Newbie says hello

[Horse of Babylon]

Hello, I am a big Leonard Cohen fan and also a keen writer, so this seems a great place to start! I have seen him perform 3 times, twice in London, once in New York.

It's funny that I should introduce myself now as I have had writers block for many months.

Anyway, I am finally back writing and have written a very angry piece about poetry! I'm not quite ready to post it yet but maybe tomorrow.

Is there any FAQ about this members' section? And is there any Forum "Captain" or moderator?

all the best

Sharon

[lonndubh]

Sharon Welcome to the Forum.
There are some 'official'moderators on the Forum and you will notice their names at the top of the page
There are some who might like to be' Captains' but thats only wishful thinking on their part LOL
And all may not be as it appears either!!But it is a good pastime .

Anyway, I am finally back writing and have written a very angry piece about poetry! I'm not quite ready to post it yet but maybe tomorrow

Well done on being back writing and Please let us view your 'very angry piece '

Best Wishes
Lonndubh

[Violet]

Hello, I am a big Leonard Cohen fan and also a keen writer, so this seems a great place to start! I have seen him perform 3 times, twice in London, once in New York.

It's funny that I should introduce myself now as I have had writers block for many months.

Anyway, I am finally back writing and have written a very angry piece about poetry! I'm not quite ready to post it yet but maybe tomorrow.

Is there any FAQ about this members' section? And is there any Forum "Captain" or moderator?

all the best

Sharon

Hi H.O.B.. I do hope you will post your piece, as I am particularly interested in all forms of anger, even to the point of loathing. In fact, I've actually been working on a dissertation re: another of our gifted posters here, whose poem might even be the product of loafing -- a near relative to loathing, though few academes realize this I think for obvious reasons which would be too embarrassing for them to have to admit to.

sincerely,
v i o l e t

.. (oh, by the way, there are a few here you could call "Captain," but only under very specific conditions.. and usually it's best to leave before they wake up).

[Sideways]

Welcome Sharon, will your eagerly awaited poem be about ironing? If you need a rhyme for the man who does your shirts then may I suggest "Brian".

Oh Brian, Brian
very good with an iron
if you find life depressing
why not do some pressing
find life tough
iron that cuff
have a few spare hours
clean your trousers
writers block?
play with your clock.

I am a little scared of your poem because you said it is very angry.

[Violet]

Don't listen to Sideways, Sharon, she's all about repressed anger (obviously), which is even more dangerous than anger per se, at least in my book, especially since she's wielding an iron..
.. oh, and that clock line is just the sort of thing we need moderators for, but don't expect them to come running.. (most of them probably playing with their own clocks, I imagine)..
.. so.. just to give you a heads up (so to speak)..

v.

[Karren B]

Welcome Sharon, will your eagerly awaited poem be about ironing? If you need a rhyme for the man who does your shirts then may I suggest "Brian".

Oh Brian, Brian
very good with an iron
if you find life depressing
why not do some pressing
find life tough
iron that cuff
have a few spare hours
clean your trousers
writers block?
play with your clock.

Oh Brian, oh Brian
you’re no good with an iron,
you really do not know what one is for.
If you find life depressing
it’s because you have been messing
with someone else’s favourite ironing board.
And if you have an hour
i’m sure you have the power
to create the usual mischief that you do.
You won’t be stopped by writers block
though you may end up in the dock
when they find you ironing naked as you do!

Welcome Sharon… Looking forward to reading your poem.
Don’t take things too seriously here and have fun…we do! (Though some may cause more mischief than others…not mentioning any names Sideways)!

Karren B
xx

[lonndubh]

I am a little scared of your poem because you said it is very angry.

Looking forward to reading your poem

Sorry ladies to be pernickety but Horse of Babylon wrote

I am finally back writing and have written a very angry piece about poetry

So its not 'a poem ' its about poetry

[Horse of Babylon]

Hello again, yes lonndubh read it right. I was so mad that I was crawling my frustration and only got a few lines into an actual poem. I now feel silly about the rant I wrote and don’t want to post it. I am very grateful for your warm welcome although I do not understand the obsession with ironing. *sigh*- it’s very hard to join a party where everybody else knows each other and shares a history. I am secretly pleased that this seems to be an all-women forum

Sharon

"In the dark days
When words jump from window ledges
Scraped from pavements
Too dead to use"

[Violet]

Hello again, yes lonndubh read it right. I was so mad that I was crawling my frustration and only got a few lines into an actual poem. I now feel silly about the rant I wrote and don’t want to post it. I am very grateful for your warm welcome although I do not understand the obsession with ironing. *sigh*- it’s very hard to join a party where everybody else knows each other and shares a history. I am secretly pleased that this seems to be an all-women forum

Sharon

"In the dark days
When words jump from window ledges
Scraped from pavements
Too dead to use"

Sharon, the Horse of Babylon,

There are few here who have the wherewithall to speak so eloquently (if depressingly) of language itself.. It reminds me of when painting was proclaimed dead, and yet, as happens in such cases, stupid painters continued to paint anyway, not caring that their very medium was in a state of post-mortem (cleverly changed to post modernism, though the stupid public never suspected the fraudulence of that market-oriented maneuver)..

I'm with Sharon, the Horse of Bablylon, in her declaring words dead, and by a suicidal leap of faith, poetry dead as well.. and, being the stupid writer that I am: long live dead words and the mortifying poems contrived of them.

Signed,
dead tired of even signing.

[Karren B]

Don't worry about the ironing obsession, just who's doing the ironing!

You just post your Poem (lonnndubh it's definitely a poem) and be proud of it!

And if you have any questions you won't go far wrong asking Violet...although you may not get the answer you want, it will be honest!

Karren B
xx

[Violet]

.. you know, K., I'm just now noticing that Sharon's poem is in quotation marks, which may mean this is an existing poem..

.. well.. I guess we could all scrounge around and see if we can find the culprit -- or the real writer responsible, should I be correct in this assessment.. maybe it's a bit of prose disguised as a poem, even.. I mean, who's to say.. and so the search would need to be spread out.. I'm gonna start behind Cate's dryer since we've always found the best stuff back there..


edit: see below.. oh, and I'm still gonna look behind Cate's dryer for stuff.. I once found an unpublished opera (that really wasn't all that good), and half a pair of scissors that I believe was made of silver (though don't tell Cate that, as she'll probably want it back then)..

[lonndubh]

.. well.. I guess we could all scrounge around and see if we can find the culprit

And the winning prize for the correct answer is a months free ironing by Mmmmmmmmmmm Karren B xx
Fully clothed of course

[Horse of Babylon]

Hello again. The words at the end are the first verse of a poem I am writing to reflect my frustration at Writer's Block.

"In the dark days
When words jump from window ledges
Scraped from pavements
Too dead to use"

They are original but of course I know they are not so good.

Sharon

[Violet]

.. well, I've removed much of my lament, then.. (the one where I thought I should have recognized the poet).. but you know, it's really not that bad a poem, Sharon.. you should get writer's block more often..

.. actually, I just watched a part of a documentary on the (sometimes) writer and quite humorous social satirist, Fran Lebowitz, where she discusses her famous writer's block.. actually, she calls hers "writer's blockade".. and once likened it to the Vietnam War, where she got in somehow, and wasn't able to pull out of it.. and yet somehow she managed to have a whole career based on her profound inability to write.. so.. just thought I'd mention..

.. (I think I found a very nice linen hankie back here too, Cate.. you really should be more careful next time)..

[lonndubh]

They are original but of course I know they are not so good

Yes Sharon they are original and originality is the old truths re-experienced immersed in a new personality .So well done I say for your true ,bare ,naked - unwashed newborn .

.. (I think I found a very nice linen hankie back here too, Cate

Was that nice linen hankie ironed beautifully Violet