December 6, 2012 – 3:56 pm
Year End and Xmas Issue
The Cooltan Arts and “afunnyfarm.org.uk wish all our readers around the world a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year with this bumper issue of Poetry Extravaganza
We welcome the poets from the group “together” from Newham and around. We are publishing their poems first then the poems of the regular Cooltan Poets’ works.
Julie
Fairies
When I was a little girl I wanted to fly
Because my Godmother took me to see Peter Pan
I thought that if I believed hard enough in fairies
They would sprinkle fairy dust on me-
Now I spend my time looking for fairies. Read More »
November 29, 2012 – 5:24 pm
New Poets on the Block
Cooltan A Team Went to Newham and did the workshop on Creative Writing Poetry at the Hub at Star Lane and discovered many creative poets. So we publish their works here for the October November slot.
Following poets are from this workshop. We say “Not only see the Depth but breadth as well”
They are Dawn Barber, John C. Simmonds, Paul Batton and Terrance Edward along with our usual Sasha Dee, Brian Ring, Howard Luke, Jean Wearn Walace
Dawn Barber
My School Days
I hated my school days
They were black days for me
I never want to go there again
How unhappy I would be
Depressed and sad and lonely
Please never let me go there again Read More »
The August Poets for the month of August
Jean Wearn Wllace
MORNING MADNESS
As the crow sat on my tongue
I rubbed it with oats, which
It tolerated, while answering the ‘phone. Read More »
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REVIEW
APPLE EYE FEAST
by Philip Ruthen
Reviewed by Emile Sercombe
(Emile Sercombe is a poet, artist, performer of poetry and lecturer in poetry teaching)
If you see him the twinkly-eyed typist one finger stub-stabbing at the keyboard, or as the expert who describes and advises us about our rights, or as the friend who enjoys talking with us over a smoke outside, then look again.
This is Phil the poet.
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