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Friday, November 13
Seen at the seaside - born again bikers - the zimmerframe years
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 13 Nov 2009 04:15 PM GMT
Wednesday, November 11
Something for Remembrance Day
by
Charles Christian
on Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:44 AM GMT
This is a prose piece + a haiga – a haigun maybe?
 Lieutenant Joseph Phillips’ lonely memorial One day, driving down a Norfolk byway, I spotted this lonely, neglected wooden cross, silhouetted against a country skyline. I asked a neighbour. He said it was erected to mark the place where a cornered German bomber pilot, shot-down during World War Two, had been beaten to death by angry locals before he could be rescued by the authorities. Intrigued, as this was the first I’d heard of any Luftwaffe pilot suffering such a fate in the UK, I did a little research. The truth wasn’t hard to find. This was no guilty memorial to a hapless Nazi but a cross to mark the site where a Canadian pilot had crashed in 1917, after steering his stricken plane clear of the nearby town of Harleston. By his efforts he saved lives that day. By his efforts, he lost own. Fatally wounded, he a few hours later. And so it comes down to this: within the space of three generations, a hero’s honest death reduced to a forgotten, crumbling cross and a muddied, muddled memory. Monday, November 9
Postcards from Aldeburgh
by
Charles Christian
on Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:10 PM GMT
Here are some other photos – and comments – I took while in Aldeburgh over the weekend.
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/9/4376285.html Sunday, November 8
Saying goodbye to Aldeburgh for another year
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 08 Nov 2009 06:52 PM GMT
Final reports – well almost
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/8/4375335.html
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Update - and there's more...
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 08 Nov 2009 06:16 PM GMT
Here's another update from the Aldeburgh Festival front...
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/8/4375064.html Saturday, November 7
Do poets still starve in the garrets?
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 07 Nov 2009 05:16 PM GMT
More from the Aldeburgh festival here...
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/7/4374387.html
What do comic strips and poetry have in common?
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 07 Nov 2009 10:11 AM GMT
One of last night's Aldeburgh sessions featured an exchange between Peteer Blegvad and Albert Goldbarth on the role of ime in poetry – and managed too touch on such topics as the similarity between poetry and 4-frame comic strips plus an invitation to get on board Albert G's memory car. Read the full report here... http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/7/4374262.html
Aldeburgh - first night report
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 07 Nov 2009 01:07 AM GMT
Still at Aldeburgh for the Poetry Festival – this link takes you through to my first night report on Ink Sweat & Tears...
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/7/4374016.html Friday, November 6
Latest from the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 06 Nov 2009 12:27 PM GMT
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been appointed the official blogger for the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival – here's my report on last night's opening reception – and I'll be back down there for the weekend in a couple of hours time. Just click on the link and it will take you to my Ink Sweat & Tears webzine
http://ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/11/6/4373515.html |
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