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One of the Finest Authors You Have Never Read
Possibly last millennium my friend Steve Kirby, drummer with the band I played with “Spoon” (not the famous Spoon) lent me a book called the Day of Judgement by an author called Daniel Easterman called “The Day of Wrath”. I am not one for what might be termed “political thrillers” but this grabbed me by turning the expected stereotypes completely upside down.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Lifehack
From The Underworld
I was chatting with my Muse and “From The Underworld” by The Herd came on the player. I thought that would be a perfect for a poem for her given our love of Greek Mythology. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice came to mind which you can read here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
How To Win The Lottery and Make money on Scratch Cards
This is a vague experiment on clickbait , Search Engine Optimisation (acronymed to SEO) stolen from my Seven Days In blog (It’s my most read story with almost two thousand reads and you can read the original here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Gamers
Eddie Has Left The Building
Encountering Meatloaf in The Rocky Horror Picture Show The first time I had an encounter with Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – Left This Mortal Plane January 20, 2022), was watching the excellent musical Richard O’ Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” featuring Tim Curry as the sweet transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter - A Scientist and Meatloaf as Eddie, an Ex Delivery Boy on a Motorcycle with only half a brain who met his comeuppance with a pick axe.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
My Brilliant Star
I use the word brilliant a lot, but don’t really notice it in others. My Muse has been experimenting with it as she sees it as an English thing, but has had positive reactions. Talking with my Muse I said I wanted to use it to describe her.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
