Sylvia Fairclough
About Me
curious, watchful, playful, lazy,
affectionate, aloof, friendly, resilient …
My Philosophy
“Wir sind, was wir wiederholt tun. Exzellenz ist daher keine Handlung, sondern eine Gewohnheit.” – Aristoteles
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The Politics of Fear
This was published by Cinnamon Press in 2009, in an anthology called In The Telling. I was reminded of it on Wednesday, while Rachel and I walked along the Cardiff Bay barrage, during a two day celebration of our friendship.…
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This was first published in an anthology of prose poetry, by Cinnamon Press in 2011 – This Line Is Not For Turning, It’s late; crowds of kids drink and josh on the grass lawn in front of the Royal Crescent.…
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This was first published in an anthology of prose poetry, by Cinnamon Press in 2011 – This Line Is Not For Turning. One reviewer saw it as about travelling and moving on; for me it’s about loss. I wrote it…
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Poetry by Sylvia Fairclough 