textVISUAL, online magazine…

textVISUAL is an online magazine of poetry and visuals edited by Rupert Mallin which can be viewed here  http://textvisual.wordpress.com/

textVISUAL 1 features work by acclaimed poets Martin Stannard, Ian Seed and Peter Hughes. Norfolk and Suffolk artists and poets contributing to this first issue are: Tim Lenton, Linda Chapman, Lisa D’Onofrio, Gerald Nason, Michael Fenton, Mark Sargeant and Claire Hamburger.

The Giro Years by John Dashwood

This poem is from a collection I have just published under the title “The Giro Years”.

Barrie’s World Renowned Bacon Rolls

Lonely I wandered the early morning streets
Floating past the market stalls
Past the litter bins and seats
Past the crumbling old town walls
Where beer and busking is not allowed
Where gulls the cobbled pavement peck
I wandered covered in a shroud
Broke and hungry – what the heck!
Torn and tired of being thrifty
Plunged into my pocket
Pulled out roughly one pound fifty
With a mind to madly hock it
Never known to be so shifty
I shot like a rocket
On a sudden spending spree.
(Money talks, so please don’t knock it.)
Tea and bacon roll – far out!
Tasting such a damned delight.
Steamy and succulent, there’s no doubt,
My expense account was right.
Barrie’s bacon in a roll
Marmalizes lucky me
Sizzles to my very soul
Like my magic mug of tea
Helps my day get off the ground.
O what a place to be
Barrie’s bacon world renowned
In Yarmouth by the sea.

poetry and writing

I  recently joined a inspirational writing group and i am enjoying it very much.  below is a piece of work by one of the

members.

BLUE BELLS

Secretly i wait

In the garden

Under the trees

It was an orchard once

My family scattered

The orchardhas gone

Houses take their place

Hard stones no beauty there

A fewof us bluebells

live to tell the tale

In pockets of green

In the bubbling blue swathes

we were saved

And left to show

The cool blue

A shadow of an orchard

Bluebell heaven

Helen Huggett

poetry in motion

Hi! My name is charles and I m a member of Quill writing group tht meets at great yarmouth each month  I like daft poems as well as serous writing. Here is a poorexample:

These little oxo cubies

Rarer by far thanrubies

Or Smarties in their tubies

Putsome inpots or stews

Sue from Quill

I am new to the site and am finding it all very exciting . Quill creative writing group are still going strong, those of you that are familiar with the group will know we have covered various topics of creative writing. At the present time we are trying to write plays and each of us are taking it in turns to read out our various efforts .  New members have joined the group and injected fresh ideas. We are hopefull they will stay with the group.