Category Archives: poetry
Not angry – anymore; Elvis Costello at Bournemouth
Elvis Costello has been kidding us he isn’t angry since we were in nappies (well I was 16 when he issued “My Aim is True“). I was also 16 when I walked the length of the Holdenhurst Rd to see him perform on the Stiff Tour … Continue reading
We console ourselves when we grieve for Fabrice
The two questions Fabrice Muamba is reported to have asked as he came out of his coma were “did we lose?” and “why did they stop the match?”. For someone who has been through as much as Muamba did in his childhood, … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England, Consolation, poetry
Tagged Bolton, Death, Fabrice Muamba, John Keats, Kidlington, Midsomer Murders, Muamba, Near-death experience
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Blogging all over the world (cheer up!)
The thing about Rocking All Over the World is its dumb enthusiasm. And I like it , and I like it and I like it and like – here we go -rocking all over the world. Dumb enthusiasm isn’t easy. Most people can’t do it but … Continue reading
Troy Shandell – sic transit gloria mundi
Shortly after 11am on 11th November 1961, I arrived into the world. I hadn’t done much for the Minute’s Silence and I haven’t done much for peace and quiet since. The week that I was born saw the Marvelettes “Please Mr … Continue reading
Posted in joy division, poetry, Troy shandell
Tagged Big Bad John, Google Images, Hit the Road Jack, Jimmy Dean, Lou Reed, Ray Charles, Runaround Sue, Troy Shondell, YouTube
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Top bum ,sedition and Gadaffi the penguin
“What” , you might be asking, ” is going on here?”. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, poetry, social media, twitter
Tagged BBC, croydon, Cyberbury, Facebook, Gaddafi, International Criminal Court, Libya, London riots, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Muammar al-Gaddafi, music, NATO, poetry, Politics, Rage against the Machine, Sex Pistols, social media, Society, Tripoli, twitter
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Seafaring
My mood ‘mid the mere-flood,
Over the whale’s acre, would wander wide Continue reading
Posted in ezra pound, poetry
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Earth Sciences, ezra pound, Health, History, Iceland, International Maritime Bureau, On-base percentage, pension, Philippine, poetry, Seafarer, seafaring, William Laud
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Life in the fast lane
I am writing to you from the fast lane of the M3 adjacent to Bracknell. Is writing therapeutic? I am not sure, but I suspect that you are probably asking yourself whether I am writing and driving at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Fawlty Towers, poetry
Tagged Basil Fawlty, BMW, Bracknell, Business, Fatherhood, Fawlty Towers, John Cleese, London riots, Manchester, music, poetry, Television
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Mittens- that wd stop em lootin
“More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose benefits they get” Thomas Hardy wrote a book of poems entitled “life’s little ironies”. He’d have seen the humour in … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Nick Clegg, poetry, social media, twitter
Tagged Blackberry Messenger, Clapham, Facebook, Fatherhood, linked in, London riots, Looting, Monday Night Football, Nick Clegg, Pirates of Penzance, poetry, Politics, Rage against the Machine, social media, Society, Thomas Hardy, twitter
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The point of work’s to dream of doing nothing
The ongoing semantic squabble about how not to talk about “pensions” continues to preoccupy those advising on and providing pensions. Last night I was chatting with Ben Mulroney of Mallowstreet who complained that there was only so much that could be … Continue reading