Today's poet

[Hes]

I still think Today's poet says Today's pest and this is for anyone who has the same problem. You need to read it out loud and a quickly as possible

Pest by John Cooper Clarke


The pest pulled up, propped his pushbike at a pillar box, pulled his 'peen, paused at a post and pissed.

'Piss in the proper place' pronounced a perturbed pedestrian, and presently, this particular part of the planet was plunged into a panorama of public pressure and pleasure through pain.

The pandemonium prompted the police, who patrolled the precinct in panda cars, to pull up and peruse the problem, while pickpockets picked pockets in pairs.

'Arrest the pest who so pointedly pissed in that public place' pleaded the peeved people, practically palpitating.

The powerful police picked up the pest: pronounced him a poof, a pansy, a punk rocker, a pinko, a poodle poker. they picked him up, pummeled his pelvis, punctured his pipes, played ping-pong with his pubic parts, and packed him in a place of penal putrifaction.

The period in prison prooved pitiless. the pendulous pressure of a painless personality purge prompted the pest to ponder upon progessive politics... and a workable prognosis.

He put pen to paper and provatively and persuasively propogated his personal political premise -- pity: a police provacateur put poison pellets in the pest's porridge. the police provacateur was promoted, and the pest was presented with the Pulitzer peace prize... posthumously.

Cor blimey that's alliteration gone mad!...my keyboard is covered in saliva and my tongue is tied up in knots.

[TurboTom]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I need a shit
so im off to the loo

[Stolly]

I always really enjoy this thread even though I just don't know enough poetry to be able to contribute properly or, on one or two less than noteable occasions, sensibly. Yes I've tried scouring the net for pointedly meaningful poems that immediately state my feelings/express my views/encapsulate nature in all its wonder/waffle on about whatever I think worthy of waffling on about, but ummm... most poems on the net are either crap or don't exactly express my feelings . Surprise, surprise

All the same its still lovely to read and occasionally stunning. Its something to do with spending so much time running alone in the wilds that brings out my spiritual side I think . Keep up the good work chaps and chapesses.

[Nathaniel Lee]

Man as God. {Not Ready}

Water envelopes me,
Rejuvenated naked ,
Primal filth begone,
Created becomes creator.

Astride the earth,
Adapt,create,destroy,
Not ready too late,
Responsibility, power.

Endless night filth,
Scorched earth water gone,
Too much too early,
Earth is quiet.

By Matt Harmston

[freckle]

I always really enjoy this thread even though I just don't know enough poetry to be able to contribute properly or, on one or two less than noteable occasions, sensibly. Yes I've tried scouring the net for pointedly meaningful poems that immediately state my feelings/express my views/encapsulate nature in all its wonder/waffle on about whatever I think worthy of waffling on about, but ummm... most poems on the net are either crap or don't exactly express my feelings . Surprise, surprise

All the same its still lovely to read and occasionally stunning. Its something to do with spending so much time running alone in the wilds that brings out my spiritual side I think . Keep up the good work chaps and chapesses.

What lovely comments Stolly...i think sometimes the internet is disappointing, poem hunter.com is OK but still frustrating at times...I find Robert Frost's work in particular to be quite subtle and sophisticated when talking about the natural environment and its relation to humans! the BBC poetry homepage is quite nice to browse...what's really nice about this thread though is that people are prepared to have a go, even if they are not sure....I would like to write more fell running inspired poems and need to get out on the fells a bit more to get some inspiration and make some observations....

[TurboTom]

What lovely comments Stolly...i think sometimes the internet is disappointing, poem hunter.com is OK but still frustrating at times...I find Robert Frost's work in particular to be quite subtle and sophisticated when talking about the natural environment and its relation to humans! the BBC poetry homepage is quite nicer to browse...what's really nice about this thread though is that people are prepared to have a go, even if they are not sure....I would like to write more fell running inspired poems and need to get out on the fells a bit more to get some inspiration and make some observations....

I do them occasionally..i know this is gonna sound bad but dont take offence but when people post poems from other places i dont find the thread as interesting as when people write them...no matter how silly they are. (see mine above)

[Derby Tup]

Tom, the nice thing about folk posting poetry on the thread they've not written is it introduces new poets to the other forumites. I wasn't into poetry at all before the thread but have learnt of many great poets from it. Mossy in particular seems to find some great stuff to post

That's not to say I don't appreciate fellow forumites verse. Much of it is moving, sad, funny, poignant and generally great!

[Hes]

I do them occasionally..i know this is gonna sound bad but dont take offence but when people post poems from other places i dont find the thread as interesting as when people write them...no matter how silly they are. (see mine above)

No problem there TurboTom, your point certainly isn't offensive. I imagine that lots of different people have different ideas about the thread but it is great that it has so many fans.

I love reading all the poetry choices because I am a big fan of poetry and a few of us have been enjoying expressing our emotions or ideas using works by other poets when we are unable to write our own stuff as well as sharing works that we find interesting or moving. It has also provoked some great discussions. The original work that forumites have written is some of the most exciting stuff on here and it is brilliant to see so many people having a go. I think there is definitely room for both.

[freckle]

No problem there TurboTom, your point certainly isn't offensive. I imagine that lots of different people have different ideas about the thread but it is great that it has so many fans.

I love reading all the poetry choices because I am a big fan of poetry and a few of us have been enjoying expressing our emotions or ideas using works by other poets when we are unable to write our own stuff as well as sharing works that we find interesting or moving. It has also provoked some great discussions. The original work that forumites have written is some of the most exciting stuff on here and it is brilliant to see so many people having a go. I think there is definitely room for both.

Couldn't have put it better myself! it is great to have both but the main thing is that people can take take what they want from the thread...

P.S. me thinks the success of this thread will become self evident very soon......

[freckle]

this morning's brief Spring theme made me think more generally about the new....and the future...

Turn on a new light
Ben Okri

The new era is already here:
Here the new time begins anew.
The new era happens every day,
Every day is a new world,
A new calendar.
All great moments, all great eras,
Are just every moment
And every day writ large.
Thousands of years of loving, failing, killing,
Creating, surprising, oppressing,
And thinking ought now to start
To bear fruit, to deliver their rich harvest.

Will you be at the harvest,
Among the gatherers of new fruits?
Then you must begin today to remake
Your mental and spiritual world,
And join the warriors and celebrants
Of freedom, realisers of great dreams.

You can't remake the world
Without remaking yourself.
Each new era begins within.
It is an inward event,
With unsuspected possibilities
For inner liberation.
We could use it to turn on
Our inward lights.
We could use it to use even the dark
And negative things positively.
We could use the new era
To clean our eyes,
To see the world differently,
To see ourselves more clearly.
Only free people can make a free world.
Infect the world with your light.
Help fulfill the golden prophecies.
Press forward the human genius.
Our future is greater than our past.