According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Below you can read the fifth of my 2017 poems. I am wondering if I should be using more punctuation at the end of some lines. I am trying not to get to […]
According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Below you can read the fourth of my 2017 poems. Thanks to Ted Eames for his continued advice and encouragement. Despite my lack of confidence I am enjoying my therapeutic daily visits to
According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Below you can read the second of my 2017 poems. Syllables are what I am having a problem with at the moment. I really struggle sometimes with the construction of language as
According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Below you can read the second of my 2017 poems. I find this quite embarrassing as I am not sure weather my efforts are any good, but these poems are constructed from
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According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. I find this quite embarrassing as I am not sure weather my efforts are any good, but these poems are constructed from the heart and fuelled by the frustration I feel due
These are tough times in which we live and I see no sign that things are going to get any easier soon. This reminds me of a letter I received from Ossie Ardiles in 1992 after he was appointed as manager of West Bromwich Albion. He was responding to a letter I had written to
Throughout the 2016/17 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look back at classic Wrexham games from the past that I will share in this blog over the coming months. 14-01-33 Wrexham v Southport League Division Three (Northern Section) Racecourse Ground Result:
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Taken from Disabled People Against Cuts website It’s difficult if not impossible to adequately define the outcomes of Brexit for anyone living in the UK let alone for disabled people. The result where a small minority of the electorate voted to leave the EU has so far caused massive political turmoil but no concrete proposals
I made my TV debut today and have spent the day enjoying plaudits from friends and family who are all very proud of me for coming across well. BBC Wales Today: My TV Debut After conducting the interview a few days before I flew into a blind panic as I’m my own worse enemy. On
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According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Tanka consist of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanised or translated) usually with the following pattern of: 5-7-5-7-7.* Note that the 5-7-5-7-7 is syllables. The 5-7-5 is called the
