Random Ramblings

Saying Farewell to 2021

The end of another year. One that I, like most people will be glad to see the back of. Yes there have been highlights. I’ve had successes poetry-wise; 15 poetry magazine acceptances and a couple of anthology appearances this year (which is a lot by my standards). Ten of which were for publications that I’d not had success with previously. Thank you to the editors of the following (in no particular order); Ink, Sweat &…

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Poetry

Crow Name

A quick post to plug a relatively new online (also available in print format) magazine in which I have a prose piece appearing. You can read it here; Crow Name, issue 3 https://crowname.com/crow-name-issue-3/ I hope you enjoy it and the rest of the writing within Crow Name. It’s an international magazine with writers from around the world.

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Random Ramblings

A Crowd of Swaying Strangers

I was pinged on Thursday. Apparently I had been in close contact with someone on Monday 29th who had tested positive for Covid. My test results were negative. It’s just a stinking cold then. I’m not surprised I was pinged – on Monday night I was at a Stereophonics concert in Portsmouth. This was, by their standards an ‘intimate’ gig, (they are due to be playing a couple of 70,000 sellout concerts in Cardiff soon).…

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