Archives: HISTORY

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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THE WHITE FUR & THE SABLE .. .

Posted on March 12, 2025 by edenbray

    THE WHITE FUR and THE SABLE . the white fur – the sable black fur darkall souls capable they return horned andhomeward through sand-scarred missalfeet forged at earth’s core harpooned tusks, volcanoscorched, scored agatethe languid oryx stands benign … 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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LEAF LITTER .. .

Posted on December 24, 2024 by edenbray

leaf litter .. . .. i look down upon what has been it sparkles in infinity the order of life tales of multiplicity these chronicles of history a broken fence lies abandoned the sounds of dogs barking echoes in the … 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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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 →

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A TALE OF SAUCHIEHALL STREET, WEE WULLIE HENDERSON, A VISIT TO IBROX PARK AND OTHER RELATED STORIES …

Posted on November 7, 2024 by edenbray

A TALE OF SAUCHIEHALL STREET, WEE WULLIE HENDERSON, A VISIT TO IBROX PARK AND OTHER RELATED STORIES An essay ~ written 26th March, 2012 … Both a chronicle and a journal … including a personal tribute to JACK KEROUAC … … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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