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    Learning from The Boss
    Mike Gould
    • Jun 8
    • 3 min

    Learning from The Boss

    Bruce Springsteen's brilliant 'Badlands' features these unforgettable lines: Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king...
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    Firing up
    Mike Gould
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Firing up

    Gosh. My last blog post was in July, so something happened, or more accurately didn't happen. How did I become blocked in this my most...
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    Unquiet slumbers for a sleepy world
    Mike Gould
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Unquiet slumbers for a sleepy world

    " I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind...
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    A Nightingale sang in a West Sussex park
    Mike Gould
    • Jun 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Nightingale sang in a West Sussex park

    Writing about nightingales - that's a lot of literary and musical baggage to contend with. But, hey, let's give it a go! So, earlier in...
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    The power of the short
    Mike Gould
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    The power of the short

    Bear with me, the gratuitous Spring picture has a purpose and it's not just an excuse to ramble on about Wordsworth again. Ok - it is a...
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    The voice of a visible woman - in memoriam, Jean Gould.
    Mike Gould
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    The voice of a visible woman - in memoriam, Jean Gould.

    My mother Jean passed away at the start of February. Whilst I would not presume to entirely look inside another's mind, especially one so...
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    A moment of hubris at the end of a crazy year
    Mike Gould
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    A moment of hubris at the end of a crazy year

    I was determined to go into the sea before the end of the year and cross off 'swim in December' from the resolutions I didn't make at the...
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    Find the rhythm in running and words
    Mike Gould
    • Nov 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Find the rhythm in running and words

    Let me say that I still hate jogging, unlike my wife who used to hate it and now loves it. This is not me taking a contrary position to...
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    Give it time and space
    Mike Gould
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Give it time and space

    On a boring beach, and how Wordsworth teaches us to give experience time and space.
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    It's complicated - when is a forest not a forest?
    Mike Gould
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    It's complicated - when is a forest not a forest?

    How 'Wilding' has thrown me off the forest track.
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    Sea swimming with Kylie
    Mike Gould
    • May 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sea swimming with Kylie

    I have been reading The Guardian's list of the best 100 Number One singles in the UK. Definitely worth checking out - but before you do,...
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    Ode to Belly Mujinga
    Mike Gould
    • May 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Ode to Belly Mujinga

    A poem from me about rail worker Belly Mujinga, who died after an incident at Victoria.
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    Past the wit of man to say
    Mike Gould
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Past the wit of man to say

    My thoughts on the failure of language to express our fears during Covid-19.
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    A poem about the space between us
    Mike Gould
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    A poem about the space between us

    In response to a call-out from Heather at Director's Cut Theatre, I wrote this short poem for actors to perform. I'll upload any videos...
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    On liberty, Paul Eluard, and a century of exchanges
    Mike Gould
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    On liberty, Paul Eluard, and a century of exchanges

    Shortly after the end of World War Two, a young English woman travelled to France as part of an exchange to stay with a French family...
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    A message from the Long Man
    Mike Gould
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    A message from the Long Man

    The end of 2019 was difficult, the domestic mirroring the political & I’m glad to see the back of it. Good too to get out in the fresh...
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    Bohemian Tragedy
    Mike Gould
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bohemian Tragedy

    Today: a poem. And a brief apology for the image. All I want to say this week is that I’m embarking on writing another collaborative...
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    New stories of the flood
    Mike Gould
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    New stories of the flood

    Some thoughts on floods, George Eliot and climate deniers
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    The wild artistic spaces are there - if we knew where to look
    Mike Gould
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    The wild artistic spaces are there - if we knew where to look

    There's a whole world of creative endeavour out there - you just need to look for it. My own playwriting has shown me that.
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    Starburst: a poem for National Poetry Day
    Mike Gould
    • Oct 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Starburst: a poem for National Poetry Day

    On a day in which borders are at the centre of our political discussions again, and the weather has dipped to the extent that any...
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