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 18, 2020
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Only in dreams do I feel The success of nostalgia The culmination of that homesickness For that place I’ve never been At least not in this life Or with this body Or maybe with this soul I don’t pretend to know How it all… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day Thirteen: Only in Dreams”
Category: mental health, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: dreams, fernweh, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, homesickness, isolation, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, national poetry month, National Poetry Writing Month, nostalgia, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, self isolating, self-isolation, social distancing, wanderlust
Posted on April 3, 2018
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Look at that patch there Just a little thicker A touch more velvety Swirling slightly In the backdraft from the Swinging bedroom door. Switch on the light And it retreats, Like the rest of the darkness Like any of us Eyes abused by sudden… Continue Reading “Shadows in the Dark”
Category: poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: darkness, dreams, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, night, nighttime, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, shadows, sleep, surrealism, writing
Posted on January 9, 2017
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Currently I’m researching bird related myths and legends, in an attempt to create a volume all about birds and their magical correspondences. This weekend, I had the strangest dream, undoubtedly inspired by my forays into feathered folklore. I had been rooting in bins for… Continue Reading “Bacon in the Desert”
Category: mythology, pagan, prose, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: bacon, birds, books, crows, desert, dreams, jackdaws, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, mondays, nature, outdoors, pagan
Posted on February 13, 2014
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Wish I may, Wish I might Is this just a load of shite? When we wish upon a star, For that job or brand new car Are we just fools? Hooked on a dream Of hope so false and tattered seam Of fraying thread… Continue Reading “Star light, Star bright…”
Category: childhood, poetry, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: daily prompt, dreams, hopes, poem, poetry, prose, rhyme, star, superstition, wish, wishes, wordpress, writing
Posted on April 28, 2013
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This gilded cage That holds my life My hopes and dreams My fears, my goals, my end. I look outside But strain to stay Within the bars So beautiful. Each step is forged By money, work and fame I cannot see another way I… Continue Reading “Gilded Cage”
Category: observation, poetry, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: dreams, fear, hopes, napowrimo, poem, poetry, society, trap, TV, writing
Posted on March 29, 2013
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“Hey Stan. I’m here to take charge of my new ward. Can you sort me out?” I pass the befuddled surveillance engineer my papers and he checks them cursorily and shakes his head. “Rather you than me! Can’t deny it seems a good idea… Continue Reading “Escape”
Category: prose, science fiction, Uncategorized, writingTags: AI, artificial intelligence, artificial life, dreams, escape, Hadley, meditation, Moriarty, prose, sci Fi, science fiction, writing
Mabh Savage 