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Doubtist Books - Poetry - The skraeling
My folk, my family told in tales, were taller in those days...
Alexander Velky
Mar 8, 20212 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...
Alexander Velky
Oct 1, 20209 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...
Alexander Velky
Jun 27, 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...
Alexander Velky
Jun 19, 202012 min read


Lockdown log
Like many people, I’ve found my usual routines interrupted this spring...
Alexander Velky
Mar 31, 20204 min read


Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn
“Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn” or “Y Carreg Cofiwch Gwmcerwyn” is a painted boulder in Landskeria, Mynachlogddu, Wales.
Alexander Velky
Jul 8, 20199 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.
Alexander Velky
May 12, 201919 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...
Alexander Velky
May 25, 201846 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...
Alexander Velky
Nov 6, 20178 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...
Alexander Velky
Oct 10, 20177 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?
Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20152 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...
Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20151 min read


Doubtist Books - Poetry - Tragedy branding
“Have you ever tried needles?” he asked, /Mancunian tongue, Gog saliva. /Thin and looking sorry for himself...
Alexander Velky
Dec 1, 20152 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...
Alexander Velky
Mar 31, 20159 min read


Doubtist Books - Poetry - Please don't fund my art
Benefactress, retired actress, / Please don’t fund my art...
Alexander Velky
Jun 24, 20131 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...
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...
Alexander Velky
Jun 24, 20132 min read
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