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Although I still have a lot of poems from last year’s headlines to publish I’ve decided to call a halt to the Janus project since it’s taking up time which I want to spend on other projects this year.

The most significant of these is “Keats’ Ghost” which is trying to create the spirit of a town through verse, the town being Teignmouth where Keats once lived for a short while.  I hope some of you have had a look already at the growing collection which not only features verse but links through to associated features of the town, its history, its activity.

You can access it through the Pherecrates home page or direct via:

Keats’ Ghost

Meanwhile …….


Sometimes looking forward,
sometimes back,
capturing a snapshot of the time,
the headlines swing and sway,
ruling for a day.

Mayfly transient.
Vanished in the blinking of an eye.
Hopefully they’ve made you think,
smile, laugh, pray, cry,
wonder why.

But most of all,
now last year’s course of verse is run,
I hope you feel enthralled.
I hope you’ve had some fun.

Au Revoir


So this is the last verse of the Janus Project but the blog continues for a while since it only started in June whilst my w riting started in January 2013.  So I’ll continue to post verse from the same day last year to complete the blog collection.  For this last verse from the last day of the year I was inspired by the very simple message from Archbishop Justin Welby who advocated a resolution for everyone to change the world just a bit where we are.
 Fugu sashimi : Tessa is sashimi of thin sliced puffer fish. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Penultimate day of the Janus Project and a bizarre story of dolphins getting high on puffer fish.  I think the puffer fish is the one used in Japanese cooking; it requires very careful preparation and I believe that you have to have some sort of certification to serve it.  The knives used in its preparation can not be used for anything else, such is the strength of the toxin.  I wonder how dolphins discovered the narcotic effects of the puffer fish without themselves being killed in the process!


Two days to the end of the Janus Project.

In the mean ti me something is happening in Russia.  This suicide bombing was followed by another in a trolley bus in Volgograd.  The unrest in Russia doesn’t seem to have made much impact on news here but it is evident that this level of ‘terrorist’ activity has been going on for some time as individual Russian states endeavour to seek their own future.
 Cover of Life of Pi

Four days left.  So this study has shown that that book you got for Christmas will provide you with the mental gymnastics that boost the brain.  Looking back on 2013 it’s interesting that there have been many headlines similar to this – i.e. claims for some incredible improvement to the human body based on a statistically insignificant study, in this case 21 students.  Make of it what you will!
 Edward Snowden (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

Janus project 6 days to go to completion.  Christmas Day saw the “Alternative Christmas Message” from Edward Snowden on Channel 4 TV.  So I thought an alternative message needed an alternative carol – here are some new words to “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
 Middle Earth Elves_P1030159 (Photo credit: hoyasmeg)


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