"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
(le genius, Jack Kerouac)
- Last seen on Jun 29 6:01 AM. Member since January 24, 2002.
- I'm a hidden phosphate poet for 5,201 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "sapere aude".
- I am a 40 year old woman (Scotland)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a Child Protection Social Worker.
- Visit my homepage at www.myspace.com/bluebirdshm
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My Poetry
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Say No to ID cards in Britain!61 lines, 33 comments, November 25, 2007
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24 lines, 18 comments, April 6, 2007
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34 lines, 12 comments, March 18, 2007
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alan on August 15i am truly sorry i have an athritic hip - must have been Gods plan - surely wans't mine
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alan on August 2love ya you old bag x
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alan : oi ! on June 23love you u old moose xxxxxxx
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alan : Think Or Die - your synopsis on March 18I find it somewhat confusing - that you - A Bukowski fan - (and a Kerouac fan) didnt rate this as a poem (only as a "RANT") - "So you want to be a writer" for example is a total rant..yet a briliant poem..The Kerouac you quote is superb..but a lot of his narrative and plot structure was completely mundane - He had moments like sparkled like diamonds (and the zeitgeist of capturing a particular feel aka The Doors in music) a decade later - and has been panned for "The Emperors New Clothes" eve since. Do I think Bukowski was a genius? - Undoubtably- and I would never claim to be anywhere near his level as a writer. His work will go down the generations for centuries. I don't think Kerouacs will tho. He was in the right place at the right time, one of the first EVER "celebrities" - he had the looks and, for the first time ever- the liberal press could print "Rebellion" in any way shape or form. The reason "On The Road" became so popular was that it was there at the right time.(Along with James Dean, Brando etc in film) .as the contraceptive pill was on its way (figuratively speaking)..as television became more affordable..as protest in America became rife..as the memories of WW2 started to fade..
Anyway I digress.
I'm standing up for my own piece of work here. - Only In the context that I think - the definition "RANT" has assumed a negative quality and I find that extremely dangerous. Without "rant" there would have been no (in no particular order) French Revolution - no Jesus kicking the moneylenders out the temple - No Copernicus - No Thomas Jefferson - No Che Guevara - No Ghandi - No Darwin - No Galileo - No Nelson Madela - No Bob Dylan (name a million you know what I mean)
The rant is for "Evolution" of the human psyche...The right to DEMAND better things..Many would happily rant and die than live and sew their lips together - I consider myself one of the former.
So - it may not be my best work - I admit. But it is honest and it is very difficult to write about a theme one has written about for decades.
However..
If one person ever says "It made me think about things" then it was worth the writing in itself.
Theirin lies the true integrity of writing.
"Real writers don't write for themselves - They write for everyone else BUT themselves" JAG
The poem in question i will tidy up. But the message I will preach through my work till I die. Plant a seed and a tree may grow. Plant complacency, lack of questioning and ignorance and only disaster will be the disciples.
Alan x
