Author: sjpocock
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Back in Britain after 45 years abroad 2
Language is in constant evolution. Here are some things I noticed about my own language after spending 45 years away: Social media issues: Of course the arrival of social media has led to many changes in people’s use of language, whereby “written language” has merged with the “spoken language”, especially visible in chats and texts.…
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Back in Britain after 45 years abroad 1
There were many funny little things to notice, such as seeing folk wandering around the streets clutching enormous paper mugs of watery coffee, or consuming endless bottles of “spring water”. But those were easy to brush off. This was more serious: “Don’t be judgemental!” I don’t think I heard this advice levelled at me more…
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Poems 4
And here’s another poem I wrote, a few years back now. A little too obsessed with rhyme and shape. The Next Day A restless night: the wind and rain Thrash against my window pane, And in the middle of the squall I hear a sound so slight, so small: A tinkling bell? A ring? A…
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Poems 3
Sometimes I write my own poems too. This was one that actually got long-listed for a poetry award here in the UK. Break of Day I never saw you at the break of day, Your golden hair nestling at my side, Your breathing, light upon my face; The perfume of your presence, With such…
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