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ANTHONY OWEN: POEM ‘Hurricane Benjamin’

Posted on October 31, 2025

In the heart of a stolen starWe are back to wigwams againNames on limbs just incase it comesHurricane Benjamin destroyer of tents,Destroyer of children and whole bloodlines. Fuck it, lets get back…

How to be a poet: META AI advice

Posted on August 17, 2025

Shaun Belcher asks Zuckerberg’s robots how to be a poet….the answers are surprising Here the transcript of whole interaction. Ever felt down in the dumps? That the world not recognising your talents..that…

Benjamin Zephaniah, Sitting Bull and a Sleepy Nation – Andy Croft

Posted on August 1, 2025

Effective oppositional spaces are rapidly disappearing. Democratic process is blocked by inequality, authoritarianism, deceit and a narrow ideological consensus. Constitutional and legal constraints on power, within and between nation states have no…

The Greenwash Recycle – Shaun Belcher

Posted on July 8, 2025

THE GREENWASH RECYCLE Starts in a marketing agency hand-out around the milleniumSocial demarcation and quantifying statistics showed newer markets More social class segmentation and new science of social media metricsIdentified new opportunities…

The hedgehog and the goose – Shaun Belcher

Posted on May 1, 2025

ECOLOGICAL THEMES IN THE POETRY OF ALASDAIR MACLEAN AND WILLIAM NEILL. “At heart no flyer,  I bristle timidly when touched. When the ice comes I retreat beneath it. I choose at last…

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