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Slain by Summer

02/11/202402/11/2024 / N. P. Ryan

Slain by Summer. Part 2 of 3. Continue reading →

Anxiety

30/01/202230/01/2022 / N. P. Ryan

uday-mittal

 

Poetry without comment beyond thanks to Uday Mittal for use of the image x

 

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I Don’t Understand

03/02/201915/09/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Following on from Perfect, nobody is; all of us have something we don’t understand. But is that what’s meant when the words are said? Continue reading →

Winter is Coming

16/12/201829/11/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Christmas is meant to be full of celebration and joy; for many, though, it can be a dark time brimming with morbidity and doom in a place far from fun and festivity.

Humbug, we say.

Bah humbug!

While calling these people Ebenezer Scrooge.

What the Dickens, then Continue reading →

All Along the Watchtowers

27/10/201827/05/2023 / N. P. Ryan

Welcome to a world of anxiety, anger and insecurity; a place where Abandonment Issues rule the day unknown.

Whether a first time visitor or previous—maybe even current—resident, The Medusa Protocol hopes to show as much as relate and commiserate.

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Motorcycle Despatch Riding Time Machine

26/08/201822/06/2026 / N. P. Ryan

Reflections on the Thames from an early 90s London Bridge.
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No Thanks

03/06/201831/10/2018 / N. P. Ryan / 1 Comment

This poem is inspired by one written a few weeks ago: Hollywood

Hollywood relied on a play of words to say something concise about a serious subject.

It also used a ‘playground metre’ to give it a ring-of-roses feel; the hope being to replicate the flippancy frequently shown dark matters. Continue reading →

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Hawkwind, Bristol Beacon, 13th June 2026

Hawkwind, Bristol Beacon, 13th June 2026

An absolutely incredible show as usual from Hawkwind, only this one was

Reflections on the Thames as seen from London Bridge

Reflections on the Thames as seen from London Bridge

The following is a reworking of a poem and post that originally appeared in 2018:

Ameretat: punk fire straight from the hardcore of Earth

Ameretat: punk fire straight from the hardcore of Earth

Ameretat’s self titled debut album, released 2025, opens with ‘Ghazal-e-ātish / Posht-e-pardeh’ (‘Ode to the Fire / Behind the Veil’). The track starts with a medium paced but purposeful drum beat before a slice of feedback introduces

T.A.T (There’s Always Time) Debut Album YOU SUCK !!! Reviewed

T.A.T (There’s Always Time) Debut Album YOU SUCK !!! Reviewed

When reviewing There’s Always Time’s EP ‘Breathe’ in 2024, I described the sound as dark, moody, Bauhaus-esque in tone and stalking like a cold shadow carrying a jagged-edged knife with vocals that reach Polystyrene-levels of pitch and passion. All of those components remain thoroughly present on debut album YOU SUCK !!!. Only now

The Hammer of Dreams

The Hammer of Dreams

He’d always dreamed Of teaching grandchildren Invaluable life skills Like never

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Drinking in a dingy bar by the sea, crumpled postcard from Her and World’s Biggest Ray Zero for company; then the son of a starts saying I’m cursed. Praise Be to lighting-up another smoke. Inhale, taste a foul brand: the Hex She put on me. Promised Heaven, delivered a dive nightclub Hell. Thank the Lord for liquor loving hot chicks. Though nothing compares to how it’ll feel catching up with Her.

Wanted a quick bit of business and gone. Bath had other ideas. First, battered and left for dead after a hundred heart-breaking truths. Then a Police Chief with a saggy old treasure chest of secrets to keep needs a scapegoat. Dumps me in the middle of corruption so deep it eases through bone to suck greedy at marrow. With every gun pointing my way, Hell, not even He’s gonna get me outta this one.

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