Alexander Velky
Doubtist Books - Poetry - The skraeling
My folk, my family told in tales, were taller in those days...
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Alexander Velky
Sep 30, 20209 min read
Cwmcerwyn, Mynachlogddu
Cwmcerwyn was a prominent farmhouse on the eastern slopes of Pembrokeshire’s highest peak; often called Preseli Top in the past...
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Alexander Velky
Jun 26, 202012 min read
Ash dieback is a pain in the arse
For a few months now, my coccyx has ached every time I sit down. It’s a minor complaint, but a persistent one...
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Alexander Velky
Jun 18, 202012 min read
Landskerian Cadastral Tree Survey 2020
A comprehensive survey of 670 trees in our 2.5-acre garden in West Wales, as they were in June 2020...
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Alexander Velky
Mar 30, 20204 min read
Lockdown log
Like many people, I’ve found my usual routines interrupted this spring...
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Alexander Velky
Jul 7, 20199 min read
Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn
“Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn” or “Y Carreg Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn” is a painted boulder in Landskeria, Mynachlogddu, Wales.
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Alexander Velky
May 11, 201919 min read
Pimlico Nights, Parts 1 and 2
Landskeria is of late an entity more characterised by doubt than by certainty; and more by questions than answers.
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Alexander Velky
May 24, 201845 min read
Cwmisaf, Mynachlogddu: A Complete-ish History
Following a bit of reading during the colder, darker months of 2017/2018, I am now in a position to offer a roughly researched history...
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Alexander Velky
Nov 6, 20178 min read
Another partial audit, with a view to completing the audit
Last time I wrote, I detailed a partial audit of the as-yet-undeclared state of New Landskeria, which (due to said undeclaredness) we...
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Alexander Velky
Oct 9, 20177 min read
A partial audit of the new realm
I’m waiting for washing to wash in Old Landskeria, formerly known as the Most Serene Republic of Landskeria. I think we can safely say...
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Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20152 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - John Simpson's burka
Would you walk the trembling embers with me, Lord? / Would you walk the trembling embers with me, Lord?
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Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20151 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - Kuzka's mother
For a decade we fought off the wild polar bears, / And laboured by day in forty-knot winds...
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Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20152 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - Tragedy branding
“Have you ever tried needles?” he asked, /Mancunian tongue, Gog saliva. /Thin and looking sorry for himself...
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Alexander Velky
Mar 30, 20159 min read
The sad fate of a self-published poetry book sent to a broadsheet for review
I have a confession to make. Last week I bought a second-hand copy of my own poetry book off Amazon for £5.00, plus P&P...
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Alexander Velky
Jun 24, 20131 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - Please don't fund my art
Benefactress, retired actress, / Please don’t fund my art...
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Alexander Velky
Jun 24, 20132 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - The art factory
There’s an industrial hum / At the art factory. / You can feel how far we’ve come / At the art factory...
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Alexander Velky
Jun 24, 20132 min read
Doubtist Books - Poetry - The box
Its dimensions are delicious: / All three of them equally so. / Its composition is comparable / In purity to snow...
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