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Ben Bruges

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Nowruz Mubarak?

A poem of exile

May 29, 2024

View from the driver at night

May 29, 2024

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Write Under the Moon

The Alarm Call

A poem of delight

Mar 30, 2024

Black and white image of woodland

Mar 30, 2024

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The Howling Owl

One lump of coal

An inherited story of rough justice

May 8, 2024

Coal scuttle with coals

May 8, 2024

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Write Under the Moon

Dark Clouds

A poem of lightness

Apr 14, 2024

Choral score — sheet music

Apr 14, 2024

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The Memoirist

At the Police Checkpoint

Navigating Kabul checkpoints on a bike

May 5, 2024

the author wearing glasses over a scarf

May 5, 2024

Pecked More

A poem of observation

Mar 6

The gull calling and eyeing the viewer

Mar 6

I didn’t know you wrote poetry…

A landing page for the curious

Feb 25

Image of a dandelion clock being blown

Feb 25

Talking English

A poem asking what ‘English’ is.

Feb 25

Photo of a rural church

Feb 25

The Exhibit

A poem about the the sheer terror of the moment of birth

Feb 25

Medical professionals looking down

Feb 25

As Into the Shadow of a Field

A poem about returning to a place that was familiar to you as a child.

Feb 25

Hedgerow blossom

Feb 25

In this Moon-drawn Horizon

A poem set in Europe’s largest shingle desert, Dungeness.

Feb 25

Dungeness with a boardwalk and nuclear power station in the background

Feb 25

Roundabout

A poem of childhood and cycles of addiction

Feb 25

child on roundabout

Feb 25

Driving Memories

A short poem, shortlisted for the Elizabeth Royal Patton Poetry Competition run by Clare Songbirds Publishing House

Feb 25

Driving Memories

Feb 25

Forth Bridge & The Cantilever

A ‘special mention’ from the Wee Sparrow Poetry Press’ ekphrastic challenge.

Feb 25

A stylistic painting of the Forth Bridge

Feb 25

A modest proposal for KC3

Yes, this is satire. Just about.

Feb 24

A modest proposal for KC3

Feb 24

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The Howling Owl

Dervishes

A poem of delight and celebration of those special people you meet in special places — in this case, Kabul.

Oct 23, 2024

Dervishes

Oct 23, 2024

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Write Under the Moon

The Hovering

A poetic celebration of Falco Tinnunculus by the sea

Oct 21, 2024

The Hovering

Oct 21, 2024

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The Memoirist

The Shock-Wave

Living through a Taliban attack on Kabul Airport

Aug 29, 2024

Kabul airport, hazy

Aug 29, 2024

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Write Under the Moon

Abraham’s children

A poem of hope

Jun 21, 2024

Black and white view of Jerusalem from 1941

Jun 21, 2024

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Write Under the Moon

For the Grieving

A poem to help heal

Jun 8, 2024

The moon surrounded by clouds

Jun 8, 2024

Ben Bruges

Ben Bruges

Features Editor for Hastings Independent Press, sometime blogger, poet and all-round troublemaker. Consider supporting me with a tip ko-fi.com/benbruges

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