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Peaceful Co-existence
Spike Deane's glass art goddess Aine meets the ruler of our universe
Dougie
54 minutes ago1 min read


An Inconvenient Roundabout
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike Deane.
Dougie
Jun 192 min read


Can You - on a clear day – See Forever?
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike Deane.
Dougie
May 291 min read


Existentialism For Beginners
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike Deane.
Dougie
May 152 min read


Capercaillie
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike.
Dougie
Apr 301 min read


Have You Not Heard?
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike.
Dougie
Apr 172 min read


Skating With Angels
A poem from my first book, Something That Comes Close. Illustration by Spike.
Dougie
Apr 21 min read


The spoken word: Something That Comes Close
The spoken word. A friend recites the title poem from my book: Something That Comes Close.
Dougie
Mar 282 min read


Strolling through a suburban Sunday morning
"It could not be dangerous to be living
in a town like this, of simple people,"
Marianne Moore, 1921
Dougie
Mar 163 min read


Success is a relative notion
I am pleased that I wrote and published a book of poems. I like what I've written. I hope people will buy my book.
Dougie
Mar 143 min read


Be the (personal) change you want to see
An "Author's Proof" arrives in the mail.
Dougie
Mar 22 min read


A Glasgow girl's life.
In loving memory of our mother.
Dougie
Feb 256 min read


Part Of The Deal
For Betty.
16 January 1931 to 4 February 2025
Dougie
Feb 55 min read


Another year. Another poem in fond recollection
Matin's birthday. Remembering this force of nature with another poem.
Dougie
Jan 111 min read


Victory City by Salman Rushdie
A good read from an excellent writer.
Dougie
Jan 113 min read


Not exactly Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I may need to get out more.
Dougie
Nov 27, 20241 min read


If a tree falls in a forest ...
It can be odd the ways in which one's mind plays tricks on us. My mind certainly. Today is the 25th anniversary of my arrival in Australia.
Dougie
Nov 19, 20247 min read


Time for a change
I've made no plans which is simultaneously liberating and -- possibly -- the daftest-plan-ever in a long life of Dougie's daft plans.
Dougie
Oct 30, 20243 min read


Looking for the fourth leaf
They grant us power to see the fairies ... allegedly.
Dougie
Oct 19, 20241 min read


Old man howling at the moon
I see how it geta its name.
Dougie
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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