Commonword Blogs

So here it is. Asda Car park, Asda closed. Around midnight, July, a warm breeze, a threat of rain. I get out of my car. Its one of those places of ugly beauty. Why am I drawn to such places?

Well, as dry bread crumbles, so all my travel plans to criss cross the globe have seemingly come to nought. I will have to content myself with a few musings on my travels between Oldham, Rochdale and Manchester. I had thought ASDA had 24 hour opening. Not so in Longsight - closed at 9pm. The deserted landscape there is a beautiful sight - I intend to revisit it and try to capture it in words (maybe even upload a photo so you can compare & contrast words and pic?) : I have a thing about ugly beauty, if you know what I mean.

For some strange reason, having not travlled further out of Manachester than, well Wigan for about five years, I find myself hauling suitcases from conveyor belts to conveyor belts all in the name of literature. Thsi blog will be an attempt to capture my mood, musings and feelings of these places as I encounter them (well, if I cant blog in real time, I'll try to update as soon as poss).

Is it wrong to attempt to write poetry that features the sun etc in these cold winter days? - am i working aginst the grain