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Ted Hughes’ CROW (From the Life and Songs of the Crow). A masterpiece.
On the subject of writers block -
I thinks it's reading that cures it. I go through periods of writing loads; on the bus, on the train, at work, just after sex, on the toilet, in bed, in the kitchen, everywhere, all the time. I'll hit a point and my output will slow to a drizzle, then I read.
I've just started buying new books and getting into different poets that i've not read before, and it's great. I'll read a bunch of stuff, a lot of it will be interesting, but without impact - then, i'll found something that'll click and make me think 'I want to do something like that!', and the writing period will start again.
I guess this also crosses over into inspiration.
the other thing that's really spurred this all on, is that i've started running an open mic poetry night. Each time i'll read a couple of my own, as well as a couple of poems that I've enjoyed recently. 'Her anxiety' by W.B.Yeats, 'The applicant' by Sylvia Plath & 'Meditation on the A30' by John Betjeman are all poems that i've really enjoyed reading recently. It's that I have to come up with new content every month, to keep it fresh, that helps me to keep my mind active. I try and remember as many as I can off the top of my head, but my head is usally filled with all sorts of other things than I need to remember, like what the point of all this rambling was ...
AH YES! Read more poetry, read shit, read things you've never read before and all that kinda stuff. Read 'Crow' by Ted hughes, you can find some not-too-expensive paperbacks on that shit-heap, Amazon. 'Crow' is portrayed as some kind of trickster death god, that's been influencing the world from the beginning - well worded violence and insanity, as to be expected from Ted, with good humour thrown in their too.
Plus, I read a great one from Toby Martinez de las rivas the other day. It was all about meeting eyes with your lover, whilst they're having a pee.
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