Sad 'First World' Truths

They don't call me Martin 'Two Bottles of Sparkling Wine Despite Having Nothing to Celebrate in Fact Quite the Opposite Because I'm Feeling Sad and Alone and Desperately Trying to Fill the Void with Something and Alcohol's to Hand and I Know it's Not Good for Me I'm Not Saying it is but What am I Going to do Wait Ages to See a Doctor Only to be Put on a Drug that Makes me Feel Worse When as an Insecure MAle I feel I can Handle the Problem a Little Better Myself Anyway' Palmer for nothing.

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Leigh Harlett

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Leigh Harlett: Partners in Crime POETICS Start with a single line / a phrase / a concept / a sequence. Ruminate on this beginning, on this ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Steven Fletcher

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Steven Fletcher:   As a mature student, 47 years old at enrolment, I have found the BA Creative Writing course to be a life enriching experience. It giv...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Anthony Arnott

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Anthony Arnott: https://www.facebook.com/arnottbarcode My time at Edge Hill was an enjoyable time, ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: a bonus post: Three and A Half...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: a bonus post: Three and A Half...: One of the 25 Poets, Luke Thorogood, publishes poets like Steven Fowler and Sonya Groves in the latest, fourth, edition of his magazine Thre...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Bill Bulloch

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Bill Bulloch: The manifesto is tentatively named 'Pausa' and basically reflects my desire to enjoy and experience the moment, recording my perce...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Jason Argleton

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Jason Argleton: dip                                     mist we called it fog would have done as well a haze             in the dip of the roa...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Dee McMahon

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Dee McMahon: Trad   Baby sweet full frontal lyrics launches successive sound of high notes and holidays, high notes and holidays, zingera’d to slit...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Matt Fallaize

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Matt Fallaize: Partially recovered Too slow morning starts inaccurate my state is shifting a sudden occlusion before partition obligatory sun ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets; Carol Fenlon

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets; Carol Fenlon: Big Bill Troublin’ Mind   ( Big Bill Broonzy ) Musical bruises punch your brain suck your gut in the hollows of your heart val...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets/Liverpool Camarade: Elio Lomas ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets/Liverpool Camarade: Elio Lomas ...: Two 3rd Year Edge Hill students telling it like it is... This video counts as two of the contributions to 25 Edge Hill Poets as well as a ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Janka Theisler

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Janka Theisler: The link to my blog (which has some poetry on it amongst other things) is:   http://apieceofmyhead.wordpress.com/ My time at Edge Hill:...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Cliff Yates

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Cliff Yates: Boat 1. Boat In the morning she found a boat marooned on her pillow                                             she couldn’t hea...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Christine Riaz

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Christine Riaz: Christine Riaz Martins Bank Building As I walk up Water Street The wind blows off the river A paradox: that to move forwar...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Martin Palmer

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Martin Palmer: My time at Edge Hill: I'm very lucky to have been accepted at Edge Hill as their approach to Creative Writing is to keep you out of ...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Debbie Walsh

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Debbie Walsh: Nimbus Movements is published by Knives Forks and Spoons. See here . Debbie says of her work by way of poetics: ... 'The work I tr...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Sarah Billington

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Sarah Billington:   Sarah Billington A few words on Edge Hill and my poetry   The last three that I have spent studying at Edge Hill have been wha...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Joanne Ashcroft

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Joanne Ashcroft:   from What the Tree Said sweet green my worlds seemed as buds sense-locked by me & laid carved in hearts al...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Andrew Taylor

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Andrew Taylor: Andrew Taylor (photo: Paul Hawkins) 5.12.13 Slow cruel hands of time there is snow on the ground slightly cut off the t...

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Hazel Mutch

Pages: 25 Edge Hill Poets: Hazel Mutch: Comma   This page      flies     flies      tilts                                                      noun   drops    drift    ...