Tag Archives: poem

The Glory Of The Garden: Wither Goes It? #poem #rudyardkipling

Posted on Mar 5, 2019 by

From time to time I like to ruin one of the Nation’s favourite poems, as voted some years ago in a BBC poll. This time I have been musing on the hottest ever February, in doing so, have taken an … Continue reading →

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Love Sonnets And Terrible Poetry

Posted on Feb 14, 2019 by

Warning: this is a tacky post with poems that, well, are terrible, except the first and I didn’t write that… Willie Shakespeare had a way with Sonnets. As you do. One of his more famous ones was his 130th… SONNET … Continue reading →

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Please Mrs Patterson #poem

Posted on Feb 5, 2019 by

It’s a while since I ruined a great poem but hey, why not? The first snow has arrived here in London – pretty bloody feeble too so in order to celebrate, and taking Allan Ahlberg’s brilliant Please Mrs Butler as my inspiration, … Continue reading →

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Verse Or Worse

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 by

I blame Robbie Cheadle. Something she wrote anyway. You couldn’t blame Robbie per se. Far too nice. The thing is she started me thinking about poetry. My poetry. Writing prose is a joy but often writing poetry is hard. Really … Continue reading →

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Christmas (After Betjemen) #poem #poetry

Posted on Dec 17, 2018 by

I have been rewriting some of the Nation’s favourite poems (I take the first line, and after that anything goes) and this one, based on Sir John Betjeman’s Christmas (no. 70 in the BBC’s top 100) is for those of you struggling to make … Continue reading →

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A Poem. Sort Of.

Posted on Dec 15, 2018 by

This appeared as a guest thingy by me on Sally Cronin’s blog last Sunday. Some of you my nit have seen it. Shame on you but still, here it is. It’s another one of those ‘ruin a good poem’ ideas … Continue reading →

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The Way Of Life #writephoto #robertfrost

Posted on Dec 10, 2018 by

In my continuing series of famous poems loved by the BBC’s listeners and ruined by me we reach Robert Frost and The Road Not Taken. I have also utilized Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt Two Roads Two roads diverged in a yellow … Continue reading →

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