ca_gere Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Some can be found here:KeepersI'm working on updating it with some older pieces once I've revised them a bit.They're pretty good but you need to throw in a few acrostic surprisesIt's the best way to write poetryTake my adviceSomeday you'll thank meonly joking. Liked them a lot, good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I sneezed twice and she kissed me."One's a wish, Two's a kiss, andThree's a disappointment." she said.So I sneezed again,And wished I'd never heard her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 They're pretty good but you need to throw in a few acrostic surprisesIt's the best way to write poetryTake my adviceSomeday you'll thank meonly joking. Liked them a lot, good stuff.I tried to make an acrostic with LADS, couldn't think of anything witty. Apologies.Cheers though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Lesley reads praiseAnd merrily acceptsDeciding it's unwiseStooping to his level.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Karl's Poems - Pilkipediasimply some of the funniest things I've ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Karl's Poems - Pilkipediasimply some of the funniest things I've ever read.Funny "haha" or funny "shit" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 A bit of both. You have to imagine him reading them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Karl's Poems - Pilkipediasimply some of the funniest things I've ever read.Bubbled wallpaper, what a mess. Washer dryer knackered, what a mess. Siamese twins seperated, one leg less.Simply amazing, I love Karl Pilkington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I got one of his books for my birthday. I've only just read the foreword, and that was enough to reduce me to tears. He is an outstanding man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 When all the cabbages dissapearWhen all the carrotts reappearWhere did they goWhy does it snowWhat?Okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Some can be found here:KeepersI'm working on updating it with some older pieces once I've revised them a bit.I love some of the stuff on there, particularly November.I have a question though. A general poetry question as opposed to a question for you specifically, but google has been of little help.Where does the structure come from? Why is it laid out the way it is? I understand that poetry obviously doesn't need to rhyme or fit a specific template, but take the last verse of November for example.Are there specific reasons that it's laid out like this:The night draws inquicker now. Silhouetted,the naked churchyardtrees that catchour death of cold,the daysitting low inthe sky, overfrozen bluestreets outside.And not this:The night draws in quicker now.Silhouetted, the naked churchyard treesthat catch our death of cold,the day sitting low in the sky,over frozen blue streets outside.Or this:The night draws in quickernow. Silhouetted, the naked churchyardtrees that catch our death of cold,the day sitting lowin the sky,over frozenblue streets outside.Is it to do with separating key images and phrases from each other? Should each line be looked at individually for deeper meaning out-with it's context in the poem as a whole? Or is it more to do with structuring it so that it reads the way the writer intends...?xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I would probably say.... "structuring it so that it reads the way the writer intends" :surely that's the way ANY poem should be read ?...... sort of !! up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I love some of the stuff on there, particularly November.Where does the structure come from? Why is it laid out the way it is? I understand that poetry obviously doesn't need to rhyme or fit a specific template, but take the last verse of November for example.Is it to do with separating key images and phrases from each other? Should each line be looked at individually for deeper meaning out-with it's context in the poem as a whole? Or is it more to do with structuring it so that it reads the way the writer intends...?xxFirstly, thanks! Secondly, while poetry doesn't need to rhyme it should still have rhythm. I played around with various line lengths and different variations of stanzas and with line endings/beginnings to get to the version that's on the site. The best essay I think you could read would be the Norton essay on Versification from their Poetry Anthology. Bits of which can be found here: Norton's Versification EssayGoes into a lot more depth on things like stresses, metre and different forms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Firstly, thanks! Secondly, while poetry doesn't need to rhyme it should still have rhythm. I played around with various line lengths and different variations of stanzas and with line endings/beginnings to get to the version that's on the site. The best essay I think you could read would be the Norton essay on Versification from their Poetry Anthology. Bits of which can be found here: Norton's Versification EssayGoes into a lot more depth on things like stresses, metre and different forms.Ah, brilliant. Cheers!xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Sorry I haven't read all of this thread but who are the most popular poets around here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Zombie thread revival. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Radio 4 are having an Ivor Cutler day on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 I'd forgotten I wrote Hipster at the tip. Still brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 I got such a shock opening the last page of this thread and seeing a post by me at the top. I can only imagine that I was posting drunk and for some reason I thought I knew something about poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Why was I so angry on the first page?LOL, sorry Bigsby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Thatcher, Baddie of Britain.I blame her for this midden.She was shit at her jobCos she was a fucking snobSo I blame Thatcher. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest E.C Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I wandered lonely as a pooThat poos on sheep o'er Vales and poo,When all at once I saw a poopyA host of pooping Daffopoops; this timeless classic was lovingly edited by my 6 year old cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryChristmas Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Anabella bit off her tongueWhen a guy stuck it in her bumShe cried and criedI'm sorry, he liedAnd now shes got piles alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Why was I so angry on the first page?LOL, sorry Bigsby.Me too, it's all cool, let's Hug it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Me too, it's all cool, let's Hug it out. I just honestly don't know what state I would've been in to be angry with you like that for next to no reason. Must have been during my unemployed, single, miserable fun times. I genuinely am sorry for being such an intolerable knob, don't know what came over me.Anyway, more poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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