Poetry Blogs (2013, Carter)

FAREWELL BRIAN CARTER

There's many a heavy heart down in Devon now that a singular voice has been stilled by the march

of time. Brian Carter was a one-off: a gifted artist, writer and poet whose talents were to serve the

cause nearest to his heart - the care of the countryside and its content. He wrote a column -

"Carter's Country" - for the local Torquay Herald Express and it became a "must" for its readers...

Wednesday 3rd June 2015 4:05 pm

ImproviXation #107

Some days I wish I could bend my knees

Lean backwards and wail like a saxophonist

But I know anyone within earshot

Would hear that wrong

There are days

I feel like screaming

But I don’t dare

I’m afraid of what the

Vibrations might cause

On days like that I like to clamp on headphones

Crank up volume on John Coltrane

Archie Shepp

Alb...

Thursday 26th September 2013 4:55 pm