In the beginning There’s a village not far from me called Capel-le-Ferne. Its name derives from the phrase ‘Chapel in the Ferns’. Proud locals often call it ‘The Village in the Clouds’. The rest of us call it ‘Capel-Le-Fog’ because it’s high up and every so often you can’t see a single thing there when [...]
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DON’T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME
A local cemetery I never knew existed DON'T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME I liked you so much betterWhen your story was untoldNow you go backward looking forwardBelieving all that glitters is really gold You keep your demons in a suitcaseAn arrow in your heartYou’re crying out for plan BBut the game has yet [...]
NUMBER 85
Yesterday at the farm down the road I had a chat with Number 85. We got on OK but our conversation was a one-sided affair. Because of that I thought I’d ask the lamb a few easy questions. It went like this. “What would you call a long rigid piece of metal?” The lamb answered, [...]
THE ECHOES OF DISTANT VOICES
Now the ground is neither a sticky mud bath nor a slippery ice rink accident waiting to happen I went up to the forest on Sunday. Amazing how many trees had fallen down over winter. It’s peaceful up there. WISHFUL THINKING The chatter of the ghostsA haunting silhouetteThe echoes of distant voicesAn orchestral violin quartet [...]
MEMORIES & NEW WORDS
Memories & new words are pretty much what my new book 'Looking for Reasons' is all about. Without 'memories' that inspire, whether they're from yesterday or last year or ages ago, there would be no 'new words'; no new songs. I like it that sometimes a few photographs from before trigger lyrical verse. Anyhow, here's [...]
TOY TOWN HAS LOST ITS SOUL
It may seem like Toy TownWhen you’re looking down from up aboveBut in reality what you’ll find thereAre the lovers and the unloved Like anywhere else around the worldOpposites attractNorth and south and east and westThere’s no argument, it’s a fact Umbrellas for a rainy daySledges for the snowBarbeques come summertimeAutumn Bonfire Night’s multi-coloured show [...]
‘LOOKING FOR REASONS’ – THE BOOK
Originally from my song, 'Liquid Truth' - written in 2012, me a first year music student back then - these words below open Zoolon's new book called, 'LOOKING FOR REASONS'. They just about sum me up. ‘When will all the pieces come together,And if I don’t like the picture am I stuck with it forever?’ [...]
THE ART OF FROST – ON CARS
Most days this winter are either freezing cold and rainy, or just plain horribly cold with frost everywhere. Generally the frost is just a white cloak, nothing special. However, yesterday when I thought I’d give the cars - not being used hardly at all because of the lockdown - a run before the batteries die [...]
DREAMS & UNLOCKED PRISONS
'The book of love has music in itIn fact that's where music comes from'Songwriter: Stephin Merritt In a bid to curb the new variant coronavirus - that is 70% more catchable than the original - from spreading more rapidly in Kent I’m stuck in my unlocked prison in Tier 4 top-level lockdown. Only the food [...]
CHASING ONE MORE DREAM
‘The squirrel knows everything’ I was just guessing at numbers and figuresPulling the puzzles apartQuestions of science, science and progressDo not speak as loud as my heart’ From ‘The Scientist’ by Coldplay In trying to write a basic verse as the basis for an American country style lyric, it didn't go to plan, hence I [...]
