Author Archives: sean
Hank, we only missed you by a month…
“We cannot choose when we are born; But we can choose when it’s time to check out” She said It was a fair point, I guess Though if it hadn’t have been, I wouldn’t have bothered arguing I’d long ago decided that she’d won Whatever cause she was fighting, she’d won And was only waiting … Continue reading
Winter Hill/Rivington Pike
The television mast atop Winter Hill rises like a sentinel gazing vacantly down on my small car whenever Small Keefe and I are doing the school run. It’s visible from just about everywhere in the North West of England, and I used to think that it was so named because it so high that … Continue reading
Bleasdale Circle, Lancashire.
Billy Connolly, talking about Stonehenge and other such mysterious monuments, suggests that there should be a sign of honesty next to each one. “We have no idea what this is”, he urges authorities to confess, “please try and leave it as you found it”. Bleasdale Circle, ten miles or so north of Preston, actually has … Continue reading
After waking on the couch:
The sky above the back yard is a touch off Cobalt Blue And the shade that’s reflected in the windows Of the terraces opposite Are more a touch of Crimean I sit, smoking, the top half of the back door open 3.32 am, ah well We have failed in yesterday’s dreams and good intentions Failed … Continue reading
One foot in front of the other. Repeat until dead.
Some weeks begin with damned hard work, alone, unpaid, and in isolation, and end with you sitting in your pants, broadcasting to the entire nation. Writing can be a thankless task. Whether it’s a song, a poem, or an entire novel, the one thing you can’t afford to do at any point during the … Continue reading
Newest Updates:
