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Cthonian

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 11/12/09
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Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 10:45:39 CST

Anyone ever made any pilgrimages to the birthplaces/famous homes of their favourite poets? I am lucky to have relatives who live near Dylan Thomas's famed Boathouse in Laugharne in West Wales. I've been there three times, albeit on family trips with genteel coffee stops and happy family photographs et al.

I would ideally like to return and drink myself stupid in Brown's Hotel, Mr. Dylan's preferred watering hole in which he would get completely fucked and write sloppy love letters to many of his paramours.

(My relatives actually live around five miles east of the Boathouse, in a place where Thomas would spend his adolescent years with his grandparents and roam the hillocks and fields on his lonesome. I have attempted this myself, but have invariably ended up getting a little heady after smoking some dubious substances sitting on a ridge overlooking Llansteffan castle before retiring to the local pub to drink and read trash novels.)

Jack Heslop
(Heslopian)

Dangerous Mind

Member Since: 08/30/09
Forum Posts: 729

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 10:51:42 CST

For some reason I've always wanted to make a pilgrimage to Los Angeles, where so many of my favourite mid-20th century noir crime novels - like 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' and 'Farewell, My Lovely' - were written. I'd like to drink in the same bars and visit the same dives that those hardboiled authors did.

I would face him, and say simply: I am sad that you are not strong, and do not swim and sail and ski, but you have a strong soul, and I will believe in you and make you invincible on this Earth.

Merda

Thought Provoker

Member Since: 09/22/09
Forum Posts: 94

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 10:58:30 CST

I'd love to go up on Desolation Peak in Washington where Jack Kerouac wrote soem of his best stuff (in my humble opinion...)

priya dileep
(raindreams)

Fire of Insight

Member Since: 08/21/09
Forum Posts: 320

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 11:06:34 CST

Id love to lie on a hammock under a tree, feel the siesta time Marquez so beautifully speaks of and dream of Florentino Ariza or even of the autumn of that crazy patriarch.

Jamie Townend
(CruelHandedWriter)

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 09/19/09
Forum Posts: 154

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 13:12:45 CST

I went to a pub once.

time for another run, to blow away all the whores of rhyming poetry.

Blackwolf
(XXbloodroseXX)

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 11/05/09
Forum Posts: 4

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/08/10 at 14:42:39 CST

i enjoy walking in the woods to find my muse in the shadows or on the streets looking down ally's

"death is only the begining of a nightmare, a nightmare that you cannot escape" quoted By: Kyra Blackwolf.

Abracadabra

Guardian of Shadows

Member Since: 11/13/09
Forum Posts: 633

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/09/10 at 08:31:39 CST

Ever spent a nite on Glastonbury Tor.

Poetry is : Painting with Words

Louis Lee Warner
(Donchonorgo)

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 01/06/10
Forum Posts: 100

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/10/10 at 09:03:02 CST

There was this forest I used to go to, it was like a field of innocent (lol.) It was only when I was older I discovered the used comdoms and syringes. If that isn't poetic I don't know what is. x

Disposition changes perception.

le rayon du biscuit
(rayheinrich)

Thought Provoker

Member Since: 12/04/09
Forum Posts: 695

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/10/10 at 13:17:43 CST

Yes, you pretty much can't get any more poetic than used
condoms and syringes. Though dried-up blood, all black and
splotchy, is nice as well.

When I visit my sister in San Francisco I usually walk
down to City Lights Books. Changed a lot over the years,
but still has books.

Found poetry from City Lights Books:

HOWL baseball cap - $15.00
Soft and comfy 100% cotton cap.
Reads: "HOWL".
One size fits all.

City Lights Howl Shoulder Bag - $15.00
Reproduction of Howl book cover on one side.
Other side reads: "Starving, Hysterical, Naked,"
Sturdy white bag with Velcro closure, 100% cotton.

Mental illness isn't just a state of mind, it's a lifestyle. Let's market it. - - http://wordbiscuit.com

opheliac

Thought Provoker

Member Since: 08/28/09
Forum Posts: 377

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/10/10 at 13:54:02 CST

Louis Lee Warner said:
There was this forest I used to go to, it was like a field of innocent (lol.) It was only when I was older I discovered the used comdoms and syringes. If that isn't poetic I don't know what is. x

field of innocence?! wooow
you must be an evanescence fan for sure!

this above all to your own self be true - William Shakespeare

opheliac

Thought Provoker

Member Since: 08/28/09
Forum Posts: 377

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/10/10 at 13:56:20 CST

in one of my visits to england i went to the pub called
"rose and crowns" a lovely pub which is mention in the book
"pride and prejudice" of Jane Austen ^^
i was thrilled when i found out ^^

this above all to your own self be true - William Shakespeare

Louis Lee Warner
(Donchonorgo)

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 01/06/10
Forum Posts: 100

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/10/10 at 14:07:29 CST

opheliac said:
Louis Lee Warner said:
There was this forest I used to go to, it was like a field of innocent (lol.) It was only when I was older I discovered the used comdoms and syringes. If that isn't poetic I don't know what is. x

That was the pun, dear. xx

field of innocence?! wooow
you must be an evanescence fan for sure!

Disposition changes perception.

tijean

Thought Provoker

Member Since: 01/07/10
Forum Posts: 53

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/12/10 at 08:46:29 CST

The Beach at 'rest Bay' in Porthcawl in Wales and also Dylan's Boathouse, which I have visited too many times to mention. I also love Stockholm and Valencia, Spain as you may have noticed in my recent poem submissions!

Abracadabra

Guardian of Shadows

Member Since: 11/13/09
Forum Posts: 633

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/12/10 at 08:55:36 CST

I know Rest Bay - used to walk to it across unspoilt fields from my Grandma's house as a little boy in the summer holidays. I wonder how delightful it is now.

Poetry is : Painting with Words

Cthonian

Twisted Dreamer

Member Since: 11/12/09
Forum Posts: 158

Re: Poetic Places
Posted on: 01/12/10 at 09:38:06 CST

Porthcawl is a sprawling mass of concrete now - walking through the abandoned holiday parks and ignored fairground makes for sad visions. Rest Bay, as far as I can remember, is still very picturesque.

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