POETS DAY : Y Gododdin
Category: Poetry
Totally Unexpected Change of Circs.
I was looking for a “business” partner to share a new venture with and have received – out of the blue – an offer from a fellow historian who has followed my work for a long time. Way back since my Weave a Garland days in the early 2000’s. Woohoo. Time for a partner-in-historical-crime, methinks […]
Read More1763 to 1990
1. Thomas DIX was born about 1763. He was buried on 14 Nov 1816 in Southrepps, Norfolk, England. Moving on to my REAL grandfather, Clarence, who married Enid Anne Sylvia – my Nan, always called Anne. I have vivid memories of her silver cutlery. It was engraved EAS on every handle. That’s how I know her birth […]
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He came home. Sat down. His phone rang. He left. Apparently there is some Emergency Rescue needed in Lincoln. And we’d planned a Chinese Takeaway tonight because I’ve been too busy with other stuff. My boys are now outta their heads with the hunger. Or so they say ! Drama Kings. Where did they get […]
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I’m part of the problem. Friday is/was/always will be Poets Day…Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday. Saturday is now FLATTERDAY. Sunday is now JONDAY. But….I stake a claim on both Flatterday & JONDAY. Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Sunday Ken Bran reading Wilf O. What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? — Only the monstrous anger of the […]
Read MoreUnder Milk Wood : Dylan Thomas
Another book from my English Literature education. Dylan Thomas. The poem below is also Dylan Thomas. Read by a fellow Welshman. There is something about that mellow Welsh voice that captivates me. Richard Burton…OMGiddyAunt. Oh. I’ve just realised that today is POETS DAY. I’m behind the calendar :o)
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I’m gonna be bombed in an hour or so. It’s P off early, tomorrow is Saturday day. Heyho. The weekend starts there :o) I first came across Tom (a Scot/Angle like me) through Wallander. He was relatively unknown until he played Magnus. I loved his hair then. So natural. Mmmn. Poets Day on Uppers. Ken […]
Read MoreLayers Upon Layers : Back With Iago
OMG. I missed the Tennyson bit? And he is my homie. Bad. Head Hung/Hanged in SHAME :o( From the Guardian Newspaper : We have recently pointed you at a graphic novel about the history of puzzles and at the first novel by Guardian setter Picaroon, each of which remains heavily recommended. Time for a peek at a golden-age […]
Read MorePOETS DAY : The Modern Prometheus vs Prometheus Unbound
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the latter. His wife, Mary Shelley, wrote the former. Better known as Frankenstein. A bit of poetry then a bit of a GB goggle. Go away :o) BTW : Ken Bran is a Belfast Boy…FECK ME !
Read MoreLouise Labé : POETS DAY
GB 5th Jan 2010 : Louise Labé – A Hoax? I wrote this article way back then and was quite annoyed about the Neo-History into Louise. Her poetry had been trashed via Mainstream History that suddenly decided that La Belle Cordière was the invention of at least three 16th c MEN. I’ve been doing this […]
Read MorePOETS DAY : Blank Verse
Life according to Wiki: Christopher Marlowe was the first English author to achieve critical notoriety for his use of blank verse[citation needed]. The major achievements in English blank verse were made by William Shakespeare, who wrote much of the content of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter, and John Milton, whose Paradise Lost is written in blank verse. Miltonic blank […]
Read MoreThe Marriage of Heaven & Hell
Above is my favourite quote from these writings by William Blake. BTW : Every day is POETS Day for me :o)
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