“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I grew up listening to Pam Ayres’ poems, read in her Fabulous West Country accent. She always makes me smile. TY :o) I’ve done the BIG MEN Poets many a time but today…we have a poetess, poeting about WONDERBRA! Enjoy
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To : Pee Off Early, Tuesday Soon :o) A bit of Percy Bysshe and Vincent Price(less!) LOL :o)
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I know it’s POETS Day. And I am (kind of) sticking to the earlier post on poetry, but I thought I’d go all girly today. Constance Lloyd She said the quote above about her husband (!) Also – I have a niece named Constance but everyone calls her Connie :o)
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Reading this poem by Oscar Wilde, I had the feeling that it seemed somewhat familiar. So I looked up Itys and family and AHA! It lead me right back to my least favourite but most often consulted (for research) play by Shakespeare. Back on the same story roundabout, eh? Philomela A small sample from Wilde’s […]
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Which – in my world – means reading something completely different. I’ve not picked up the biography of Malory (in the picture above) for years. But, for some strange reason, I felt like dipping into it today. Y’all know what Friday is, yes? POETS DAY Confession. I struggle with Le Morte d’Arthur almost as much […]
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If you’ve read the book above…… Midnight is a Lonely Place. Kate Kennedy, intent on finishing her new book on Byron and suffering from the aftermath of an affair, rents a cottage on the bleak Essex coast. But Alison Lindsey, daughter of the people who own it, has been excavating what she thinks is a Roman grave […]
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There is a “rumour” that Lady Godiva was born at Bucknall. About 5/6 miles away from my home. According to Wiki….this is “spurious.” Bucknall If you’ve read King, Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett (her novel about Macbeth) Lady Godiva plays a role therein. Anyhoo. Tennyson (MY Local POET) and Godiva. Q of the day today : […]
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The above was supposedly written in the 12th/13th century (take your pick!) The below was DEFINITELY written in the 21st century. EURUS’ SONG I that am lost, oh who will find me?Deep down below the old beech tree.Help succour me now the east winds blow.Sixteen by six, brother, and under we go! Be not afraid […]
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A side note before starting : I went to pick something up from our local surgery today and was stunned to be greeted by HUGE yellow notices on all the doors and windows. Please do NOT enter this surgery unless you are wearing a face mask. For once – I practised what I preach (!) […]
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OK. Zip :o(
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow – I might find the poem Silence amongst my mad, untidy computer files (?) Meanwhile : Back at the Madhouse….
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Hidden History Research 