Likewise

But, apart from my mate who used to live in Nairobi & recommended Ngugi to me, I've never come across anybody else who's read him. I read everything I could find by him after I came back from visiting matey. My personal favourite would be "The Devil On The Cross" and, I think, Matigari. Interestingly, he used to live in Noel Road, Islington, where Joe Oton & Kenneth Halliwell also used to live.

Sadly, I've only read three or four books by other African writers.

The Hollow Men. That's a great poem I have to say, although the significance of the lines:
"Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o'clock in the morning"

escapes me ... And why are religion, love and death ALWAYS apparently intertwined in poetry?

Posted By: BerlinCanary on May 11th 2005 at 02:16:56

Message Thread

Right... (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 10, 23:57:51
- What poetry have they got you doing? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 00:00:30
  - Poetry......Neva my strong point! (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 11, 00:21:29
  - Simon Armitage :D ... (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 11, 00:01:06
    - He's a great bloke too (n/m) (General Chat) - Gus Poyet 26, May 11, 09:54:56
      - Do I detect a touch of...... (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, May 11, 10:01:01
        
        erm (General Chat) - Gus Poyet 26, May 11, 10:08:24
        
        Must only be me that's illiterate then! (n/m) (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, May 11, 10:50:46
        
        looks that way - fool (n/m) (General Chat) - 11_59 to zero, May 11, 11:06:53
    - Hmm ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 00:02:44
      - Sylvia Plath: never read her poetry (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 00:21:29
        
        The Bell Jar is wonderful (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 01:01:48
        
        Well, I guess I was mid-20s when I read the Bell Jar (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 01:15:54
        
        Not yet. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 01:28:10
        
        No, never heard of him - googling ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 01:39:45
        
        Rayner Heppenstall: sounds interesting (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 01:45:31
        
        This is surreal. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 01:52:35
        
        Likewise (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 02:16:56
        
        Achebe is wonderful (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 02:19:36
        
        MSN? No - load of insecure MS bollox (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 02:29:16
        
        That's a nice ending (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 11, 01:41:35
        
        HaHa - I've been trying to remember some more literary quotes that would suit for Sunday (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 11, 01:52:01
      - Sylvia?... (General Chat) - 11_59 to zero, May 11, 00:13:54
        
        are you telling me (General Chat) - Dave in France, May 11, 00:15:46
        
        no not at all... (General Chat) - 11_59 to zero, May 11, 00:21:27
      - T.S. Elliott... (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 11, 00:03:49
        
        that's a great poem (General Chat) - Dave in France, May 11, 00:12:23
    - night (n/m) (General Chat) - Exile, May 11, 00:02:00

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