Re: arg by teacup	1-Nov-02/1:47 AM
Again, I empathise strongly - yesterday, I was pissed off because The Guardian published the same crossword as the day before, and my lunchtime entertainment was ruined.
Re: to class by teacup	1-Nov-02/1:47 AM
As a keen cyclist, I quite sympathise with the damp arse problem. The answer is to wear waterproof trousers, but then you look stupid. Oh, and put a plastic bag over your saddle when you leave the bike.
Re: the ultimate battle by teacup	1-Nov-02/1:32 AM
I like the fact that the first four lines could be some horrible cliched angsty poem, but then it goes off into comic territory at the end.
Re: All Alone by Normo	1-Nov-02/1:26 AM
There's a nice sense of inevitability, but I'm not sure if the simplicity of the verse structure works here.
Re: crime scene (not for the weak!) by t_t_redhot	31-Oct-02/4:29 AM
This is how Holby City should be.
Re: a comment on George Bush, Jesus Christ, and the good ole US of A! by dougsoderstrom	30-Oct-02/7:11 AM
I attend the University of Wales, Swansea, in the UK. Possibly Wales's premier university, although people in Cardiff might disagree.
Re: a comment on In the Quiet of the Night a Tree Gently Shakes by Nicholas Jones	30-Oct-02/5:48 AM
Thank you very much sir! I feel something of a fraud, 'cause that only took five minutes. I'm not worthy.
Re: Her Name Is Stella by Tascobar	30-Oct-02/5:20 AM
An ode to the lager lout.
Re: George Bush, Jesus Christ, and the good ole US of A! by dougsoderstrom	30-Oct-02/5:19 AM
I just thought I'd tell you that I've just had lunch in my university canteen, and outside there were people lying on the floor, covered in fake blood pretending to Iraqi bomb victims. This may not be a very dignified way to protest, and it probably trivialises the whole thing, but it shows opposition to war may well be spreading.
Re: My Feet by smallsun	30-Oct-02/2:13 AM
There were battles in my country, too, but not since 1745.
Re: a comment on Truths by Nicholas Jones	30-Oct-02/2:11 AM
Nobody asked, but it'll please me to explain it. The original Clause IV of the Labour Party constitution read: 'To secure for the producers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry, and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible, upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry and service.' Now, in 1994 Tony Blair chose to entirely change this clause, because he did not want the party to be committed to public ownership - in other words, this was symbolic of the abandonment of traditional left wing thinking in the party. However, I joined the Labour Party after this - either Clause IV was lost, oor the party itself was lost through jettisoning its principles. I know nobody cares about this, but I wanted to say it. And I love the bit about by hand or brain.
Re: George Bush, Jesus Christ, and the good ole US of A! by dougsoderstrom	28-Oct-02/3:36 AM
I think it works much better as a single poem. People out there should also realise politics is a valid poetic subject.
Re: a comment on Suburbia in December by Nicholas Jones	28-Oct-02/3:21 AM
I am glad you like my poem. But there's no need to hate the Welsh - the English do that already (and I am, actually, half English).
Re: a comment on Truths by Nicholas Jones	28-Oct-02/3:20 AM
I do have dung in my slippers, but that's a lifestyle choice. I've got a special wall set aside for you when the revolution happens.
Re: a comment on Truths by Nicholas Jones	28-Oct-02/3:18 AM
Of course, you say that having understood my subtle reference to Clause IV of the Labour Party constitution, don't you?
Re: a comment on Truths by Nicholas Jones	28-Oct-02/3:16 AM
Nye Bevan said Tories were lower than vermin. He was right. It's amazing how a mild bit of left wing thought can frighten people like you.
Re: a comment on Living Conditions by Christof	25-Oct-02/7:20 AM
I knew that her father was Jasper Carrott, but I didn't know about the kidney thing. I am slightly addicted to the Archers, which is very sad and somewhat worrying. Perhaps I need to write a poem about it. This week, I'm also baffled by the whole Ulrika Jonsson / John Leslie rape thing. If it's true, it means that when I used to watch Blue Peter as a kid, it was presented by a rapist.
Re: a comment on Living Conditions by Christof	25-Oct-02/7:14 AM
On a totally unrelated note, I've just discovered the actress who plays the receptionist in The Office is also Hayley in The Archers. In my world, this is an exciting fact.
Re: Living Conditions by Christof	25-Oct-02/7:08 AM
Blimey! Have you been reading Dylan Thomas? This is excellent. It sums up very well the autumnal weather, and you get in the absurdity of existence, a la Samuel Beckett. Top banana!
Re: My love for another. by cleverdevice	25-Oct-02/7:06 AM
If I was wearing by pedant's hat, I'd say this wasn't a sonnet because it's not always iambic. But I'm feeling quite laidback today (although I hate my landlord, but that's a different matter). I like the nature imagery which is subverted by a sense of darkness.