<![CDATA[Stories by John E Marks on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@johnemarksesq?source=rss-2fff09ef423c------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*6yQxnP4vHQk7ODbcd7jvUw.jpeg Stories by John E Marks on Medium https://medium.com/@johnemarksesq?source=rss-2fff09ef423c------2 Medium Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:33:20 GMT <![CDATA[LANCASHIRE, NOVEMBER]]>

In a thick gray death-soup, Their million Gold leaves metal and breathless. Plath.

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The old bray of my heart

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“Constantinople is a city larger than its renown proclaims. May God in his grace and generosity deign to make it the capital of Islam.”…

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1970 is as far away from now (2026) as it was from 1914

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The whispers you hear in your ear that you fear in the air everywhere, they are ghosts

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This is the light of the mind, cold and planetary. The trees of the mind are black. The light is blue.

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my good friend, always with me

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grateful thanks to all those at the Christie cancer hospital in Manchester England

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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

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Dedicated to the memory of Ukrainian patriot and poet Yuriy Ruf (26 September 1980–1 April 2022)

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