Image: Shane Cooley singing at Ray Benson Stage, on Austin Airport departure concourse, we first met two years ago in the same concourse at a different bar. His singing inspired me to write a poem, he goy a copy he like it, and kept in touch, this year he invited me to recite it. So the poem that was written two years ago was recited in the location that it was written. The audience loved it.

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Image: Ivy, having to say goodbye to her after we had got on so well, I felt really sad hence the first poem, which captures my thoughts so well.

30.04.18-148) Ivy asleep in the other room,

I wake to the mornings gloom

Tried to move through the house

With the stealth of a mouse

Pack the car quietly but to no avail,

When I saw a little figure with a wagging tail

Our last w...

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Image: Receiving awards for services to The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival from Jesse G Herrara. L to r Daniel Garcia Ordaz, Trev (me), Jesse G, Edward Vidaurre. We each received a belt buckle with our initial on. I was almost in tears with pride.

24.04.18-119) Yesterday priority 1 as usual get my laundry done

In the machine an’ that’s that, time to chat

Over coffee ...

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Image: Arrival at Clarks, still on car 2, flags go on just before arrival. The lawn is new.

Good night’s sleep, shower, breakfast,

car loaded an away

Another early start to the day

But it’s hard to find something to write about,

Stuck in a traffic jam 17 miles out

Of San Antonio, it’s hard to regale

About cars being nose to tail

After a while it’s clear an’ we’re away, gps ...

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Image: Sunset from the Lone Star Inn, nice and quiet away from the main road, good value, woul ddeffo stop there again

22.04.18-115) I look ou the window an’ I’m knowin’

Jim’s got a campfire goin’

So outside I’m bound, us an’ the band gather round

An’ soon we’re talkin’ away,

An’ I’m thinkin’ what better way to start the day

116) Me an’ Jim got the portable greenhouse done

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Image: Earth Mother Studio a few days after arrival, formerly the Disabled Veterans Centre, now welcoming and more homely two of the volunteers puting some finnishing touches to it. It was hard but rewarding work. The couch was my bed for the duration of my stay, comfy an' quiet, no interstare traffic or noisy tv's.

18.04.18- 100) Down the road I go to KPET Radio

So people know once ag...

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Image: Arrival at Lamesa at Earth Mother Studio, with St George's Flags flying as usual, my trade mark.

17.04.18-96) It’s 6:45 I begin my drive

But first things first cos’ I’m goin far,

So it’s black coffee an’ an energy bar

On 183 I’m headin’ west an’ I see,

Sign says “toll” I don’t care just let me roll

Texas 29, turn left an’ it’s goin’ fine

Through Burnet, and Llano, ...

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Image: Yorkshire an' proud of it. It had been a rare event, a cold April day in Austin, so what better way to keep warm than with my "Yorkshire Lad" hoodie. I'm reciting at a City Reading at The Holiday Inn, the AIPF Headquarters

01.04.18-30) I rise to face the day,

An' look out on a sky of grey

Thinkin’ is my suitcase on its way

Should be here late afternoon, can’t be a moment to...

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Image: Got a seat near the emergency exits on the main flight, much more leg room.

31.03.18 – 17) Bags packed ready to go taxi waitin’

No time for debatin’

Quicker than catchin’ a fast train,

I’m leavin’ on a jet plane

Flyin’ high in the sky like a bird on the wing,

Let those engines sing

An’ I’ll be found Texas bound

So now I’ve written this little rhyme

It’s get m...

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Image: As with all my radio programmes involving poets they are promoted in Facebook events with the logo of 5 Towns Radio and who the guest is. This year I recorded the 5 shows I would be away for and decided to use the logo with an image of Texas to depict where I was at the time of the show.

14.08.17 - 1) I thought the time was right to book next year’s flight

Before the prices got h...

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