The history of the date is quite significant from several occurrences going back as far as 1066. The Norman conquest began way back then on this date.
David's Writings
Monday, October 14, 2024
Writing - 14th October
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Poetry Thursday 61 - Consequences
Our current age could be described in Yorkshire, England as 'slack set up'. We no longer seem to allow disappointment at sub-optimal performance. As individuals, it is also okay to have some pride in the successful completion of even the most basic tasks.
Consequences
A man failed to complete a task,
a job within his skillset,
his group have to do more than asked,
without a display of upset.
Another man failed to complete a task,
a job within his skillset,
his group have to do even more than asked,
without a display of upset.
At last a man completed the activity,
within his skillset but suffering injury,
the job is completed rather sketchily,
one of the group suffering accidentally,
because others failed to perform adequately.
©David L Atkinson October 2024
God Bless
Monday, October 7, 2024
Writing - Creation
Today we celebrated creation Sunday which was not about creativity on a human level but as a source of inspiration at that level, a very interesting perspective.
The Earth is a topic we should all be aware of daily and not just as observers. We all have a responsibility to maintain our environment.
Lecture over and now creativity. Again it is the planet we inhabit that is the source. Everything from flora to fauna, weather and natural events, provide inspiration for every branch of art and creativity you can imagine. The book jacket above I created in my own clumsy way, to illustrate what is going on in the story trapped between those covers. The blurb is not going to help explain but does hint at what is transpiring.
A man is found dead in the massive Kielder Forest in Northumberland and the initial reports suggest suicide. A member of Patrick A Steele’s team feels that is not the whole story and an investigation ensues that leads the team into conflict with some of the most powerful people in the UK. Steele can mete out his own brand of justice initially but when the power companies and the government become involved Steele has to tread carefully.
As the author my feelings towards the subjects of corporate greed and global warming come through in this story and can be purchased for Kindle at £3.07 from Amazon.
Advertisement over creativity requires shades to enhance the 3D nature of the works we produce and the Earth provides us with a gloriously over-stuffed source of enhancements that we can use in all forms of creativity.
What would Picasso's blue period be like without the blue? Why that colour?
Van Gogh made sunflowers famous.
Wordsworth wandering lonely as a cloud would have been bereft without his daffodils.
Creativity mirrors creation in a continual stream of different viewpoints, styles and media and will always do so while there are people on the Earth to produce such artefacts.
God Bless
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Poetry Thursday 60 - Poisonous Mushroom
The conflict in the middle east has stirred memories of the 1960's that are rather disturbing.
Poisonous Mushroom
The spectre of roiling mushrooms haunted the sixties,
overshadowing the lives of teenies and oldies,
municipal responses through civil defence,
because countries took international offence.
Anderson shelters built during World War 2,
kits dug into gardens to protect you,
no Anderson value today if bombs begin to fall,
against the earthquaking fireball.
Lifetimes passed and conflicts came and went,
still no learning a conflict in development,
protagonists different but arguments the same,
they are all right, nobody takes the blame.
Malevolence spreads like Covid 19,
the Zionist sheriff targets where Indians have been,
firing their Gatlings indiscriminately,
to displace first nations brutally.
The innocents suffer the politicians’ plans,
cannon fodder to be buried in the sands
of time lost to all levels of reason,
the depths of humanities treason.
©David L Atkinson October 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
Writing - Celebrity or not?
I have made my attitude towards celebrity before but last week I was delighted to read about someone I would say is a 'proper' celeb.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Writing - Thank you Maggie
Dame Maggie Smith died 27/09/2024 aged 89 years.
Maggie Smith
Royalty of stage and screen,
an amazingly talented acting queen,
she entertained millions throughout my journey,
in a myriad of roles with consummate ability.
Exhibiting acerbic wit and even magical powers,
Maggie entertained us for hours and hours,
but now her earthly journey is done,
we will be subjected to hours of fun,
watching reruns of films she has done.
©David L Atkinson September 2024
God Bless
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Poetry Thursday 59 - Them
We are not an island. The human animal is a social creature but nevertheless still a biological entity that is not above any other creature but part of the biosphere that is our Earth.
Them
Why do we stare at screens,
watch shows with thousands of scenes,
read books with super stories,
depicting a myriad of human glories?
And crave more of the same,
similar takes with similar name.
It’s all because of them,
providing a sparkle, making a gem,
magnetic relationships are the draw,
encouraging us to beg for more.
From their very youngest member,
from January to December,
the way they spend time united,
with unknowable light touch delighted.
as strong as a spider’s gossamer,
and warm as the sun in summer.
Capable of actions with dazzling magic,
but with outcomes that can be tragic,
every scene written or filmed a gem,
all about interactions between them.
©David L Atkinson September 2024
God Bless
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