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By hutmaster
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07 August 2007 |
I'm from the same part of the world as Heaney and have always loved his writing.
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Last night, hunting inspiration,
I turned again to Mr Heaney.
Sometimes one word
of his is enough to
let some of my own spill -
not tonight though.
Instead I found a bug,
spread-eagled inside 'North'.
Perfect as poetry
its dessicated carcass
x-rayed amongst the adjectives,
pressed to metaphor amid
the great man's thoughts,
and I smiled to think it had
expired willingly upon the page -
buzzing -
like the rest of us.
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Written by Talisker (1300 comments posted) 7th August 2007 | I like poetry brought about by an alternative view of the utterly ordinary (bug squashed in a book). This is good work for me.
I was just watching some bullocks in the adjacent field, observing my dogs eating beef bones in the garden. I think - can they know what the dogs are eating? Some innate sense of the sadness of their inevitable fate?
What matters is that you are using the commonplace to find a new angle on life.
Oli |
Written by Phil (6383 comments posted) 7th August 2007 | I have to confess to a little jealously when I read about the 'common place.' I'm not often inspired, have half thoughts and dismiss them as too ordinary - and then read something like this. There is a certain power to bringing the small details alive. Oli does it very well too.
Enjoyed this.
Phil |
Written by Amelia (30 comments posted) 4th December 2007 | This has everything I love about poetry.
I can relate easily to it; the poem makes me feel the same way as the author. It's not obscure in a melodramatic, inaccessible way, but rather eloquent and simple. In short, I loved it. Thanks for a great read.
Amelia | Buzzing
Written by hutmaster (134 comments posted) 5th December 2007 | Thank You Amelia.
I haven't been around the site for a while but was delighted to find your review.
I agree with you. Sometimes it seems writers, and especially those of us who write poetry, think the important thing is to Sound profound, whereas I think that getting the message across to the maximum effect is what counts.
Good to hear from you and thanks again for taking the time to reply.
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Written by Josie (2496 comments posted) 5th December 2007 | | I loved your poem hutmaster. I think we poets have to look for small things and bring them to life. I try to do this myself, and I like to make people laugh by using just ordinary everyday things that I can use in stories. You have to have your eyes and ears open to be a poet because sometimes you can write a poem from a few words overheaard on the train or in the street. Your little bug between the sheets of paper was a wonderful idea. Well done. |
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