is that it is entirely logical
but far from entirely rational,
because conflict, not peace,
is the foundation of
civilisation.
Dingo the Dissident
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
They label you
élitist
if you dare to criticise
the cretinisation of
whole populations
brainwashed by mass-
education, and of course
the press, and especially TV
- not to forget the universities
of age-old stupidities.
Elitist I am proud to be.
if you dare to criticise
the cretinisation of
whole populations
brainwashed by mass-
education, and of course
the press, and especially TV
- not to forget the universities
of age-old stupidities.
Elitist I am proud to be.
Sunday 28 November 2010
Saturday 27 November 2010
Friday 26 November 2010
Thursday 25 November 2010
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Tuesday 23 November 2010
There are only two Human Problems :
the first is overpopulation;
the second is refusal to confront it.
the second is refusal to confront it.
Monday 22 November 2010
Sunday 21 November 2010
Saturday 20 November 2010
Friday 19 November 2010
Thursday 18 November 2010
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Winding Forward
I'm losing me
I don't care
I'm losing care
At last: to sever!
Only the stupid
live forever
I don't care
I'm losing care
At last: to sever!
Only the stupid
live forever
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Faith, hope and fondness -
these three
tend not to fall away:
the first is stupid, even cowardly;
the second a little less stupid;
but the third is real.
tend not to fall away:
the first is stupid, even cowardly;
the second a little less stupid;
but the third is real.
Sunday 14 November 2010
Philip Larkin :
one of the greatest
letter-writers
since Kafka
had pretty astute
opinions about his almost-terse
but undemanding verse.
He was too self-knowing
to call it art.
He preferred MacNeice to Yeats,
so had handicapped himself
right from the start.
letter-writers
since Kafka
had pretty astute
opinions about his almost-terse
but undemanding verse.
He was too self-knowing
to call it art.
He preferred MacNeice to Yeats,
so had handicapped himself
right from the start.
Saturday 13 November 2010
Friday 12 November 2010
I'm going to fix
my dinner.
But it wasn't broken.
It didn't even exist.
Maybe I'll drop dead before it is fixed.
It will then belong to the
Kingdom of the Unfixed Nothingnesses.
Don't we all ?
But it wasn't broken.
It didn't even exist.
Maybe I'll drop dead before it is fixed.
It will then belong to the
Kingdom of the Unfixed Nothingnesses.
Don't we all ?
Thursday 11 November 2010
Wednesday 10 November 2010
To those who whinge
about taxes, pensions
school fees, and the
Cost of Living
I suggest
you get a life
Go out and beg
school fees, and the
Cost of Living
I suggest
you get a life
Go out and beg
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Enantiodromia
Happiness, faithfulness, love :
three concepts
which contribute importantly
to their opposites.
three concepts
which contribute importantly
to their opposites.
Monday 8 November 2010
Just deserts
If Gaia was so misguided
as to evolve us,
then, I have to say,
reluctantly and sadly,
she pretty well deserves
what we're doing to her.
as to evolve us,
then, I have to say,
reluctantly and sadly,
she pretty well deserves
what we're doing to her.
Sunday 7 November 2010
with no apologies to Ian McMillan
Today, for the first time
I heard someone described as
a Stand-up Poet.
It made me think
of the urinals in Florence's
magnificent railway station
and urgent men
in commodious cubicles
without locks
and with flamboyant
erect and generally
boring cocks.
I heard someone described as
a Stand-up Poet.
It made me think
of the urinals in Florence's
magnificent railway station
and urgent men
in commodious cubicles
without locks
and with flamboyant
erect and generally
boring cocks.
Saturday 6 November 2010
You couldn't make it up
a True Nonsense Poem about hunches and guts
found on the BBC News Website.
An ambitious project to assemble poets from all of the Olympic nations in 2012
has been launched in London.
Simon Armitage, the poet behind the idea, said: "My hunch is this will be
the biggest poetry event ever - a truly global coming together of poets."
The unique congregation, called Poetry Parnassus,
would take place at the Southbank Centre for a week during the 2012 Olympics.
It is hoped more than 200 poets - from all continents - will take part.
"It's insanely ambitious," said Armitage, the Southbank Centre's artist in residence.
"There are political issues, geographical issues, linguistic issues all to be overcome."
He said that for Tuesday night's launch, part of the Poetry International 2010 festival,
poets from almost every continent had been invited to perform.
“We couldn't get a poet from Antarctica.
My gut feeling is that there are poets absolutely everywhere.”
found on the BBC News Website.
An ambitious project to assemble poets from all of the Olympic nations in 2012
has been launched in London.
Simon Armitage, the poet behind the idea, said: "My hunch is this will be
the biggest poetry event ever - a truly global coming together of poets."
The unique congregation, called Poetry Parnassus,
would take place at the Southbank Centre for a week during the 2012 Olympics.
It is hoped more than 200 poets - from all continents - will take part.
"It's insanely ambitious," said Armitage, the Southbank Centre's artist in residence.
"There are political issues, geographical issues, linguistic issues all to be overcome."
He said that for Tuesday night's launch, part of the Poetry International 2010 festival,
poets from almost every continent had been invited to perform.
“We couldn't get a poet from Antarctica.
My gut feeling is that there are poets absolutely everywhere.”
Friday 5 November 2010
Thursday 4 November 2010
Reality and legend
As belief in unicorns waned,
Denmark, which had enriched
herself by selling, at still-unmatched
prices, Greenlandic narwhal-horn
(of which the royal throne is fashioned),
became ever less significant
as an European nation.
Denmark, which had enriched
herself by selling, at still-unmatched
prices, Greenlandic narwhal-horn
(of which the royal throne is fashioned),
became ever less significant
as an European nation.
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Dogs are so much cleverer than we
They have no myths
no legends or history
to stupefy them
and correctly consider
cause and effect to be
merely circumstantial.
no legends or history
to stupefy them
and correctly consider
cause and effect to be
merely circumstantial.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Dogs control their feelings
far better than do humans.
We'd rather control dogs
and each other,
the weather
and the world.
We'd rather control dogs
and each other,
the weather
and the world.
Monday 1 November 2010
I have learned far more
by reconsidering
what I don't like,
than by wanting or getting
what I like.
(But of course, I don't live
on a giant rubbish-tip
in Nigeria.)
what I don't like,
than by wanting or getting
what I like.
(But of course, I don't live
on a giant rubbish-tip
in Nigeria.)
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