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Monthly Archives: December 2011
No-Dog Walking
Tramping to the shops Passing old dog haunts I natter with a dog lady. Her Yorkie bitten, ‘It’s not the dogs it’s their owners’ We conclude. Tramping back Friendly paws climb my jeans. Never mind, They needed washing, I lie. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Dogs, Furry Friends, Muddy Paws, Natter, Owners, Poem, Poetry
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Christmas Morning
Up at five Checking her stocking, Held on till seven Before she comes knocking. “How many days to Christmas?” Her sleepy brother asks Today IS Christmas, Let’s get unwrapping!
Posted in Children, Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Christmas, Early Start, Kids, Poetry
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In a Galaxy Far Far Away
Christmas wrapping Reveals Star Wars toys, To small boy’s joy. R2D2 warps time. That was me too Thirty five years ago.
Football Night
Midweek fixture Mild and misty Floodlights blaze Across green baize Buzz of anticipation Feisty crowd Chanting and waving Whistle blows Mid-table foes Huff and puff Goalmouth scrambles Fans up, fans down Sitting and standing Oohs and Ahhs Ebbs and flows … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Floodlights, Footie, Late Winner, Night Match, Poem, Poetry
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The Fear of Dying
A good friend’s mother died last week. But we went to the footie together on Wednesday, as we’d planned despite – and because of it. We didn’t talk much about it, but talking to others, one of the things in … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Life
Tagged Anticancer, Death, Fears, Light, Montaigne, Nothingness, Servan-Schreiber, Suffering
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Chemicals
Chemicals Walls Pumps Engines Replicators Blobs Bumps Fins Legs Running Chasing Killing Eating Tools Thinking Self Awareness Symbols Words Memories Paf Ashes Dust Chemicals
Posted in Life, Odysseus, Poetry, Science
Tagged Ashes to ashes, Chemicals, Dust to dust, Poem, Poetry, Replicators
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Note to Self
I came upon a terse description of ‘identity’ this week in a longer piece by neuroscientist Terrence W. Deacon of USC Berkeley: An intrinsic tendency to maintain a distinctive integrity against the ravages of increasing entropy as well as disturbances … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Death, Life, Psychology, Science
Tagged Alzheimer's, Aquinas, Aristotle, Entropy, Identity, McCabe, Self, Terrence W. Deacon
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The Ploughman
There’s a good piece in The Guardian today, likening our response to recession, Global economic crisis and a troubled Euro, to the indifference of the ploughman in Brueghel’s ‘The fall of Icarus’. Nick Cohen writes: All Brueghel shows of Icarus … Continue reading
Posted in Achilles, Art, Ethics, Life
Tagged Auden, Brueghel, Choose your battles, Icarus, Indifference, Poetry, The fall of Icarus, The Ploughman, Tragedy
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Forbidden Fruit
Six months waiting With bated breath New iPhones are out But nowhere has them ‘in’ My mail order racehorse Lost out to the missus’s high street nag She got her’s first Increasing my thirst Until One Monday night The doorbell … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Anticipation, Apple, iPhone, Perfectly Rapt, Perfectly Wrapped, Poetry
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Carol Singing
School Christmas carols Parents wedged in Younger siblings Making a din Silence falls Like a blanket of snow Then many small voices Sing tunes we all know All upstanding The grow-ups join in All in good voice The joy of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Children, Christmas Carols, Heart Lifting, Hymns, Joy, Poem, Poetry, School, Singing
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