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Dan Simpson

Janus, hear my prayer as I once again open my front door creating a portal from the safety of my dwelling to the cruelty of the world.

Gods of the roads protect me: I turn my back on my comforts my security and loves watch over my body as it makes this journey.

I take well-worn roads and familiar paths out and away from my home I will climb hills and cross rivers traverse miles of this earth journey into unknown places.

The way may be dangerous: save me from harm. The way may be long: grant me strength to go on. The way may be hard: toughen my feet. The way may be unclear: give me clarity of sight.

The way may be lonely: provide me with purpose. I offer you life-giving corn harvested by my hand votives dedicated in your name this wine poured on my home’s threshold a vow to always honour you:

Банка колы ценой в $32,000: как обычная доброта изменила жизнь 68-летнего курьера!

Дэн Симпсон просто делал свою работу, но решил пойти чуть дальше обычного протокола.

Когда в кафе не оказалось диетической колы для клиента, Дэн не стал звонить с извинениями, а просто заехал в соседний магазин и купил её за свой счет.

Магия интернета в действии:

✅ Курьер потратил пару долларов и пять минут времени, чтобы порадовать незнакомого человека.

✅ Потрясенный клиент выложил пост об этом «тихом герое», и история мгновенно стала виральной.

✅ Благодарные люди со всего мира запустили сбор средств, и за считанные дни Дэн получил $32,000.

Теперь Дэн может оставить тяжелую работу и со спокойной душой выйти на заслуженную пенсию.

📌 Лучшее доказательство того, что искреннее добро всегда возвращается сторицей.

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The lares viales are protective deities of the roads who guard travelers from misfortune.

Featured image: Lararium: Mercury and Dionysus, Thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus, by Becks, 2014, via Flickr (X). Image license: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) I made no changes to this image.

Poem: Lares Viales by Dan Simpson, Canterbury Laureate 2013-14. (X)

Text background: Red and black floral texture by Jason Dent, 2020, via unsplash.com (X).

Dan Simpson casts a backward (and strikingly contemporary) glance at the household gods of the Rome

Janus, hear my prayer

as I once again open my front door

creating a portal

from the safety of my dwelling

to the cruelty of the world.

Gods of the roads protect me:

I turn my back on my comforts

my security and loves

watch over my body

as it makes this journey.

I take well-worn roads and familiar paths

out and away from my home

I will climb hills and cross rivers

traverse miles of this earth

journey into unknown places.

The way may be dangerous: save me from harm.

The way may be long: grant me strength to go on.

The way may be hard: toughen my feet.

The way may be unclear: give me clarity of sight.

The way may be lonely: provide me with purpose.

I offer you life-giving corn harvested by my hand

votives dedicated in your name

this wine poured on my home’s threshold

a vow to always honour you:

accept my prayer.

May I return unharmed and enriched

back to my home

to honour the gods

hear me! Lares

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There’s a really good one at Writer’s Routine, a podcast by Dan Simpson. What a pleasure it is to have a professional pitch your book!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KTmIEU1TyYHleQFbqdF5t?si=drfI4JAARfW81AybiH9nXA

The ad appears about 2 minutes in (around -52:25 if you are using the player above), but I suggest you listen to the whole episode, as it’s excellent. I wasn’t aware of…

As I have been missing in action for most of the 2019 Edinburgh fringe I thought I would share a few photographs of myself and my friends which have been taken at previous Edinburgh events I’ve attended over the years.

Picture (1) I’m doing what I do at every fringe and that’s performing my work at the Scottish poetry library. As you can probably tell from the badges on my jacket this was taken…