tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69669510350912282752024-03-13T04:35:40.929-07:00Nici WestAn olive tree killer, part time writer and editor for Bad Language in ManchesterNici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-62751182432352453512011-11-29T05:26:00.000-08:002011-11-29T05:26:10.770-08:00Leaving Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So long, farewell,<br />
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Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight...<br />
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I've decided to leave Blogger behind and move over to WordPress where I can make my world look prettier. Thank you for reading and putting up with my terrible poetry, and I hope you continue to follow me over to WordPress where I will be rambling about literature events, writery things<em> </em>I love, and the pain of trying to study for my MA in Creative Writing.<br />
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So, here's one final farewell, and a link to my new site: <a href="http://www.niciwest.wordpress.com/">www.niciwest.wordpress.com</a><br />
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Come and say hello and tell me what you think. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUvv3aStR1k/TtTdA3tk2MI/AAAAAAAAAJI/FbdGY59CtNs/s1600/goodbye2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUvv3aStR1k/TtTdA3tk2MI/AAAAAAAAAJI/FbdGY59CtNs/s320/goodbye2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-52276311818343613512011-11-08T08:13:00.000-08:002011-11-08T08:13:01.369-08:00Retale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Six writers. Six stories. One shop.</span></b><br />
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Re:Tale is a innovative and exciting literature event taking place in the labyrinthine setting of Jigsaw, in Manchester. Six up and coming writers will tantalise your literary taste buds by telling six stories based around the strange and wonderful world of customer service.<br />
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Daniel Carpenter, Joe Daly, David Hartley, Nick Garrard, Nici West and Fat Roland are Manchester based writers, some of whom have come from literature collectives Bad Language and Flash Tag. Bad Language run regular live literature events and publishes a quarterly anthology of live writing. Flash Tag run flash fiction writing competitions and the occasional night featuring literary smut. <br />
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This is a first time collaboration between these six writers and a first literature evening for the clothes store in the Triangle shopping centre. They hope to mix to the retail space and fictional prose writing to bring you a night of humour, unease and surreal fun.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Thursday 17 November 7.30pm</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Re:Tale</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Jigsaw, <a href="http://bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&where1=Exchange+Square%2C+M4+3TR+Manchester%2C+United+Kingdom&FORM=FBKPL0&name=Jigsaw&mkt=en-US" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Exchange Square, M4 3TR Manchester, United Kingdom</span></a> ·</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Tickets £4/£2 advanced tickets from: http://retale.eventbrite.co.uk/</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://retalemcr.wordpress.com/"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://retalemcr.wordpress.com/</span></a></b></div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-36866373570809301602011-08-22T03:09:00.000-07:002011-08-22T03:09:58.132-07:00Bad Shoes Festival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-us1PUv-lXKM/TlIq2TFyi1I/AAAAAAAAAJA/HutC7PELL0M/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-us1PUv-lXKM/TlIq2TFyi1I/AAAAAAAAAJA/HutC7PELL0M/s320/logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if !mso]> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You might be surprised, or disappointed, to learn that Bad Shoes Festival is not about your embarrassing footwear.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, it is collaboration between Bad Language Manchester and Shoe String Magazine, two budding young writery projects from Manchester. Their aim is to create an exciting, interactive arts festival that will bring all ages and lovers or all art forms together for one Sunday afternoon.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The event will take place on Sunday 25<sup>th</sup> September from 12.30pm, in two venues across Chorlton, Manchester; Electrik and Dulicmer. The Dulcimer will be home to music and art exhibitions and just down the road, Electrik will host a spoken word stage, craft stalls and book stalls for you to spend your guilty Sunday pennies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
There will be secret interactive art projects, and writing competitions to get involved with throughout the day, and yes, there will indeed be bad shoes to be won.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Applications from artists, musicians, zines and crafts people welcome. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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The quiz is £1 per person to enter and maximum team size is 6 people. You can register your interest at <a href="http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Barcelona-Cafe-Bar/Flash-Language-Literature-Pub-Quiz-/11487204/">skiddle,</a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116657471756583">facebook</a> or just turn up on the night!<br />
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<b><a href="http://notpartof.org/">The Not Part Of festival</a> was born in 2007 when Gareth McCann realised that what made Manchester International Festival unique, was that it was comprised of commissioned, curated work. Not Part Of is a festival for all creatives to take part in without the barriers. </b><br />
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<b>You can view the full programme for not part of <a href="http://notpartof.org/wp-content/uploads/not-part-of-programme-2011.pdf">here</a>. </b></div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-61801360872856096842011-06-14T02:25:00.000-07:002011-06-14T02:26:19.894-07:00Flash Mob Writing Competition E- Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">OK so here it is - the e-book produced by Seabrook Associates with the full 12 shortlisted fictions from the Flash Mob Writing Competition. Go on and have a looksee...<br />
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<a href="http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=81895" target="blank"><img alt="Myebook - CT Flashmob Shortlist - click here to open my ebook" border="0" src="http://www.myebook.com/assets/frontend_file/embed_image/ebook_id/81895.png" /></a></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-18200382321732481012011-05-30T05:43:00.000-07:002011-05-30T05:43:47.810-07:00The Literary Salon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I recently performed at t<span style="color: black;">he </span><a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/the-event/">live literary salon</a> at <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=dulcimer+chorlton&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=dulcimer+chorlton&cid=0,0,17721395285027672886&ll=53.44257,-2.276423&spn=0.009445,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A">Dulcimer in Chorlton</a> as part of the <a href="http://chorltonartsfestival.com/">Chorlton Arts Festival</a>. The event was run by <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/">Flash Mob</a> and involved readings from <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/the-judges/">the judges</a>, the <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/the-shortlist-2/">shorlisted </a>and special guest <a href="http://nikperring.blogspot.com/">Nik Perring</a>. <br />
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</div>It was broadcast live on <a href="http://www.chorltonfm.com/">Chorlton FM </a>so needless to say there were a lot of nerves in the air but I think that added to the quality of the night. The night followed a strict schedule which meant that sometimes the judges had to improvise to avoid dead air! Luckily they had corpses to read which the audience had put together in the breaks - A story built from writing a list of character, place, dialogue word by word as it is passed between people. <br />
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My favourite piece of the night, and ironically the winner was <a href="http://chickenandpies.blogspot.com/">Socrates Adams</a> with his flash fiction Water Pressure. <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/the-winners/">The winner and two runners</a> up had their poems illustrated by local artists and were presented with a framed version at the end of the night. <br />
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I read my shortlisted flash fiction The Cracks which entails ominious cracks which appear over night in the earth and grow larger until they swallow half a city. This piece along with the other 11 shortlisted will soon be published in an e-book courtesy of Seabrook Associates which will appear on the Flash Mob website soon.<br />
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<a href="http://badlanguagemcr.blogspot.com/2011/05/electric-sky-exclusive.html">Bad Language</a> have the third anthology designed and complete and in the post! The title is Electric Sky after Fergus Evans poem The Hurricane. You can view a sneak peak of the front cover <a href="http://badlanguagemcr.blogspot.com/2011/05/electric-sky-exclusive.html">here</a>, designed by local artist <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220518171292434#%21/profile.php?id=515916691">Laura Richardson</a>. The book launch will take place on Wednesday 25th May at the usual venue of The Castle Hotel. You can invite yourself along <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220518171292434#%21/event.php?eid=220518171292434">here</a><br />
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Flash Mob Writing Competition have announced their short list and I'm one of the 12! The other's shortlisted are <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/">here. </a><br />
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The winner and 2 runners up will be annouced at the <a href="http://flashmobmcr.wordpress.com/the-event/">Flash Mob Literary Salon</a> next week on Thursday 26th May as part of<a href="http://chorltonartsfestival.com/"> Chorlton Arts Festival</a>. The event will be broadcast live on Chorlton FM! Come and invite yourself along. <br />
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And one last exciting thing just to give you a good Saturday.... Tonight is the final night for <a href="http://www.stationstories.com/">Station Stories</a>. Station Stories is a live literature performance taking place at Manchester Piccadilly station using digital technology and improvised electronic sound. Six writers read specifically comissioned stories to a private audience through headphones. I'm going to the 7pm viewing which I think is the very last show so watch this space for an update.<br />
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Happy weekend everyone!</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-49207682471494007212011-05-03T07:33:00.000-07:002011-05-03T07:33:30.750-07:00On to new things...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So <a href="http://www.napowrimo.net/">National Poetry Writing month</a> has finished for the year now, boo! But onto new things.<br />
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<a href="http://www.badlanguagemcr.co.uk/">Bad Language</a> will now be taking part in <a href="http://somethingeveryday.co.uk/2011/">somethingeveryday</a> which is a website that Max Wallis originally set up to challenge himself to write something new everyday. For 2011 he has decided to 'lease' the site to various writers, poets, small presses for them to write something new everyday.<br />
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You can follow our progress via the website and feel free to comment on it and let us know what you think!<br />
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Also just to finish, here is a video of other editor of Bad Language,<a href="http://networkedblogs.com/hjjks"> Daniel Carpenter</a>, from his performance at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500368878#%21/event.php?eid=101927956559770">This is May Day</a> last night. <br />
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<p>That feeling you get in the pit of your stomach,<br>
That taste in the back of your throat.<br>
The sting in your eye,<br>
The thickness in your nose<br>
You know its about to end.</p>
<p>That sickness dancing deep inside,<br>
The tingles in your throat.<br>
The inward breath<br>
The heavy sigh<br>
You know its about to end.</p>
<p>The stiffness of your tongue,<br>
The static in your mind.<br>
The lasting image<br>
The last unfinished word<br>
You know its about to end. </p>
</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-28013010495709286672011-04-30T12:14:00.001-07:002011-04-30T12:14:25.004-07:00Napo wrimo day 29<div><p>You sat,<br>
In the corners of my mind.</p>
<p>Waiting,<br>
Until time had moved.</p>
<p>Watching,<br>
For when I least expected.</p>
<p>And then,<br>
You came when I didn't want. </p>
</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-60012142421914995382011-04-28T10:52:00.000-07:002011-04-28T10:52:10.798-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 28<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Near the end now, only a few days left. Here's today's poem which is taken from a short story I'm actually trying to write at the same time. <b><u> </u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u>The Cracks </u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today I saw the cracks appear</div><div class="MsoNormal">The small wrinkles of the earth</div><div class="MsoNormal">They started small like maggots </div><div class="MsoNormal">Then grew longer into worms</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today I saw the cracks appear</div><div class="MsoNormal">Like lace around my feet</div><div class="MsoNormal">They sliced into the earth’s skin</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then split open like a pear</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today I saw the cracks appear</div><div class="MsoNormal">As though traced with marker pen</div><div class="MsoNormal">I stepped over them one by one</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then erased them with my feet</div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-27958364692034443382011-04-27T06:04:00.000-07:002011-04-27T06:04:30.917-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 27<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Boxes half full you carried half my things down the stairs</div><div class="MsoNormal">Whilst I stayed in the sweaty heat and tried to finish packing</div><div class="MsoNormal">Flattened cardboard around me with no celetape left</div><div class="MsoNormal">And with each lift of the box we spoke of times</div><div class="MsoNormal">That could be and forgot of the reasons why I was leaving</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And loading up the van I stood in circles of </div><div class="MsoNormal">Items that didn’t look like mine anymore</div><div class="MsoNormal">Shirts sticking to our back and the taste of salt in my mouth</div><div class="MsoNormal">We ran out of words to say but only because there was too much</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The engine purred on the large van as we pulled</div><div class="MsoNormal">Away without a thought of what we were leaving behind</div><div class="MsoNormal">Accept the keys that we needed to find a home for</div><div class="MsoNormal">And the new place that we didn’t quite have</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The road was long and icy but luckily</div><div class="MsoNormal">No traffic blocked our roots</div><div class="MsoNormal">And as the radio hummed it’s low song</div><div class="MsoNormal">I thought of you and only you,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Nothing about the things left behind of the things I was driving to. </div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-35817372154933088552011-04-27T05:45:00.000-07:002011-04-27T05:45:53.908-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 26<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This one is about a time when I got stuck in the middle of an extreme storm in New Zealand. We foolishly parked beneath a tree below a mountain and the thunder rocketed off the edge of the mountain and felt like it was consuming our van. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u>The Storm</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bruised sky above</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our little yellow van</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your breath soothes me to sleep</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">2. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The sky’s angry roar</div><div class="MsoNormal">As it echo’s around the mountain</div><div class="MsoNormal">Heart hard in my chest</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">3. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Motion Picture</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lighting up my view</div><div class="MsoNormal">Flashing on then off</div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-74030670956290558322011-04-27T05:33:00.000-07:002011-04-27T05:33:47.021-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 25<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u>That Day</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Two eyes, Closed, On white face,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Not just white but pale</div><div class="MsoNormal">Rich pale</div><div class="MsoNormal">As though all soul that could bring colour has left</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Two lips, Parted, As if in thirst</div><div class="MsoNormal">Or midway between saying the last word</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">One body, Alone, In a single bed</div><div class="MsoNormal">Soiled sheets and clothes</div><div class="MsoNormal">No last wishes or commands</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Us, left beside, to misguide the truth </div><div class="MsoNormal">From his unknowing wife</div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-85660988939888946852011-04-26T04:01:00.000-07:002011-04-26T04:01:09.216-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 24<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>To be Loved</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b> </b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><a name='more'></a></b></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal">To be held by someone who wouldn’t judge</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be listened to by someone who’ll hear every word</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be understood</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be questioned </div><div class="MsoNormal">To be challenged</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be lead into something</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be motivated</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be pushed</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be shown something that I enjoy, that I’m good at</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be whisked away</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be taken to another country</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be given another life</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have my life taken away</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be lifted</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be supported </div><div class="MsoNormal">To be cared for</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be asked what I care for</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be made to care</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be held in regard</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be given regards</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be shown the way</div><div class="MsoNormal">To show the way</div><div class="MsoNormal">To move away</div><div class="MsoNormal">To rebuild</div><div class="MsoNormal">To revive</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have a holiday</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have the feeling of a holiday in your own home</div><div class="MsoNormal">To lose all stresses</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be stress less</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have responsibilities</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have a lack of responsibilities</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be alone</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be with you</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be with anyone else</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be lively</div><div class="MsoNormal">To feel alive</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be living</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be loved</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be loving</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be lovely</div><div class="MsoNormal">To have to never explain myself of have myself questioned yet to feel understood without question.</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be alive</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be living </div><div class="MsoNormal">To be loved</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be with you. </div></div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-37323013955861556152011-04-26T02:18:00.000-07:002011-04-26T02:18:44.882-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 23<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here's one for Day 23 which I wrote based on a little easter holiday trip to Shrewsbury. It's a first draft but isn't that the whole point of NaPo WriMo?<br />
<u><b><br />
</b></u><br />
<u><b>Summer Rain </b></u><br />
<br />
And when the rain came we were left with<br />
Half finished words and undiscussed ideas<br />
And we continued on our small talk<br />
Until the rain became too much.<br />
<br />
Then moving our things inside<br />
We found we had no more words<br />
Yet too many things left unsaid<br />
And no way to say them<br />
<br />
<br />
But into that evening<br />
All I could think of was how<br />
To express the things I never said<br />
Only, you followed.<br />
<br />
You always follow. <br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-35700149584599093322011-04-26T02:14:00.001-07:002011-04-26T02:14:18.894-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 22<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today I decided to try the three worded poem. I would give it a title but I think it would be just as long as the poem.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Tonight<br />
Only you. </div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-23087127419311586712011-04-21T09:48:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:48:51.058-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 21<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Nice summery one today. Sorry. It had to be done. I just couldn't resist writing about the sunshine - it's wrapped around me everywhere I go at the moment!<br />
<br />
<u><b>Forgetting You</b></u><br />
<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours at the end of the park</div><div class="MsoNormal">Watching BBQ’s cook and avoiding the smoke</div><div class="MsoNormal">Making words in the middle of our picnic blanket </div><div class="MsoNormal">And pouring sparkling wine from fake posh bottles</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours in the burning heat</div><div class="MsoNormal">You no sunscreen to wear, arms turning purple</div><div class="MsoNormal">Opening large bottles of cider</div><div class="MsoNormal">And watching kids attack trees around us</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours in our scrabble game</div><div class="MsoNormal">Comparing the themes of words in each round</div><div class="MsoNormal">Noticing when we were feeling negative, </div><div class="MsoNormal">Or tired, or rude</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours and I forgot</div><div class="MsoNormal">About everything else I needed to do </div><div class="MsoNormal">Like going to an art class</div><div class="MsoNormal">Or tidying my house</div><div class="MsoNormal">Or meeting you</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And we sat for hours in the sun</div><div class="MsoNormal">Talking about nothing and everything</div><div class="MsoNormal">Eating ice lollies as they melted down our arms</div><div class="MsoNormal">And forgetting about anything else.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Forgetting about you.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-22739066118711881442011-04-20T14:48:00.001-07:002011-04-21T09:54:01.732-07:00Napo wrimo day 20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><u><b>Another Sunday </b></u><br />
<br />
What of? ... <br />
No house <br />
No job<br />
No bed?<br />
What of?<br />
No place to lay my head?<br />
What of?... <br />
No friends<br />
No money <br />
No hopes<br />
What of? <br />
Not facing things when I cannot cope?<br />
At least I have you. <br />
Right?<br />
At least I have you. </div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-53357827916488400512011-04-19T14:34:00.000-07:002011-04-19T14:34:44.414-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Bit of a depressing one today. Happy day 19 :)<br />
<br />
<u><b>Yesterday</b></u><br />
<br />
Yesterday,<br />
You said,<br />
That this was something that you needed.<br />
<br />
Today,<br />
You say,<br />
That this is something that you never even wanted. </div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-80886590874321628942011-04-19T12:41:00.001-07:002011-04-19T12:41:38.410-07:00Napo wrimo day 18<div><p>Hot sticky sweat purching on my face <br>
As I hear the words you say down the phone<br>
Your afraid about ... <br>
Your angry about... <br>
You think its my fault that ... <br>
The black hole next to my eardrum makes these noises<br>
Yet all I can think of is sweat<br>
And the stinging heat in the room<br>
And the sunshine outside</p>
</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-15255832109350153262011-04-17T03:34:00.001-07:002011-04-17T03:37:14.453-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 17<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">I used to think that</div><div class="MsoNormal">Time was never ending</div><div class="MsoNormal">And that even as my body aged</div><div class="MsoNormal">My heart never would. Then </div><div class="MsoNormal">As time passed and I grew tired </div><div class="MsoNormal">Of everything I had seen even</div><div class="MsoNormal">The thought of you could not </div><div class="MsoNormal">Keep me from ageing. </div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-86062285223937434592011-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:002011-04-16T11:18:06.877-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 16<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This one is based on travel stories I've been trying to put into some sort of poem or story for years but can never quite seem to take it away from the diary element. This one is called:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Forever Red</u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So we wondered through red dust me alone</div><div class="MsoNormal">you ahead, I staggered slow enough to </div><div class="MsoNormal">live my own view but just fast enough to</div><div class="MsoNormal">keep up, because no one wanted to </div><div class="MsoNormal">get lost out there. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We climbed over red rock whilst</div><div class="MsoNormal">we were told that no one was </div><div class="MsoNormal">allowed to climb these, that</div><div class="MsoNormal">it was against their religion, that</div><div class="MsoNormal">they mourned differently.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We staggered through clouds of red sand </div><div class="MsoNormal">and I kept some in a bottle, plastic against </div><div class="MsoNormal">grain, in the hope to one day show you</div><div class="MsoNormal">what it was like but through the journey </div><div class="MsoNormal">it turned brown.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And we drove through valleys of red, </div><div class="MsoNormal">camping under stars, me barely speaking</div><div class="MsoNormal">except to one Spanish girl, my hair cut</div><div class="MsoNormal">and weight lost, in a world so alien yet </div><div class="MsoNormal">so loving, thinking of never returning. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Only to live in the red forever. </div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-45180565386103006592011-04-16T11:16:00.000-07:002011-04-16T11:59:30.654-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 15<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So I've tried to be a bit more experimental with this one. I've tried to create a poem in the form of a list similiar to the one that the character in the poem would be signing. It's based on various experiences at work.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So they came and they took: </div><div class="MsoNormal">Your tumble dryer</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your TV</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your TV stand</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your car</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your Settee</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your washing machine (even though it was on hire purchase)</div><div class="MsoNormal">And your children’s toys, that you thought were classed as essential but apparently not. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So they came and the let the lock smith in and they took your items because:</div><div class="MsoNormal">They were allowed</div><div class="MsoNormal">They’d been told</div><div class="MsoNormal">Because you’d signed</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What else were you supposed to do. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I'm not too sure if lists work in poem but it might be something worth playing around with again. </div></div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966951035091228275.post-32671462139035816592011-04-14T14:43:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:43:32.433-07:00NaPo WriMo: Day 14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A sonnet for day 14. And I promise you, this is probably the worst poem I have ever written. Genuinely. I wanted to try something new, a poetry form I'd never mastered before. I hardly ever use rhyme and now I know why. This poem is called....<br />
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<u><b>Because I can't Rhyme</b></u><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours in blankets of songs</div><div class="MsoNormal">Too scared to move closer; tips of arms touch</div><div class="MsoNormal">Conversation led to where we belong</div><div class="MsoNormal">You talked of comics of what you knew much</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We sat for hours on top of your bed</div><div class="MsoNormal">Everyone assumed we did otherwise</div><div class="MsoNormal">I can’t remember specific words said </div><div class="MsoNormal">But we talked until it was past sunrise</div><div class="MsoNormal">Too scared to touch I knelt by your book shelves</div><div class="MsoNormal">And feigned interest in your collectables</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wrapped in knitted blankets we hid ourselves</div><div class="MsoNormal">Until at last our words became muddles</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And now all I have is a memory</div><div class="MsoNormal">A remaint of what I want us to be</div><br />
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I've ruined a perfectly good idea I had for a poem boo hoo! But at least I got to try writing a sonnet.</div>Nici Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778735273733093654noreply@blogger.com0