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The Emergent Spiral

Paul John Dear

Drummer, writer and photographer, curating an offering of soul as The Emergent Spiral.

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Tree(t)ime

Late October Sun behind the Beech Hedge. Wiston, Scotland 2026.

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I love trees. All year ro...

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Turn turn again

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I am the river

no beginning and no end

springing to winter

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I am the ocean

spiralled dance through cloudy ravine

delta lady branch

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I am that old tree

rooted in the living earth

cherry blossom fire

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I am rusted leaf

cradl...

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Poetic Forms

Today I am beginning a series on Poetic Forms. I will visit a particular poetic form once a month. Why you might ask? Well, for these reasons.

  1. The desire to stretch myself. As a poet who uses free verse primarily I think dipping into...
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B by Me

My first born came into the world 41 years ago today. The memory is fresh and evocative. We are in different places today but she is with me. I am being pulled in different directions in life. I am open to the pulling.

The ancesto...

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halting raindrops

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i stack the dishes beside the sink

a sculpted piece of procrastination

i call it art and continue doing nothing.

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the pile sneers at me whilst i piss my

poetry into the ocean of oblivion and

wonder why the levels do not change....

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