Saw this in great_poets, and was reminded of the book of the same name by David Niven.
Which in turn reminded me of a conversation with wascally_weasel over the book buffet at the BC Convention ( Read more... )

There is a fragmentary Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse, a bit of heroic battle poetry, sometimes called "The Fight at Finnsburh".
Inspired by this coincidence, and a conversation with Matt after the game on Wednesday, I composed the following yesterday, as a change from the usual match reports...

( The Fight at Finsbury )

Yesterday was National Poetry Day.  Saw a nice Guardian quiz online, to find a poem for your mood.  I was given fire and ice by Frost ( Read more... )

Since my last post (which was also my first post), I've been to my friend, ex-colleague and landlord Julian's 50th birthday celebration.  We went for dinner at Livebait, where I had some beautifully prepared roast monkfish and shared a cracking fresh seafood platter.  Julian treated us all, which was amazingly kind of him ( Read more... )