Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
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Jam. Content Warning.
Introduction This is based on experiences I had driving on the M62 when I worked for Yorkshire Water in Bradford, and lived in Leyland. I always drove, but the journey was quite scary, but the views were great, except when we got hit by heavy snow.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Fiction
The Dear Departed. Content Warning.
Introduction In the fifties and sixties, there was a remarkable obsession with songs about lovers and friends who died, usually in violent circumstances. These were not like the folk songs and murder ballads that I wrote about here, but romanticized death in these three-minute eulogies.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
MythAtlas
Introduction I thought I would write a villanelle based on thoughts about mythical and lost lands and places. There are so many, so these are just a few, and obviously the villanelle form will repeat lines but I want it to feel like an adventure in words.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
A Menagerie Of Myth
Introduction I haven't written any plagiaristic poetry for a while and I think we all have favourite mythical creatures because of stories that we have read, legends we are told, and pictures and statues that we see in churches and castles. Let me know your favourite.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
Unaccompanied Folk Ballads
Introduction This originally was going to be a selection from the 100 Ballads site shared by Rosie Whinray and commented on by Julie Henigan in The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads and Songs, but the site itself contains recordings of the songs for you to listen to, along with documents and the words, so I saw no point in trying to put them into a piece of my own. Ihave pondered what to do for a few weeks and thought I would simply trawl the world wide web for unaccompanied folk ballads. I think this will create a random feel and hopefully give some people something to listen to that they haven't heard before,
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
Sax And Violins. Content Warning.
Introduction I wasn't sure what this piece was going to be. It is about plays on words, innuendo, and more, but would be a playlist, a poem, a story, or just some observations and I think it will be the final one with one or two songs thrown in.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Humor
What Really Matters To Me. Content Warning.
Introduction I have not had a creative Vocal Top Story since mid-December, there was one promoted by the wonderful creators in Vocal * Voices in Minor (ViM), but that was from a prompt by them and then shared in a Vocal "Raise Your Voice" otherwise it would not have been a Top Story. The story with the share is here and I am thankful and grateful for it, my second public share on a Vocal thing.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
