A couple of months back, I was asked to contribute to a fashion magazine.
WTF! Come again? I asked incredulously. Had the person who was asking me to come on board the writing team not noticed my God-given ability to constantly stay out of touch with fashion trends? Fashion advice from moi would involve acquiring a [...]
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Posted in 2006, Creative writing on January 29, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Yo, he of Lanetop fame, came up with a brilliant little idea for the Kottu community: a story blog where each blogger gets to write a small piece of a large story. With a myraid of writing styles and opinions coming to play, the results will either be a treat to read or a [...]
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Posted in Creative writing on May 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Dedicated to the one I love.
Beyond our last tomorrow
by Theena Kumaragurunathan
Love comes in four seasons:
Spring, when the heart’s flower blooms
To the gentle rays of young love;
Summer sees the flower become
The root of greater gardens;
Autumn and the flower begets
The remembrance of its past so joyous;
Winter comes last - not harsh nor cold
Yet unwelcome still for [...]
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My earlier post concerned Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est", one of my favourite poems of all time and one of the biggest influences on my own poetry. No where is this more apparent than in 'Son of a Flag' - a poem I wrote about a year back when the situation in the north [...]
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