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For Golriz
The best voices communicate a way of being; a subtle force, echoes of past and present. The last ebbing tones in a DEI suicide note: why...
Amanda Riddell
Mar 151 min read
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For Julia
Is who I am when I'm awake a dream, Or is facing death the real delusion? Some of us scream, While others seek seclusion. A lonely path...
Amanda Riddell
Feb 121 min read
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Poesia dimenticato
I caught you as you fell into the ocean. Limitless motion From the waves Buffeted our love Above the pit of despair, beyond all worry...
Amanda Riddell
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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To her
Crying myself to sleep, weeping to console myself beyond the safety of plausible deniability. The charades of youth are gone. The flirty...
Amanda Riddell
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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Another bad poem
Unusual phrases From daily life. Recontextualised by precious punctuation. Gimmicks Like This That Make People Think They're Smart. ...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Il lavoro dei pazzi
Waking up each morning, With a fuzzy brain. Feeling the pain of those Quetiapine pills. They help me sleep, But I feel dead inside....
Amanda Riddell
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Trip to Rapallo (Andrew) New Year's Eve 2002
Barabara, an American who Philippa met at the Benvenuto Club, has moved to Rapallo for a couple of months before returning to America...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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Trip to Pisa (Pippa) 7-8 June 2002
We've finally managed to feel settled enough to go exploring a bit. Andy had to go to Pisa University to look at an installation of their...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 23, 20249 min read
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Bergamo trip (Andrew) 25 January 2003
Having spent several wet weekends in a row at home, we were determined that this weekend, rain or shine, we would go and visit somewhere....
Amanda Riddell
Oct 20, 20243 min read
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An Evening in Andora (Stephen) ... 7 July 2002
This is the same day as the Monaco trip, but has much more detail. As for shifting narratives: that's literally my thing. I'm pretty...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Trip to Como (Andrew) ... May 26, 2002
We had decided that we would go and see 'the lakes'. There are several lakes north of Milan, that come down from the Alps. They are...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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Fantasia Italiana: Phillip's visit
My sisters, Athena and Dee (Aphrodite), weren't able to come to Italy, but we had several relatives visit. My aunt Anne and my maternal...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 19, 20241 min read
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Dubai trip - Andrew's perspective
Andrew Riddell was my father, and Portrait of a Knight is dedicated to him. We all wrote trip journals, and this was his journal of the...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 14, 20248 min read
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Trip to Monaco
Albenga was where the second ATKK office was, so my Dad visited there often. My memory of Albenga was that it had the best gelato of...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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The back channels
Well, when I was dealing with the fuzz (hippie word for police), or with the Prime Minister, the subterfuge made sense and I personally...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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Trip to Italy
An email I sent to a friend from Christchurch who was also very brainy. Trimmed it, but kept the typos. Hi Nathaniel I'll start from my...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 12, 20243 min read
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Garden of Man
The flowers which lie on the grass where the trees which fly into the sky start here. The flowing lakes sit in the grass. The grass...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 12, 20241 min read
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Risk-averse Pākehā
I sat typing on my screen, Knowing that they would read my anguished cries. Those wise greyhairs and ageing Gen Xers. Searching for the...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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A Temporary Oasis
2230. The Sultan of Aotearoa is dying. In a world of catastrophic climate change, Aotearoa is the oasis. A beacon of humanity in an...
Amanda Riddell
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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The realm of darkness
I thought of death As I lay dying, Trying desperately To cling to her. That vibrant ray of new hope: emerging then fading. In: the...
Amanda Riddell
Sep 29, 20241 min read
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