“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
How many Irish Myths and Legends can be named in just one song? Let’s start with Roisin Dubh, The Black Rose. In centuries past, when England prohibited any mention of this country BY LAW, a very dark red aka Black Rose was a code name for Ireland. Cuchulainn : look him up in Irish mythology. […]
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This was my subject of today. So – I go from Orphic Myth to Orpheus and Eurydice to Katharine of Aragon and Henry the VIIIth to Christ and Mary Magdalene. How? It’s ALL a story. A tale. A MYTH about a woman being sent to Hell. Rescued from Hell by a man. And then being […]
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My Song. My Favourite Oasis Song. Again written by Noel. Who was the Soul Poet of the family. Today is gonna be the dayThat they’re gonna throw it back to youBy now you should’ve somehowRealized what you gotta doI don’t believe that anybodyFeels the way I do about you now P.S. I had a feeling […]
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East Coker by T.S. Eliot If y’all don’t understand the Ouroboros – you don’t understand LIFE! In my beginning is my end. In successionHouses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their placeIs an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires,Old […]
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Somedays – like today – I can just let others talk FOR me :o) Tennyson – local lad. Fave poem of his. Oh…said that. Too many times ? ? ?
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I first came across this proverb about Sejanus whilst researching the 17th century. The name was applied to both the Duke of Buckingham and Cardinal Mazarin to denote Extremely Powerful Men who obtained their fame and fortune through dubious means. There seems to be some confusion over the name though. Does it refer to the […]
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A Thread of Red and Gold A poem. She came to us in Autumn A world of Red and Gold A land already dying A life forever Old She grew up in the Winter Horizons Light and Cold Waiting, always Watching Bought but never Sold She left us in the Springtime Shook off our stranglehold […]
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Richard Burton reads ‘A Winter’s Tale’ by Dylan Thomas. ‘Nuff said by me. Listen ?
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I’ve always loved the title of this poem :o) It’s about Swords and Sorcery and Carlos Magnus/Charles the Great/Charlemagne. So much to do, so little time – this came as a side-note to my recent research and I’ve yet to fully figure out why. Could it be the Canto below? ? ? Roland, who long […]
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I spent quite a bit of time with John Dryden (and The Gang) as I researched the 17th century. But I seem to have missed this poem of his. Well, it’s a translation…of Chaucer, I think (?) The whole poem is beautiful but these lines are relevant for me today :o) Just is your suit, […]
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I put a question the other day to the only person that I know who could possibly help me track down a man about whom I’ve found zero info. Not only did I get the much needed answer…..I also got a strange but Wonderful link from my mystery man to the author of The Raven. […]
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My late late, dear, departed parentals would be ashamed of me if they’d heard the BAD words I said in my head (Oh. I’m a poet) when I listened to this Pam Poem. I’ve only been in our local Tesco 3 times since March 2020. Even though two of my fave women in the world […]
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Hidden History Research 