John Nixon


Fuzzy header seagull

ALWAYS CREATING

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It’s hard

Humorous nonsense poem playing with various senses of “sod” and other words and phrases in which “sod” is an element.

Bad timing header

Bad timing (1938)

Bad timing (1938) Poem retelling a family story about my father and his father. Dad ran away from home to enlist in the army just in time for World War Two.

Duck and ducklings

Duck and ducklings on Slätta damm

The spring’s first clutch of ducklings with their mother on Slätta Damm. Slätta Damm is a part of Hisingspark close to home for me.