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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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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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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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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.

Footprints Of Infamy - New song about people regre Footprints Of Infamy - New song about people regretting their social media history #song #writing #socialmedia
Eyes That Cast No Shadow - A poem about two sets o Eyes That Cast No Shadow - A poem about two sets of eyes meeting across a crowded room. Time stops still and forever life is changed. 

Two people gain a connection

Across a crowded room

Two sets of eyes connected,

They sparkle in the gloom

Each soul has a window,

Yet it's rare to see within,

For only those that gain that trust

Can see what's there and been

Time stops in a moment,

The world's heart stops its beat

A frozen passage in time,

Entwined and so complete

The stare is hypnotic,

Almost drawing two souls inward,

To a world of untold moments

Where the magic can begin

Slowly, sound surrounds us,

Life surrounds us once more

A synchronized blink,

Our eyes turn towards the floor

We go our separate ways now,

Yet we smile and share a glance

For that moment is called destiny,

So may I have this dance?

#gaze #moment #eyes #poem #poetry #writing
Sad to hear of the passing of Sylvia Young. Think Sad to hear of the passing of Sylvia Young. Think of all those who came through her school. Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Emma Bunton, and probably half of Eastenders and Grange Hill over the years. Legend
Rainbow After The Storm - A Poem based on finding Rainbow After The Storm - A Poem based on finding the brightness after a storm 

Storm clouds darken the horizon
Rain it falls like tears
A sky of charcoaled canvas
Painted through the years

Blackened fog surrounds me
Hands grasp around my neck
Lightning blazed around
Life is such a wreck

Sun it casts a shadow
Secluded from within
Sillouted saviour
That I feel within

Piercing light splits the darkness
Rays break through the black
Smash against the ground below
I hear the sudden whack

Rebounding to the darkness
Sky now like no other
Natures purest beauty
No longer undercover

Essence so serene
Spectrum of pure light
Arching over life
Protector to the night

Kaledospcioc presence
Rainbow in the storm
Aura of real beauty
Light so pure and warm

Wrap your colours around me
Engulf me in your love
Black cannot pierce the soul
That shines from up above

#storm #lightning #life #hope #pain
RIP Ozzy and thank you for the music 😥😥 RIP Ozzy and thank you for the music 😥😥
A Poem about hitting rock bottom in life and reali A Poem about hitting rock bottom in life and realising that the only way is up again.

Falling so far down

Into the darkness of despair,

To a place of isolation,

In a world that does not care.

Feeling all around me,

I try to hold on to a rope.

Just a feeling I can stand up,

A simple ray of hope.

My eyes squint into the darkness,

Making out a shape.

Perhaps a slab of granite,

Or a hero in a cape?

Looking up into the darkness,

I see a place to climb,

A distant light that beckons.

Now, this is my time.

For when you hit rock bottom,

Upwards is the only place to go.

Stand up and dust yourself off now,

It's onwards with the show.

#poem #writing #life #hope
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