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John Thorkild Ellison (17/04/51 / Edinburgh)
Biography of John Thorkild Ellison
For biography, please see my poem 'The Failed Mystic'.
John Thorkild Ellison's Works:
'Shadowy Flowers of Orcus' volume of poems privately published in limited edition by Newcastle Bookshop at Haltwhistle. Also, similarly, a thin volume called 'Poetry Kills'. And in 2009, a new volume entitled ' A Bit of a Larkin'. In 2011, 'Wendy Couldn't Cope' In 2012 'An Elegy for My Father'
New Poems
Popular Poems
- A 'Bad' Mother Grieves
- A Ballad of a Rock 'n Roll Dreamer
- A Ballad of Aberdeen (Mild Green Vipers)
- A Better Type of Crime (To a Moral Prig)
- A Biological Trick
- A Bird of Ill Omen
- A Bit of Advice to a Bit of a Stud
- A Bit of the Other
- A Bloke Called Sid (Aggro-Man)
- A Boy Forever
- A Brush-off
- A Calendar
- A Case Of Double Values
- A Certainty
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Writers seem to be the most prone to unshakeable routines and elaborate superstitions.
Mourning Sickness
Your endless aching prayers
In the middle of the night
To the unseen God
Bring no peace to your heart
And no respite
To a spirit sickened with grief;
The day comes round the same,
The streets, the shops, the glaring light,
People in the day-centre, mouthing empty words,
