PinnedMartin SmallridgeinAgora24The ReserveO silence… let the departed rest, unsaid, here is the whisper… and there’s a pale stag in rut, a dream half-fed, unaware, transgressing the…3 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
PinnedMartin SmallridgeinAgora24THRUSH ON A BARRICADEIn a coil, my mind, a delicate embryo’s cradle, I thread through the street’s snares, a poetic wade, In squares, flowered beds, and gardens…1 min read·Feb 15, 2024----
PinnedMartin SmallridgeinAgora24A STREAK OF LIGHTWe ventured back, my loyal hound and I, from the edge of shadows black, where, like a serpent sly, the light did twist and ply, of the…1 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
PinnedMartin SmallridgeinAgora24En route towards the pyre…We are the Generation Zero grafted sensibilities to features of the world that we cannot be sure would yield to our attempts of definition…10 min read·May 30, 2022----
Martin SmallridgeinAgora24All in one gulpFreedom is said to reside where no man dwells, it’s dull, lame, sore and ugly - to a point of excess.1 min read·Jun 1, 2022----
Martin SmallridgeinAgora24Being VolkerLiterary sketches on “The mills kept grinding”7 min read·May 23, 2022----
Martin SmallridgeinAgora24Just a Game of appearancesMany of you were born in a safe place, in a country where war has no access, and you have never feared for the life and health of…7 min read·Mar 17, 2022----
Martin SmallridgeThe ordnance of Gods and MenPicture a cold winter. Snow crackling under your feet, blizzards, wind howling across the wastelands and forests with overwhelming darkness…14 min read·Jan 19, 2022----
Martin SmallridgeinAgora24TimeTime by its nature remains hostile to every life. We come into this world, we live in it and pass away, and all upon its severity. I do not…1 min read·Dec 7, 2021----