Tag Archives: Jim Webster

Guest poet and raconteur: Tallis Steelyard – A Family Saga

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For once I cannot be blamed for any of it. It’s obvious that nothing that happened was my fault. Indeed if blame is to be allocated, the only person on whom it can fairly fall is my lady wife Shena. … Continue reading →

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And occasionally, something new? – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard… a request from the poet himself… Never let it be said that Tallis Steelyard is one of those ‘artists’ who sits sighing in his garret, bewailing his fate and wondering why his literary endeavours appear to … Continue reading →

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One stands just so. – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Let us not beat about the bush. There are people whom you feel obliged to rescue from the results of their own ill-judged actions. In all candour they may be an idiot, but in some unquantifiable … Continue reading →

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Still not entirely domesticated – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I suppose it is inevitable. If two attractive unmarried ladies decide to run a boarding house, specialising in providing homely accommodation for single men; there will be gossip. All the more so when the aforementioned ladies … Continue reading →

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Poet in Residence – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There are two main schools of thought about debt and debtors’ prisons. The first holds, not unreasonably, that if a chap is locked up in prison, how on earth can he earn the money he needs to pay you back? … Continue reading →

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Who is Tallis Steelyard?

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes: Today we welcome Tallis Steelyard to our blog. He has kindly come along with another of his lovely stories. This image is a painting by the great Frank Frazetta, an artist my … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Jim Webster – Tallis Steelyard on Etiquette

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It must be confessed that as a Poet I have to accept that I am not regarded as entirely a gentleman. I don’t think it specifically states this in any of the many books of etiquette with which Port Naain … Continue reading →

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Guest author- Tallis Steelyard aka Jim Webster… The value of money

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is perhaps salutary to look back and contemplate the changes one has seen in one’s life. Indeed it can be interesting to look at the changes one has, by one’s efforts, helped to initiate. Some ideas have faded, others … Continue reading →

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Brass knuckles for a lady by Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I was home first that evening and had brought supper with me. A good chunk of game pie, half a bottle of wine, and even some vegetables, although it has to be admitted that these had a sad a wilted … Continue reading →

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Stilwater the Squid Wrestler from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Strangely enough, recently a number of people have asked me to tell them the tale of Stilwater the Squid Wrestler. At one time I told it regularly, but after a short while you realise that there is a danger that … Continue reading →