Kevan Pooler

Creative Writer on The Meaning of Life and the Sex that started it.

Author Archive: Kevan Pooler

Crossed Legs strike worked

17th Oct 2011 Of all people, two male Colombian Judges suggested to the women of Barbacoas that they might motivate their menfolk to swing into action if they had a sex strike. The Colombian women’s  “crossed legs” strike of sexual abstinence was aimed at getting a road to their isolated town paved, after officials pledged …

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Lysistrata and Nobel

7 Oct 2011 Heartening to see that my use of Lysistrata has plenty of currency – relative to Alf and Kenneth. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has gone to the woman who, among many other things, successfully persuaded Liberian womenfolk to withhold sex from their menfolk unless they came to the negotiating table in 2002. …

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… and how the young friar cracked it.

Narziss and Goldmund it’s not. Hermann Hesse’s hero and alter-ego, Narziss, leaves the Monastery and leads a totally dissolute and debauched life in medieval times. All does not go well. There is a nice cross relationship with “Apple?” where the Grumpies discuss at one point the Syphilitic plague caused by Columbus’s men. In my cracking …

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Vetted, not Barred

 ‘Vetted, not Barred’ 2013 work in Progress Published as A post Soham psychological thriller set in a Youth Service. ‘It’s not the CRB/DBS that protects, it’s people.’ And who guards the guardians? Available here in Paperback and Kindle  

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Survived the Famine, beaten by the Dark Satanic Mills

Like Sebastian Barry, particularly with “The Secret Scripture”, my Great Grand Parents give inspiration for moving stories. I have been incredibly moved by the awesome power of progress and growth within the Industrial Revolution, trampling my poor ancestors in their rush. Born out of the Irish Famine, starved out of their homeland then crushed under …

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…and the spirit moved …

Here I will be exploring the science and theory of ghosts – for instance the reason cold spots and philosophy of why spirits appear – against some ghosts stories I believe.  

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“Apple?” Thanks for Downloading – take a look around

Thanks to the 45 of you worldwide who downloaded at Amazon for Christmas – including Germany and Japan. It is a challenging read with widely mixed reviews – from ‘unreadable’ to ‘really enjoyed’ – but not enough of them. As it is my first novel (of 5 planned – 2 others in advanced stage) I …

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