Inspiration / 14 September 2021

Swimming at the Forty Foot

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. – James Joyce, Ulysses It was a gorgeous autumn evening, so I met some fellow poets and we went in for a dip at the Forty Foot. The very place where James Joyce’s Ulysses begins. Literally drenched in history.

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Thoughts / 11 September 2021

Sept 11th – a recollection

20 years ago today, around this time I was emerging from the subway at Bowling Green in Manhattan right by the iconic iron bull sculpture. My subway journey had been marred by delays and the commuting New Yorkers were getting irritable, myself included. Little did we know that above ground the first plane had struck […]

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Inspiration / 10 September 2021

Red Pill, Blue Pill

I adored The Matrix when it came out. One of the only movies I have ever gone to see two nights in a row in a cinema (I’m from an era before online streaming) and it was so enjoyable. The sequels were hugely disappointing and really didn’t add much for me. The less said about […]

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