Poetry Forum

you won't put me off. ;) I expect a lot to be wrong with my poems, I'm 19 and this is the second serious poem I've written. If there is anything good to say about it at all, I'm pleased. as for the meaning of the poem, sorry if it wasn't clear. I was actually inspired by this: Hasib Hussain The youn...

Bugger. It won't work. Check the batteries, barge Through rush hour to Boots, "six pack Duracell Please" Jog out of Boots, past the Meal Deals; all set Coat, bag, light, check, check, check. I know the feeling. A herd of commuters, dead to the world, block your path, Dodge through wide-eye...

I love the imagery, I imagine an average middle-aged couple in an average house, the sun shining, I imagine the sweater the man is wearing, the whole "Englishness" of it is spot on. Also, I'm impressed by the contrast between the almost Alan Partridge-like (sorry for not being literary) mu...

Nice one you Geoff, if you worked that one out you pretty much got the gist of the poem. Let me explain anyway, I'm glad people are interested, the reason I didn't try and explain more is because I didn't expect anyone to want to know. Thing is, I was listening to some 1970's Argentinian rock music,...

A melancholy smile on my face, you paint Vivid portraits of your teenage love, fear and hate. And your latin lament And your jangling guitars, Take me South, To a land long disappeared The protests and cafe's and the Junta you feared High pitched you sing, innocent despite The fight; the Red Corner ...

I like the defiant tone, I think it expresses how we all feel at some point in our lives. I like this line too: "You could do my job!? I could do yours too! Better than you!" It has a good sound to it, the stacatto makes you shout it and the way each line gets shorter than the last conveys...

made me smile as well, I like a nice traditional poem - I could imagine Chas n Dave singing that. (that's intended as a compliment).