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Autumn 1977

East London, Autumn 1977, and Kenny Inn and his girlfriend Natalie have both got the ache. Just 18, Kenny is already disillusioned with life, and yearning for past times, but a series of events and recollections at his brother's moving-in house party reveals the true nature of his past life. The piece contains explicit language and depicts contemporaneous attitudes that some may find unpleasant.

Letter to Nick Drake: a life within song and album titles

By way of explanation! After reading the biographies of Nick Drake by Patrick Humphries and Trevor Dann, together with the very poignant and cathartic piece by Ian MacDonald, I was rather taken with the more esoteric descriptions of Nick Drake’s life and work. Nonetheless, it occurred to me that you could achieve very much the same thing by incorporating Nick Drake’s song and album titles within a narrative, which begs the following questions. Are we just making up things about his life, by using the song and album titles as prompts or props? Or are the songs and album titles truly descriptive of his experience? In response, I put my piece of poetic prose together and I leave you to decide. I did follow a set of rules. The narrative must keep in with the stories, whether true or imagined, that accompany Nick Drake’s life. Each sentence/stanza must contain at least one song or album title, and no title can be repeated. The titles are restricted to the albums Nick Drake released, and the recordings made in a ‘professional capacity’, that is as featured in the album ‘Made to Love Magic’. There can be no reproduction of lyrics. In the end, whether or not you like the piece, you can use it as a word puzzle. See how many titles you can find. Note, there is one, albeit related, imposter! David Hannell, 09 March 2020

The Last Dance, or a punch up at a wedding

How to ruin a special day. David Hannell, 25 January 2021

The Dog Poo Fairy: or an evaluation of contemporary attitudes in Western society

Just about sums things up I think. David Hannell, 7 January 2021

My Love

Like unwelcome phone calls at the break of the day.... David Hannell, 04 August 2022

Summer Rose

And faith descended, like a dying leaf...... David Hannell, 22 April 2021

Sven-Göran Eriksson – England Manager

This poem isn’t really about Sven-Göran Eriksson, or football to be honest. It’s more about disillusionment, and seeing things as they really are. David Hannell, 12 December 2020

Kiss (Let Me Know)

Very sad, I know.... David Hannell, 25 March 2021

Can't Let You Go

With the things that we did, And the things that we said............. David Hannell, 22 June 2021

The Last Dance, or a punch up at a wedding - EXTENDED VERSION

How to ruin a special day. David Hannell, 25 January 2021

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