Pages of an Autumn Journal

Pages of an Autumn Journal

‘Pages of an Autumn Journal’ is a sequence of poems written between October and December 2016 by M E Grey, a British-origin writer resident in Brussels. Please click on the titles to read the pieces.

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“But if you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere.” Theresa May, October 2016

“Kindness is the ruling principle of nowhere.” Jan Morris, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

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Prologue (two poems, divided)

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October:

1.1 & 1.2

2. Mouth to ear

3.1 A short walk near water & 3.2 Reading Shire on a flight home

4. Seven eggs in Odessa

November:

5.1 Business district & 5.2 Meliã Castilla

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7. 35 minutes in the Prado

December:

8. Under Harlem

9. Tools (or, Capital under management)

10. Advent prayer (East Coast Main Line)

11. 28 December

12. Empirical

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Epilogue (three poems)

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For more information about the ‘Pages of an Autumn Journal’ project, click here.

For more information about the author, please visit megrey.eu.

 

(C) M E Grey 2016-2017.