Marcus Silcock
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poet and performance artist and musician and music critic Brian Howe
check out Scorpion Whip’s first track: Night Heist Read more.
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pinhole visions
A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no lens and a single very small aperture. Simply explained, it is a light-proof box with a small hole in one… Read more.
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Tony Tost’s America
listen to some great Americana here: Tony Tost’s America Read more.
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Beyond Good and Evil
“To recognize untruth as a condition of life: that, to be sure, means to resist customary value-sentiments in a dangerous fashion; and a philosophy which ventures to do so places… Read more.
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for the usefulness of literature
A terrific interview with Gabe Gudding. Really needed this fresh perspective!!! Gabe Gudding interview Read more.
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innovative poetry outside of the academy
A very very well-thought essay here by Peter Philpott. I share the same concerns. Innovative British poetry MUST diversify!! It is far too tied to the academic world. POETIC SPECIATION… Read more.
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From today’s reading notebook
“There is a black box inside the sun. / The wreck of an earlier universe / is recorded there. There is a black / door at the center of the… Read more.
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Alien Memory Machine (South Korea Section)
MEMO BOOK JAN 2006 my address is 813Dae Yang NiceGae SangGye YangIncheon Joe is a veteran of the gulf and cooks big plates of rice Shane has a ponytail and… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine (South Korea Section)
Mu (dream) So(window) I think I utter butterwhat exactly this is justwhat must bespokenI’m fed with multi-spoonswhat ghostsmy friend in our battlesfor the sunI I I I I I I… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine (South Korea Section)
The dentist and I are eating our bulgogi and bean sprouts. Need visions. The small pickles and quick sushi. Korean bread baskets. When you come undone you come undone. You… Read more.
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Godzenie now ready to order
I am going to buy copies for the Soundeye festival in Cork. So if you are at Soundeye, you can buy the books direct from me if you wish. Link… Read more.
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Polish literature in translation
Polish literature in English Read more.
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art/life
“An artist does not create the way he lives, he lives the way he creates.” — Jean Lescure Read more.
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Alien Memory Machine (South Korea section)
When I first arrived in South Korea I went into downtown Seoul with one of the Korean teachers named Vicky. Actually, it was literally the day after I arrived in… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine (South Korea section)
I lived in a tiny tiny room called a Goshiwon for 2.5 months. Just a bed. Couldn’t stretch my legs all the way. A bar above my head for clothes.… Read more.
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Some Polish Avant Garde
Tymoteusz Karpowicz (1921-2005) ABOUT Some poetry Witold Wirpsza (1918-1985): ABOUT Some poetry Read more.
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Polish punk legends
BRYGADA KRYZYS Read more.
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Halina Poswiatowska (1935-1967)
Bio Critical intoduction Some translated poems Read more.
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More modern Polish poetry
R. Wojaczek (1945-1971) bio You Have to Fear the Rose I, Kafka Read more.
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four poems by Andrzej Bursa
Bursa is becoming one of my favourite modern poets. Check out “Night of the long Knives” below. Translations seem quite good (always tricky of course). (1932-1957) All his short life… Read more.
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The Barbarian Poets (some now institutionalized)
Now that I am in London and Godzenie is about to be published I am on fire again. All is possible. There is so much to explore in Poland in… Read more.
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literature of the Polish underground
BruLion Magazine Read more.
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Terra Lucida
At last. It’s arrived from America. Abandon all other reading projects!!! TERRA LUCIDA, Joseph Donahue’s ongoing magnum opus, is an astonishing work in which psychopompic dispatch and apocalyptic portent, by… Read more.
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art in Denmark
Denmark Portal Read more.
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Grzegorz Wroblewski
Some poems translated from the Polish: From Mercury Project ten poems Read more.
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currently reading
1) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain 2) The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard 3) Prop by Peter Jaeger 4) Proper Name and Other Stories by Bernadette… Read more.
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from When Romanticism is no Longer the National Avant-Garde by Piotr Parlej
The situation is made more paradoxical if one recalls that the other option, in Poland at least, has coexisted (precariously marginalized) with the emerging powerhouse of parnassian poetry. Miron Bialoszewski’s… Read more.
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When Romanticism is no Longer the National Avant-Garde!!!
Postmodernism in Central and Eastern Europe Read more.
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Projekt 1
Video from avant-garde album PROJEKT1 (SoulCraft Rec.) Grzegorz Wroblewski-poems Bobi Peru-Music and production. Check it: Between directed by M. Klinger Read more.
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From Alien Memory Machine (South Korea section)
from 2006: all you liked about treesthe light like slanted rainthe dark inside the bodywe’ve walked along this roadthe moon throws fevers across florescent cementpink rivers in your carpetthere is… Read more.
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Paul Green’s Dream Lab
FROM PAUL GREEN For those of you interested in hybrids of poetry/audio drama/science fiction/surrealism… I’ve just exhumed an early radio drama of mine and posted it on my podcast as… Read more.
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slim down!!!
A nice short article by one of my favourite poets Linh Dinh about living a more simple life. My life philosophy exactly!!! I couldn’t agree more! Check it out: Slim… Read more.
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creative writing programs
Interesting article about the institution of creative writing in universities. It’s spreading. Is it a good thing??? I am undecided, but for sure I have learned the most about writing… Read more.
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Silesia
This is the area I lived in for two years. I actually miss it sometimes. Although maybe better to visit for a month or so rather than live forever. I… Read more.
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crossing the line
Peter Jaeger on 1 mp phone Read more.
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crossing the line
great reading at Crossing the Line tonight in London. Near London Bridge. In the leather district. At “the leather exchange.” Cris Cheek and Peter Jaeger. Love the presence and work… Read more.
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David Bromige 1933-2009
Sad to the see David Bromige has left us. An amazing poet. Generous and awe-inspiring!! A nice send off from the poet and publisher Ken Edwards here: David Bromige Read more.
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Brian and Ashley Howe Video
video art from friend and Lucifer Poetics poet Brian Howe (and Ashley). Brian is the man coming out of the cabin in the picture heading of this blog :-) UP Read more.
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and now to complicate things in a good way :-)
From the Polish poet Grzegorz Wroblewski: Jacek Podsiadlo (for many critics a typically ‘Polish New York School’ poet), is a ‘new generation’ poet but he uses the some poetic strategies… Read more.
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the new Polish poets
After 1990 Polish poetry shifted big time. It is a damn fine shift. A shift that SHOULD draw more attention from American and UK poets. And MUCH more attention from… Read more.
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Ealing Broadway. Poco Loco. 13:02. 25/5/09
Form an “O” with your mouth, raise your eyebrows and then back away slowly. Do not show teeth. Do not unhinge your mouth. Remain calm because loud noises, flailing your… Read more.
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"this time I really trust you"
there there wake upmr smarty mr chocolatecum oh cum oh cumyou’re a fool to whistleat the flattened bums in Ealingsoap scum in the bathbubbles in the beerthere’s no way out… Read more.
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nomadic poetics
This idea, overall, is quite close to how I experience poetry, culture, the 21st century: Nomadic Poetics Read more.
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30th May 2009 09:03AM, London, UK
Jukebox tears. We never blamed it on the soil. We filled up. Flowers are coming bees are sucking pollen.The man in the Matrixx needed purpose. Purpose is more important than… Read more.
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The avant garde still lives! Long live the avant garde!
Nice review by John Latta here John Latta’s review of Kent Johnson I don’t know why but somehow every time I read Kent Johnson’s projects (or books) (or about him)… Read more.
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streetcake magazine
Hello talented writers, fans and friends, this is a quick email to let you know that Issue 5 of streetcake is now on the site! Please do give us a… Read more.
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early morning dream (scribbled in haste in the notebook)
a mother and her daughter came to visit. It was a university campus. We went to a building called Cunning linguist. The mother pointed to a ski lift. We rode… Read more.
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onward to Turkey
Just accepted the offer to teach at METU/ODTU in Ankara. Will leave in September. New frontiers coming. Maybe one book per country. Almost finished with my London ms. Poland ms… Read more.
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google’s assault on freedom
Google’s assault on writers’ copyright … Google and greed Read more.
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me and my sister Charmaine
last year in Ireland. Read more.
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Docu poetics
I am interested in exploring the relationship between poetry/place. In particular, the attempt to strip down language to a documentary poetics (or perhaps an observational poetics) and a radical subjectivity.… Read more.
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Info on middle east technical university
got good info from my friend Josh about METU in Turkey. He taught there for a few years. I met Josh in grad school 10 years ago. MA in English… Read more.
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Brian Howe’s Darkness Party
Friend and fellow poet Brian Howe’s Darkness Party Setting me right on this windy crazy London Monday! Read more.
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striking thought
Am I an anarchist trapped inside the body of a capitialist? Read more.
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Spain is out; Turkey might be in
Spain is out. Never really felt in. Got job offer to teach at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Maybe for one year and then return to the UK.… Read more.
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Is poetry special?
There is sometimes a hazy line between innovative and so-called mainstream poetics. But for me, there is also division between art and poetry that tries to close the gap between… Read more.
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BlazeVOX 2k9 Spring issue
BlazeVOX 2k9 Late Spring 2009 Now online: BlazeVOX mag Read more.
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in tandem
do i use my intuition to justify my logic or my logic to justify my intuition? Read more.
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In Midst of My Nomadic Wanderings A Fresh Watering Hole
I found a bit of paradise yesterday. First, a very cool feast at an Iranian restaurant with my former student from Iran named Ben. Sauces and yogurt drinks and all… Read more.
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Tim Atkins
One of the best poets writing today. Horace and Petrarch in London. love hearing him read. And an all around fantastic guy. check it out: Tim Atkins Read more.
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Spain versus Turkey versus London
so got a job offer to teach 9-14 year olds English in Murcia area of Spain. Near the coast. 1300 EUR a month. Awaiting possible interview with Middle East Technical… Read more.
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when I felt young and crazy
http://www.motionbox.com/external/hd_player/type=hd,video_uid=0a9fdab41c1be2c087 Read more.
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quick takes from the moleskin
we were glad our skin had been broken the heads were cut from defenders 150 women of the castle over-whelmed by steaks of fire we were reduced to nature’s garb… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine
a lonesome hymnin perpetual motion suffering and solacein the praxis of living a paradise of blemishes what we said was notwhat we wantedwhat was waitingforever, undiscovered this is a spacerace Read more.
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mirrors
from Mr. Spicer: “I died again and was reborn last night / That is the way with we mirror people / Forgive me, I am a child of the mirror… Read more.
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Noo journal
Some interesting readings on the blog and in the journal. Check it out: noo journal blog noo journal magazine Read more.
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the blog of unnecessary quotation marks
Unnecessary quotation marks Read more.
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The Daily Filth
an ongoing project T H E D A I L Y F I L T H poets writing 1 poem a day for the month of April The Daily Filth Read more.
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from Moving Pictures (1st draft. 7 min.) (London Inferno Section)
Acton Town (West London) to be seen rightto the shagged edge the action is leaving us craning for the corpsesthe college of good industrythe collage of what comeswhat may comma… Read more.
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from Moving Pictures (1st draft. 20 min.) (London Inferno Section)
Shepherds Bush (West London) the biggest urban shopping blooms or bustsmay yr head not turn the other waymay your brain not be boxedmay the ass be asked before bumpingbefore being… Read more.
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from Moving Pictures (London Inferno Section)
nor dust thouknow wherethou artto be in this world oh hair let downoh wet head you cannot go swimming andlook after yourclothes let us chilllike childrenin great disorderand much disdainfor… Read more.
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Bob Cobbing
A personal perspective on Bob Cobbing Read more.
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for the birds
I am revising Godzenie. 1st proofs from Blazevox came the other day. it is coming together. I am getting happier and happier with it. I’m having fun again and feeling… Read more.
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new poem for Godzenie
new poem for Godzenie I’ll tell you about Godzenie the reconciling of marvelousmachines that stampour heads bricksfrom a blown-uppost-office flutteringletters a twistedmetal sculpture here’s the kick our tunefor the endless… Read more.
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whoops
Skype interview is next Friday. Got the date wrong. Take off my shirt now. Do some writing :-) Read more.
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GODZENIE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION :-)
10 min until the interview . . . in good news MY MANUSCRIPT GODZENIE, WRITTEN WHILE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE INDUSTRIAL CAPTIAL OF POLAND, HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION… Read more.
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in the making
Well, I am more sure now. Poetry and writing are number one. It is the one thing that can keep me whole, sane, mindful. Everything else falls away, eventually. What… Read more.
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some good poetry, reviews, and interviews!!!
Signals magazine Read more.
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from Moving Pictures (London and South Korea manuscript)
what do you think oh think in yr mini Viennathrough any window piss is raining from the skysons and daughters ninety times out of a hundred piss on the streets… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine (serial poem)
37. I was raisedunder the stands under theimmovablestars forever alienon my brownow this eyetwitch this pastelnight what is is Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine (serial poem)
38. Everything has gone white blindingwhite there is notunnelthere is onlythis the brain weaves a strange kind of music and our bodiesseem unable to forgetthe memory of what it feels… Read more.
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new media poetics
Sounds Rite Read more.
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PAST SIMPLE ISSUE 6
Ladies and Gentlemen, A special issue of Past Simple edited by Marcus Slease and Jim Goar is now available for your viewing and listening pleasure. Innovative British Irish and Scottish… Read more.
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from Alien Memory Machine
Sent some poems from Alien Memory Machine over to The Beehive and they reshuffled them by some kind of algorithm or human hands? Must be read aloud to affect and… Read more.
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education culture in the UK
Characteristics of teaching English in FE colleges The course is generally delivered by a very limited number of staff, including part-time and sometimes temporary staff. Staff in FE have heavy… Read more.
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from 2004-2005 manuscript (Never Mind the Beasts)
Of Our Cranial Love for the Lion we were reading toward Bethlehem suffice it to say we were tired elephants we were reading toward Bethlehem we were reading toward Bethlehem… Read more.
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revising manuscript from 2004-2005
Revising manuscript Never Mind the Beasts. Quite a bit different than my current work. A lot of the poems were published in journals like Backwards City Review, Columbia Poetry Review,… Read more.
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from 2003 (Never Mind the Beasts)
II. Castle without King after the leaving I shaved my headmy words squared off I shaved my headin dialogueI found the pure joy of plumbers V. Hotel of Lost Light… Read more.
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from the small notebook (rough drafts)
From Who Sleeps with Who There is no deciding what breaks. My eyes take forever to adjust. The hard fish. A Bielsko Biala summer. Hand in hand. Immediate heartbreaking magical… Read more.
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Bob Cobbing
Excellent video here. Fascinating interview and performance of concrete poetry: Bob Cobbing Read more.
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sir magazine
Sir magazine Read more.
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black cab sessions
A great mix of bands playing in the back of a London black cab. Just listened to My Morning Jacket and Death Cab for Cutie. many many bands!!! Black Cab… Read more.
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from Moving Pictures
From the North American section. This one takes found language from the serial Queer as Folk. Each poem takes its title from the main shooting location of the North American… Read more.
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Moving Pictures and Alien Memory Machine
Moving Pictures has three sections: 1) Wonderland (A serial poem from South Korea) 2) London (poems written at or near tube stations since May 2008) 3) North America (poems moving… Read more.
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revision (from Moving Pictures)
Waterloo (South London) Some of the valves are working harder. Than. They should.Hold yr horses. Perk up. He leansnearer toying with his clips. the sexless life of childhood I needto… Read more.
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play
I want more intimacy. More play. More direct contact with in the flesh humans. The dishes are staring at me. I am sticky and need to shower. Read more.
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Basil Bunting, Morden Tower, Northern Scenes etc.
fascinating report on BBC radio: Another History of English Poetry Read more.
