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Why I hate poetry, and poets.

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Reluctant poet who hates poetry, and poets. My first exposure to “real” poetry was from a substitute teacher called Mr Simons. The man who burst my bubble about everything I thought I enjoyed and what I considered great! Usually a substitute teacher steps in and carries on the lesson or subject you had been previously working on, not Mr. Simons, He made it his mission to speak about Poetry, ALL THE TIME! His sentences didn’t ever rhyme….loser. Any way, he asked one Wednesday morning in English class if we knew any famous poems. First mistake, never ask a new class of first years a sensible question. I put my hand up instantly, expecting his sense of humour to be the same as our proper English teacher, Mr. Adams. I started to recite my favourite piece of written word, pure genius in my 12 year old mind. Beans, beans, the musical fruit, The more you eat the more you… Needless to say , his sense of humour, (or lack there of) was not the same as Mr. Adams and I was asked t
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Breakwater Troops

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Assuming you read my first post and have decided to continue on with me, i thank you. I want to share with you one of the first poems i wrote. Now in the words of EVERY Northern Irish politition "Let me be very clear" At school i HATED poetry, in some ways i kind of still do, mostly pretentious snob poets that belittle everything that isn't Yeats. I have come over time to appreciate the artistry and talent it takes to create a world in a a story in only a few simple stanzas. Amazing! This one was based on an idea i have had since i was a child. sitting int he back seat of my dad's car as we drove down to Portavogie on a Sunday afternoon to visit family and have Sunday lunch. we always took the coastal route, running parallel to the Irish sea. On the way one particular Sunday i remember the tide was coming in rapidly, crashing over the walls on the road and racing up the beach. I spotted what i was convinced were three boys standing in a line, be washed away int
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A realistic Dream

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I would like to begin by firstly acknowledging a good friend of mine who unknowingly encouraged me to use this form of media as an expression for the many varied forms of writing, musings, lyrics and stories that constantly fill my already cluttered head. His blog is great and is one of the few that I continue to read, because he does it for the love and the need to write and express! You can follow the link here to check it out, if you fancy! Joe really conveys the passion of a true lover of games, and is a serious advocate for the genre. http://moviesgamesvidejoe.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 Truth be told, this blog will be my outlet of creativity, like a balloon blown to its maximum expenditure. Unless the air is released it explodes, quite like my head, meaning this is my way to counteract an ungodly messy explosion of brains in my living room, and also a way to share my writing with you. I came to a realisation a while back, after finishing my 2 nd novel that being an author in the
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