Sarah Perry’s ‘Melmoth’. Perry’s latest novel centres around the deceased character of Melmoth, a lady who sweeps in and out of the world of the living, swishing around her black garments, and preying upon the vulnerable, repeatedly failing in her attempts to find a companion with whom she can share her eternal purgatory. Beautifully written,Continue reading “Savvy Book – Melmoth”
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Silly Poem – Liaison With A Lamp
‘Liaison With A Lamp’ was written in the usual dim lights of a Prado Lounge, whilst observing the sun’s rays begging to be allowed in, and dipping in and out of the collection ‘High Windows’ (available at Waterstones) by the poet Philip Larkin. ‘Only the young can be alone freely. The time is shorter now forContinue reading “Silly Poem – Liaison With A Lamp”
Silly Poem – Wednesday Morning
Wedded. Wedded to my nest, for this morning, this grey-ghastly-ghoulish morning, I say my vows, and write until my gangrene growls and grizzles its way to Godliness. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 16th October, 2019 Image by Heiko Stein from Pixabay Savvy Books – Not Yet Wall Savvily-Serious Poem – Lift Lines SavvyContinue reading “Silly Poem – Wednesday Morning”
Savvy Letter – Dear Phantom
Dear Phantom Puncture Pr***, Perhaps, who knows, you are a very nice phantom? Personally, though, Phantom Puncture Pr***, I’m not so keen on your preferred pastime. It really isn’t so very pleasant to sneak around in the shadows, outside my cave home, with your hammer and nails, poking holes in the tyres of my car.Continue reading “Savvy Letter – Dear Phantom”
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Chapter 2 – The Half-Sister
It wasn’t as easy as she thought, coping in the absence of her younger sister, Rose. Grace was the eldest of the Howard siblings, the responsible one. And, considering the circumstances – her own lack of a maternal role model, she didn’t think she’d done too bad a job of dragging up the others. Certainly,Continue reading “Chapter 2 – The Half-Sister”
Serious Poem – Outgoings
Outgoings. Continue reading “Serious Poem – Outgoings”
Savvy Books – Not Yet Wall
Independent Scotland Would England really be better off without Scotland or, post Scottish independence, would a wall need to be built to stop the English from stepping over the border to Scotland? These are the questions that led to the the novel I am currently working on, with the aptly-named title ‘The Wall’. Little did IContinue reading “Savvy Books – Not Yet Wall”
Serious Poem – The Thread
Spiralling around the loop and going down it is nothing as long as you can thread yourself out of it again and again and again – until your head pops up for The Bite! Copyright owned by Jay Cool, October 2019 Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Savvy Book – The Girl WithContinue reading “Serious Poem – The Thread”
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