Tag Archives: Port Naain

Self portrait of the artist – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard… the story begins (and will continue here tomorrow…): Andeal Willnoton Quillabin is an artist; a painter admittedly but still an artist. Purely between ourselves, he’s rather a good one. If you look at one of his … Continue reading →

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The Estuary Road – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I can remember my first sight of the estuary road. It’s a short length of cobbled road, the cobbles laid between timbers and the timbers held in place by great piles driven into the mud. There’s … Continue reading →

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Snail wrestling! – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Port Naain is a city which has a secret craving for novelty. Whilst it will often strike outsiders as a distinctly priggish place, those of us who have lived here all our lives know better. Port Naain goes questing after … Continue reading →

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Telling it like it is – reblogged from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I’ve never been the sort of poet who likes nothing better than to rant and raves about ‘issues’. There are things I disagree with, there are things which might even provoke me to verse, but I’ve reached an age where … Continue reading →

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Book Launch! Tallis Steelyard and the sedan chair caper – Jim Webster #Kindle

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Port Naain has a long and convoluted history with the noble sport of sedan chair racing. Doubtless there are more tales to be told than are suitable in mixed company… but if anyone can tell them, it is Tallis Steelyard. … Continue reading →

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Deep Waters… a tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: As you know, I shun controversy and do my best to live a quiet life. But I feel that I must take a stand over a painting by my good friend Housewater. I was not merely … Continue reading →

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We all were young once – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: That at least was my excuse. I was a poet, but a very young poet. I had few patrons and those I had I tended to cherish because they were all that stood between me and … Continue reading →

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Has he no shame? – another tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I am sure I’ve never mentioned Alatan Zore. He is, of all things, an essayist! If you find poets self absorbed and insufferable, trust me in this, essayists are worse. It is also entirely impossible to … Continue reading →

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The gallant stand of an aging terpsichorean – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I believe I have introduced you to Pardo Fuen. When I last mentioned him, he had decided to pass a quiet retirement selling cut flowers, a little top fruit, and bulls. The cut flowers were a … Continue reading →

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The Dancing Master – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: People do make a habit of surprising you. They cheerfully climb out of the neat little boxes you put them in and persist in doing things you’d never expect. Take, for example, the great mercenary captain, … Continue reading →

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