poetry
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The Three Fates and the End of the Knights.

A Fairy Tale born of the modern age. A cautionary tale of any employee whose dumb bosses employ the use of outside consultants, because ‘managers’ lack the vision and objectivity to see for themselves. They probably think ‘The apprentice’ is a great TV show too. Continue reading
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom (Book Review #68)

Review of The Library of Ancient wisdom ~ Mesopotamia and the making of history by Selena Wisnom Continue reading
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A Ludicrous Poem on Awakening

Creativity in the first moment of awakening, genius, spontaneous, eureka… where did that come from Continue reading
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Here ‘I’ am, What do you see? (Writing prompt 16/11/24)

What impression do I want to give others ? In the words of every typical urban city dweller or at least from Dagenham, “I’m not bothered” Continue reading
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Samhain, The Occult and The Blues

A lucid dream encounter with a blues man on the nature of blues, and all at samhain. Continue reading
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The Horrid Tale of the ‘Samhain’ Cat

A tale of a Halloween cat, a devil beastly feline or perhaps just a beloved family pet, either way, at Samhain (Halloween) the reaper dances near. Continue reading
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Michaelmas – Sept 24 ~ The Good Ship Sails

Poem on Michaelmas day ’24 – the Good Ship Sails. Continue reading
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Santa Muerte and Necromancy : Liber Tenebrae Magna. (Book Review #28)

Review of Liber Tenebrae Magna- the book of Santa Muerte by Sauroctonos publishing Continue reading
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A History of Irish Magic (Book Review #26)

A review of the book, History of irish Magic by Sally and James North, printed by HolyThornPress Continue reading

Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.
Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.
They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing.
2/ Short Stories and Tales
Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles
Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry
A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges
Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
I do not accept donations or offers, bribes etc, and do not advertise or am paid to promote anything either. All donations should be sent to either of the following ;-
Zarach ~ Helping Children living in poverty
Street Talk ~ Helping women trapped in prostitution and trafficking


Email at the following ;-


caitanyam ātmā ;
jñānaṃ bandhaḥ;
yoniḥ vikalpaḥ;
ñāna adhiṣṭhānaṃ matṛkā:.

