Monthly Archives: July 2011

metaphor-in-waiting

Posted on July 31, 2011 by anna cowan

You know when you throw away a pair of socks, or old undies, or – as I did today – miscellaneous soft things that have been hanging about attracting mould, and then you throw normal rubbish, like food scraps, into … Continue reading →

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why the random poem?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by anna cowan

I’m not a huge reader of poems, and I think that’s exactly why I posted Epithalamion, come upon randomly in an anthology of homosexual literature throughout the ages. It goes beyond an overabundance of words – pours words out until … Continue reading →

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Epithalamion

Posted on July 22, 2011 by anna cowan

Hark, hearer, hear what I do; lend a thought now, make believe We are leafwhelmed somewhere with the hood Of some branchy bunchy bushybowered wood, Southern dene or Lancashire clough or Devon cleave, That leans along the loins of hills, … Continue reading →

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just say the thing

Posted on July 20, 2011 by anna cowan

“Just say the thing.” It’s become a kind of catch-phrase for me and Cat, and is most often accompanied by knowing smiles and head-shaking. “Just say the thing.” It was first uttered between us when Cat was re-reading the Summer … Continue reading →

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the husband as critic

Posted on July 12, 2011 by anna cowan

special k really pushed me to have a draft of my YA novel that he could read. He is now reading it, which is not the easiest thing for me, because he’s basically told me to bugger off and leave … Continue reading →

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