Thanks Cathy, for this illuminating and touching tribute. I'm sure that she will be remembered - as all poets should be remembered - for her words.
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A lovely Article Cathy. Go up there often as I live down the hill. Looks so different in the changing weather conditions. But in your photo it shines. Nice x
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
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Comment is about Thin (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
hi rach, of course ya can, if ya want i can drop them up to you this friday?
Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)
Original item by Rachel Bond
A lovely, fitting piece Cathy.
If anyone else goes up there you might also want to search for the nearby grave of another, far-lesser-known American poet, Asa Benveniste, who lived in Hebden Bridge and whose headstone bears the words: foolish enough to have been a poet.
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Maska Presidenciale
Nje maske ke per zyre
Nje maske per familje
Nje maske per eprorin
Nje maske per vartesin
Nje maske per vete...
Sa dhe kur buzeqesh
Ne pasqyre..
Nuk buzeqesh ti..
Buzeqesh maska
Ku e ke fytyren?
Newspaper"Sindikalisti"1991
Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)
Original item by Leon Qafzezi
Thank you guys for all of your kind words and encouragement. They really do mean a lot to me.
As writers, we all spend a lot of time in emotional isolation with our words; and when we finally release them, we hope that they will fly in the minds of others.
Thank you again with all of my heart.
Pete
Comment is about Through the Cracks (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
I worked around the 1960s East End of London - Limehouse, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. The docks were fading fast: the unions (like the "print") refusing to admit change was inevitable, with Gravesend taking container traffic and shipping no longer a viable trade. The area has been altered beyond recognition since then and is now a famous landmark as "Canary Wharf". The challenge was taken up there too - and the effort and enterprise succeeded.
Comment is about LABOUR MILLIONAIRES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Mysty Brett
Mon 11th Feb 2013 23:33
This article is so moving. It's so heartwarming to read. Sylvia and her poetry mean so much to so many people. Thanks for sharing Cathy.
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
To borrow from another great song...
"When will I hear you again...?"
Finger-plucking good!
Comment is about Our Gert (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Mon 11th Feb 2013 23:23
Cheers M.C.
Nice little add on.
Ken.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
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But there was a distinct sense of noblesse oblige and an increasing acknowledgement of progress and the need to fund the education of new generations- and, importantly, the desire to encourage the INDIVIDUAL and his/her aspirations.
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For the most part that relates to a conservative nature long since gone! Bar one or two conservatives, this has not existed/was eliminated by Thatcherism.
What you describe is one nation conservatism; Disraeli not Cameron.
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I take the view that despite criticism and a belief in their "bad old ways" that lingers on,
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It does not live on - most certainly does not live on. Neither Tory, Liberals or Labour reflect this idea/ideal. The last conservative to really reflect this ideal was Michael Hesteltine (limited by Thatcher).
One nation conservatism for the most part is history. And none of the parties out there can claim to be socialist or a modern version of socialism - they have nothing to do with socialism.
Good verse like I said. The issue - you highlight it rightly and well. My only issue is that none of the parties are or can claim to be socialist - modern or otherwise.
Hypocrisy and corruption care not for labels or where someone sits in a chamber. The lot of them are questionable and self serving. Far too few politicians of principle anymore.
P.S
Hesteltine was the only person that actually made a difference in the regeneration of Liverpool. The only person that fought for the city and got regeneration of deprived areas, as opposed to dock-lands, shopping centers and libraries.
I know - I was there.
Chris
Comment is about LABOUR MILLIONAIRES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I realise that many people find her work too inward looking or inaccessible but I think her passion and emotion makes her work unforgettable whether you can empathise or not. It's motivated me to go there myself. In her death follwing her conflicts and "furies" she still brings life and inspiration for me to push on, even while experiencing those creative "lows". Thanks for sharing this article, really enjoyed it.
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Well written and well read.You have created a great rhythymic cadence to this and it flows along effortlessly I loved the last line XX
Comment is about Through the Cracks (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
Whoa, Pete!
Powerful and brilliantly managed.
They say you can't write stuff with weight in structured form and with rhyme.
(I bet no-one will say it here!)
Comment is about Through the Cracks (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
tony sheridan
Mon 11th Feb 2013 19:45
Love this! More please. I read some of my song lyrics as a poem at open mike nights. A few weeks later I give them the song version. Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Hostile Street (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
tony sheridan
Mon 11th Feb 2013 19:37
What can I say Pete? Well done! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Through the Cracks (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
tony sheridan
Mon 11th Feb 2013 19:30
Love this Pete!! Spot on!! Take care,Tony.
Comment is about Freedom's Word (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
Pete
fantastic piece. I liked it when I read it, but hearing it in your dulcet tones added a world weary lilt to the hopelessness of the situation that was certainly enhanced from simply reading the words.
Great stuff
Ian
Comment is about Through the Cracks (blog)
Original item by Pete Fisher
Today's snow and ice a poignant reminder of that long, hard winter of 1963. Thank you very much for this, Cathy.
Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Don't let that coffee go cold
Comment is about Extra Hot, Extra Wet, Extra Shot (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
love is in the air
hearts so true
broken in two
cupid's arrow fires
laughter to tears
if your card
gets sent to
the wrong address
and the one
that you desire
asks have you
got yours yet!
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport on Monday (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Bloody ell Ray, are you trying to get me to spit all over the front row or sommat?! ;D I'll never be able to bloody enunciate that lot!
Re Daily Mail berating - it's a time-honoured thing, like laughing at your own farts. They stay funny, the Daily Mail stays a target. It's rags like that who print this kind of shite - missing them out would just be wrong.
Comment is about Jack's Alright (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
thanks for your comments on 'cacti plant' just when i was thinking it rubbish. there is a lot in there if you get the references but also just a simple write about the very complicated feelings surrounding exes.
Comment is about BT (poet profile)
Original item by BT
haha so THERE you are! Tommy
Comment is about Fran Isherwood (poet profile)
Original item by Fran Isherwood
Wave to me Sylvia- just wave.
Comment is about Remembering and assessing Sylvia Plath, 50 years on (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks, Yvonne, Steve.There's been others who didn't get the gist, Steve.
Comment is about When I Was Your Father (blog)
Original item by Ray Miller
Maybe summat like "Feel safe that faith in the Daily Fail." See, I'm programmed for rhyme.
It's apparent that you're referring to the Daily Mail, but in the context of the poem I don't think Fail is working. Also, berating the Daily Mail and its readers has been done to death.
Comment is about Jack's Alright (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Ti erdhe tek une virtualisht,
Si nje parfum dehes...
Dhe une druhesha te merja ere..
Pa ditur se era e dimrit,
Kjo kurve plake..
Do te conte tutje
Ne trishtimin e embel
Te dimrit ithnak
Ndofta shihemi ne pranvere..
Ku i dihet?
Asgje nuk duhet paragjykuar..
Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)
Original item by Leon Qafzezi
Jeta ime nje re dhimbje
Qe largohet pafundesisht
Ne bardhesine e kohes
E mbarsur me stuhi
Qe befas ndalet...
Ne funeralin e ererave
Per te hedhur lopaten
E fundit te dheut
Mbi pafytyresine e Kohes!
(Kujtime ne blu)copright,Leon Qafzezi(2013)
Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)
Original item by Leon Qafzezi
Mmm I like this too, has a lovely rhythm to it, and manages to evoke the scene in very few lines.
Is there a reason why you have - at the start and end? If it's deliberate, which I think it must be cos it's you, then it suggests missing lines...something unseen, unsaid.
Comment is about Past Midnight (blog)
Original item by Neil Fawcett
Hello lovely :) Hope you're doing okay. Ta for your comments, and yeh, it has been too long. We should get our arses together once hibernation mode is over, eh ;) xxx
Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)
Original item by Rachel Bond
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment folks.
Ray - yeh, still not sure on slander/ing - works both ways when it's performed tbh. And, it was originally 'facts' but I couldn't enunciate it so well when it came to it, so it got changed to 'true' - still fits with the rhythm though so I can make it work. You use rhyme much more than I do...I tend to fall on rhythm to make a verse work, in tandem with SOME rhyme, for performance poems.
Agree that 'your acts' could be improved on - will have a think on that. 'Daily Fail' stays as it's a spoof on Daily Mail, which I thought would be really clear to people. Is it not?
Chris - aye, the idea of putting those lines there is to kind of forefront the whole idea of propaganda by using several of the 7 categories of propaganda techniques, then using the phrases which match those categories. 'Hard working family/striver' is amongst the glowing/glittering generalities/bandwagon category, and 'skiver/scrounger' is in the bandwagon/name-calling category.
Works extremely well for the govt though, doesn't it, when you consider how many people actually do believe it when they repeat those terms?
Comment is about Jack's Alright (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Where ya gone, Bonny?
I can't fetch up your Profile page.
Anyway, thanks for the comments. I'm not so sure I like the idea of changing a dog's nappy.
Comment is about "PICK IT UP" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hello MC
Thanks for your thoughts on "Pick It Up".
Was your sister's dog a shihtzu?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hello Izzy,
I certainly agree with you about dog shit of playing fields.
I think:
1st offence - fine
2nd offence - put the dog down
3rd offence - put the owner down.
Hang on! I'm not sure I've thought that through.
"Lots on" = "Watson" - wassamatta with that!!!
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Hello Dave,
Thanks for your thoughts on "Pick It Up". I'm not sure I agree with you that there's a lot less of it about, although if there's the same number of dogs about as there was 20 years ago and there's more people picking it up than there was 20 years ago, there must be less dog shit about (unless dogs are shitting more!).
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Hello Izzy,
I certainly agree with you about dog shit of playing fields.
I think:
1st offence - fine
2nd offence - put the dog down
3rd offence - put the owner down.
Hang on! I'm not sure I've thought that through.
"Lots on" = "Watson" - wassamatta with that!!!
Comment is about "PICK IT UP" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hello Dave,
Thanks for your thoughts on "Pick It Up". I'm not sure I agree with you that there's a lot less of it about, although if there's the same number of dogs about as there was 20 years ago and there's more people picking it up than there was 20 years ago, there must be less dog shit about (unless dogs are shitting more!).
Comment is about "PICK IT UP" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for your comments, and I'm glad you liked 'Maria en la Roca'. Cheers - David.
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sun 10th Feb 2013 13:30
Thank you Ray - will edit and update - I know what you mean about the "bold" bit, I got stuck there - need to revisit it! Katy
Comment is about Ray Miller (poet profile)
Original item by Ray Miller
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sun 10th Feb 2013 12:02
David
many thanks for your kind comments. I've had a quick look through the rest of your blogs and am liking what i read. in particularly i enjoyed maria en la roca and thought the alternate title was totally appropriate to the piece.
cheers
Ian
Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)
Original item by David Blake
Nice poem. I'd like to see a half-Irish steampunk entrance. That would be summat, but I'd be "awaiting" not anticipating.
hares - not hare's
There's a fine, unforced rhythm except for this line -
Amongst stranger spectators, taking my hand bold
bold is not the word to end this line on.
Comment is about Extra Hot, Extra Wet, Extra Shot (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
This is not by me - it is by Yvonne. The link to it was broken. I've managed to re-post it so that it can be part of the Cat competition voting
Comment is about The Last Kiss (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Hello again, I just wanted to stop by and say Keep up the amazing writing, I fucking love this, keep em comin. xo
Comment is about cacti plant (blog)
Original item by Rachel Bond
Travis Brow
Wed 13th Feb 2013 06:57
Thank you Tony, Dave. The fact you recognise your own experiences in others' work is the only meaningful validation; for me, at least.
Comment is about Toast. (blog)