There’s a video of X-Ray Spex performing Identity that sticks in my mind. The video is live footage, and described on YouTube as 1978 Revolver Out-Take. The first time I saw it I […]
Wings of a Butterfly
I wanted to say thank you, too. I have been told many times to think about sharing my work – Particularly thinking about the professions I may consider working in, […]
Two Jewels;
In very crude geological terms Diamonds and jewels are formed deep down underground and under intense pressure. These elements and conditions form something beautiful rare and coveted.
My call and xx What a special moment xx
Poetry from the heart… Imagine for a second being alone in the world, not this world as it is now of chaos and opposition, solution and love. More a time […]
Consciousness
So, like a rising tide of awareness unlearnt I am becoming aware. But it’s driven up from an internal and external consciousness. That liminal gap or finite and infinite place […]
The HiVE
I am connected to the idea of the #hive as the #bees ? are a perfect example to us. But would we ever listen to the wing beat of a […]
An outstretched hand. ‘I will carry your words to the masses, as you are me’
Although hideously disillusioned and very pessimistic, I am in fact the happiest and at my most honest to myself I have ever been. Freudian theory is storming back in. I […]
I got to say something and people listened
#CCCUPIL20 crowd sourced poem So, there I sit waiting to be introduced. Thinking, what can I possibly say to this room of academics and students? What value is there in […]
Innovator or a mud skipper carried on the back of the black dog?
On the dawn of the new year and the plans and hopes ahead. Thomas Delahunt reflects and asks the community of butterflies to respond. Using the poem “draw away to […]
The therapeutic beauty of poetry
On the dawn of THEawards Francesca Hufton reflects on her very first symposium. She understands, engages and reflects the ethos of the butterfly flame beautifully. I adore how this small […]