hugh wade

Tag: contemporary

  • Haiku #2

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    years old tears burst free southern highway winter rain hearing sad love songs

  • Nightclubbing

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    Riding the night club juggernaut In our smoky minds … Spilling out of Cornucopia We wandered the party nightscape Before checking out Hysteria Peering into Myopia Then settling for Fantasia for a while Moving on as the night grew hazier We forgot about Amnesia Something fishy about Miasma Dystopia was too crowded Landed in Nirvana…

  • My New Hat

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    I won’t go back to Nebraska She said as she sold me a hat There’s more of the world here in Newtown And that, my man, is a fact The hatband grabbed my attention Rasta red, yellow and green Then the shape, pattern, colour and pricing Completed the hat of my dreams Perfectly weighted for…

  • When Dad had a stroke

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    Tidying up before you go OBE (Over Bloody Eighty) Tripping through your roots Back home on family soil Touching base with sisters and bro Measure your survival in memories England Scotland Ireland Wales Your Four Nations tour With your loved one by your side O lucky man, To have a second chance and get it…

  • Bronte Midnight

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    Water darting in the rockpools Quicksilvered by the moon Rugged raggedy waves roar          In the nooks and crannies          of the stalwart stones A crinkling luminescence Pulses on the horizon just off Bondi As a darker poem struggles Beneath my hurt and aloneness for the breath of life

  • Haiku #1

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    trembling on a branch shards of snow fading away buds will soon appear

  • Constantly evolving Pop-Up Gallery

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    It’s been a while. I must have been having fun in the corporeal world. Part of that fun has been creating the pieces on show in this short video. Feedback is always appreciated … I never know if what I make is rubbish or gold. Here’s the video … 2014 PopUpGallery … constantly evolving from…

  • Without a phone

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    Without a phone   Without a phone first time in long time Highlights dependence on instant communication   Across the globe My country is now the world at large Not just my island in the South Where life is easy and sunny   Something about Europe has got into my blood The languages, culture, the…

  • Random travel jottings

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    Random travel jottings   hard to think about there while immersed in here   English cops with machine guns texting at the airport food counter flip flop changes over thirty years back then Spain had armed Guardia Civil England had old, friendly and unarmed bobbies   London, England, a disappointment expensive, over-rated, under-resourced cold, rainy…

  • Urunga Slice

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    A few years ago, I spend a couple of years with my ageing Mum. It was the best of times and the worst of times. My family was grateful for the support of the community in the small coastal town where she lived. This is a thank you to that community. Now that I live…