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I had to do Pride and Prejudice for my 'O' level English Literature course ... yet the memory still shudders me. If only Twitter had been around 20 years ago.
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The Gods in the Jungle - a Kalieda novel
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Set on a planet far from Earth, The Gods in the Jungle is an investigation of the drives and desires, fears and beliefs of the various peoples and classes of a crumbling society, through the eyes of those immediately involved in events which threaten to bring an Empire to its knees.
The RikVerse
The RikVerse website is a living book of poems, regularly revised and updated with new work as the muse I ride sees fit
22 Facets of my Father
A set of poems loosely inspired by the Major Arcana tarot cards, investigating the relationship between a father and a son.
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Play Time
These 22 poems are some of my earlier work, from the poems that survived the post-puberty bonfire up to around the turn of the century.
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From Each Skull, A Story
None of the people described in these poems are real – they've all emerged fully formed from my imagination. Feel free to draw whatever conclusions you like from this admission.
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Poems to Quote to your Lover
In this collection, I am proud to present you with some love. These poems deal with loves and relationships in all their wonderful and woeful manifestations.
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The RikVerse: volume 1
Includes all four of the above chapbooks, at half the price!
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The RikVerse Website
The Kalieda Encyclopaedia
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In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP - We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The editor of N...7 months ago
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Home Again, Home Again - Got back from Pennsylvania a week ago, where I visited with the WCSU MFA program to read from *Made to Explode*, which won last year's Housatonic Book A...8 months ago
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Sunday Sciku | Seedy Places - Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered what amounts to a reflexive negativity bias in our sense of smell, showing that bad smel...2 years ago
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A Poetics of the Zeitgeist by Amy King - Please check out my latest pandemic-inspired essay on poetry and capitalism at Jacket Magazine – EXCERPT: Poetry is a low-stakes celebratory game in the la...3 years ago
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Jason Tandon - Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the Hec...3 years ago
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Learn The Magic Of Making Up With An Old Boyfriend - If you have recently broken up with the one who was likely to be there forever, there is a good chance you are devastated. It can be very overwhelming to t...6 years ago
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Are Rappers . . . Secret Oulipians? - As it's been getting darker and colder over the last few weeks, and the whole premise of leaving the house looks like a scam designed to entrap the dimmest...6 years ago
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As ants go - As ants go There’s something too deceitful in it, too like Fido playing fetch, a rotor tail of happiness. And back the stick comes through a swamp or thorn...6 years ago
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Magma 68 ‘Margins’ launches on July 28th - The launch of Magma 68 will be on Friday 28th July, 7pm at London Review Bookshop, 14-16 Bury Pl, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2JL. Guest readers are Fleur Adco...6 years ago
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Still Life with a Hundred Crucifixions - Aaron Smith's new collection, PRIMER, is due from Pitt on October 5 of this year. Here's a dead-on comment from Tracy K. Smith about Aaron's work: "*Aaron ...7 years ago
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Thieves, Pharaohs & Mexican Daredevils - Brandon Whitehead’s collection *Thieves, Pharaohs & Mexican Daredevils* is published by Spartan Press. The title promises a captivating collection and does...7 years ago
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Announcement in Monorhyme - I’m on the brink–I’m back I think,And I won’t blinkAt scattering inkOr making a stink—I’ll never shrinkFrom rhyme, or linkTo folly, or winkAnd have a drink...7 years ago
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Poems from NaPo 2015 – Second Week, and … - April 8 2015: Bloodlist April murder count: 40 ———-and counting. Most at risk from homicide: young men. ———-86% of homicides globally. —————I want to disbe...8 years ago
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Basti by Intizar Husain - This is a Pakistani novel from 1979, set during Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan, but with lots of flashbacks — to a pre-Partition life in In...8 years ago
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Tips Menghilangkan Bau Kulkas - Tips untuk menghilangkan bau dari kulkas Anda - Menyingkirkan bau buruk di kulkas dapat menjadi mimpi buruk tetapi tidak mustahil. Jika Anda memiliki bau b...8 years ago
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My choice cuts from Edinburgh Fringe - Just back from Edinburgh, where I saw 20 shows in 5 days. OK, 19. We were 2 minutes late for one, and missed out. Two of the shows were at the Book Festiva...8 years ago
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March Reading Schedule - Hope to see some of you! March 5 Sarah Lawrence College Class visit March 12-14 Aetna Writer-in-Residence University of Connecticut Storrs, CT...10 years ago
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Hell and havoc: Christian Wiman on writing poetry - Poet Christian Wiman, author of Every Riven Thing, took part in a Q. & A. with The New York Times this week that touched on faith, health and his "slim and...11 years ago
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Cutting Food Waste - Poetry prizes? Plagiarism? Verses off-by-heart in schools? I have missed out on all the contemporary hot literary topics, but I do have something to say...11 years ago
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