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Ewan Lawrie

The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here

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The Road to Erehwon

You'll work it out, don't worry. Image is Peter Breughel the Elder's The Land of Cockaigne, it is in the public domain and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where I've seen it.
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Afternoons Without Spoons

Entered in a poetry competition more than 10 years ago. I think it came 2nd last. I've just found it again. Perhaps you'd prefer it if I hadn't. Image author's own, made at canva.com using a collage technique.

I'm Afraid of AI

Well I am. Image made at Canva.com
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It's bad stuff. No known copyright issue for image.

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378 of my comments have received 411 Great Feedback votes

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 19th August 202

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This clever use of simple language to express complex emotion means that this poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please, those who use social media, share and/or retweet so others can enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Gift

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I have changed the font size,

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

I hope you don't mind. It really was very small and I'd hate for peope to have missed out on your excellent poem because they couldn't read it.

E x

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Posted in The Gift

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I have taken the liberty

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

of adding an image so your accolade is more eye-catching on the front page. Image is from pixel.la via wiki commons and is CC0 licenced.

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Posted in The Gift

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Congratulations This is our Poem of the Week August 19th 2022

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This is our poem of the week. Well done.

Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?

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Posted in The Gift

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022

Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022

This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.

If you read it, please share and/or retweet it.

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Posted in The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg

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Excellent beginning.

Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022

Loved this

'He smelt like soap and rust'.

You have a typo at 'only to open the wrapping and remembering', you need the same verb form if separating 'open' and 'remember' with...

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Posted in "Exotic Illnesses" - opening chapter of novel

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When my wife

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...

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Posted in chemo 4

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Well done,

Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022

remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.

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Posted in Contour and wave.

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I feel like I've

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

been on the Marrakesh Express...

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Posted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road

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Been thinking about this one...

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022

The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...

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Posted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto

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