Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

The Masque of Anarchy (in the UK)

Posted on 05/10/2019 by Bobby Seal

  As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.     24th May 2004 Paper coin — that forgery … Continue reading →

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Car Park Life by Gareth E Rees

Posted on 19/08/2019 by Bobby Seal

Car parks are an intrinsic part of the landscape, like them or not, and if they are going to encroach on the space where our common grounds, marketplaces, municipal buildings, factories and marshlands once were, then we have a right … Continue reading →

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The Ghost Railway

Posted on 19/03/2019 by Bobby Seal

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter T.S. Eliot – ‘The Waste Land’ A spring morning with an eerie stillness in the air and a sense of foreboding within me. Keep … Continue reading →

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A Cage of Shadows by Archie Hill

Posted on 14/03/2019 by Bobby Seal

It’s the men of the Black Country who ever held me in bond, the native born. Between them, in a sort of composite form, they provided me with a substitute father. The simplicity of them, the strength, and sincerity. And … Continue reading →

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East of England by Eamonn Griffin

Posted on 28/02/2019 by Bobby Seal

I have to confess a personal interest in East of England: having enjoyed Eamonn Griffin’s work on Twitter for quite a while, I was one those who helped crowdfund this novel. I’m pleased to say that I am not disappointed. … Continue reading →

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Return to Fieldgate Street

Posted on 29/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

Why can’t I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply. Patti Smith, Just Kids When I was a student in London in the 1970s I lived in a tenement block called Fieldgate Mansions … Continue reading →

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Mothlight by Adam Scovell

Posted on 25/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

  I scraped away a line of dust from the glass to reveal the moth inside. It had faded too, its lower left wing detached almost entirely and now disintegrating at the bottom of the frame. Something struck me about … Continue reading →

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Of Ice and Fire: January 2019 Book Reviews

Posted on 22/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate – Nancy Campbell (Scribner UK, 2018) Nancy Campbell is a poet and a printmaker. She ascribes her fascination with the world’s icy places to the snow globe she had as a … Continue reading →

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Misty Morning

Posted on 20/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

Misty morning Damp, clinging blanket Icy wheedling fingers Into every crevice and crack The trees a hazy, spectral vision Winter-breathed image upon smoked glass slide      

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Croft Peace Garden

Posted on 10/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

The Croft Peace Garden is a small parcel of land in Holt Street, Wrexham. It is built on ground that was formerly a burial site for members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1963 the site was gifted to … Continue reading →

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