I began writing when I was about 14 - and for most of the time since I've been much older than that. I live in Gloucestershire, England and occasionally that's as good as it's cracked up to be.
Music is my big thing - and it often finds its way into my writing in some form or another. My tastes are broad (jazz, classics, rock, post-rock, folk) and usually lean towards the heavier end of the genres. I love the inevitables (Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen) plus The Smashing Pumpkins, George Harrison, GSYBE, Neil Young, Dave Crosby, Jeff Buckley, Polly Jean H, Bob Marley, Bjork, Radiohead, David Byrne, The Cranes, Sigur Ros, Múm, Martha Wainwright, Polly Paulusma, Grizzly Bear, Lou Rhodes, June of 44, John Coltrane, Kenny Wheeler, Keith Jarrett, Mazzy Star, Mozzy Mozart, Moggy Mogwai, Norman Mahler, Waggy Wagner, Strauss R and Tarrantino Q.
Track of my lifeline: If Not For You by Bob Dylan, as amended and performed by the incomparable George Harrison. If you are the one who connects with this then I mean every word of it and have reproduced them below - just in case you were wondering!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVWRul6dX-4&feature=related
The 'listen to something that may put you in touch with your soul' link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NecFN-cfwlk
My ambition is always a ticket to the Glastonbury festival. This year, I saw Crosby Stills and Nash and saw the Suite Judy Blue Eyes of Guinnevere sparkle in the sunshine - which was nice.
I have to mention two of the finest poets that I have ever read: Marc Creamore and Cinnarry, both of whom live somewhere deep within the tubes and wires of this intangible AP machine. They inspire, instruct and inflame me in equal measure. I hope they can do the same to you.
I wrote a poem about why I changed my AP name to Emerald Dog. After many months, it had zero reads (and I shall always prefer to remember it that way, in all its naked, abandoned glory), but alas it is has now been defiled by a fielder from the deep. Things may never be the same, but it will be pleased to know that I shall always love it.
Love, Peace and Falafels,
Kezz
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If not for you,
Babe, I couldn't even find the door,
I couldn't even see the floor,
I'd be sad and blue,
If not for you.
If not for you,
Babe, the night would see me wide awake,
the day would surely have to break
But it would not be new,
If not for you.
If not for you
My sky would fall,
Rain would gather too.
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
I'd be lost if not for you.
If not for you,
The Winter would hold no spring,
Couldn't hear a robin sing,
I just wouldn't have a clue,
If not for you.
Bob Dylan, as amended by George Harrison, 1970.
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Music is my big thing - and it often finds its way into my writing in some form or another. My tastes are broad (jazz, classics, rock, post-rock, folk) and usually lean towards the heavier end of the genres. I love the inevitables (Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen) plus The Smashing Pumpkins, George Harrison, GSYBE, Neil Young, Dave Crosby, Jeff Buckley, Polly Jean H, Bob Marley, Bjork, Radiohead, David Byrne, The Cranes, Sigur Ros, Múm, Martha Wainwright, Polly Paulusma, Grizzly Bear, Lou Rhodes, June of 44, John Coltrane, Kenny Wheeler, Keith Jarrett, Mazzy Star, Mozzy Mozart, Moggy Mogwai, Norman Mahler, Waggy Wagner, Strauss R and Tarrantino Q.
Track of my lifeline: If Not For You by Bob Dylan, as amended and performed by the incomparable George Harrison. If you are the one who connects with this then I mean every word of it and have reproduced them below - just in case you were wondering!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVWRul6dX-4&feature=related
The 'listen to something that may put you in touch with your soul' link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NecFN-cfwlk
My ambition is always a ticket to the Glastonbury festival. This year, I saw Crosby Stills and Nash and saw the Suite Judy Blue Eyes of Guinnevere sparkle in the sunshine - which was nice.
I have to mention two of the finest poets that I have ever read: Marc Creamore and Cinnarry, both of whom live somewhere deep within the tubes and wires of this intangible AP machine. They inspire, instruct and inflame me in equal measure. I hope they can do the same to you.
I wrote a poem about why I changed my AP name to Emerald Dog. After many months, it had zero reads (and I shall always prefer to remember it that way, in all its naked, abandoned glory), but alas it is has now been defiled by a fielder from the deep. Things may never be the same, but it will be pleased to know that I shall always love it.
Love, Peace and Falafels,
Kezz
..................
If not for you,
Babe, I couldn't even find the door,
I couldn't even see the floor,
I'd be sad and blue,
If not for you.
If not for you,
Babe, the night would see me wide awake,
the day would surely have to break
But it would not be new,
If not for you.
If not for you
My sky would fall,
Rain would gather too.
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
I'd be lost if not for you.
If not for you,
The Winter would hold no spring,
Couldn't hear a robin sing,
I just wouldn't have a clue,
If not for you.
Bob Dylan, as amended by George Harrison, 1970.
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- I'm a moonstone path poet for 507 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "never put off 'till tomorrow that which you can put off today".
- I am a guy (England)
- When I'm not writing, I'm possibly doing many things - ranging from tying a shoelace to placing a large bag of frozen sprouts into a shopping trolley.
- I am in the groups Winklings, Wise Poets Society, sidewalk poets
- I have 507 comments, 65 poems
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You are the other side of the stars
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34 lines, 3 comments, April 24. In Love
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the elevator sticks half way between
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105 lines, 16 comments, September 22, 2008. In Contest
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116 lines, 2 comments, November 1
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The languid breath of dead giants and Beatles
gently fills the puffing-up cheeks80 lines, 3 comments, October 25
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Patpowers on November 28, 2008Again thanks for your work on AP! I am glad to be one of your fans.!
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The Slant on October 26, 2008i feel truly grateful to whatever forces in the world brought my eyes to your poems.
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