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Adrian Mitchell 1932-2008

Posted at 10:03 AM on Dec 22, 2008

I was also really sad to hear this news, for two reaons. One Adrian Mitchell was the poet in residence at Dartington where I went to Uni and also now find myself working.

And secondly because he said - "Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people," and that I respect and agree with whole heartedly. I doff my cap Adrian and thank you for your inspiration and what you have done for poetry.

Afterwards (post-poetic bless disorder)

Posted at 10:33 AM on Mar 25, 2009

A state of mind that enhances and influences a lifestyle - you can be a wondermentalist blue collar pen-pusher who wears sparkly cuff-links and talks to your cheese plant about philosophy, or you can be a wondermentalist box assembler living in a 2 up 2 down in inner city Basingstoke, who likes to listen to old Scoobie Doo episodes on Vinyl and Waltz round your kitchen to the prodigy...

There is wonder everywhere to be explored... and the more you get a bug for it, the more you dig for it

And Matt - i love this poem. Especially the line
'Stretch marks were left upon our furrowed foreheads
From pound coin words dropped into penny minds'
- its gorgeous imagery... ;0)

Ailments: Fun with Pleurisy

Posted at 03:22 PM on Nov 27, 2008

Great to read you Jackie - I can hear you in this poem and feel your lunch churning, eyes burning, bile from stomach spurning... hope you feel better soon and again welcome to the Wondermentalist community...

Awen Awen Awen

Posted at 11:05 PM on Oct 15, 2008

This is Liv 'Filthy' Torc reporting from the underbelly of The Wondermentalist cyber city, where the notorious snail killer Carl Munson deflects attention from his own evil dalliances with the English language to stir the sewage and the secrets of the lives of innocent wide eyed poets, mixing storylines from The Archers and Twin Peaks, as tastefully as JR Ewing wore a Stetson...

Bad Poetry

Posted at 10:01 PM on Feb 09, 2009

Thanks Rob... Yes it lasted and no it didn't, it's all good in the end... and you're right, the poetry doesn't need to come from angst, it also comes for joy and imagination - that was a good lesson to learn.