there is no joy in recognition.
After all,
Genius
is a culpable decision.
Tag: writing
Lots Of Things Have Happened To Me – Written Monday 1st September 2025 (Aged 50)
“What do you mean by things?”
Well, it’s string —
the type that wraps itself around experiences.
Teach Boys Better – Written Monday 1st September 2025 (Aged 50)
Teach boys better role models.
They tell them to punch and kick,
and who exactly
they should hate.
Wild Bore – Written Thursday 8th May 2025 (Aged 50)
Experiences mould you,
then they fold you,
and they fold you up,
and they try to take you away.
Outsiders – Written Thursday 24th May 2025 (Aged 50)
Outsiders on the surface
of something else,
that point of no return —
it is there within myself.
Puritan’s Table – Written Monday 31st March 2025 (Aged 50)
Excerpt:
Power is not suited to the powerful… insecurity sitting bolt upright at the Puritan’s table
October – Written January 2025 (Aged 49)
I am so, so tired.
But I’m not yet broken.
Story – Written Wednesday 10th January 2025 (Aged 49)
And I can’t be told
when the tell leaves a bad taste
and a funny smell.
When the book being written
comes with illustrations of an empty well.
Sunshine – Written Wednesday 15th January 2025 (Aged 49)
I do not know.
I do not know about life
and its background noise.
All I know
is that it never goes.
Turned Like a Page – Written Tuesday 14th January 2025 (Aged 49)
“I am not welcome at court anymore.
They kick me hard
as I fumble with the handle
on the exit door.”
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 