I just read some of this volume at the Open Book reading is Thames Valley Texas (updates at link above or direct here https://shaunbelcher.com/writing/?cat=106) This is a kind of auto-biography of myself and my hometown of Didcot where I lived for a good part of 30 years. The title is a reference to the love…
Green Politics
FOSSILS: Dark Weather
The playgrounds were strewn with ashSmoke still billowed from the underpassFurther out in the estuary steam roseFrom the tanker now beached and rusting Lights now only flickered around the estateOn every other day to conserve energyMilk floats converted to run on steamCarried bodies of those who froze Up the icy streets to the crematoriumThe one…
The Moon Turned Dark: Dark Weather
Moon Turned Dark MOON TURNED DARK (LG Revised version) June 1783 a balloon of hot air made of paper is launched then a test of silk and hydrogen that travels 15 miles before crashing into the minds of two peasants who attack the monster despite the authorities appeal not to be scared of these globes…