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XxShaunaKxX

Jamie Oliver is a really good idea never thought of him:o
thanks a mill:D:D

LegacyUser

I write mainly poetry but my creative output varies depending on my mood and
how busy I am. Recently I had a whole bunch of poems about love.
I don't have the time at the moment to dedicate myself to writing, but I
am wondering would it be a good idea in the future as a career?

NO MANS LAND

THEY CRY OUT FROM THE FOG
TRAPPED IN A QUAGMIRE
A DOOMED REGIMENT
ON THE EDGE OF HADES

FLESH PUNCHED BY HOLES
SWEPT UP IN A VORTEX
BY SHRAPNEL AND FIRE
THAT PUCK THE PETALS
FROM A WHOLE GENERATION


Swifts

I see streaks of Black
Cutting through the air
Like expert skaters on ice
From the bus I stare
At natures perfect display

We have our aeroplanes
Trying to imitate their flight
Some marvel at these
But the birds bring me delight
As I watch them at play


A Minor Matter
(Inspired by a picture of a Morris Minor under a streetlamp taken by Billy Doyle)

There she sits under a lamp
Issagonis’ first masterpiece
We had a light blue model
With transferred butterflies

My dads’ favourite was burgundy
But then they had an accident
Now upon our driveway sits
Henrys’ modern dream machine

It’s just not the same as before
Although it has lots of extras
There are times that I yearn
For reliable but novel simplicity.

SIR ROGER SPEAKS

Caught up in the treads of time
Entangled in a web of intrigue
They dig up the bones of scandal
I become a new kind of martyr
But not for the cause I died for

Oppression is still in the assent
They toil under debts’ yoke
My name should not echo shame
But Freedom, Justice and Truth!


The Year of ‘73

It was the time of wooden platform shoes
And doorless buses black and cream
While the Arab oil crises was in the news

We had a Ford Cortina which seemed black
Although I has told it was dark green
I was one of the first T.V addicts

Already knowing the A.B.C from it
Watching the 6 million dollar man
Seemed better than play I’ll admit

When I see platforms and flairs
It’s like a flashback to those days
Of pointed collars and Afro hairs

Dublin before Lunch

Seagulls whirl above, while one perches on a rail
Three stone heads seem to stare into the Liffey
As the gleaming sun reflects upon the water
How many lives have they seen pass by?
How many changes have they observed?
People rush around in single file
Or in a group like an army of ants
Upon the Italianate Sunlight Chambers
The figures seem to move as in a cartoon

Nebride

Hey,

Here's a link to the Facebook page of a literary journal called ROPES published annually by the students of the MA in Literature and Publishing in NUI Galway. Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 edition and anyone is welcome to put forth a piece for consideration. Over the past few years the journal has published works by writers such as Seamus Heaney and Kevin Higgins as well as works by unknown and up-and-coming authors - check it out!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/ROPES/179671898986?ref=ts

LegacyUser

Saison dont worry about beeing harsh I asked you guys to say what you think and not hold back And I thank you and jermix for doing that

Thanks guys Which one was best though?

Denerick

I've written the beginnings of a short story if anyone is interested at having an impartial look? I'd rather communicate via email, but I wouldn't mind a little objective criticism!

pickarooney

This thread seems to be everything and nothing. I'm unsticking it for that reason.

AnBealBocht

pickarooney wrote: »

This thread seems to be everything and nothing. I'm unsticking it for that reason.

...The apparent dying of the print medium ( newspapers, magazines, etc.). What with this new-age technology supplanting the old-styles of publishing what opportunities await the quick-witted & mentally-agile writer-authors of today?.
What changes do we predict for the creative publishing world?.
How will publishing on the WWW be remunerated; how copyright protected; how much in demand, given all the ' free stuff '; how will Pulitzer, Booker, the Nobel Prize Committee find, adapt their methods & standards, & then reward these online authors?.

[ What is a ' sticky ' & what are the probable consequences of ' un-stickying ' a thread/forum?. Am I posting in darkness?. Have the lights gone out all over the EU?.]