Gemini Dragon
A selection of shorter poems from around this web-site.
Download - geminiDragon.pdf
The Rose Goes North
The latest adventure from the Silver Rose took place in June / July 2009, travelling from Invernes-shire to John O Groats, along the far northern coast of Britain to Durness, & then down to Ullapool, breaking up with his bird & taking a number of pretty photos en route
Download - TheRoseGoesNorth.pdf
The Ballad Of Pendle Hill
My latest poem retells the story of the Pendle Witches
Download - TheBalladOfPendleHill.pdf
The Silver Rose
The Silver Rose the story of my perrenial questings through the beauties of the sonnet form. En route I discovered two of those fabled flowers, which then help'd to fuel me on my adventures.
THE SILVER ROSE
In the last week of November, 1998, the Silver Rose found a second flower upon a journey through England
Download - THE SILVER ROSE.pdf
IMPERATRIX
A Grand Sequanza of Sonnets concerning the history of the British Empire
Download - IMPERATRIX.pdf
THE RETURN OF THE ROSE
The Silver Rose returns, travelling round India, Britain & Italy before returning to India to complete his education in the sonnet form
Download - THE RETURN OF THE ROSE.pdf
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
Among the side effects of plucking a silver rose, a poet will find themself with the esoteric ability to speak the language of the flowers
Download - The Language of Flowers.pdf
THE GRAND TOUR
A poem written in Ottava Rima to celebrate the discovery of my first Silver Rose, on the clifftops over Portovenere
Download - The Grand Tour.pdf
A CENTURY OF E-MAILS FROM AN ENGLISH SONNETEER
While pursuing my interest in the sonnet I happened to notice that I was travelling the world. These are the emails that I sent to friends and family along the way...
Download - epic_emails.pdf
Prose
Poets dont just write poems, y'know - they like an occasional dabble with the paragraph as well!
CABAL
My first completed novel tells the story of the Berchtesgaden Cabal, the secret society that rules the world, & its bringing down by a funky gang of hippies.
Download - caball.pdf
GETTIN LAID'
A lads guide to pullin' the fairer sex
Download - Gettin' Laid.pdf
YOUNG ROSES
In 1994 the Stone Roses were elusively recording their ne album - Second Coming - oblivious to the fact that two young lads had set out to find out what the hell was going on
Download - YOUNG ROSES.pdf
TROUBLE AT MILL
An extract from the novel FADERS - where our train jumping hero TJ Jones dodges gangsters & the cops while raving it up in Sheffield
Download - Trouble At Mill.pdf
FANNY & MEDUSA
A short story co-written with Glenda Rome
Download - FANNY & MEDUSA.pdf
NOSTRADAMIAN INTERPRETATIONS
A series of elucidations on the prophecies of Nostradamus, matching them to actual events in history
Download - Nostradamian Interpretations.pdf
Epic Poems
The Epic poem is the pinnacle of the craft, where all facets of art & existance are drawn together in a single work of art
AXIS & ALLIES
The world's first global epic, 15,000 lines long, telling the story of War from Troy to Armageddon
Download - axisallies.pdf
THE SCOTIAD - abridged
An Epic Poem for Scotland
Download - THE SCOTIAD - abridged.pdf
THE LEGEND OF ROME
The Legend of Rome is a lyrical journey through the annals of the great classical empire that was Rome, beginning with the Trojan War & ending with the sack of Rome, 500 AD.
Download - legendofrome.pdf
DRAGON SONGS
An Epic Poem for Wales
Download - DRAGONSONGS.pdf
THE MALTIAD
An epic poem for the island of Malta
Download - The Maltiad.pdf
More Poetry
No Nay Never
A history of Burnley Football Club, from its industrial origins to the recent championship playoff triumph.
UP THE CLARETS !
Download - no_nay_never.pdf
The Ballad Of Rabbie Burns
Selected duans from my lyrical biography of Scotlands National Bard.
Download - Ballad_Of_Rabbie.pdf
KURAL - Abridged
The Great Treatise on the Art of Living by Thiruvalluvar, translated into modern English
Download - KURAL - Abridged.pdf
THE RAJ AND THE ROSE
A poetical account of my adventuring around the four corners of India; from Mumbai in the west, Kannayakamari in the south, the Andaman Islands in the east and the Himalayas on the north.
Download - therajandtherose.pdf
THE MUSICAL LAGOON
This collection is my version of a modern anthology, the short set-pieces that mark the poetry of the modern age.
Download - themusicallagoon.pdf
EPYLLIADS
Three longer poems - the Gospel of Perseus, Pantheon & Bonnie Prince Charlie
Download - Epylliads.pdf
Lyrical Essays
More prose, this time with a slightly didactic bent
POETICAL ESSAYS
These essays were worked on & completed during my stay on the Sicilian island of Marettimo, winter 2006-07. In them are contained many of my thoughts, theories & contributions concerning the poetic arts.
Download - poeticalessays.pdf
ESSAYS
Three essays; Nietzche:the Nazi prophet, The Age of Mars & the Tunguskan fireball
Download - ESSAYS.pdf
TRANSLATING THIRUKKURAL
An essay describing the nuances of translating an ancient Tamil text
Download - Translating Thirukkural.pdf
I offer you a fond welcome to my website. Over the past decade or so I have dedicated myself to art of writing, especially poetry. As I am now entering my thirties I thought it would be prudent to record my work so far.
. I hope you enjoy the words.
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A wee montage of performance poetry, from the Wicker Man to the Whittinghame Estate
My bag of dodgy disco gets an impromptu performance in an Edinburgh park
A wee mission to wind up the train conductors of South England
The 'Match of the Day' version of my musical, Alibi. You can get the full version at http://www.damotunes.co.uk/alibi.html
For sale during 2010 is the world's first full calendar of haiku. The twin pillars of haiku writing are solitude & nature, & my residence, Heather Lodge, has both in abundance. I set about writing a haiku for every day of the year, the seasons progressing steadily through every new line. An example of the haiku can be found at http://www.sondra.net/al/vol13/1315AugustHaiku.htm
The calendar is on sale in Great Britain at £5 (plus P&P)- please send me an email (yodamo@hotmail.com) if you wish to order. International orders are also welcome.
