Flakes through sodium,
Rakhmaninov on headphones,
Holding the front page.
In my teens, as an aspiring musician with a morning paper round, this time of year meant cold, dark mornings under the glare of old-school sodium lights (whatever happened to them?). Rakhmaninov's Vocalise always takes me back to those days, trudging across a snowy park with a bag full of newspapers. In the end, though, the papers had a greater influence on my career than the music: 30+ years on, I'm still working as a journalist!
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Andy Potts
Community focused sports fan from Northeast England. Tends to root for the little guy. Look out for Talking Northeast, my new project coming soon.
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Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH4 days ago in Critique
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Clever haiku & fascinating story connecting right up to your life today. Glad you included the music too, it saved me looking it up… haunting mood.
Loved the haiku, loved the back story!