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| mia |
on Mon 15 Mar 10, 4:36 PM to mia's blog.
Tags: Hull (HU)
So anyone who knows me knows that two of my passions are my home town of Hull and poetry. Therefore i thought it long overdue to write a blog about the two. It seems apt to write it here in March, as Stevie Smith (who was born in Hull, but lived most of her life in London) died on the 7th March 1971.
I wrote a poem back in 2003 called 'Not Drowning But Waving' as an homage to her poem 'Not Waving But Drowning'. (See what i did there?) Please feel free to indulge in some emo trite below and then please go and support local poetry by going to a reading, open mic session or buying some local poetry. Keep it off the net!
Not drowning, but waving
I wade through my poetry collection
And CD cases
Longing to drown myself in words
And sad melodies.
But my search is in vain.
No shelter from this in words.
I create my own -
But I cannot drown
As I know how to swim
A little too well
In these unknown waves.
And I have armbands on anyway.
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mia, x
| 15 Mar 10, 4:53 PM go_dutch UK(AL), 4 yrs  |
I assume you'l be including Philip Larkin? did John Godber ever write poetry? Special Ed *WARNING do not click if you cannot take a joke or are too sensitive* "These are the Phenomena that every pretty Domina is hoping at her Universitee we shall see"- W.S Gilbert Cocktail sugges | ||
| 15 Mar 10, 4:58 PM mia UK(M), 4 yrs       |
Philip Larkin is my God. Well, apart from the other one that sits in the sky. Honestly, i'd so stalk Larkin if he was still alive. I sometimes lick the Hull Uni Library walls just cos he used to work there. I don't think John 'fucking' Godber wrote any poetry but Andrew Marvell did and he was pretty amazing too. Other poets linked to Hull include: Douglas Dunn, Andrew Motion, Roger McGough and Peter Didsbury. mia, x "Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature." | ||
| 15 Mar 10, 5:22 PM res4sub 7 yrs |
Theres a building named after him at Hull uni, you may want to consider licking that too :P 'Would it be a bad thing if I just strangled you with these right now?' | ||
| 15 Mar 10, 5:29 PM mia UK(M), 4 yrs |
I shall look out for it next time i'm over that way! m, x Edited to add quote "Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature." Edited 15 Mar 10, 5:30 PM by mia | ||
| 15 Mar 10, 5:32 PM mia UK(M), 4 yrs |
Not at all - thank you for sharing! (Thanks for the compliments too) m, x "Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature." | ||
| 15 Mar 10, 8:49 PM sparklydolly UK(HU), 2 yrs |
I was in that very building just last week sparkly x Im a broken doll, You're the puppeteer, Take control for me, And wipe away my fear - Paloma Faith | ||
| 24 Mar 10, 11:05 PM Jane_Eyre UK(NW), 5 yrs |
ah Larkin! fab I love 'Days' and 'Aubade' and also 'An Arundel Tomb'.... [sighs] - thanks for reminding me of a beautiful poet! | ||
| 27 Mar 10, 10:27 AM Tataku69 UK(HU), 3 yrs |
And another one.... Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.
Edited 27 Mar 10, 10:28 AM by Tataku69 | ||
| 29 Apr 10, 9:11 PM destinynow UK, 2 yrs |
Larkin was such a happy soul- but Toads revisited is still one of my faves - though calling hull folk a 'cut price crowd' was quite harsh |
