A response to an article suggesting that staff at the BBC were told not to back Naga Munchetty, following viewer’s complaints about her jibe at Trump’s racist remarks. Do not talk to her. And do not discuss her disgust with the dissing. You must not disagree, disobey, or disappoint, unless you too want to be dissedContinue reading “Savvy Poem – Distalk”
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Savvy Article – Climatopause
Written in response to an article implying that climate change is responsible for hair loss in men. I’m feeling it: waves of anxiety run through my inners like slow-cutting knives; my golden-orange locks thin out, to make way for razor-blade edges of silver-white; and I’m all clammy, alternately baked hot and frozen cold, I’m nearlyContinue reading “Savvy Article – Climatopause”
Savvily-Serious Poem – Lift Lines
Inspired by the words of Christina Henry, in her novel, ‘The Girl in Red’: ‘.. a cloak made of tired that pressed down on her shoulders and made her neck droop.’ (p.32) And by my memory of lamp I once owned, in the shape of a lady wearing a crinoline dress – a lady whose undergarmentsContinue reading “Savvily-Serious Poem – Lift Lines”
Savvy Books – Old and Wise
Not sure that I need to read the latest book by Katherine Rundell! Just came across it on a perusal of Waterstones latest non-fiction list, the title of ‘Why You Should Read Children’s Books , Even Though You Are So Old and Wise’. And no prizes for guessing why it caught my attention! Those of youContinue reading “Savvy Books – Old and Wise”
Serious Poem – A Monday Quest
Frenzied poems, I pencil down, in quest to quash the angst of a Monday morning in Waitrose – flowered ceramics with words of stewed-up tea. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 7th October 2019 Seriousish Poem – Moreover Savvy Style – On The Flat Savvy Book – The Hidden Life of Trees
Serious Poem – If
If this is it, then what else? Copyright owned by Jay Cool, October 2019 Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay Savvy Style – Raining Flowers
Silly Poem – The Truth
Is the truth to be measured? Does it matter how much of all of it is the bit that is true? Or is it okay just to believe – in all of the bit of it and all of the rest? Copyright owned by Jay Cool, October 2019 Image by PDPics from Pixabay Savvy StyleContinue reading “Silly Poem – The Truth”
Seriousish Poem – Moreover
Connecting things up with more of a moreness that goes over into more of the same. More, or less of all of it that’s over. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, October 2019 Image by minka2507 from Pixabay Serious Poem – Never the Same Serious Poem – Anxiety
Serious Poem – Never the Same
Never. It’s never the same for those who go back. Not ever. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, October 2019 Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay Savvy Tips – Net it! Silly Poem – Simpatico Mental Health: Workplace Stigma
Savvy Tips – Net it!
What to write about? Why question it! Why not just write about whatever you can catch back? All you need is a net – it doesn’t have to be costly – one of those little nets on the end of a stick will do! You know, the sort you nagged your parents for, every timeContinue reading “Savvy Tips – Net it!”
The Silly-Savvy Salopian in Suffolk: read, believe and write ... 