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    Flow, Earth

    We haven’t room to simply let down our hair and full-Being flow anymore (. . .  did we ever? We try at clubs, through music laughter and…… Read more “Flow, Earth”

    March 5, 2020January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Connection and Peace.

    We come with no knowledge to this place and share nothing with each other of the essential key that grows inside us like a living being, limned…… Read more “Connection and Peace.”

    January 31, 2020January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    i dream of rosehip tea.

    it was months ago when i picked rosehips along my path home by the sea, slipping each one like a little gold nugget into the pockets of…… Read more “i dream of rosehip tea.”

    November 13, 2019September 12, 2021 by Kate Gough

    …That Thing with Wings

    Autumn breathes on my facefrom afar — so fresh! — stirringevery unique nerve ending tosudden, electric life. As if my mother’s cool handrested gently on my arm,I’m…… Read more “…That Thing with Wings”

    September 24, 2019February 9, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Capital

    you reach out a hand to pull sky down, stars, yes the heavens themselvesare but bread to you, so you break it,break it all upon the ground,…… Read more “Capital”

    May 11, 2019January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Realism.s

    My own particular brand of bleak is firm, and unambiguous enough to recognise our dark as a basic truth: the world-rending fire of the human soul is…… Read more “Realism.s”

    May 2, 2019January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Potent.ial

    at the end of days all days, including today, I am terrified of tomorrow, as if every sleep is a death, a dreamless, black hole that will…… Read more “Potent.ial”

    May 1, 2019January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    work

    A poet’s work is no respector of designations like quantity, or achievement, or target, start, and finish. We dance to the beat of our own loves, our…… Read more “work”

    April 29, 2019January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Poet (dried).

    This is trench warfare. As bloody useless and harrowing as. No one really gains ground. No one really wins. Even waiting or withholding takesone to the grave,…… Read more “Poet (dried).”

    April 28, 2019January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    magic at lunch

    … and  *such*  stillness!  as my blood sped up, so did the rest of me I suppose.  I felt time spread out in front of me again,…… Read more “magic at lunch”

    November 22, 2018January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Levertov, Dust

      A Gift   Just when you seem to yourselfnothing but a flimsy webof questions, you are giventhe questions of others to holdin the emptiness of your…… Read more “Levertov, Dust”

    April 26, 2018February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    ^folk, (o)=e

    excerpt from my journal: ———————”I think there’s really something magical about folk music. I’m sitting in Connemara in a pub and there’s these 3 guys just chillin’…… Read more “^folk, (o)=e”

    April 26, 2018January 30, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Hilariously Flippant Lecture Quotes !!!

    Sometimes looking back at your class notes from University is really enlightening… other times… it goes like this: “don’t blame Catherine, Henry…we’ll get you some fertility counselling”…… Read more “Hilariously Flippant Lecture Quotes !!!”

    April 26, 2018January 31, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Today

    I cannot write. Cannot write, cannot write cannotwritecannotwrite.There is nothing to say, it’s all been read,saidanddone. I cannot writeright: my idealism won’t countenance these mongrel awkwardnesses, won’tafford…… Read more “Today”

    April 10, 2018February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    contact.

    stars spark in the blackened deep: fingertips of the gods (carefully holding in bright hands a ravaged planet, burnt flowers drifting down from each. point. of. contact.…… Read more “contact.”

    February 12, 2018February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Local Photography on Canvas

    Merry Christmas Everybody!!! I’m excited to announce that a selection of my local photography has been accepted for sale at the tourist centre in Llandudno, North Wales!…… Read more “Local Photography on Canvas”

    December 17, 2017February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Perspective

    my brain bendsbars of lightwith aplomb, shifting universea simple excercise inrelativity; no excusefor helplessness c. Kate Gough Photo by Jordan Johnson on Unsplash

    December 16, 2017February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    untitled

    making art: metaphor, metamorphosis, metastasis, m e a n i n g c. Kate Gough Photo by Pierre Bamin on Unsplash

    October 23, 2017February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

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    n. (id-ee-oh-LAY-lee-uh) – use of a private or invented language.

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    n. (ull-trah-crepp-ih-DARE-ee-un) – an ignorant or presumptuous critic; one who gives opinions beyond his knowledge.

    (L. phrase ultra crepidam, “beyond the sole,” reply of Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler.)

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