Barbary Lions
Here's the draft poem about Barbary lions - very much a first draft, and one that needs completely taking down and rebuilding. It's a start.
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Labels: workings
posted by Tony Williams at 4:29 PM
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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- Name: Tony Williams
I am a poet and short-story writer based in North-East England. My first full collection, The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street, was published by Salt in 2009 and was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and the Portico Prize for Literature. I teach creative writing at Northumbria University.
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2 Comments:
I liked this, Tony: very atmospheric yet to the point, and I think it walks the line between the beauty and decadent fraility of the scene. It got me thinking, anyhow, although I had to look up 'praetorian' in my ignorance of ancient history!
Which reminds me, did you get the comments on your TLS poem(s) I emailed back some months ago?
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Hi Ben, thanks for reading and your kind comments. This poem is so frustrating - I keep having a clear idea of how it should be, but can't execute the idea at all.
I've realised with horror that I never thanked you for the comments on the TLS poem - so: thanks! And while I'm about it, thanks also for your praise of my PL poems on the Poets on Fire Forum.
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