Author
Mark Fuller
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Mark Edward Fuller (1956), was born in Britain but has spent most of his life in Amsterdam. He fell in love with the city at first sight on a dismal winter’s day.
“I found the freedom to be myself in Amsterdam, a feeling that has never left me in almost 40 years of living here. It determined my career as a journalist and my role as a father.”
Fuller describes his poems as “quirky and political." He loves the music and rhythm of rhyme as well as the battle to bring truth to the page.
"Poetry sustains the brain and the heart.”
Who is They?
Charged with finding
An all-encompassing pronoun
The poet started with the nuclear family
But he…
Turning The Corner
Turning The Corner
To die, in the Dutch vernacular,
Is to "exit the pipe" or "turn the corner"
There is no…
A Visit To A Museum
A Visit To A MuseumA stream of aged art-loverspredominantly dressed in whitesnakes down to a…
Streetwise
Streetwise
Nothing happens
that doesn’t happen
on the streetLife is a low-beat
marking reality
with a…
The Superhero
The Superhero
JOSHIn the maelstrom of his mind
Josh believed he was a superheroLawless in local terms…
The Insatiable Sea
The Insatiable Sea
The insatiable sea
swallows boats of refugees
with ease.Covering its deeds
with an…
Dumbstruck
Dumbstruck
Where will my words go
When I can no longer speak.When Parkinson’s fluffs my lines
For the last…
Absence of God
Absence of God
God’s absence was marked
by a hole in the icethat opened suddenly
under the boys’ weight…
A Space-age Soliloquy
A Space-age Soliloquy
Contemplating one’s end
creates a curious blend
of ennui and trepidationwondering if…
Stop The Clock
Stop The Clock - The Boxer
(Overheard on the radio: Life is like a boxing match in which you have to fight, but…
The Way We Go
The Way We Go
I will go on till I go.When and Where
I don’t know.Whatever life throws at me
I will…
Everywhere You Go
Everywhere You Go
Everywhere you go
They are there
Moving fast and slow
On a busy thoroughfareLining city…
On Hearing the Death of Shane Warne (1969 – 2022)
On Hearing the Death of Shane Warne (1969 - 2022)
Shane Warne began bowling
before he was bornTiny fingers…
Blue
Blue
We’re fucked:
It’s sad but true
Our pledges and protests
Have failed to keep
our blue planet blue
The…
Bird Song in Mariupol
Bird Song in Mariupol
Walking out on a glorious spring day
Bird song fills the air above my head
Amsterdam is…
A Church To Be
A Church To Be
If Jesus was a macro-influencer
In his dad’s divine meta universe
Would Christianity find new…
Heroic Woman
Heroic Woman
(Inspired by JR’s video Women are Heroes)Give me your eyes
And I will show you your face…
The Sex Education of Sam I Am
The Sex Education of Sam I Am
Said Sam I Am:
Am I made from green eggs and ham
Or are colourless eggs and…
A Conversation with my Conscience
A Conversation with my Conscience
If I ruled the world
I would step down on
my very first day
Just before one…
Prayer Books of The Metaverse
Prayer Books of The Metaverse
On the corner of the street
People gather but do not meet.Rocking on their…
The Table That Theo Made
The Table That Theo Made The Table That Theo Made
Stands like a Trojan horse
In the middle of the…
Questioning Love 2
Questioning Love 2
Does love have the strength to overcome hate?
Or are the victory margins so small
It is…
Questioning Love 1
Questioning Love 1
Can love cleanse hate
From the hearts
Of the bitter and twisted Diving deep
Into…
The Nasty Side of Life
https://youtu.be/CTzXIqa_8pI
The Nasty Side of Life
The nasty side of life
Comes without warning
In the blink…
Inanimate Objects
Inanimate Objects
Inanimate objects are not words
That roll smoothly from your tongue into speech But are…
Proverbial Wisdom
Proverbial wisdom
Do pants excite ants?
Do bees have nice knees?
Does a donkey hide its hind leg
when the…
A No-Brainer
A No-Brainer
(for my 65th birthday) Without warning while walking down the stairs
My brain questions the…
Seeing the Light
Seeing the Light
A lampshade painted by an artist friend
Shows a country road with a slight bend
Heading…
Mother-In-Law
Mother-In-Law
Part I
Hoary jokes about the Mother-in-law
Still make people laugh in the pub
While male…
A Vision
A Vision
A talented young poet
Rolls out her words -
Wave after wave -
Over a cold Capitol Hill Her…
Do Not Pity Me
Do Not Pity Me
Don’t pity me
With my chronic
disease. But pity those
who only have
rags for clothes…
Power Failure
Power Failure
Democracy hasn’t been a big success.
Since Athens empowered the demos
Its role has been…
Three Words: I Love You
Three Words: I Love You
These three words are all we’ve got
To convey the force of love.
No matter which…
Autumn Mortality
Autumn Mortality
Autumn is the time of the dying leaf
I watch one waft gracefully
down to the surface of a…
I’m Your Favourite Dish, Taste Me
Your Favourite Dish
Go on, taste me!
The flavour of my skin
Let my body’s heady scent
Rise from deep within.…
Planet Boris
Planet Boris
Deep in outer space
There’s a very strange place
They call Planet Boris
Its ruler, it seems,
Is…
My Whirring Brain
My Whirring Brain
Wouldn’t it be disconcerting
If we could hear the brain whirring
Under the strain of its…
A Bird’s Eye View
A Bird's Eye View
The birds have got it wrong
Marking the start of spring
In the middle of winter
With…
Ode to The Bed
Ode to The Bed
In bed is a great place to be
listening to the sound of rain
on the windowpane or the…
Remembering a Rock and Roll Suicide
Rock and Roll Suicide
At last, he took flight
In the summer sunlight
From the roof of the Hilton Hotel.No…
Mountain Snapshot
Mountain Snapshot
On the top edge of my iPad
a mountain sits in monumental stillness,
as if motion was…
Should Not the Actuaries Say…
Should Not the Actuaries Say
What If...
What if actuaries would say:
There’s no time to delay
Doing what you…
A Colourless Mind
A Colourless Mind
Your hair is blond
your skin is white
your blood is red
your oriental eyes
suck in the…