New York New York – always there in black and white.
Call me old-fashioned but I love New York – I’m not sure why I am saying this today but, hey, I’ve said it now. I woke up this morning thinking of the music of George Gershwin and the famous and…
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The Wolf returns to Kungfu again.
After a couple of months of inactivity I am back in my small Lewes courtyard garden doing my martial arts practice and it feels great. It would feel even greater if I was any good at it after all these…
I always loved Elgar’s Violin Concerto so I wrote a sonnet about it.
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Today sees the publication of another of my poems, Sonnet On The One Hundredth Anniversary of Elgar’s Violin Concerto as Today’s Poem in the online journal Every Day Poets (see LINKS to the right of this column…
Eve Arnold and Marilyn Monroe – a marriage made in Heaven.
Eve Arnold (1912 – 2012) The great American photojournalist Eve Arnold has died just a few months before her 100th birthday. She took many great photographs but I shall always remember her as the woman who captured whatever there was…
Laughing for the camera or the painter is serious stuff
Three Laughing Men by Yue Minjun We are all told to smile for the camera, to say cheese and, whatever else we may feel like when we’re being snapped by an adoring parent or bored school photographer, we must, at…
Palindromes – a great game for neurotics and a good idea for a Fibonacci poem.
I must like playing with words, I suppose I have always done it, but it is only in the last few years have a found an outlet for my neurosis by writing poetry, especially Fibonacci poetry based on precise syllabic…
Justice but no relief for Stephen Lawrence’s brave, dignified and pioneering parents.
Doreen and Neville Lawrence received some vindication when the trial of two of their son’s murderers ended in London yesterday with a guilty verdict. I join with many others here in Britain in celebrating their achievement by persevering in bringing…
My first snowdrop here in my Lewes garden.
A shiny new year, a clean sheet, some new poems published and this solitary snowdrop in my garden – I am ready for new things now that the festive season is fading away.
Happy New Year to all wolfiewolfgang’s readers – we have spent three years together this week. Thanks for reading.
My primroses are in bloom promising a better year ahead for us all…I hope they are right. Happy New Year, World.
Some great 2011 Reuters photographs from some brave photographers – let’s imagine a better 2012.
A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration. Cairo, Egypt 28/1/2011 “I was in south Sudan covering the referendum when I found out that there were going to be protests in Egypt. I felt that there…