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Hello!
Hello! I’m Ed Garvey-Long and I write poetry. My debut pamphlet, “The Living Museum” is now out with Selcouth Station Press, you can buy them hereĀ or email me directly for signed copies: houseofeddus@gmail.com Get in contact if you wish: @eddus houseofeddus@gmail.com Continue reading Hello!
I collect my thoughts in my mind inexpertly :: Journal 14th Jan – 18th Jan
14th Jan Last night I thought about holidays, train journeys, meeting up for dinner, being close to people you miss. This morning it is raining with a papered over grey-white sky. Every surface is wet but a wet thatās set in, as if itās been a while since the actual rain, but itās settled on surfaces like snow does. At night Iām discovering new sleep … Continue reading I collect my thoughts in my mind inexpertly :: Journal 14th Jan – 18th Jan
the rapid collapse of society :: Journal 4th Jan – 9th Jan 2021
4th Jan – a calm sense of closure I mean, itās definitely the quietest birthday Iāve ever had, no trips, no visitors. Last year we saw Ian McKellanās one man show, packed into a tiny theatre seat amongst strangers. Given the limitations of these days I didnāt want to leave the house much anyway. We took a nice walk in the late afternoon. Spent the … Continue reading the rapid collapse of society :: Journal 4th Jan – 9th Jan 2021
the dopey sense of universal love :: Journal 1st Jan – 3rd Jan 2021
1st Jan 2021 – an already cold room Last night we watched the 2019 version of Little Women and the detail of Joās inky fingers made me miss having inky fingers from using this pen. The year has begun, an already cold room. A difficult grey place, given the world weāve had to live in. Enjoy the quiet of the room, the pleasure-pain bite of … Continue reading the dopey sense of universal love :: Journal 1st Jan – 3rd Jan 2021
Eddus Watches: AJ and the Queen
Rupaul’s Drag Race has been a huge success, it’s been on for over a decade with 11 main seasons, 4 all stars seasons, and most recently the excellent UK version for BBC Three.Ā Unsurprisingly Rupaul has been searching for another project to capitalise on this success, to strike while the hot glue gun is hot. And out of this we had a failed Ellen-Style Talk … Continue reading Eddus Watches: AJ and the Queen
Eddus Plays: Assassin’s Creed 2 (2009/2016)
“I loved Ezio… who wouldn’t want to play as a beautiful, tortured Italian fuck-boy, who is mates (and maybe more?) with Leonardo Da Vinci?” Having been a Nintendo boy for the past few decades there are whole franchises I’ve been interested in playing that I’ve not been able to until now. Last year, I caved and got myself a PS4 and I’m catching up … Continue reading Eddus Plays: Assassin’s Creed 2 (2009/2016)
Creative Folk: Lori Smith
āI like the way my brain works when Iām creating something. I get lost in the process of idea construction and realisation…ā Over the summer I interviewed a few friends about their creative processes, as a poet, I wanted to hear from people who were creative in other ways as a way of seeing what we all share as creative folk and … Continue reading Creative Folk: Lori Smith
Polari for Beginners: Unit 1 ‘ello Duckie
Unit 1: āello duckieĀ āello duckie and welcome to Polari for Beginners, a short little bite sized podcast where I teach you how to speak Polari. Iām eddus your host and your local omi paloneĀ By the end of this unit you will be able to say hello, goodbye and ask people you meet how they are doing. Before we start a quick … Continue reading Polari for Beginners: Unit 1 ‘ello Duckie
Poem: George
George Last night I dreamt of Club Tropicana again. The pool house with inflatable donuts on the heated water, at the end of his garden in Highgate, with a view across Hampstead Heath. Heād wake late, smoke a joint, record demos. He loved throwing his acrobatic voice around the basement studio. After lunch heād look for men online. Heād bought the bed especially, it fit … Continue reading Poem: George
Poem: Me and Kenneth Williams
Me and Kenneth Williams We met over suds in the Russell Square laundrette. Afternoons, we lie together on his single bed slacks, socks, shirts and v-neck sweaters on. Watching or not watching each otherās closeness. The national anthem plays on the television. The Beeb keeps us in taxis and sensible shoes. I feel favourite for now, Iāve been given the spare door key but also … Continue reading Poem: Me and Kenneth Williams
REVIEW: The Europeans – David Clarke & Shrines of Upper Austria – Phoebe Power
No doubt the poets of the future will look back on the era we currently suffer through and wonder how any of us wrote any poems at all, let alone ones about politics. The ongoing and ever-evolving horrors of Brexit have infused themselves into our lives almost completely and I would find it impossible to write about a subject so contentious, difficult, and evolving every … Continue reading REVIEW: The Europeans – David Clarke & Shrines of Upper Austria – Phoebe Power
