Writing
Lyrics and Poems
A selection of the lyrics I’m happiest with, and a few poems.
(Only) the Sea
Inspired by the book The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, by Buddhist ideas of impermanence, …
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Birdsong
He understands the language of birdsong.
He knows each fluted warning
Is a territorial border
Each …
Haiku
My room is silent
Knocking round the house downstairs
Your October cough
Norman Lamont 7/11/07
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Tom was a radical, Helen a Jew
They talked long and deeply of all they’d been …
Late 08 haiku (1)
Sometime in November I set myself the task of writing a haiku, or at least …
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The story varies a little each time I tell it. I guess it’s just …
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Nicole
I started inventing this walking along Hanover St. The analyst verse was the first. Originally …
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Rainstick
A rainstick
Takes its time
To shower seeds
Along its spine
I wish I’d given
Ample …
Submarine Girl
The comma between Submarine and Girl should preserve me from accusations of smut. I started …
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The Ballad of Bob Dylan
As I’ve often told it, I was trying on jeans in a shop in Leek, …
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The Ever Open Door
I wrote this in Leek, Staffordshire, still under the Dylan influence, but never played it. …
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The Tourist Shop
The tourist shop
I walked into a tourist shop
Where many tourists are
Funny hats and beachtowels
Beside a …
The Wind Like Lace on Greenan Shore
The song emerged from a jam with Gil Murray, a friend I met in Queensferry, …
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Voyage of the Dimmed
The captain is on the bridge. The captain peers into the distance and gently corrects …
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