tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post114219403598625161..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: National Poetry Competition 2005Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-63382298794699204932009-03-07T19:47:00.000+00:002009-03-07T19:47:00.000+00:00Congrats too. I was a commended poet in 1985, when...Congrats too. I was a commended poet in 1985, when Ruth Padel was one of the others. Since then, she has shot into cyberspace. But keep on trying. It would be silly to stop now.<BR/><BR/> Nowadays I only write poems in stanzaic structures that nobody seems to like. Ah, well. Have you tried my "Most Beautiful Line in English Literature" competition? It's on the blog.<BR/><BR/> Robert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1143407814803824322006-03-26T22:16:00.000+01:002006-03-26T22:16:00.000+01:00Nice to hear from you Sally, and I'm glad you got ...Nice to hear from you Sally, and I'm glad you got home in one piece. <BR/><BR/>Your new site looks as if it will be good. I'll add it to my links in the next few hours.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1143403211011231552006-03-26T21:00:00.000+01:002006-03-26T21:00:00.000+01:00Well covered, Rob! I didnt mention The Fight in my...Well covered, Rob! I didnt mention <I>The Fight</I> in my short account in my not-quite blog (This Week on my website) but yes. <BR/><BR/>No fighting however in London's new "Eiffel Tower" and yes, being there was well worth the train fare and what a nice smooth journey. I could swear I saw Billy Cornwall get off the up train at Peterborough, and Thelma Good was on it too, visiting her son.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally I got back to Stirling five minutes arfter the bus - I'd left my car in Callander - so I got a taxi to the start of the country road out of Stirling, hitched home (wthout telling my husband who hates me hitching) and got in an hour before the snowstorm of the winter started, snowing us in. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142845262991274302006-03-20T09:01:00.000+00:002006-03-20T09:01:00.000+00:00Thanks Jee. I've heard the Emperor's Babe is excel...Thanks Jee. I've heard the Emperor's Babe is excellent and plan to read it very soon.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142632472614810682006-03-17T21:54:00.000+00:002006-03-17T21:54:00.000+00:00Wonderful snapshot of how the event went off for y...Wonderful snapshot of how the event went off for you, Rob. I enjoyed Evaristo's "The Emperor's Babe" very much. Alison Brackenbury was a discovery I made browsing in a bookstore in Singapore. Congrats, again!Jee Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142516027262178762006-03-16T13:33:00.000+00:002006-03-16T13:33:00.000+00:00Shug - I've untwisted the underwear. That's the In...Shug - I've untwisted the underwear. That's the Internet for you. It's sometimes hard to know the tone of voice people speak in. But thanks for making things clear.<BR/><BR/>And next time you're over at Geoffrey Hill's place, say hello from me.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142502805474462862006-03-16T09:53:00.000+00:002006-03-16T09:53:00.000+00:00It's Si actually. Or it was the last time I met hi...It's Si actually. Or it was the last time I met him in Sauchiehall Street.<BR/><BR/>Don't get your underwear in a fankle, Rob. Everyone deserves a wee gush now and then, especially if you've achieved something good, which you definitely have.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142409794097386432006-03-15T08:03:00.000+00:002006-03-15T08:03:00.000+00:00apprentice, ren - thanks very much.I don't agree w...apprentice, ren - thanks very much.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with Shug's idea that I was name-dropping. If I was to say, "I was walking down Sauchiehall Street the other day, and bumped into Simon Armitage. 'How's things Simey?' I said, 'It's at least 48 hours since I saw you last at Seamus Heaney's birthday party (by personal invite only)', that would be name-dropping.<BR/><BR/>But a few tongue-in-cheek references from an event populated exclusively by poets, editors and others with an active role in poetry surely isn't. <BR/> <BR/>I suppose I <I>could</I> have written, "I enjoyed meeting Editor X from Y magazine" if I'd really wanted to be enigmatic about it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142383839458474562006-03-15T00:50:00.000+00:002006-03-15T00:50:00.000+00:00congrats!!congrats!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142282037558830472006-03-13T20:33:00.000+00:002006-03-13T20:33:00.000+00:00Well done, you must be really chuffed.And I enjoye...Well done, you must be really chuffed.<BR/><BR/>And I enjoyed the name dropping.<BR/><BR/>Nothing like a bit of recognition to warm the heart and soul.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142241567224559852006-03-13T09:19:00.000+00:002006-03-13T09:19:00.000+00:00Shug, I never have any names to drop, so I thought...Shug, I never have any names to drop, so I thought I'd make the most of it. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I slip them in to give an accurate representation of the event, not to suggest I actually know these people.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142239754645047982006-03-13T08:49:00.000+00:002006-03-13T08:49:00.000+00:00Congrats on the award.Never seen so much concerted...Congrats on the award.<BR/><BR/>Never seen so much concerted name dropping, though, since Donny O' Rourke's newspaper column in the Sunday Herald closed, deservedly.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142235766322462152006-03-13T07:42:00.000+00:002006-03-13T07:42:00.000+00:00Thanks.The Independent had a page on it (page 28 o...Thanks.<BR/><BR/>The Independent had a page on it (page 28 of the arts supplement, not exactly high profile) yesterday, with reflections from two of the judges, and published the top 3 poems. <BR/><BR/>But the Poetry Society should have all the winners and commended poems up later today at the PS website.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1142202549099053932006-03-12T22:29:00.000+00:002006-03-12T22:29:00.000+00:00Congratulations, Rob. Well deserved honor. The o...Congratulations, Rob. Well deserved honor. The official announcement is supposed to be on the Poetry Society's website on the 13th (not sure why they've waited, but that's when they say it will be up).Hedgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073063597585826524noreply@blogger.com