The Visible Thoughts Advent Calendar, Day 14

Behind todays door is a very delicious recent memory! It’s a photograph of injera bread taken at Yo-Yo’s Street Food’s Eritrea On A Plate night at Eleto Chocolate Cafe. It was too delicious! You can see more pictures from the night here.

Dave James Horn ©

Latest Advent Calendar Doors
Performance with Lapidus International
Performance with Lapidus International

I was honoured to be part of Lapidus International, performing a set of poems about mental health

The Bedroom Tapes: In Dark Times The Hope Shines
The Bedroom Tapes: In Dark Times The Hope Shines

The restart of the Bedroom Tapes series.

First Poetry Performance Live Stream Up On Facebook
First Poetry Performance Live Stream Up On Facebook

I’m very excited to share my first live streamed poetry performance! I did through Facebook Live on Thursday 2nd April, and found it scary but exciting!

Arnold The Newt: The Misadventures of a Tea Critic Chapter 1
Arnold The Newt: The Misadventures of a Tea Critic Chapter 1

The first chapter of a book I began writiing but never finished.

Food, Music, Good Times and Photography
Food, Music, Good Times and Photography

Few things come together better than delicous food and great music! Proof of this was the night by Folkestones Yo Yo’s Street Food and the Gumboots Reggae Band.

Bringing Poetry to Rural Communities Workshop Announcement!
Bringing Poetry to Rural Communities Workshop Announcement!

I am honoured to announce I will be part of Francesca Baker/And So She Thinks’s Rural Writers scheme.

Photographing Valentines Day at Eleto Chocolate Cafe
Photographing Valentines Day at Eleto Chocolate Cafe

I had a great time on Valentines Day taking photos at Eleto Chocolate Cafe, Folkestone! Between the … inspired dancing, I got these shots that I quite like.

Unwind (Why I Write) - New Video Shot By Smith, Lawrence, Hill and Brickell
Unwind (Why I Write) - New Video Shot By Smith, Lawrence, Hill and Brickell

I am very excited to announce the release of a video to my poem Unwind!

And So She Thinks In Photographs
And So She Thinks In Photographs

I was honoured at the end of last year to take photographs for Francesca Baker of And So She Thinks.

The Visible Thoughts Advent Calendar, Door 24
The Visible Thoughts Advent Calendar, Door 24

Welcome to the final door of the Advent Calendar! Doors 20 - 23 didn’t quite happen but 24 is the one that matters. Although sadly in this calendar there isn’t an extra large chocolate.

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The Beton Collective
The Beton Collective

What if all the world’s languages are dialects?

Airport Blues
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Dialects
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What if all the world’s languages are dialects?

What does it mean to be a thing?
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The best questions don’t have answers.

I Was Going To Buy A Watch
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Ode To The Blue Tit
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This champion of Spring is a very welcome sight as we head towards relief in so many forms.

Looking For The Light, Hello 2021
Looking For The Light, Hello 2021

Happy New Year, I hope your 2021 is beautiful.

n3
n3

A poem written for my friend Kate Beaugie’s exhibition.

Fairy Tales of the Year 3000: City Under the Sand
Fairy Tales of the Year 3000: City Under the Sand

This is the latest installment of the the Fairy Tales from the Year 3000, a look from the future at how responded to climate change today.

For Belarus, They Could Be Us
For Belarus, They Could Be Us

There is a lot of sad news at the moment, but one piece which made me particularly sad was news about the recent election in Belarus.

David Horn