Fridayam
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#Poet #Poetry Retired TV Director
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fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/t... A #poem from the #archive about writing #poems and sending them off. #poetry #poetsonbluesky #writing @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @glasspoetry.bsky.social @author19.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
Trawlers and Drifters
Trawlers and Drifters—which was which?Though born sea-blooded I preferredwatching water from firm earth but Ialways wanted to be a Trawler,hauling hidden riches from the deep,dripping with slippery…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/t... A #poem from the #archive about writing #poems and sending them off. #poetry #poetsonbluesky #writing @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @glasspoetry.bsky.social @author19.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/s... A #poem from the #archive about battles in the elements and the failure of plans #poetry #poetsonbluesky @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
Stormfront
Squalls precede the storm, askirmish-line shaken out by the dark host over the horizonwhipping itself into action, suckingresupply from salt-water and riven air with bagpipe blasts toterrify, briga…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/s... A #poem from the #archive about battles in the elements and the failure of plans #poetry #poetsonbluesky @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/f... A #poem from the #archive #poetry #poetsonbluesky @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
Failed State
Sometimes I feel like a Failed State ringed by impassable mountains, snow-bound or sun-blasted, good only for one thing which is now exhausted, the mines closed, the factories boarded up, the curre…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/m... A #poem from the #archive, part of a series about #Gods and #Goddesses scratching a living in #London. #poetry #poetsonbluesky @aestallings.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk @reactionshots.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk
Mythomyopeia
« Prends-moi ! Je suis ta Pérsephone » André Gide Eventually every Mother has to let her little girl out to play and some, like me, don’t come back but, raped into darkness, a…
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September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/m... A #poem from the #archive, part of a series about #Gods and #Goddesses scratching a living in #London. #poetry #poetsonbluesky @aestallings.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk @reactionshots.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk
@aestallings.bsky.social Much admired "Works and Days" and your intro is very thought-provoking. Might you tackle "Theogony"? Hesiod has such a wonderful earthiness. Now going to catch up with your excellent poetry.
September 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@aestallings.bsky.social Much admired "Works and Days" and your intro is very thought-provoking. Might you tackle "Theogony"? Hesiod has such a wonderful earthiness. Now going to catch up with your excellent poetry.
fridayam.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/c...
Where is the tab? the bit that
unpeals the wrapper?
Are my fingers too
big and clumsy to find it?
Or have you sealed it, so that I can’t
sully the substance
of your immaculately
cellophaned heart? #
#poem #poetry
Where is the tab? the bit that
unpeals the wrapper?
Are my fingers too
big and clumsy to find it?
Or have you sealed it, so that I can’t
sully the substance
of your immaculately
cellophaned heart? #
#poem #poetry
Cellophane Heart
Where is the tab? the bit that unpeals the wrapper? Are my fingers too big and clumsy to find it? Or have you sealed it, so that I can’t sully the substance of your immaculately cellophaned heart?…
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September 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/c...
Where is the tab? the bit that
unpeals the wrapper?
Are my fingers too
big and clumsy to find it?
Or have you sealed it, so that I can’t
sully the substance
of your immaculately
cellophaned heart? #
#poem #poetry
Where is the tab? the bit that
unpeals the wrapper?
Are my fingers too
big and clumsy to find it?
Or have you sealed it, so that I can’t
sully the substance
of your immaculately
cellophaned heart? #
#poem #poetry
fridayam.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/e... A #poem from the #archive about #summer #evenings #poetry #poetsonbluesky @reactionshots.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @poetrydaily.bsky.social
Evenings Out
I even out my life in evenings out in the garden, making the most of Summer, watching the colour drain from things into pools of black which trickle slowly together to drown the world in darkness, …
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August 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/s... A #poem from the #archive about a #cat and a #woman #poetry #poetsonbluesky @reactionshots.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @author19.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
Siamese Smile
My current cat likes rough love now and then, leaping onto the newel-post to bat at me as I pass, begging me to take his gage and duel over and under the banister, like cavaliers: other times he of…
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August 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/i... A #poem from the #archive #asking the #usual #questions #poetry #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity @reactionshots.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/w... A #poem from the #archive about #music #glastonbury and my #antipathy to #festivals #poetry #poetsonbluesky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/t... A #poem from the #archive about #Thucydides #BookVII and #woodpeckers (go figure) #poetry #poetsonbluesky @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/t... A #poem from the #archive about #love #length and #depth--and the #Mersey @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @thewingedmoon.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social
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May 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/s... A #poem from the #archive about the #cruelty of #laughter #poetry #poetsonbluesky @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @poetryemmameier.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/s... A #poem from the #archive about #poetry and #poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social and @ all friends
May 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/s... A #poem from the #archive about #poetry and #poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social and @ all friends
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/g... A #poem from my #archive about #double-meanings #poetry #poetsonbluesky @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/c... A #poem from the #archive about #names and their #meanings #poetry #poetsonbluesky @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/b... A #poem from the #archive about #Nightnurses #poetry #poetsonbluesky @poetrysociety.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
April 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/b... A #poem from the #archive about #poetry and its #discontents @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
Blank Pages, Empty Lines
The blank page reflects yourblank stare when I mention poetry, the empty lines your empty eyeswhen you watch me write, thecomma your arched eyebrow, the colon that obstruction in your gut, thefull …
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April 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/a... A #poem from the #archive about the Game of Love :) @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
A Question of Sport
When did love become a game? Of two halves? Four quarters? Five sets? Five days like a Test Match? Is there a referee, and is that person impartial? Do I have to suck an orange at half-time? Are th…
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April 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/a... A #poem from the #archive about the Game of Love :) @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
fridayam.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/s... A #poem from the #archive about #arguments @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social
Swords with Words
I said one thing andshe heard another and wesallied back and forth likeskirmishers of heavy elementsjust over the horizon which thenmet in murky light,little-used guns barking and back-firing, taki…
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April 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM