Sunday, 23 February 2020

Ignoble Retreat at the Edge where Earth and Firmament meet . . .

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Ubi cœlum terræ se conjungit.                             A host of angels                                        vent their dirge obsc...
Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Medieval Verse (4) Praise Crown Restored . . . Raise Voice in Song . . .

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[  This hitherto untranscribed   text is by a hand unknown  and no putative attribution to  any earlier scriptor should be assayed.  ] D...
Friday, 7 February 2020

Medieval Verse (3) When lief a Churl

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[  This hitherto untranscribed   text is by a hand unknown  and no putative attribution to  any earlier scriptor should be assayed.  ] ...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Medieval Verse (2): A Hart there was...

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[  This hitherto untranscribed   text is by a hand unknown  and no putative attribution to  any earlier scriptor should be assayed.  ] D...
Sunday, 12 January 2020

Occupation . . . Baghdad . . . Paris . . . Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose* . . .

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  Dateline 1942: ‘In Hôtel Ampurias there is a respectably-sized arsenal of instruments for extracting information,’ Régine was warned o...
Sunday, 29 December 2019

Juvenilia . . . A Teenage Notebook . . .

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A grief ago * A grief ago the fire burned itself out where this small dog now dares to paw the ashes. I shall not shout at on...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Invictus . . . Mother Courage . . .

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          My shoe is old ; its  story’s told,             whatever shall I do?            T here’s no foothold  ; the world is cold,     ...