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The Thirteenth Month
Introduction This is a Seven Days In Post from December 2020 (pre Vocal for me) about the use of Imperial Measures and why we have ended up with twelve months in our year, which don't really fit and we have to adjust once every four years to make sure our timekeeping stays on track.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 11 months ago in Journal
An Arboreal Playlist
Introduction In the seventies, I knew of a band called Trees but dismissed them as another folk band, but recently one of the Facebook groups I am in posted one of their songs and I was so impressed that I bought the fiftieth-anniversary collection above, and have been mightily impressed by their work, and given the live songs on here they are still with us in some form (with more original members that the Human League).
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 11 months ago in Beat
Jack Of All Trades
Introduction This was meant to be a comic observation of the standard of my writing and the various responses and non-responses that I observe on Vocal and further afield, but it is really a confessional piece, though you may find things that make you laugh or smile.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 11 months ago in Confessions
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Introduction This is my twenty-sixth piece inspired by Angie Linvingstone's amazing artwork. You can find her on Facebook on the link below.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 11 months ago in Poets
Luster by Raven Leilani
Introduction I am a slow reader and I pick up and exchange books from a local street exchange library. Recently I picked up "The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, not my thing but it grabbed me and kept my attention and I documented it on my blog, which I use for the books that I read:
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 11 months ago in BookClub
Storm Cat Moves
Introduction I am a fan and supporter of Storm Cat and I wrote a piece focused on them a while back here: I first found them and I think I met Roxanne. Last time I was here I was talking with Alex who told me about the forthcoming move,
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 12 months ago in Critique
Watching The Waves
Looking out at the sea, it has been raining, and the wind is still blowing, whipping up the waves into an amazing shape as they crash against the concrete pier, like the feathers of some giant prehistoric bird before falling back to become one with the sea and waves once more.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 12 months ago in Chapters
Dear Friend
Introduction This is an attempt at a plagiaristic poem using the words in the waiting room at Preston Station where I am once a month. Although I will try to stitch them into a series of rhyming quatrains, I will post this in Serve rather than Poets as I feel that is more appropriate, though it does mean I have to flesh it out to six hundred words.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 12 months ago in Serve
