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This year, I set myself the foolish task of trying to write something every day, and what you see here is the result. None of this is finished, polished, or in any way good. It's usually a few lines at the end of the day when I'm tired, my head's broken, and this nonsense spills out of it onto the page. Feel free to comment away, and if you think anything has any potential then let me know and I might have a go at working on it further.

But hang on, where's the first month? You've ripped us off! I hear you say... Well, yes. I have been writing since the beginning of January, but it's taken me a while to get the blog up, so everything here is a month old.

Sunday, 16 October 2016

The blacksmith

Strike fast as the glow fades
White to orange to dull red, then black
Black as the hammer that falls and falls.
Rebound, lift and redirect
Ring about the restless camp
On bellowed forge and squat block anvil.
Back on the embers, cover again
To perform the alchemist's trick
Of softening iron with heat and light,
Tapering and tempering
Until the edge sings for blood.

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