tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.comments2023-04-25T08:25:28.470+01:00Anti-Laureate of the People's Republic of CorkAnti-Laureatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-71198980953137548352015-11-18T17:32:11.757+00:002015-11-18T17:32:11.757+00:00Study on youtube some great readers like Liz Berry...Study on youtube some great readers like Liz Berry, Matthew Sweeney, Gerald Stern, Ted Hughes, Martin Espada etc. Remember there is no one way to read a great poem and each poem can require a different reading.<br />Anti-Laureatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-8787576229356332422015-11-17T19:41:10.276+00:002015-11-17T19:41:10.276+00:00I am armature trying to figure this out. The abov...I am armature trying to figure this out. The above article was great in the negative. I know now what not to do. Is there anyone out there who would tell me in the positive, exactly how to give a great reading of a poem. And perhaps a reading online that would give an illustration. <br />Thank you!cwcwhitmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764774104730704361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-17671659967736869932015-11-17T19:35:59.491+00:002015-11-17T19:35:59.491+00:00I am an armature trying to figure things out. The...I am an armature trying to figure things out. The above article was great in the negative, I know what not to do. Is there someone out there who could tell me in the positive, exactly how to read a poem well?<br />Thank you! cwcwhitmer@aol.comcwcwhitmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764774104730704361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-54615715234156361622015-11-11T14:27:50.393+00:002015-11-11T14:27:50.393+00:00Hey, was the last one Bob Dylan?Hey, was the last one Bob Dylan?DaveGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254479424929060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-87763787217733875352015-11-09T09:49:02.937+00:002015-11-09T09:49:02.937+00:00Bloody brilliant, Pat. Am copying and pasting the ...Bloody brilliant, Pat. Am copying and pasting the first bit to my blog, and reffing people back to here for the rest.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-3436356520774625842015-11-07T21:50:21.239+00:002015-11-07T21:50:21.239+00:00Here hereHere hereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826283725946768715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-83341870883068885882014-10-12T09:42:19.514+01:002014-10-12T09:42:19.514+01:00I'm with you on the disliking sport. What anno...I'm with you on the disliking sport. What annoys me too is the amount of money thrown at it. If only the arts could attract such sponsors, such millions.<br />Roy Keane? Swoon !Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-8809033438649970072014-07-02T22:21:21.981+01:002014-07-02T22:21:21.981+01:00If you change three words in each poem, then the m...If you change three words in each poem, then the meaning is preserved (depending upon the import of the three changed words, I suppose) and that poem would remain unpublished. Although I would have to admit that a very similar poem would have been "published". Have I solved the whole problem?Steve Farrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920369371432901486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-68041017259576916392014-06-03T14:07:59.371+01:002014-06-03T14:07:59.371+01:00I absolutely agree!
I absolutely agree!<br />Frances Macaulay Fordehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121383700089833300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-35811620786956872112014-04-22T17:20:24.542+01:002014-04-22T17:20:24.542+01:00pretty nice blog, following :)pretty nice blog, following :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-79473658700517785292013-11-24T11:10:44.404+00:002013-11-24T11:10:44.404+00:00Very useful advice, applies to stories too, thanks...Very useful advice, applies to stories too, thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551328593796052236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-76161799678749178982013-10-10T11:36:06.933+01:002013-10-10T11:36:06.933+01:00Great interview Pat... with some brilliant one-lin...Great interview Pat... with some brilliant one-liners! 'Humour is a serious business in literature...' 'Lightness in being is the cross I must bear however unbearable others deem it to be.'... and the football joke at the end! Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620085358026491063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-67725979968271096852013-10-09T07:44:29.197+01:002013-10-09T07:44:29.197+01:00Fascinated by the story of this poem. Perhaps the ...Fascinated by the story of this poem. Perhaps the pigeon lost his mate. Don't they mate for life? Very touched, and would love to see the poem. Certainly going to be more interested in pigeons from now....Afric McGlincheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863365251427734598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-70855404230776471552012-05-18T17:33:45.379+01:002012-05-18T17:33:45.379+01:00What a fantastic post. I have met that type in wor...What a fantastic post. I have met that type in workshops. They are usually very shouty with lots of swagger and little substance.<br /><br />I love the sound of this poem and I hope the loony tunes description made it into it. And that you got it to work for you.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-42213547698311971282012-01-14T01:24:54.581+00:002012-01-14T01:24:54.581+00:00No one could determine the sex from many of the fo...No one could determine the sex from many of the forenames.Anti-Laureatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-31878883207927100122012-01-13T22:35:28.464+00:002012-01-13T22:35:28.464+00:00Interesting the weighting in favour of women. I wo...Interesting the weighting in favour of women. I wonder how that compares to the proportion submitting. (But no one would wade through 1700 entries to count I suppose!)Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-4481791935644117462011-11-30T15:07:20.214+00:002011-11-30T15:07:20.214+00:00What a fantastic post! Should be part of all creat...What a fantastic post! Should be part of all creative writing/poetry classes at university and before. So glad I found this blog. I'll be backDonna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-75039861769776318202011-03-02T10:47:24.977+00:002011-03-02T10:47:24.977+00:00I just love this found poem, Pat. Perfect. Well sp...I just love this found poem, Pat. Perfect. Well spotted & well done.<br /><br />I get tinnitus (mild) when I am anxious. I am going to roll my eyes around to get rid of it. Score!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-39943375498338532092011-03-02T01:31:28.205+00:002011-03-02T01:31:28.205+00:00Tinnitus, the disruptive ringing in the ears that ...Tinnitus, the disruptive ringing in the ears that affects millions of people, originates not in the ear but in the brain, and not even exclusively in the brain's auditory centers, a new study has shown. <br /><br />In research published Monday in Neurology, scientists at UB and the Buffalo VA Medical Center show that some people with tinnitus can change the ear-ringing by specific eye movements, evidence that one sensory system can affect another. <br /><br />"These findings show us that in many cases, tinnitus is not caused by a simple disturbance of brain function, but by a combination of things, including an abnormal interaction between the visual and auditory systems," said Alan H. Lockwood, first author on the study. Lockwood is professor of neurology, nuclear medicine, and communicative disorders and sciences and directs the Center for Positron Emission tomography (PET), a joint UB/VA venture.Anti-Laureatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-51311739874818298642011-02-28T16:56:25.370+00:002011-02-28T16:56:25.370+00:00Hi! I have enjoyed reading your blog and have awar...Hi! I have enjoyed reading your blog and have awarded you a stylish blogger award. For more details visit http://novelistinthemaking.blogspot.com.Novelist in the Makinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760715129627521884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-33326270469188000572011-01-17T16:25:26.983+00:002011-01-17T16:25:26.983+00:00I had no idea sales of Best of Irish Poetry were s...I had no idea sales of <i>Best of Irish Poetry</i> were so low and that the series was so critically ignored -- a sad comment it is, then. And here I just published a review of the 2010 anthology on Todd Swift's blog Eyewear: <a href="http://toddswift.blogspot.com/2011/01/guest-review-begnal-on-best-irish.html" rel="nofollow">http://toddswift.blogspot.com/2011/01/guest-review-begnal-on-best-irish.html</a>Mike Begnalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14111506797294058648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-79431139010000244222010-12-22T13:58:55.808+00:002010-12-22T13:58:55.808+00:00Really interesting post. I read that article by JO...Really interesting post. I read that article by JO'C in the IT praising the hell out of Soundings but I agree with you that the success of that reissue says nothing about an interest in poetry. I find it sad that the last poem many people have read is one that was on their school syllabus.<br />Soundings did have some great poems but where were all the great women and indeed American poets? Why were all the Irish poets called Anglo-Irish? The idea that being Irish and writing poetry in English automatically made you Anglo-Irish always confused me.<br />In the UK poetry seems to be actively promoted by organizations like the BBC and London Underground and poems are often used in British and American films. In Leiden where I live we have poems on hundreds of walls around the city (<a href="www.muurgedichten.nl" rel="nofollow">website here</a>). Poetry can be modern, relevant and part of every day life but the kind of back clapping about Soundings is not really the point in the same ways as the Irish Songs We Learned at School CD said nothing about people's true commitment to the Irish language.<br />It is a pity to hear about the demise of your anthology, it certainly sounds interesting to me. I had never heard of it before but anthologies are always great to give a flavour of many different styles so you would have thought that there was a market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-73470225885800308602010-11-30T21:28:12.290+00:002010-11-30T21:28:12.290+00:00Yes the lack of women in Soundings is quite mad. I...Yes the lack of women in Soundings is quite mad. I hated the bloody thing in school but I remember so much from it I was almost moved to buy it. Then I saw that the ever present Joseph O'Connor did the back cover blurb and I didn't buy it. Why is JOC trotted out at every hand's turn? Grrr. I do like JOC but why is he EVERYWHERE?!?!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-68471103631822958032010-11-29T19:53:09.661+00:002010-11-29T19:53:09.661+00:00Great line up, Pat. Well done to all at Munster Li...Great line up, Pat. Well done to all at Munster Lit. Ye are Trojan workers.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-31176263941775390572010-11-12T19:37:08.074+00:002010-11-12T19:37:08.074+00:00This blog post is like a dagger. Love it, LoryThis blog post is like a dagger. Love it, LoryLoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11804785909405344319noreply@blogger.com