Papier-mâché - a free-form poem from a fragment of conversation...

Grace & Joy!

Grace & Joy!
Papier-mâché - a free-form poem from a fragment of conversation...
Dec 29, 2025 Season 3 Episode 9
rowena scotney

Written as a flow of consciousness one night after a train home late from Truro. Straight out, a few mins.

The words from a commuter about papier-mâché ... led to a poem, a glued-together observation on certain relationships perhaps...

No intention, no 'thinking' really, just a flow..

- and the surreal yet everyday noticing - of a man and his box of 'Finest Medjool Dates'...and another man incessently curling and uncurling a sticker around a metal bar between Redruth and St Erth Stations. 

* apologies for the loudness of the music in the beginning x

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... (& of course the podcast/audio recording/editing costs!) gratefully received x

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Artwork by Rowena Scotney
Music by Chad Crouch 'Soft Driver'

 
Episode cover - photo of the train at Truro station
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting


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