Unusual for me to be lost for words, but that I fully was when opening an email a few weeks back claiming to be from a major record label. It asked if I wanted to be involved in an incredible project involving one of the biggest bands around. It turned out to be true, the band in question wanting to make their last ever release special for a number of reasons, one of which being only asking a handful of independent reviewers to review it pre release. Continue reading
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Orange Abyss of Death
Things that annoy me make me write poetry; this week I was particularly vexed by the quality of an orange: Continue reading
Fruits of the Loon: Tomato and Stu
The ongoing delve into mental health via the medium of fruit-infused poetry. Continue reading
One Banana, Two Banana
Revisiting Fruits of the Loon for the purposes of Instagram lead to me once again facing arch nemesis Banana: the fruit that foiled like no other. Continue reading
Lime II: Fruits of the Loon Revisited
Transferring older poems to Instagram has allowed the opportunity to revisit them. Below, thoughts on the Fruits of the Loon series in particular pertaining to the piece on Lime.
With thanks to Vino Li for use of the image of sliced lime, cropped and coloured by me (licensing). Continue reading
Fruit Baskets: A Damning Indictment
Before fruit baskets it was just a bunch of grapes the sick got given. It made sense that while in hospital with nothing to do they’d have plenty of time to tread grapes for wine, a drink essential to healthy wellbeing, big pans left under the bed for anytime they fancied a little squish of fruit beneath feet and between toes.
However, thanks to advances in medicine the sick are no longer as ill as they used to be, and these days can be given whole fruit baskets so their time convalescing can be spent creating not just vino but also all sorts of juices and smoothies as well.
Who knows, but at this rate it surely won’t be long before the unwell are able to operate micro breweries and small artisan patisseries while recovering too.
Fruits of the Loon: Lime
A four part series on the joys and disappointments of fruit. Number Two: Lime
Fruits of the Loon: Tangerine
A four part series on the joys and disappointments of fruit. Number One: Tangerine
N. P. Ryan 