“THE BRIAR SPELL”
- 20th March 2026
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By Seth Finnegan From my steps in the block where I live I saw in the wedge of …
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ON HEARING A BLACKBIRD BY SEARLE HOUSE, EXETER HOSPICE
- 16th December 2025
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By Seth Finnegan This evening in December, I heard the rich trill Of a soft brown bird beside …
A DIP INTO DARKNESS
- 18th November 2025
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By Seth Finnegan I dip into darkness as a finch Sinks it’s green, gold brow in a Bath …
‘A SONG WAS SUNG’ By Seth Finnegan
- 12th March 2025
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With every rung, a song was sung In climbing up to Reuben To overcome my fear My …
‘The Piper Thinks’ By Seth Finnegan
- 14th January 2025
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The moon like a pellet, floats the winter azure, as A queen to this feral, vagrant earth. Pipe …
‘Idle Is Bliss, Only Thinking’ – By Seth Finnegan
- 13th December 2024
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Rich smoke for the merciful minute Down to the last dark flakes Something awakes to the senses …
‘The Bent Briar’ – By Seth Finnegan
- 19th August 2024
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Bent briar pipe which holds the flame Charring the rich, brown golden flake I have held you dear …
‘The Robin’ – By Seth Finnegan
- 12th June 2024
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When my pipe glows red and is warm in my palm, And the storm clouds are muttering …
‘Pilgrim Piper’ – By Seth Finnegan
- 4th June 2024
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The pilgrim piper oft alone Bailing out of the world, renews His solace, silent as a stone Lets …
‘What Needs To Know, Knows’ – By Seth Finnegan
- 18th April 2024
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Light shoots short arrows For winter birds at play They sing unseen the sparrows As the darkness …
‘THE CRAFTSMAN’ By Seth Finnegan
- 26th January 2023
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He carves, the craftsman, from a block Of Heath tree briar, shapes the wood Chisels as a craftsman …
A Christmas Muse By Seth Finnegan – Our Poet In Residence
- 19th December 2022
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Twelve days until the celebrated Twenty fifth, he takes a pipe Let’s tobacco through his fingers Contemplates the …
A Four Pipe Solution – By Seth Finnegan – Our Poet in Residence
- 12th May 2022
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When they dug him out And raised him up Harold Wilson, pipe in hand Watched how Putin …
ASH WHITE HORSES – By Seth Finnegan – Our Poet In Residence
- 18th March 2022
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Ash white horses rise and drift Wide fenceless spaces In multiple teams Each turns then effaces The …
GLOSSARY OF CUBAN TOBACCO TERMS
- 7th June 2021
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Anilla: The Cuban word for a cigar band or ring (known in Spain as a ‘vitola’). Aporque: Action …
PIPE SMOKING TERMINOLOGY
- 19th May 2021
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Air Cured The tobacco leaves are hung in open barns, allowing the wind to blow them dry. Amber …