Today's poet

[freckle]

I can see a housewarming present opportunity here!

well thats very sweet but a gal gotta earn a living! so if you do i'll have to buy another!

[OneOffPoet]

Quite amazed that my first ever poem has been included in the FRA mag. Thanks for including it, really not expected. I;m surprised how pleased i am about it actually, but don;t worry i won't be shoving it under the noses of all that know me. Lots of really lovely poems there - thanks to you three that did the deed and put those great pages together!

[freckle]

The Fell Poets Society present

Simon Armitage

at Dufton Village Hall

15th of July 2010

8pm

The Poet and Writer Simon Armitage will be reading a selection of poetry as he walks the Pennine Way from north to south.

Entry is free but Simon will be passing his hat round at the end of the evening to see if he can fund his walk by performing each night.

here's the "ad" again

[Stolly]

Thanks Stolly, I'm really pleased that you like my prints. I haven't seen the mag yet but a friend tells me that my night-time run poem is in. It might be under my full name. Are you coming to the Simon Armitage gig?

Hes my subscription to the magazine has stopped..... largely because I have forgotten to actually renew it . I got emailed a scan from somebody (who shall remain nameless) who obviously did a piss poor job of scanning the whole article.

And I love the way you refer to the Simon Armitage shindig as a 'gig'

[Hes]

Hes my subscription to the magazine has stopped..... largely because I have forgotten to actually renew it . I got emailed a scan from somebody (who shall remain nameless) who obviously did a piss poor job of scanning the whole article.

And I love the way you refer to the Simon Armitage shindig as a 'gig'

Ahhh, I see, I tried to recognise the poems from the photo of the double page spread that Freckle texted me which was 'challenging'! I'm chuffed to bits with the look of it and my print and can't wait to see it for real tomorrow evening. That's if doesn't jam my door closed and lock me out.

Wasn't sure how to describe the 'do'. Gig makes it sound so rock and roll though, ha ha. ...shindig is good too.

[Harry H Howgill]

Ahhh, I see, I tried to recognise the poems from the photo of the double page spread that Freckle texted me which was 'challenging'! I'm chuffed to bits with the look of it and my print and can't wait to see it for real tomorrow evening. That's if doesn't jam my door closed and lock me out.

Wasn't sure how to describe the 'do'. Gig makes it sound so rock and roll though, ha ha. ...shindig is good too.

Shindig I like. Something fun, yet slightly chaotic I imagine it will be.

I raise a glass of Merlot to the birthday girl. Cheers.

[mr brightside]

As Herkales outlined...the date for the gig is July 15th, the village hall dufton, FREE but simon wants people to give what they think he is worth....he will be available to sign books and there will be some of his books on sale...we will post more details as and when but essentially some of us are hoping to walk with simon on a bit of his peninne walk, and others will be staying over in or near Dufton on the thursday night and having a "casual" trot around the high cup nick route gthe next day...so if you fancy popping along that would be cool...as for formuties reading their own poetry i had thought that would be a lovely idea, either at the village hall or round a camp fire over a couple of snecklifters (the latter would sit far more easy with my performance anxiety!!!!!!)

for more info re simon's walk see http://www.simonarmitage.com/

Sounds like a good do to me, the poetry will of course pass straight over the top of my head but i like the sound of the piss up and the High Cup Nick trot. Sounds like a thu/fri off work thing but not a problem i've marked it in the fellrunner calendar for serious consideration.

[Harry H Howgill]

Sounds like a good do to me, the poetry will of course pass straight over the top of my head but i like the sound of the piss up and the High Cup Nick trot. Sounds like a thu/fri off work thing but not a problem i've marked it in the fellrunner calendar for serious consideration.

It should be a great shindiggy couple of days whether or not you think you'll get the poetry or not. It would be good to see you there.

Fell poet's shindig:
Runner, poet or neither
Everyone welcome

[Mossdog]

I am very big on despondency and gloom Mossy (though only in my poetry )

and this one (far too long to post here) is the "Daddy" of them all

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Elegy.htm

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

I agree Alf, that poem is pretty heart-rendering, but I'm wondering if I (we) can perhaps find the 'mother' of them all, in the gloom, despondency stakes ...now there's a challenge

[Mossdog]

for lovely hes who i think is near a beach (possibly? my geography is bad!!!!)...hope you are having a fine time...

maggie and milly and molly and may

ee cummings

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea


the fells are cool...but so is the sea! :-) x

Like it Frecks. "As large as alone' - wow, what a simile