on KAT 2 by nentwined
23 Sep 2002, 3:39 AM
Great sounding last stanza
on A Man Of The World by vulcan
23 Sep 2002, 2:16 AM
The green fairy is another name for absinthe - given your poem about wormwood, are yout trying to reveal an addiction to absinthe?! Which is an excellent escape from Priests and rings.
on For James Thomson(1834-1882):an Epitaph by vulcan
23 Sep 2002, 2:14 AM
I love 'The City of Dreadful Night' - this picks up the tone nicely and also describes the poor man's tortured life. A lot of your work refers to other poets, is this part of a deliberate project?
on Poem 479 by Nicholas Jones
23 Sep 2002, 2:04 AM
The last stanza is a bit obscure, i don't quite get the progression from what's gone before. But the central stanza is excellent
on The Left Book Club by Nicholas Jones
23 Sep 2002, 2:01 AM
George Orwell would have been proud of this. Very good indeed.
on Bitter as Wormwood by vulcan
23 Sep 2002, 1:15 AM
And wormwood is the stuff in absinthe that makes the brain a little fried. Interesting development on that Blok quotation.
replying on Regime Change by Nicholas Jones
23 Sep 2002, 1:11 AM
P&K, but you're the one who started blaming Britain. You did kind of bring the response upon yourself.
replying on Full Fathom Five by vulcan
20 Sep 2002, 8:57 AM
Ever read Arthur Hugh Clough? Good God almighty don't.
replying on Glassblowers by Christof
20 Sep 2002, 8:51 AM
I never was there. These glassblowers were in Ireland. I'm surprised you didn't take a swipe at those fragile glass swans! But thanks very much anyhow. And hey there's a bonus new poem on here for the weekend, be sure to check it out.
replying on Full Fathom Five by vulcan
20 Sep 2002, 8:46 AM
Which is impressive...to come up in conversation quite by accident!
replying on Full Fathom Five by vulcan
20 Sep 2002, 8:45 AM
Not the novels, the poems! 'Satires of Circumstance', 'Time's Laughingstock's' - he shits on Swinburne and Tennyson and the whole late Victorian mob with one mordant squat.
replying on Full Fathom Five by vulcan
20 Sep 2002, 8:37 AM
Now personal criticism I can take, but dissing Hardy? P&K man, do you not have ears to hear his genius? Shame on you!
on Full Fathom Five by vulcan
20 Sep 2002, 8:35 AM
Funny, i thought I voted on this before. Did you edit? I still like it.
replying on Like and Unlike by Christof
20 Sep 2002, 8:29 AM
Well, sorry, to have brought back unpleasant memories.
on Tate Street 1956 by wunboi
20 Sep 2002, 6:08 AM
I think the last stanza lets it down a bit - the syntax in the last line is slightly hackneyed - but the opening is very atmospheric and the feeling is real. I'd cut the ellipsis though.
on Her Secret by wunboi
20 Sep 2002, 6:06 AM
Short and cute like Drew Barrymore.
on i dreamt i spoke by roses are read
20 Sep 2002, 5:58 AM
Great dream, good poem
on rules by roses are read
20 Sep 2002, 5:57 AM
A neat idea, it carries your angst
replying on "REAL" People by Scouser
20 Sep 2002, 5:55 AM
Thank you for saying that... I was going to earlier but didn't want to look like a Yank-basher. God knows Britain has a pretty murky history as well, but we were never in a position to devastate the entire planet. With power comes responsibility and all that (wasn't that in Spiderman?)