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November 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hope
You just have to push on through it’s not pretty, it doesn’t always feel good, but you just have to. You put some new words down and hope. Is it possible you’ll come back to them and feel better about them at some other stage than is currently the case? Maybe not given how clunky […]Archive
November 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Dylan Jones: The Wichita Lineman – Searching In The Sun For The World’s Greatest Unfinished Song
The Wichita Lineman: Searching In The Sun For The World’s Greatest Unfinished Song Dylan Jones Faber & Faber Social It’s anyone’s guess what the “greatest” song of all time is – but a clever choice might be Wichita Lineman as recorded by Glen Campbell and written by Jimmy Webb. You could certainly do a lot […]Archive
October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 236 – Demolition of the Century, Wellington, 2015
This was a good show – it was a spoken-word/theatre show by the writer Duncan Sarkies. And it featured live music (covers, originals and score) by Joe Blossom. I went along to review it – not sure quite how that happened, must have been asked along by Joe Blossom perhaps, or by Circa. But I […]Archive
October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 188: Simon Leary
Welcome to episode 188 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
September 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 15 September, 2019
Back to The Fringe for some poetry. It was about celebrating Spring, though I either didn’t really process that or didn’t really care (and/or don’t have any Spring poems anyway). So I got up early, second poet this time, and read three short new poems. The first, Stuff, Not Nonsense I wrote late on Friday […]Archive
July 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: introducing…
hello. my name is simonsweetman. & these will be my poems. (this is one of them). write what you know, as they say, or write what you like – my poems, therefore, are almost always about me. i write a lot about music – partly because i cannot write music, and also my favourite poets include a lot of songwriters; which is not to exclude a lot of really great poets, but rather to just […]Archive
July 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Professional Inadequacies
I picked up the drum and I could barely play, once I made a living from it. The pen feels much the same, some days (ha! I call it ‘the pen’ I mean this – or that – machine, all work saved to a drive, or put in the cloud, accessed from whichever machine happens […]Archive
July 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 176: Carl Shuker
Welcome to episode 176 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I first met Carl Shuker close to 20 years ago. He […]Archive
June 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: 20 Years of Allenby Tce
The only thing between me and a journalism degree was the Allenby Terrace steps. Well, there was at least one other hurdle – but those steps started to bite. And rather quickly. Best to blame them, since the real reason escapes me still (a good reason to still be writing, funnily enough). Every time I head down that hill I think, still, of being sat right outside the journalism class, my phoney – but all too real – Lucky Strikes. (Just […]Archive
June 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 171: Sugar Magnolia Wilson
Welcome to episode 171 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors –T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This week it’s a chat with poet Sugar Magnolia […]Archive
May 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman