David Jones's Blog, page 1168
August 31, 2013
"We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you."
- Sylvia Plath
August 30, 2013
"All that pressure.
Be this, be that,
Conform, conform -
Wear this, not that,
Do this, no
Not that..."
All that pressure.
Be this, be that,
Conform, conform -
Wear this, not that,
Do this, no
Not that -
Wrong wrong
Wrong -
Its all your fault -
Labelled this,
Labelled that:
Society says so
Society does.
Get a job, get
Some money,
Live in a box,
Build a coffin -
No you will not
Be you, you will
Be Us -
All that pressure.
The world is cracking
At the seams.
The people are cracking
At their seams.
All that pressure.
”- David Jones
Some poems from my poetry book - Could You Ever Live...
Some poems from my poetry book -Could You Ever Live Without?The full book of poems (Kindle and Paperback) is available here.
August 29, 2013
The vision of an idyllic and peaceful childhood in The...
The vision of an idyllic and peaceful childhood inThe Travelling Circus of Lacrimosa- a rose tinted memory before the pain and distress of growing up into the adult world begins to take its toll. Growing up, coming of age and all that it entails is a major theme in the novel - perhaps the most defining characteristic of the book. William’s slowly maturing life is reflected in the ageing society: the end of the Victorian era as it teeters upon the brink of a new century, a new monarch and an e...
