Wednesday Recap #6 22.05.24 Thought Foundations are unseen, aesthetically ugly, and controlling of shape. But they are also vital, formative and give structural integrity! Foundations are vital for everything we do or hope to do. Foundations are easy to dig when we are building something. However foundations are amazingly difficult to rectify once built on. … Continue reading Foundations – unthought of but vital
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‘To Another Mouse’ Burns Night 25th January 2024
Don’t let ideas feaster…Have a plan!
What is the worst thing you can do to an idea? Do nothing with it! Now, I don’t mean a passing thought or a daydream, I mean an actual idea. I’ve done that, I’ve an idea, a plan, a structure, an objective, and I did nothing with it! The idea would be better dying in the light than festering in the dark! #writer #author #authorhelps #hardtruthsforwriters #wordsmith #dyslexicwordsmith #dyslexia #dyslexic #dyslexicwriter #dyslexicauthor
“No one” (Poem)
No one to listen, No one to hear, No one to witness, No one to cheer, Unseen, unknown, Concealed from view, And all this done in public view, Acclamation took away, Stolen on your finest day…
The Forest (poem)
https://youtu.be/JuUOXuz34X0 The ancient Forrest, All are gone, all but a few, to mind they’re gone. The spreading leaf, the red tail bob, the hills and glens, in silence throb. Veins and valleys, streams and paths, each and ever contours craft Beyond our sight, horizon grasped: oaks and elms, chestnut and Yew. Mighty stock, a hundred … Continue reading The Forest (poem)
Inspired by Narnia ‘Midst the Tombs’
https://youtu.be/4f9x-vbclag A poetic journey into the magical world of Narnia, as it is revealed in the Horse and His Boy. This poem taps into the feelings of Shasta as he waits alone in the tombs outside the City of Tashbaan as the horns blow for evening and the shutting of the gates. Sitting here,Midst awful … Continue reading Inspired by Narnia ‘Midst the Tombs’
Words are Precious
“Words are Precious” is a new poem / piece of poetic prose by Robert Campbell (me!). ‘Words are Precious” ponders to power of language for good and then for ill. I’ve added both the video and text! https://youtu.be/PE46irPPk-8 Words are precious Words are precious: they build kingdoms; they establish empires; they crown monarchs they elect … Continue reading Words are Precious
F Fae – A Commentary on Educational underachievement (video)
https://youtu.be/03VLRr1UoNQ Here’s a short video on my poem F Fae. The poem deals with the reality and consequences of educational underachievement. I also mixed the music. Over the last while I’ve been trying to add spoken work to EDM. The original poems was 14 verses long, but through the advice of legendary record producer Rick … Continue reading F Fae – A Commentary on Educational underachievement (video)