‘ONCE A SOLDIER, NOW A GHOST’ – A Short Video

Herewith the work of my son, George Blamey-Steeden. I asked him to put something together in regard to my new book, ‘ONCE A SOLDIER, NOW A GHOST’. The net result, a Vineo video along with a beautiful piano piece he’d composed and performed. Also, the cover work for the tale was of his design. If … More ‘ONCE A SOLDIER, NOW A GHOST’ – A Short Video

DRONE OF PLUNDER, DRONE OF MIGHT

The little one’s smile has been kidnappedhe has no expression nowThe Drone took out his familyhis homestead and his father’s ploughYet one day when the scars of fearheal they’ll be replacedfirst by tears of memoriesthat have left a bitter tasteThat bitter taste fades awayand later resentment comesthat’s when all innocence is lostand he’ll march to … More DRONE OF PLUNDER, DRONE OF MIGHT

A SINGLE BLUE ROSE

A single blue rose? She thought such a thing unattainable, but here it is. Presently it sits comfortably upon the creaky old table…the scullery table…close by the usual washed pile of laundry waiting to be ironed. A gift? Not sure, probably ‘yes’. Rare and precious you are Blue Rose, yet only the thief could have … More A SINGLE BLUE ROSE

THE MAGIC MAN

What side of the moon should the paralysed young woman of little thought, but considerable beauty, should venture to? She’d already given up on the Sea of Tranquillity as well as the Sea of Clouds and was now considering the Moon’s other side, the dark side. The hairy man wearing thick glasses who runs the … More THE MAGIC MAN

LUNATIC IN PARADISE

I thought that I’d be a human bomb dropping down on a faraway war A onetime ugly beast who travelled invisible door to door I changed my mind when I went blind outside of the firearm store When I fell in love and murdered a merry sado-masochist edible whore How and why I did that? … More LUNATIC IN PARADISE

EMPTIER THAN BEFORE

EMPTIER THAN BEFORE Based upon the night of Friday 13th November 2015 in Paris when gunmen and suicide bombers hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars, almost simultaneously – 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. ~Delighted slaughterersgifted nurtured knavesabsurd devotional mimicsthe black, black void, your cagenow you are emptier than beforeyour whys’ … More EMPTIER THAN BEFORE