tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post6217755901230202931..comments2024-01-31T13:17:39.976-08:00Comments on Various: Poetry Bus - inspired by a pubNiamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-20152107794864526012010-12-07T20:11:19.115-08:002010-12-07T20:11:19.115-08:00How'd you get barred from such a cozy place wh...How'd you get barred from such a cozy place where people fall all over each other? It sounds like a nice pub to get besotted with others. <br />You handled the tone just beautifully, bittersweet and all.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-62449990657812946252010-12-07T03:10:37.712-08:002010-12-07T03:10:37.712-08:00That has a little bit of everything. Delightful.That has a little bit of everything. Delightful.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-71809286978665539362010-12-06T13:40:55.456-08:002010-12-06T13:40:55.456-08:00You've done this very well - lots of differing...You've done this very well - lots of differing emotions in there - nostalgia, regret, melancholia. And how we regret those softened insides...Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-1411243120806594782010-12-06T10:30:29.038-08:002010-12-06T10:30:29.038-08:00Thanks Titus! :-) and Chicco!
Conor, shocking beha...Thanks Titus! :-) and Chicco!<br />Conor, shocking behaviour, in fairness they were very heavy tables<br />Thanks Trellissimo, and welcome<br />NanU, pub cats would have been well fed on that particular night, but that could also have been my imagination.<br />It's never too late :-)Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-3462290169228330752010-12-06T09:39:56.181-08:002010-12-06T09:39:56.181-08:00Mice! sounds like they needed a pub cat or two. Gr...Mice! sounds like they needed a pub cat or two. Great poem. Makes me think I really missed out on something never even coming close to being banned from a pub. Is it too late to try?NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-55262800479355696602010-12-06T08:02:22.526-08:002010-12-06T08:02:22.526-08:00A few sobering thoughts in this one! LOL :)A few sobering thoughts in this one! LOL :)Trellissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283663872471564907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-73460035229330816402010-12-06T07:40:55.870-08:002010-12-06T07:40:55.870-08:00Happy days, I remember we tried to take one of tho...Happy days, I remember we tried to take one of those tables home one night under my coat, we didnt get 5 feet...Conornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-23584946403075042722010-12-06T04:37:55.182-08:002010-12-06T04:37:55.182-08:00Dear Niamh: Love the way you personified the poem ...Dear Niamh: Love the way you personified the poem with a distinct personal feel; especially<br /><br />"I fell off your tablespeople fell onto mefriendships made in the hazemice ran up the wallsand you played the best music"<br /><br />Don't you get kicked out for doing that?<br />Oh it an allegory! Safe bet!Love it!:)chiccorealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834462795623856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-42785161157461205362010-12-05T14:18:54.016-08:002010-12-05T14:18:54.016-08:00Oh, that's just a great poem. Love the personi...Oh, that's just a great poem. Love the personification of the pub, and very saudade.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-78267717949187662572010-12-05T14:10:13.444-08:002010-12-05T14:10:13.444-08:00Thanks Bug! Fitted nicely alright.
Helen, sounds l...Thanks Bug! Fitted nicely alright.<br />Helen, sounds like a story for tellin?!<br />Thanks Socks, think it picked me!<br />Ah yes, TFE, he was so excited about the price, he practically force feeding people! But probably not 90 pints!<br />Rachel - the tables were all ex-sewing machines with a cast iron pedal and wheel that spun when you pressed it with your foot.<br />Kat, they did! At least I think they did, at least once. The funny thing was there was also a great huge painting on the opposite wall with a picture of a drunk watching a pair of mice getting married and rubbing his eyes. Thanks for the tkt, sorry I didn't manage funny!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-36178579465740168882010-12-05T14:03:55.838-08:002010-12-05T14:03:55.838-08:00Niamh, now I have to go and write something more w...Niamh, now I have to go and write something more wistful about my old haunt.<br /><br />I never had a true pub to really hang out in, but wish so much that I had. You made me wish for it even more. (I DO know all about those haze-made friendships, mind you.)<br /><br />Did mice really run up the walls?<br />The Kat must know!<br /><br />Got you in my sidebar now.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-68440919726878842182010-12-05T13:02:45.348-08:002010-12-05T13:02:45.348-08:00I do remember 90p pints!
What's the spinning w...I do remember 90p pints!<br />What's the spinning wheel thing all about?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-34014739423101216932010-12-05T12:48:16.349-08:002010-12-05T12:48:16.349-08:00Classic!Lovely! And Nancy Spain is one of my favou...Classic!Lovely! And Nancy Spain is one of my favourite songs...sob!<br /><br />Ps thought your dad bought ninety pints on first reading!!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-48130449175766140062010-12-05T12:31:58.837-08:002010-12-05T12:31:58.837-08:00Great poem, full of wonderful descriptions, includ...Great poem, full of wonderful descriptions, including lots of family and crazy memory type ones. We all need at least one pub to have been kicked out of! Sounds like you picked a good one.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-72454651881150366582010-12-05T12:23:03.633-08:002010-12-05T12:23:03.633-08:00Your Nancy Spains sounds like my kind of pub ~~~ a...Your Nancy Spains sounds like my kind of pub ~~~ and reminds me of the one and only time I was kicked out of a bar!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-24221711394627504612010-12-05T12:19:18.617-08:002010-12-05T12:19:18.617-08:00This is lovely. I think you've definitely refl...This is lovely. I think you've definitely reflected the meaning of the name very well - I feel some melancholy after reading it :)The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com