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October 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32

A Pebble on the Beach

"The landscape begins to feel layered."

Geography, history, language and memory all occupying the same ground.

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Achateny, West Ardnamurchan
September 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Now published: A Pebble on the Beach.

Part 32 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan explores inspiration, influence and the ways a landscape can enter our creative and emotional lives.

Read here: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/8/...

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Portuairk, West Ardnamurchan
August 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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A new chapter of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan arrives tonight at 8pm.

'A Pebble on the Beach' explores inspiration, influence, belonging and the places that gradually become part of who we are.

"Like pebbles on a beach. Kicked around, displaced by feet."

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Port na Carraidh, West Ardnamurchan
August 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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A duty behind the series: Barrett Browning didn't write to be admired — she wrote to stop something. Writing about labour carries that same responsibility: accuracy, respect.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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June 27, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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A method from today's episode: hold pride and cost in one image, not separate verses. "Brass and coal-black hands" — the music and the damage, the same hands.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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June 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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A theme the series keeps meeting: a working town is neither pure pride nor pure misery. Camborne holds both — the beam engine still standing, the cost still real.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A high-detail, macro photograph focusing on the intersection of industry and earth. A heavy, rusted iron chain lies coiled upon a bed of jagged, dark grey slate and vibrant green moss. Small, fragile white petals have fallen onto the oxidised metal links. The lighting is diffused and cool, capturing the damp atmosphere of a June morning on the moors. The focus is sharp on the pitted, orange-brown texture of the iron and the sharp, layered edges of the stone, with a soft, misty background of rolling gorse and distant, shadowed hills. The composition emphasizes the weight of the metal pressing into the ancient rock.
June 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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The series' author writes from North Yorkshire, where dry-stone walls vein the moors — a testament to when every acre was cared for. Cornwall let him read that same grain somewhere not his own.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A hyper-detailed, close-up photograph of a weathered granite outcrop on a Cornish headland at twilight. The stone is encrusted with vibrant orange lichen and silver moss, its surface deep with crystalline fissures and erosion marks. In the soft-focus background, the churning Atlantic Ocean creates a hazy white spray against dark, jagged cliffs. The lighting is cool and atmospheric, capturing the tactile contrast between the unmoving, heavy rock and the blurred, kinetic motion of the sea. The color palette is dominated by slate grey, deep navy, and earthy copper tones.
June 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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A method behind the series, clear in 'Callington': set the copper veins and granite hearts deliberately beside the orchard mist. No beauty without the hardness beneath it.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A high-contrast landscape photograph capturing a jagged granite tor emerging from a thick, low-lying morning fog. In the foreground, a detailed close-up of a weathered rock face reveals a thin, oxidized copper vein glinting with a dull metallic sheen. Beyond the stone, the soft, blurred silhouettes of an ancient apple orchard are draped in translucent mist. The color palette is dominated by cool slate greys, moss greens, and the pale, hazy white of the atmosphere, emphasizing the juxtaposition of unyielding earth and fleeting air.
June 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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A theme running through the series: some places become ghosts, others carry their past forward instead of being buried by it. Callington, beneath its old copper workings, chose the second.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A macro photograph of a jagged outcrop of dark killas slate, its surface streaked with the vibrant turquoise and deep orange of oxidized copper ore. Damp moss clings to the crevices, glowing in the low, golden light of a late June afternoon sun. In the background, the soft blur of a modern stone wall suggests the continuation of life above the ancient minerals. The atmosphere is quiet, heavy with the tactile presence of wet earth and cold metal. High-resolution texture, sharp focus on the mineral veins, cinematic lighting.
June 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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The series' author writes from North Yorkshire — Cornwall is the coast he returns to, not home. That distance, he's found, is a working asset. You see a place more clearly when it isn't quite yours.

*Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry*.

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A high-angle, detailed shot of a scarred wooden writing desk bathed in the pale, diffused light of a North Yorkshire afternoon. On the desk sits a heavy, salt-crusted piece of dark volcanic rock resting atop a tattered, vintage maritime chart of the Cornish coast. Beside it, a fountain pen with a silver nib lies next to a simple ceramic mug showing faint tea stains. The background is softly out of focus, showing a stone window frame looking out onto a misty, rolling moorland. The textures of the rough stone, the aged paper, and the deep wood grain are sharp and tactile. Earthy tones of charcoal, oak, and weathered parchment dominate the palette.
June 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Some places spoke at once. Falmouth took years — it isn't one town but several, layered, sharing a single harbour. The series is patient with places like that.

*Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry*.

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A cinematic, low-angle shot of a deep Cornish harbour at twilight. The foreground features ancient, heavy granite blocks stained with orange lichen and white salt-spray, showing every fissure and crystalline grain. Beyond the stone, the water is a dense, swirling obsidian, capturing the distorted reflections of distant, tiered hillside lights. A thick maritime haze softens the horizon, blurring the line between the cold Atlantic and the darkening sky. The color palette is dominated by slate grays, deep teals, and sparks of copper light, emphasizing the tactile contrast between unyielding rock and the restless, fluid tide.
June 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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A truth this volume taught the wider project: a book ends, the walking doesn't. The county keeps writing itself after the manuscript closes.
Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A wide-angle shot of a rugged Cornish headland at dusk. Jagged grey granite outcrops are encrusted with bright orange lichen. A narrow, mud-brushed walking path winds through dark green gorse and purple heather toward a churning, slate-grey Atlantic Ocean. Thick sea mist clings to the base of the cliffs. The lighting is cold and diffused, emphasizing the sharp, crystalline texture of the stone and the dampness of the coastal air. The composition focuses on the vastness of the horizon and the ancient, weathered surface of the earth.
June 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Three volumes published. One unfolding atlas of Britain in verse. The best place to step in is the coast.

*Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry* — Amazon.

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A wide-angle shot of the Cornish coastline at dusk. Jagged, dark granite cliffs meet a churning turquoise Atlantic. The foreground shows the rough, weathered texture of ancient rocks covered in orange lichen. Wisps of sea mist cling to the base of a high tor. The sky is a bruised purple and grey, capturing the transition between the solid land and the shifting water. Cinematic lighting, sharp focus on the geological textures of the stone.
May 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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The hardest poems in the Cornwall volume weren't the famous places. They were the towns walked a hundred times and stopped properly seeing.

*Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry*.

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A macro photograph of a weathered Cornish slate wall, damp with sea mist. Patches of pale green lichen and orange crustose cling to the jagged, grey-blue stone. In a narrow crevice, a small tuft of sea thrift blooms with a soft pink flower. The lighting is soft and diffused, typical of a coastal overcast afternoon. The background shows a blurred, out-of-focus view of a narrow, wet cobblestone street leading toward a misty horizon where the land meets a grey Atlantic. High resolution, tactile textures, cinematic depth of field.
May 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry sits in a wider series — British Counties In Verse, an atlas in poems, county by county.
Paperback on Amazon.

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A cinematic wide shot of a rugged Cornish headland at twilight. The foreground features weathered grey granite boulders encrusted with orange lichen and tufts of hardy pink sea-thrift. In the mid-ground, the Atlantic Ocean churns with deep emerald water and frothing white foam, crashing against sharp, dark slate outcroppings. The sky is a gradient of bruised purple and pale gold, reflecting off the damp, crystalline surfaces of the rock. The composition emphasizes the ancient, immovable weight of the geological formations contrasted with the fluid, rhythmic motion of the tide. High-resolution textures of wet stone and sea spray.
May 24, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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🎙️ New podcast today: Browning, Kavanagh, and why the parish is not smaller than the world.
The principle behind Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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May 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Writers and readers here: which landscape lives quietly inside your work?
Mine is the Cornish coast — 76 poems of it in Cornwall In Verse – Tide To Tor In Poetry.

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A cinematic, high-contrast photograph of a weathered Cornish granite tor overlooking a churning Atlantic Ocean. The focus is on the raw, tactile texture of the lichen-covered stone in the foreground, representing the permanent. In the background, soft sea mist and white-capped waves blur into the horizon, representing the temporary. The lighting is the cool, diffused grey of a May morning. A solitary, small human figure is silhouetted in the distance, providing a sense of scale and perspective. Muted palette of slate, deep indigo, and moss green. 35mm film aesthetic.
May 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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The Cartographer's Verse has one rule:
No description of a place without first understanding what the geology forced it to be. The valley was not chosen. The rock chose the valley.

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March 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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The series rule: no sentiment without evidence.
Every image grounded in the named material of the place. Beauty permitted. But earned.
Cumbria In Verse – Lakes To Fells In Poetry — out now: buff.ly/KMG3tPg
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A close-up, low-angle perspective of a lone figure's hand gently touching a rough, moss-covered slate outcrop on a Cumbrian path. The texture of the dark grey slate and vibrant green moss is incredibly detailed. The sky above is overcast but with a single dramatic shaft of diffused sunlight breaking through a cloud, illuminating the hand and a patch of rock with an almost ethereal glow, emphasizing connection. Artistic style: Masterful chiaroscuro photography with a deep, earthy color palette, capturing quiet reverence and tactile authenticity.
March 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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To capture a place like Bodmin Moor, you cannot just describe the visual. You must capture the geology, the history, and the soundscape. *Cornwall In Verse - Tide To Tor In Poetry* attempts to map the acoustic soul of Cornwall, not just its scenery.

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An evocative, atmospheric digital painting blending the rhythmic movement of a Cornish tide with the rugged silhouette of a moorland ridge. The color palette is dominated by deep slate blues, earthy ochres, and foam white. Ethereal light rays pierce through heavy rain clouds, creating a sense of "acoustic" energy and vibration within the landscape, rendered in a textured, impasto style.
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Over the years of coming here, the stories told by my father . . . have blended with my own memories and knowledge.
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This Writer's Diary: Ten Weeks
Week One
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February 15, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Sat for a whole day with this alder tree, simply noticing, observing, contemplating, admiring, imagining, and taking field notes about this tree and the setting. Embodied writing: www.michaelwilson.uk.com/embodied-wri... #NatureConnection #writing #PlaceWriting #NatureWriting
August 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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With a new radio programme also from Michael Symmons Roberts, on Christmas card poems:
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The Documentary Podcast - Michael Symmons Roberts' Christmas card poem - BBC Sounds
Michael Symmons Roberts writes a poem to put inside a Christmas card
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December 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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This week @drdavidcooper.bsky.social is invited speaker at Università Roma Tre for the Envisioning Landscapes conference, presenting The Literary Geographies of the English Lake District: Reading, Mapping, Writing.

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Muted colour painting of large trees with figures walking beneath and open landscape in the distance. White and green text reads 'Envisioning landscapes Convegno finale, 15 e 16 ottobre 2025.
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM