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A Poor Craftsman

Posted on June 12, 2020 by rak

A wide screen for words a keyboard full of meaning and yet nothing comes

Nobody Came

Posted on June 5, 2020 by rak

Nobody came Nobody saw Nobody heard my mousey roar Nobody laughed Nobody cried Nobody even bloody tried Nobody looked Nobody… Read more Nobody Came

I Write For Me

Posted on June 4, 2020 by rak

Why am I writing? Though no one will read these words they are all I have.

The New Normal

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by rak

I’ve been thinking about what life will look like ‘afterwards’, the thing people are calling the New Normal. Wouldn’t it… Read more The New Normal

Get Ready For The Future

Posted on April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 by rak

These are such interesting times. In a few weeks, the world will start to emerge from the lockdown imposed in… Read more Get Ready For The Future

Night Writing

Posted on March 9, 2020 by rak

Writing at night time It seems the right time for me Not the bright of day

a black and white portrait of a man

Still On Fire

Posted on March 1, 2020 by rak

The end of the day, quieting and settling down, my mind still on fire.

Nobody Even Looks

Posted on February 25, 2020February 24, 2020 by rak

Some days you wonder why you bother. You sit and you search and you find them, these unwilling words, you… Read more Nobody Even Looks

The Moment Settles

Posted on February 4, 2020 by rak

In an obscured room, trying and failing to write. Reworking, rewriting, retrying. Failing again. A pause. The moment settles on… Read more The Moment Settles

When Words Won’t Come

Posted on January 29, 2020September 30, 2021 by rak

On the days when words won’t come paint pictures sing songs read writers perform poetry note nature love your other… Read more When Words Won’t Come

Stop Start

Posted on January 21, 2020 by rak

A day for writing and every time I begin I stop at the start

Write For Me

Posted on December 18, 2019 by rak

What I wrote today Nobody will ever read This is right for me

Your Own Work

Posted on December 10, 2019 by rak

Reading your own work It makes you sad and happy Like being in love

What I Need

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 by rak

I know what I need A bright, warm, well-lighted place Away from it all

Is It Worth It?

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 by rak

If no-one reads it The work that you sweat over Is it worth writing?

Reading John Carver

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by rak

Reading John Carver Just what happens to people Small stories of life

This Writing Thing

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by rak

This writing thing, it seems like a curse some days. It makes me no money and takes all my thinking,… Read more This Writing Thing

A Selfish Person

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by rak

This is so selfish Sitting, writing, creating But I must do it

Window Of Time

Posted on December 2, 2019 by rak

A window of time Opens now to get things done The clock is ticking

Dead Room

Posted on November 30, 2019 by rak

A dead, empty room But a clean, well-lighted place For untold stories

Lost Days

Posted on November 25, 2019August 13, 2020 by rak

Days spent not writing Spent on the dutiful things Are days lost to me

Now, Then

Posted on November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 by rak

(with acknowledgements to Charles Bukowski) I sit here on the 3rd floor hunched over in monochrome walking clothes pretending to… Read more Now, Then

Writing For Nothing

Posted on November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 by rak

Writing for nothing This is how it has to be Living for writing

Give Me Silence

Posted on November 12, 2019 by rak

Sounds all around me Clatter and chatter and noise Just give me silence

Failing At Writing

Posted on November 12, 2019 by rak

Failing at writing I start to blame everything Except for myself

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