Category: Politics
Posted on April 8, 2021
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You may have already noticed that I’m partaking in NaPoWriMo 2021, the annual poetry writing month that inspires writers of all abilities to try and compose a poem every day. Recently diagnosed with CPTSD and suspected ADD, I’ve discovered that my always terrible time… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo 2021”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, PoliticsTags: Coronavirus, covid 19, health, lockdown, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2021, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poetry month, poets, politics
Posted on June 28, 2020
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I go to bed in daytime now The night is so passé The songbirds are my lullaby The sunrise lights my way To sleep, perchance to dream, I hope Though not of recent times Of angst and shopping trips gone mad Of social distance… Continue Reading “Daytime”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, PoliticsTags: british beaches, Coronavirus, covid-19, Dominic Cummings, dreams, insomnia, lockdown, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, second wave, sleep, social distancing, stay home stay safe
Posted on April 30, 2020
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Religious discrimination is not something anyone should have to tolerate. Please take a moment to lodge a complaint about this disgusting display of intolerance and ignorance from gutter tag, The Sun. Unsurprising behaviour from them, but it will NOT be tolerated.
Category: pagan, Politics, society, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: Beltane, gutter press, ipsos, pagan, pagan police association, paganism, religion, religious discrimination, the sun
Posted on April 11, 2020
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I told a friend “Today was tough Tough as old boots Tough like old leather Tough like the steak I sent back And worried about the chef spitting on Tough like the conversation I had to have With a toxic person Another toxic person… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 4: Tough Like Old Leather”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, Politics, UncategorizedTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, friendship, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, isolation, kids, lockdown, love, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, politics
Posted on April 1, 2020
by mabhsavage
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It was my birthday yesterday. I ended the day by having a big cry. I was a bit in my cups, to be fair, but this morning I sat and analysed why I was feeling so low. It’s not the isolation. I can cope… Continue Reading “Help is Not on the Horizon”
Category: Politics, Uncategorized, writingTags: birthdays, Coronavirus, covid-19, freelance, freelance writing, government, governments, politics, self employment, self isolating, social distancing, tories
Posted on January 31, 2020
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As much as I would like to say something meaningful about the U.K., my home, leaving the European Union today, I’m finding it hard to find the words. I feel a bit numb; like it’s a bad dream I might wake up from. But… Continue Reading “From Europe to Eternity”
Category: history, observation, Politics, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: brexit, brexit day, Britain, compassion, EU, Europe, kindness, leave campaign, leave day, leaver, leaving Europe, politics, remainer, society, United Kingdom, writing
Posted on April 3, 2019
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We share and we share and we share But we don’t care Where the words came from Which mouth spewed the rhetoric That currently resonates With our own bitterness Which bilious belly Heaved and hurled this ‘news’ Onto the world stage. We snap and… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 2: Fake News”
Category: poetry, Politics, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, poem a day, poetry, poetry month
Posted on June 10, 2017
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Sitting in bed Waiting for the world to end Or maybe to start. My heart A battlefield of friends And enemies Love and passion Embers fizzling in the rain The aftermath. Scared to read, scared not to read Fearmongers long for both But my… Continue Reading “June 9th, Britain “
Category: poetry, Politics, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, DUP, fptp, general election, General Election 2017, hope, labour, mental health, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, politics, pr, Sorrow, tories, voting, writing
Posted on June 27, 2016
by mabhsavage
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Oh to be united No hate, no faces blighted With the frown and fierce expression From the guts and buts in session. Oh to be together Facing future, stormy weather Hand and hearts: a strong foundation Revolution, revelation. Oh to be a nation Full… Continue Reading “United Kingdom”
Category: poetry, Politics, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: EU, EU Referendum, Great Britain, Leave, poetry, politics, Remain, UK, United Kingdom, writing
Posted on January 4, 2016
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In Pagan Pages this month I was lucky enough to interview George Nicholas of Cernunnos Rising. Read the interview here.
Category: interview, Music, Nature, observation, pagan, Politics, Uncategorized, writingTags: Cernunnos Rising, George Nicholas, interview, music, pagan, Pagan Music, pagan pages, writing