Four line, four verse form mostly.
A bit of personal stuff, some humour, one about chavs, that kind of thing. Mostly written during a nasty depressive phase in my final year of uni. I love being creative, but the crushing mental lows that went with it, not so much.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:53, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

fair enough
I tend to find being carefree (and stoned) helps my creative juices flow. That's certainly when I play the best guitar solos
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:54, Reply)

no, that;'s just when you THINK they are the best ;)

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:55, Reply)

naa, being stoned enhances your appreciation

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)

consider the bands some of my stoner mates listened to
I suspect that isn't universally true...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:57, Reply)

ok, it enhances my appreciation
what sort of things do they listen to?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)

no real idea, this was years ago
they just sounded shite. Sub-Marley type stuff
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)

*shudder*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:09, Reply)

I sincerely hope you haven't just come.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)

I have not

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)

It was the state of mind that went with it, I think.
Hiding in my room all the time got rid of all distractions, allowing me to relax better.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)

makes sense.
have we established for sure that you are a new person now, rather than a sock puppet?

I'm convinced.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:57, Reply)

God knows.
Someone with a lot of weird letters in their name keeps on calling me Jim.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:59, Reply)

he's notoriously tight-lipped

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:00, Reply)

Who is?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)

God

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)

Could He make a pair of lips so tight, that He couldn't open His mouth?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)

given the circumstances
we could say he could do whatever he wanted.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:09, Reply)

True dat.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:10, Reply)

One of my teenage poems that I remember.
Yossarian Yossarian
You're my kind of fella
Too bad that you're just fiction
In a book by Joseph Heller.


I had a crush on Alan Arkin at the time.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Hehe, made me smile that!

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)

Thanks! I was quite proud of it at the time.

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:08, Reply)

To be honest, I think some of mine is interminable drivel
But people seem to like it for some reason.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Maybe it speaks to them.

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Perhaps.
Still, I feel happier now I have it all in one place to send off to publishers. Of course, now I need to find a publisher.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Worth using the Writer's Handbook
get the most up-to-date copy you can i.e. the 2011 one. They have a list of publishers who accept unsolicited poetry manuscripts, and also a list of poetry prizes.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Ooh, I'll have a look for that, thanks!

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)

It's possible to buy it in Waterstones for about a tenner
my mother uses it, says it's very useful
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:41, Reply)

That'll be my first investment come payday then.
Many thanks.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:53, Reply)

I unearthed an ancient novel I wrote last night
when digging through my email, so I was thinking about the subject anyway :)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 14:54, Reply)