September 2014 is
meant to be the date Scotland
I hope for more referendums on nation status within the UK
and UK EU membership by 2018 as I believe devolution is the proper way
forward for Europe
however this referendum could be held in the year of Nevilles Cross, Methven Halidon Hill, The Standard and Solway Moss and the result would have the same chance of
victory
an Independent Scotland will like
any other post 2020 nation find its
future state more the land of the
battle of Sauchieburn than the land of Bannockburn
i have noted that
when I was ill years ago i read a lot of
shipwreck and island novels when I was recovering indicative of my ICU condition and now in what is becoming long
unemployment post redundancy
I turn to lost kingdoms and dead dynasties blowing my nose for ducal burgundy and getting up each morning according to the prophecies
of Merlin
looking back on
history is a sign of a failing of
a society for example the current
BBC TV
obsession with the Tudors in drama and documentary now with
Gregorys white queen on TV opening up
the war of the Clone Roses era
Tudors the prequels
The Tudors were the
last personality driven dynasty with an
indifference to affairs in Europe
the last time England had a clean
non colonial past Tudor England
with its strong economy and with its wolseys and tom Cromwell poor lads made good in power.
.A modern age between the
medieval kings in armour and followed
by the dithering Rizzio
-Stuarts and the
Hanoverians who as you may see appear in portraits all wearing T shirts with the slogan " I'm with Stupid!
here is to the 21st
century independence of Scotland
and Wales or do I mean more realistically
on the old maps Far North
Britain and Far West
Britain
a new age but cross a fire
to get there
much of my poetry remains pencil notes
quickly disposed of 45
pencil note poems unpublished
since October 2012 lost to the ages ha ha and farewell
to my various versions of zennor
wedding ,complicated poems about twist
physics and time travel, the poem about Leonardo
da Vinci whitening boards and asking anyone passing had they seen a monster and others
too twee to name
salters ghost as on previous post among my most popular poems
to date
had noted on some forums quite by chance of posting i was uploading
(one after the other even thought
they were written months apart )sea theme poems about whales , sea ghosts and mermaids and started
getting reputation of "a sea poet
albeit a good one " and me living miles inland
just writing what comes into my head try to get off themes of
rewrite history, fantasy and fish poems but no matter what all in the same basic complex
style
my voluntary work soon ended as
i was told too highly skilled for
them to use as volunteer and the existing trainer being near retirement age and only doing health and safety manual handling training
nothing funding wise for
employability or IT
"Thank you for recent interest in volunteering with us
as a Tutor.
After a few meetings we have agreed that the subjects we are
developing at the moment don't correspond with your subjects"
noted that at least two of the existing community learning IT centres still using windows xp so my
skills in teaching windows 8 not needed
why did I spend 18
years teaching and learning about
IT to get to this state
frustrated at this even though know this stagnation will end
despite how nice it may seem to
those lucky to still be on the 9-5 do not like sitting at home spending my long days reading and writing poetry
got to the point
thinking I will never work again
even my annual
subscriptions to my professional body and
alumni associations look
like needless expense
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