what the dickens…
a poem I wrote some years ago — as of posting this in 2025 (probably around three decades, in fact!) in a moment of desire to try to work in various Dickensian references (more-or-less :D)… it took a little research and I still have to read several of Dicken’s opuses referred to in the rhyme… […]
the dire old duke of york
a attempt at a tongue-in-cheek poem about a particular, and seemingly/allegedly rather distasteful, example of British ‘pompousness’ and ‘circumstances’… written a few days before Mr. Mountbatten Windsor was not only de-duke but also ex-princed… NOTE: this item might include exaggeration (in respect of number of teens) and slight underestimation (in respect of number of teddy […]
diversity the secret to success…
herewith a short article previously only seen by handful of social media contacts on the topic of diversity… “DIVERSITY: If you’ve ever pondered: “What is the purpose of Life?”… then my personal opinion would be that it’s all about creating ‘diversity’. ‘Life’ (as we know it here on Earth) — which it seems may well […]
is excipient pharmacology f*cking-up your biology?
Are you really able to give informed consent to ingesting, applying or even having injected products that contain additives/excipients such as Polysorbate 80 which is commonly used in many products including food, personal care and pharmaceuticals (including current forms of traditional Chinese medicines!) — and which many (if not all) people have exposed to (internally […]
heavens above
HEAVENS ABOVE yet another work-in-progress as of 12 April 2025!… Rather unashamedly twee perhaps! But nonetheless… could this positively cloud your judgement or prompt you to think about just what is in store? 🙂
some of all things
some think this, others that: it is the foundation of human individuality, but also of division… and yet no one truly knows who if anyone is right and who wrong… except in some obvious cases 🙂
the power of words
there is much truth in this statement… many current sources that influence other people’s lives through their words seem to do so without care, without thought or else with deliberate malice/self-interest/manipulative-intent aforethought. I think it’s true that great care should be taken in the words we use when we are trying to communicate clearly and […]
the nihilist
something or nothing? post-christmas nihilism. a momentary inspiration that resulted in the following poem: the nihilist I’m making a nihilistI’m checking me twice(Still trying to find outIf I’m “naughty or nice”) If life is just futileAnd nothing has mattered –Won’t it have been pointlessWhen all brains are scattered? If cities should crumbleAnd the planet implodeAnd […]
what’s the point and what happens next?
jotted in response to a social media post — namely (screenshot): In all probability we all simply play a cosmically short and intrinsically minor role in the process of the One Source of everything, the Supreme Consciousness (the thing that some people like to refer to as God) experiencing itself through the billions of explicit […]
some passing thoughts on death
(initially written as a brief response to the suggestion that ‘people aren’t afraid of death but afraid of the uncertainty of what comes after death’:) even ‘Death’ can become a matter of ‘fight or flight’. But if there is fear then I think that it is not so much the fear of what may be […]