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Embracing the Journey: Reflections on growing older and coping with the loss of loved ones
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Embracing the Journey: Reflections on growing older and coping with the loss of loved ones

  • Dean
  • February 2, 2023
A post about growing older and realising time is not so much on our side these days.
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Wanderlust With You
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  • Life
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Wanderlust With You

  • Dean
  • January 2, 2023
Wanderlust With You - A poem about finding love whilst travelling
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AI vs Creative Writing – Which do you prefer?
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AI vs Creative Writing – Which do you prefer?

  • Dean
  • December 24, 2022
AI vs Creative writing the good and the bad side.
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A farewell to Lars-Ola  A true gentleman of Södermalm
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  • Life
  • Sweden

A farewell to Lars-Ola A true gentleman of Södermalm

  • Dean
  • July 20, 2020
Wow… the only word I can think of. What a weird day. I moved to Skanstull five years ago and to be honest; it was an amazing gig! I worked…
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2010’s a decade in review
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2010’s a decade in review

  • Dean
  • December 29, 2019
As another year comes to a close, there is always time to take the opportunity to reflect upon how the past twelve months have impacted our lives. A chance to…
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Our house in the middle of our street
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Our house in the middle of our street

  • Dean
  • December 31, 2018
As ever at Christmas, I have travelled back to the old house that my family have lived in for the past 40 years. It’s currently nine o clock, the house…
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Linköping FC – Season Review 2017
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Linköping FC – Season Review 2017

  • Dean
  • November 12, 2017
Well, another Damallsvenskan season comes to an end. What another year it has been for Linköping FC! Back to back championship’s and so far, Quarter-Finalists in the Champions League with…
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BBC Radio Interview about life in Sweden
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BBC Radio Interview about life in Sweden

  • Dean
  • January 11, 2017
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Christmas is about home
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Christmas is about home

  • Dean
  • December 28, 2016
I sit here in Bristol. Christmas has come and gone, like the whirlwind that it seems to be these days. Oddly I bumped into some old school friends yesterday, and…
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Goodbye Pernille and thanks for everything – Now to the future!
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  • Sweden

Goodbye Pernille and thanks for everything – Now to the future!

  • Dean
  • November 17, 2016
Well, the news is out. After four years Linköpings FC record striker is leaving the club. I earlier had hoped there would be some chance of an extension but the…
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About Dean

British/Swedish poet/author. Pagan and lifetime supporter of both Chelsea FC and Linköpings FC. Feel free to use my poetry, as long as you link my name. All Poetry ©Deanthebard.com 2025

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Writer, poet, Pagan. Books on Amazon. ⚽ Chelsea FC, Linköping FC, Yate Town. Founder & Owner @asinglemalt Books on Amazon.

Glad midsommar Glad midsommar
Life's Ripples - A new poem about casting a stone Life's Ripples - A new poem about casting a stone into a lake, the water is disturbed then after a while, like the water, life returns to normal

Staring into the water,
Reflections they distort my face.
Lines echo those around my eyes;
I see into the ripples I now embrace.

Drop a pebble into the water;
The lines they reach the edge
An everlasting wave of hope
That on my heart I pledge.

The water returns to normal;
Calmness reflects upon the lake.
No longer broken nature,
Just the silence left to break.

For underneath the water,
Just like in my heart, there’s life.
The stone sinks to the bottom,
Devoid of pain and strife.

The stone remains forever
Until the next is cast
A collection of hopes and dreams
That in our hearts will last.

So take your stone and throw it,
Cast your wish upon the tide.
Remember it forever,
Until it can no longer hide.

#poetry #poem #life #ripples
Natures Pure Resilience A poem about a rose growi Natures Pure Resilience

A poem about a rose growing in a war torn city. Natures pure resiliece

In a time of unknown certainty,
Where bombs rain down from the sky,
A solitary breath of nature
Stands upright, reaching high.

Ignorant of its surroundings,
While the world’s ablaze with fire,
Rising ever higher,
A tower from the pyre.

The days are steeped in sadness,
Explosions echo doom.
It stands in isolation,
A kaleidoscopic bloom.

Peace will return one day;
Perhaps we’ll share its flower.
For true strength lies in nature,
The Earth’s most potent power.

#poem #poetry #nature #writing
Brian Wilson moved on. Rest in Parsdise you genius Brian Wilson moved on. Rest in Parsdise you genius
What a legend Emma Lennartsson has been for Linkö What a legend Emma Lennartsson has been for Linköping FC. Congratulations on an amazing career 👏👏👏
Sad to hear of the passing of Frederick Forsythe. Sad to hear of the passing of Frederick Forsythe. Day Of The Jackel is a must book for any home library.
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