Marc

@marcxsmith
3 Followers
282 Following
250 Posts
Chartered #Psychologist, #Writer, Accidental #poet. Interested in how people learn stuff. Give #anarchism a chance. Leeds, UK.
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-8790
Learning Bloghttps://theemotionallearner.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/marcxsmith/
Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/marc1857
The Curious Psychology of Fictional Characters - Marc Smith - Medium

Do you ever get lost in a book? I know I do. Time appears to dissolve and I often become so absorbed in the story that when I’ve reached the end, the characters remain with me for hours and even…

Medium

New Poem: Feathers

#poem #poetry

Poem
Disassemble / Reassemble

#poem #poetry #experimentalpoetry

Poem (a little bit political)

They fan the flames that burn our planet
All the time turning a profit
That sits in tax havens and offshore accounts
While my ageing mum frets over turning the heating on

#poem #poetry

University of Leeds heron showing off this morning
#leeds #LeedsUni #UrbanWildlife
I love this opening paragraph from Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending. The last sentence nicely illustrates the fallibility of memory.
#literature #reading #books
I'm still on the bird site, not sure for how long after this:

Poem

St George's Field (fragment)

The air is clear, crisp and clean
Crows caw like a horror film scene
Or the images conjured up in a Poe poem
No Ravens, I think, but magpies abound
Rabbits dart back and forth in the solitude and calm
Playing amongst the dedications to the dead

#poetry #poem #Poe #LeedsPoetry

The bird site not happy that I've included a link to my Mastodon profile
Poem: Reconciliation
#poetry #poem