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June 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Roger McGough Had Done Enough – And Long Before He Wrote A Poem To Save My Life
What I said was that I’d first read the poem when I was about 15. And had loved it ever since. Had thought about it – and often – for nearly 30 years. And because that clearly wasn’t lofty enough I added that the poem, this one poem, was in fact a guiding light. I […]Archive
June 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Had Baby Haiku
efficiency and poetry met and fucked had baby haikuArchive
June 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Luck Of The Draw
Grant Lee Buffalo released two great albums Fuzzy and Mighty Joe Moon. They were released in 1993 and 1994. I caught up with them a few years later, a new friend loaned me the albums – I returned the favour by giving her a copy of The Cat Inside by William S. Burroughs and an […]Archive
June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Half Time At The Housewarming, The Fire Roaring, The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely…
Eventually ol’ Fitzy or Trev or Mucka or Graeme or whatever the name was, asked me what sport was my favourite – my rugby-bluffing had been going about as well as the game itself. I told him I watched a lot of basketball – and loved it. And he gestured, adding “oh yeah, the hat”. […]Archive
June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Several Twitter Users.
We are worried about billionaires and the anti-vaxxers and the pandemic they are currently anti getting vaxxed from. We are worried about tax-dodging companies and white-collar crime and gentrification’s winning streak. We are worried about climate change but never enough. We are worried about the climate-change deniers. We are worried they might be a bigger […]Archive
June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: What’s That Got To Do With The Price of Fish?
Apparently, I’m not really much of a full-time work kind of guy, well I know that already on account of the fact that I don’t have a full-time job. But I’ve fully got time for a job that might require all the hours. I have transferrable skills. I have contacts. I have a proven track […]Archive
June 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: 10cc
What luck, what timing Song comes on the radio. So does he. Tee-hee.Archive
June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Hope To Not Repeat
the autobiography you never knew you’d write is the one you add to each and every night – confession here, reminder there – stories arrive when you sit to ponder, are they ‘good’ you almost never wonder, instead the job is to get them down – add to the files, surround yourself with reminders of […]Archive
June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry in Motion: PIM – July Edition – Featured Guest Simon Sweetman
The fantastic Poetry in Motion hosts an event on the first Thursday of every month at Wellington’s Fringe Bar. I’ve been attending as often as I can across the last couple of years. The structure is always the same – open mic starting at 7.30, and after an intermission there’s a feature poet; a guest spot. […]Archive
June 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Cultural Appropriation
Haiku now going cheap, cheap; but not like budgie It’s a red dot saleArchive
June 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman