Thursday, 28 February 2013
AUDIO - RADIO
"Radio" from "Dropped The Moon" poetry collection Audio:http://audioboo.fm/boos/1238030-radio … Text:http://droppedthemoon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/radio.html … #poetry #radio
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Sunday, 24 February 2013
MOST VIEWED POST 7 DAYS TO 23.02.13
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Thursday, 21 February 2013
NED
This poem is from "A Belfast Kid" available in paperback from all major online booksellers.....
We
would go to the old man,
children
in awe, to ask him questions
and
off he'd go with a story,
true
or false, we didn't care.
He
had his way with words,
inflections
and drama,
whispers
and facial expressions,
measured
blinks, scary stare.
The
bottom step was our place,
where
five or six kids sat,
he
perched on the top step,
smelly
pipe and floppy hat.
Stories
of childhood, of school, of war,
told
by the man we knew as Ned,
but
reality hit us hard one summer,
when
we heard our storyteller was dead.
We
would go to the steps, children in grief,
and
picture the man alert but frail,
he
left us suddenly but he left us a gift
a
love of language, a love of a tale.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
MANTEL PIECE
Hilary Mantel,
the novelist
has the nation's plebs
feeling pissed.
She had a pop
at the Duchess of Cambridge
at which the picky Press
took muchess of umbrage.
She analysed Kate
from head to toe,
not very flattering,
so what do you know?
The Hilary Hooters,
cheered the diatribe,
and jumped to defend
their precious scribe.
And what does
the Duchess make of it?
I reckon she couldn't
give a
the novelist
has the nation's plebs
feeling pissed.
She had a pop
at the Duchess of Cambridge
at which the picky Press
took muchess of umbrage.
She analysed Kate
from head to toe,
not very flattering,
so what do you know?
The Hilary Hooters,
cheered the diatribe,
and jumped to defend
their precious scribe.
And what does
the Duchess make of it?
I reckon she couldn't
give a
Monday, 18 February 2013
RICHARD BRIERS
You were George Starling in Marriage Lines,
The narrating voice of Roobarb,
You were Tom Good in The Good Life,
And Fiver in Watership Down.
In Ever Decreasing Circles
you were Martin Bryce and then,
several years later as Hector
it was Monarch of the Glen.
You gave us comedy, you gave us drama,
you were always a joy to acclaim,
in radio, TV and theatre
you were always on top of your game.
But alas we hear of your passing,
and sad though it is, this is true,
you were the best of the best Richard Briers,
we salute you in a final adieu.
The narrating voice of Roobarb,
You were Tom Good in The Good Life,
And Fiver in Watership Down.
In Ever Decreasing Circles
you were Martin Bryce and then,
several years later as Hector
it was Monarch of the Glen.
You gave us comedy, you gave us drama,
you were always a joy to acclaim,
in radio, TV and theatre
you were always on top of your game.
But alas we hear of your passing,
and sad though it is, this is true,
you were the best of the best Richard Briers,
we salute you in a final adieu.
Sunday, 17 February 2013
MOST VIEWED POSTS 7 DAYS TO 16.02.13
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Also follow this link to hear an audio version of the top poem http://audioboo.fm/boos/1218164-braise-yourself
Also follow this link to hear an audio version of the top poem http://audioboo.fm/boos/1218164-braise-yourself
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