In rememberance of Adrian Mitchell (5)

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Posted by newfavourite on Mon 22 Dec 08, 1:25 PM to newfavourite's blog.

He breathed in air,

He breathed out light.

Adrian Mitchell was my delight.

RIP

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22 Dec 08, 2:13 PM
FaerieCatcher
UK(NW), 6 yrs

Adrian Mitchell wrote:
As I prowled through Parentheses

I met an Robin and a Owl

My Grammarboots they thrilled

like bees

My Vowelhat did gladly growl

Tis my delight each Friedegg Night

To chomp a Verbal Sandwich

Scots Consonants light up my Pants

And marinade my Heart in Language

Alphabet Soup was all my joy!

From Dreadfast up to Winnertime

I swam, a naked Pushkinboy

Up wodka vaterfalls of rhyme

And reached the summit of Blue Howl

To find a shining Suit of Words

And joined an Robin and a Owl

In good Duke Ellington's Band of Birds

22 Dec 08, 4:52 PM
Scribbles
UK(RH), 4 yrs

? I hadn't heard. Oh.

Oh what a pity.

Thank you for this though.

22 Dec 08, 4:52 PM
newfavourite
UK(S), 4 yrs

Thanks for posting that poem Faerie Catcher! That was his last ever poem, wasn't it. Written the day before he died. I don't know if it is just another flu symptom, but I couldn't stop weeping when I heard he'd died. It is such a loss that many people won't even realise. Reminds me of when Bill Hicks left us. Pass the tissues!

Fight The Power

Edited 22 Dec 08, 4:53 PM by newfavourite

22 Dec 08, 6:18 PM
HarryW
UK(EH), 7 yrs

I'd never heard of Adrian Mitchell, but I have now.

Thank you.

HarryW

22 Dec 08, 10:46 PM
Jahc99
UK, 5 yrs

Met him a couple of times, very astute geezer, and a very sad loss. Will not be forgotten.

Why poison your liver when I could eat it for you?