http://www.graysonscarnival.com/
Be sure to check out the poetry. Here's a bit more to indicate that we've entered the end of days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaEY4O-GJDI
-----Original Message-----
>From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Dec 2, 2013 5:21 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Light Relief
>
>What home page?
>
>I got a story n Roger McGough & that was it. I looked down the side & there were other stories (I guess).
>
>Nothing about Timothy Grayson, but what you tell me suggests I really don’t want to know….
>
>Doug
>On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:59 PM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> And I've just double-checked - on the home page there is a tab that leads
>> you to - I quote - a small selection of poetical delights - I've left out
>> the capitals because I could take no more. Enjoy.
>>
>>
>> On 2 December 2013 17:08, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Well I dunno Doug, Patrick, I can't do site navigation for you, but I
>>> would have thought that the statement on the welcome page gives, I dunno
>>> again, a hint or two: "Timothy Grayson is a Decadent
>>> Romantic Poet, Playwright and Cultural Ambassador for Leicester City (as
>>> awarded by Leicester City Council in 2009). He works for Tudor Rose
>>> Publishing and lectures on a visiting basis in poetry and creative writing
>>> at the University of Leicester. Timothy is also a regular panellist on BBC
>>> Radio Leicester, Patron of the Royal Society of Literature, Chair of the
>>> Leicestershire Order of Chivalry, Co-Founder of the Brothellian
>>> Movement, British host of international literary show ‘The Poetry Brothel’
>>> (others in Chicago, Barcelona, New York, Athens, New Orleans & Vietnam) and
>>> has been published in literary journals on both sides of the Atlantic. In
>>> November 2012, the University of Leicester named Timothy as one of 'the
>>> most significant and influential writers of [his] generation."
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sender: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:03:01
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: Light Relief
>>>
>>> Well, I took a look, David, & all I can say is, ell I'm glad there isnt
>>> any poetry or even verse involved: we remain somehow still outside crass
>>> consumerism (which is certainly what is apparent there)...
>>>
>>> Doug
>>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:25 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Patrick please look again at the link I posted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2 December 2013 13:06, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why 'Oh dear' I may be wrong but it sounds like a put down cheers P
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
>>>>> Sent: 02 December 2013 10:14
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Light Relief
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh dear
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2 December 2013 10:13, [log in to unmask] <
>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Until about 5 years ago I knew nothing about modern poetry but the
>>>>>> more I get involved the more I discover that there are thriving poetry
>>>>>> scenes all over the place. Long may it continue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----Original
>>>>>> Message----
>>>>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Date: 02/12/2013 10:07
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Subj: Re: Light Relief
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> who needs
>>>>>> clay tablets? Happily there is a thriving poetry scene here in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Leicester:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.graysonscarnival.com/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2 December 2013 09:27,
>>>>>> Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How many
>>>>>> times will a kid want to read the same story? We are going to buy
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> new plate for each meal!!!Isn't there something called book? Or
>>>>>>>> clay
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tablet/scroll??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Poetryetc:
>>>>>> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>>>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>>> Max Richards
>>>>>>>> Sent: 02 December 2013 07:26
>>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> AC.UK
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Light Relief
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I still have the bowl that
>>>>>> used to be put in front of me in my high chair.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It had a picture
>>>>>> and a rhyme, both twee,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and without looking I could recite the
>>>>>> words for you,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or looking, show you where my spoon wore away the
>>>>>> picture.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Max
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 02/12/2013, at 5:48 PM, Mark Weiss
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So why wouldn't the kid just scrape the broccoli off the
>>>>>> plate so he can
>>>>>>>> get to the story?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original
>>>>>> Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Dec 2, 2013 1:02 AM
>>>>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Light Relief
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Help!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/birds-eye-teams-up-with-roger-mcgough
>>>>>>>>>> -to-put-stories-on-plates/349269.article
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> David Joseph Bircumshaw
>>>>>>>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk>> >> The Animal Subsides
>>>>>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>>>>>>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw>> >> twitter:
>>>>>> http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>>>>>>>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/Leicester Poetry Society:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.poetryleicester.com>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> David Joseph
>>>>>> Bircumshaw
>>>>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>>>>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk>The Animal Subsides
>>>>>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>>>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw>twitter:
>>>>>> http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>>>>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/>Leicester Poetry Society:
>>>>>> http://www.poetryleicester.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> David Joseph Bircumshaw
>>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>>>>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>>>>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> David Joseph Bircumshaw
>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>>>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>>>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>>> http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>> Latest books:
>>> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
>>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
>>> Recording Dates
>>> (Rubicon Press)
>>>
>>> Most of the trouble on this planet is caused by people who must be right.
>>>
>>> William Burroughs
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> David Joseph Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
>>
>
>Douglas Barbour
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>
>Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
>Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
>Something else is out there
>godamnit
>
>And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
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