by pmadmin | May 7, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
In my previous blog I discussed some of my favourite poems and why I like them. There are so many and they’re so varied. The longer ones get to develop the characters so you can identify with them. The short ones are very different. With them it’s the concept and the...
by pmadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
I’ve written over 400 poems and people often ask which are my favourites and why. It’s a hard question to answer because I have many and for different reasons. Silv’rilocks, for example, (Goldilocks at age 90) parodies the original in unexpected ways. First published...
by pmadmin | Apr 9, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
My struggle with depression was long and difficult. It’s still there in the background but modern medicine has allowed me to get it pretty much under control. I married my beautiful wife Lynne in 2008 and her love and support have made my Loonyverse a much happier...
by pmadmin | Mar 26, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
As I wrote last time, to relieve my depression I started to create an imaginary world that I could control — in contrast to the real world which was completely out of control. The world I created was one where anything could happen: penguins who hated eating fish,...
by pmadmin | Mar 12, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
They say that love makes the world go round. If that is true, then laughter must come a close second. For most of us, when we hear a funny joke, we can’t wait to tell it to someone else and make them laugh. I love stuff that makes me laugh: TV & (old English)...
by pmadmin | Feb 26, 2025 | Phil Maund Blog
There are people who call me a wordsmith. (There are others who call me an idiot, but that’s another story!) A friend’s sister has a better name: word-herder. [your sister’s blog reference here if still valid] Sometimes words are malleable and you can shape them...
