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“So what are you writing right now?”

Posted on January 11, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

My Twitter timeline is filled with writers now. I love it; really I don’t know how I managed without so many interesting and hard-working writers in my twittersphere. Quite a few are working on ongoing projects, and sometimes I feel … Continue reading »“So what are you writing right now?”

Categories: On Writing

Melodramatic? Maybe a little.

Posted on November 11, 2016February 6, 2019 by Sophie

TWO DAYS after Election 2016, the shock’s just starting to wear off and reality is beginning to set in. We’re looking around trying to get a sense of the world we now live in. And then LEONARD COHEN DIES. Is … Continue reading »Melodramatic? Maybe a little.

Categories: On Art, On Life

PROSE: Adagio

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Sophie

The Old Woman liked to dance. On Saturdays she would set up the gramophone, and sway to the music alone until someone came to dance with her. The Old Woman was white: white of skin, white of hair, clad in … Continue reading »PROSE: Adagio

Categories: Prose

PROSE: Sin Eater (the original short story)

Posted on February 26, 2016October 3, 2016 by Sophie

She lit the cigarette. Put it to her lips. Took a pull, long, savouring it. Pressed the glowing end against her freckled forearm and let it sear. “Hey.” She dropped her leg down from the wooden crate serving as her … Continue reading »PROSE: Sin Eater (the original short story)

Categories: Prose

Karkinos

Posted on January 15, 2016December 21, 2018 by Sophie

What do I have in me today? Alan Rickman died. Now I recall the old “they come in threes” and wait for the other shoe to drop. I suppose it might be Lemmy, but a part of me feels as if … Continue reading »Karkinos

Categories: On Life, On Writing

Planet Earth is Blue

Posted on January 12, 2016December 21, 2018 by Sophie

I don’t think anyone was expecting to say goodbye to David Bowie last night. On reflection, looking at the album he left us just a week or so ago, he knew. He gave us the video for Lazarus only five … Continue reading »Planet Earth is Blue

Categories: On Art, On Life

POEM: Grace Note

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Sophie

Death in the back of a jazz club. Low lights Glass of red wine on the table Cheap All his cash spent on a Cadillac. The band plays on without him Crooning their eulogies in the night A woman weeps … Continue reading »POEM: Grace Note

Categories: Poetry

POEM: Winter, a Sonnet

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Sophie

Today the sky is grey, as in my heart, And ever stronger blows the winter wind, And one begins to doubt the clouds will part Above a world whose people so have sinn’d.   Alone my heart will brave the … Continue reading »POEM: Winter, a Sonnet

Categories: Poetry

POEM: The Danse Macabre

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 by Sophie

See the dead on celluloid     Dancing for a coin Down the shadows come, Hush the rhythm-drum         And spirits join.   See the dead on celluoid     Beauty’s ashen grace Heavy footfalls crush, Upwards phantoms rush         And zephyrs chase.   See the … Continue reading »POEM: The Danse Macabre

Categories: Poetry

POEM: Sweet Soldier

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Sophie

  Ah! my love, the soldier-boy We follow him, for a time. When he falls, rises, falls once more, We pause. Alight. And watch to see If he will rise again. My little soldier, ever fighting on. You may sleep, … Continue reading »POEM: Sweet Soldier

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