Psychiatry in fabula

Chipped Tooth The administrator now the administered. Pulse-oximeter sirens a frenzied fear, friendly faces pace in busyness managing checklists to the unknown. Man-made epilepsy in-a-box. Temples numbing – signify it … Continue reading Psychiatry in fabula

Time passing

time passing poems by Peter: Ode to Narrative. Born backwards; could sleep standing-up, lived in a world upside-down. silent as light. grafted like a Scott; found and loved Cimbrone. Stars … Continue reading Time passing

The Poet’s House

The Poet’s House, Burngrains, Alvah, Banffshire. “The black and white photograph shows a two storeyed nineteenth century house with dormer windows to the front. The house is built of stone … Continue reading The Poet’s House

Aietandoruis poems [part II]

TIPPERLINN SUNSHINE. A cluster of small cottages women handloom weavers Tipperlinn, with a ‘reputation’ for sunshine, and the ‘best people’ in Edinburgh. RATIONAL + PRACTICAL. The sunny cottages replaced by … Continue reading Aietandoruis poems [part II]

Thoughts that became final

Stuart Kelly, in the Scotsman, 16 August 2025: a review of ‘The Empire of Forgetting’ by John Burnside “Although it reflects his longstanding concerns with haunting and mortality, this posthumous … Continue reading Thoughts that became final