Author Archives: sean
“Shakespeare’s Shit”
This conversation actually happened, around 15 years ago. When the movies were released, I made a point of returning there and asking him what he thought of them. He hadn’t seen them. ‘They won’t be as good as the book’, he told me. “What are you reading?” “Shakespeare. Hamlet. Seen it many times, never actually … Continue reading
Sitting on the Bomb
I was lost in my madness Lost in my memories Tied up intellectually and thinking of crime The batteries on this old camera won’t yield up its treasures A picture box that keeps its secrets to itself Pour the wine A shipwrecked train of bodies in mud Oh how we laughed as the rain poured … Continue reading
Wet.
“This bar’s wet. This BAR’S WET!!” I cared not, kept my head down and my elbow out of the way “This BAR’S WET!!” she continued forcing the moustachioed face of the barman from his Independent the front window was boarded up, but the growls and the howls of traffic continued to filter in below the … Continue reading
The Mixed Communication of Stanley S Holloway
There was no greater surprise that morning Than that which awaited Stanley Sam Holloway As he checked all the messages that had been sent overnight To Stan S Hollow at Yahoo Dot Co Dot Uk See Stan had never been a popular figure Although he’d never done anyone wrong And if it weren’t for this … Continue reading
Tockholes/Hollinshead Hall
You remember the movie “Ice Cold In Alex”? The one where John Mills is fighting Nazis in the desert during the Tobruk campaign of WWII, and all he wants to do throughout is get to Alexandria and have an ice cold beer? That’s how this ride was for me today. After a couple of weeks … Continue reading
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