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The Battle Of The Garden
It is spring; it’s lovely outside. And I’ve been in my garden. I wrote this poem last year; obviously I was a little frustrated If at any point my life seems drab and stale My head begins to ache, my … Continue reading
Posted in gardens, miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged April, flowers, garden, poem, poetry
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The Glory Of The Garden: Wither Goes It? #poem #rudyardkipling
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
Posted in miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged climate change, poem, poetry, Rudyard Kipling, the glory of the garden
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Love Sonnets And Terrible Poetry
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
Please Mrs Patterson #poem
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
Verse Or Worse
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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Tagged beta readers, poem, poetry, Reading, review
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Christmas (After Betjemen) #poem #poetry
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
A Poem. Sort Of.
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
