edwardianjackal
Now on Kindle "Better Ashes than Dust"
Everything you've heard about writing is true. That's not hyperbole - everything associated with the solitary, lonely, enrapturing...
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edwardianjackal
Feb 5, 20234 min read
Valentine for the Literati ~ Shopping Ideas 2023
Being cheeky <--. Finding gifts is a bit of a passion. There's nothing like pairing the right gift and tone to its intended. ...
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edwardianjackal
Aug 27, 20221 min read
Lullaby (1603) ~ Thomas Dekker
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise; Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby: Rocke them,...
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edwardianjackal
May 22, 20221 min read
If Naught In'this, Then What Satiates Your Soul?
Naught Your Soul (If/) Then What Satiates In'this... Overfill (and fill again) your cups with formulae and data Tis pure, tis true (and...
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edwardianjackal
May 17, 20221 min read
Roma ~ la 8 1/2 switch
Bold lines, forceably leading you about my immensity - only first a thought! The ancient seat of global power and might - who could have...
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edwardianjackal
May 9, 20221 min read
Ajaccio ~ The Tower
"Ajaccio - The Tower" - a poem We faced the sea Cold, black wind tearing at our face 'We must be up at dawn. We do not await the sun We...
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edwardianjackal
May 1, 20221 min read
Invicible ~ sw with an itch
"...Jacquemus jeans, Ferragamo brown Venetian walls with porcelain tile 286, Donnie Darko town..." ~ Omar Apollo, Invicible ... ...trust...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Les Jardins Du Cedre ~ Port-Vendres ~ sw*itch
https://www.lesjardinsducedre.com/en/restaurant-port-vendres https://www.you.co.uk/rick-stein-grilled-mussels-garlic-butter/ white wine,...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Palma de Mallorca and Robert Graves (sw*itch)
https://www.lacasaderobertgraves.org/en/ The Beach Louder than gulls the little children scream Whom fathers haul into the jovial foam;...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 24, 20221 min read
sw*itch ~ Proud Principality of Catalonia!
Barcelona by George Croly (1780 - 1860) Proud Barcelona, on the sunny shore That lines with silver Spain's resplendent sea, What can for...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 22, 20221 min read
sw*itch - You're Flying, Do Your Arms Hurt Yet?
It was here that I landed, you still in the air Here that I struck the rock and stone While tailwinds propelled you to the fore How will...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 21, 20221 min read
sw*itch - If You Look Back, You'll Turn to Salt
...keep those eyes forward, and don't look back there's nothing there, you know this as well as I it's less than smoke, much less than a...
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edwardianjackal
Feb 14, 20221 min read
sw*itch - Red II ~ 14FEB22
the army battalions stand in their most resplendent array and in numbers ne'er seen afore their reddest banners unfurled R E S O L U T E...
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edwardianjackal
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Poem: Athena Born, Cast with Adorned Armor Full
Formidable and incomparable warrior, Athena Nascent may be As before, unborn, as my affection for you - Definitive whole, yet not...
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edwardianjackal
Sep 18, 20213 min read
Visit: The Last Bookstore, DLA
There are very few bookstores left, even the big chains struggle. But, very much alive and well, is The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los...
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edwardianjackal
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Hemingway: Poetry
Me: "The myth stands as it will yet the ideal is what is sought Firmness, determination - ideals of the young man in a different time...
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edwardianjackal
Jun 27, 20214 min read
Fourth of July '21 Reading
Quick and handy guide to some patriotic leaning books and poetry for July 4th, 2021.
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