Author Archives: garylongden

Heroes of Spiritualism

Posted on March 4, 2022 by garylongden

Whatever happened to the heroes Plato Swedenborg Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan (25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 for fraudulent claims. She … Continue reading →

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George Heath

Posted on March 4, 2022 by garylongden

George Heath George Heath was born in Gratton near Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands, following his education in the village school he worked on his Father’s Farm and later was apprenticed as a builder. It was around this time that … Continue reading →

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Roxy Music Aug 1st 1980 the Flesh and Blood tour.

Posted on March 4, 2022 by garylongden

Roxy have enjoyed two distinct eras, the first artistically successful 1972-79, the second commercially successful ( 1980 onwards). Lack of opportunity, not lack of desire or admiration, meant that I missed out on the first era. How I would have … Continue reading →

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Poems 2022

Posted on January 25, 2022 by garylongden

Let there be Let there be clouds Let there be rain Let there be sunshine Let there be hail Let there be wind In your sails Let there be smiles Let there be jokes Let there be laughter Let there … Continue reading →

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Found Titles

Posted on November 2, 2021 by garylongden

Book Titles found poem Pride and prejudice in cold blood To kill a mockingbird and one hundred years of solitude The brave new world of the wide Sargasso sea The great Gatsby, the go between The grapes of wrath, 1984 … Continue reading →

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Ode to an Autumn Leaf

Posted on October 23, 2021 by garylongden

It is time to let go I have been clinging on For too long The desperation of hanging on Is released Gone Only gravity controls my destiny And I relax my grip

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Serendipity

Posted on September 1, 2021 by garylongden

I struggle with contemporary war poetry. It either seems like imagined images from a distance, or trite nonsense. Jack Henry, the American Poet, has written the best contemporary war poem I have read for some time: a short Vietnamese lady … Continue reading →

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The Last Witch Draft

Posted on August 27, 2021 by garylongden

This is a rough, and not for public consumption The Last Witch Screenplay It was as if the child had been launched by a giant catapult, tumbling slowly mid-air, a blur of flailing arms, legs and clothes. Jaws dropped, hands … Continue reading →

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Darren Stanton

Posted on August 25, 2021 by garylongden

The Human Lie Detector – Darren Stanton, Nottingham Antenna Theatre, 24/8/21 Darren Is an ubiquitous presence  on television, from breakfast television to investigative reporting. His skill is in body language and rooting out lies from  both the famous, and notorious. … Continue reading →

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Poems 2021

Posted on May 23, 2021 by garylongden

Upon seeing a matryoshka doll On Arbat Street At the back of the shop It was tight to twist  vaguely fragile Perhaps her name was Svetlana Wearing the dust as an extra layer Each sharp turn revealing a hidden frame. Each cadaver was … Continue reading →

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