Eddie Gibbons

Thanks for an unexpected thread, Andrew. Calm down Liana and fish - many people weep openly when they pick up my book, usually when they see the price. Stromy Petal - that's an uncanny description of one of the wilder evenings with Earache. Are you psychic? Awarder - one out of three ain't bad - yes, I was ALL of the Sex Pistols, though I've sadly disbanded. I am currently Westlife.

eddie is a little god, turning words into wine...never Rotten and Vicious, certainly not Pondlife, but maybe the Magic Band

just a little gripe...i ordered eddie's book through the bookplace on oct 26th, they've just sent it out yesterday....they had to order it from the publishers so the delay was at the publisher end so eddie, your publisher's should get their act together. *gripe complete* carry on everyone

I approve of Eddie, he is a great supporter of small birds. He has been known to admire their small stature.

*inspects eddie's application to be a supporter of CAMRAW*

Ah, Phyllis, I detect a pseudonym, a name change, a nomenclature or, perhaps, a simple spelling mistake. So heartening, however, to have you back amongst the flock, safely nestled in the...er...nest, fluffing your fabulous plumage. Do give us another feathery poem, dear...

Martin t - sorry you had so much bother trying to get my book. You'd think publishers would be falling over themselves to drum up sales, but no, they seem very laid back about the whole thing. It's not just mine, either. I've spoken to other writers who have experienced this. It really is a major DIY job to get even small amounts of sales. I suspect that poetry books are considered a luxury by publishers, so they start off with very low expectations for sales. And they're rarely disappointed. Thanks for making the effort in the first place and for your patience latterly. I hope you like the book, after all that.

I think we should be honoured by the presence of Phyllis in this unfashionable quarter of the Forums. She is, after all, the world's leading nano-ornithologist. I offer the following homage as a thank-you to her for gracing this thread: haikuckoo cuckoos are rarely seen on ‘Ready Steady Cuck’ but do cuckoos coo?

I, too, am a great Phyllis fan. Here's my humble offering... Little birds like Phyll Are prey to nasty cat Who scoff them at their will And that, my friend, is that! I do hope you all like it.

little bird, little bird, sat on my window ledge. little bird, little bird, stood too close to the edge. Little bird, little bird, opened up it's wings, little bird, little bird, became my dog's wingdings.

..eddie...it finally came this morning....haven't had a chance to read it yet...was out on the piss 2nite...will e-mail you soon......

Funky, are you sure you're not Phyllis incognito? A true masterpiece...

*reaches for kalishnikof* *prepares to rip feathers and beak off* Just a few thoughts trailing over from the previous tweety bird thread. Copied from the Sufferin' Succotash series with kind permission of Sylvester the Cat (1978 edition)

Eric is on his way to Englandland for a few months. I will have to buy a laptop computer with a spellcheck facility for those awkward moments in pubs when you're wondering if the bar menu's 'Ratatouille' is spelled correctly. How can you possibly enjoy a pint, not knowing?

*screams twice* eric is coming to englandland???? ... yikes ... *gathers apostrophes up and runs to hide in cupboard*

helloo, The recent prolonged good spell enjoyed by those of you north of the border will disappear overnight, I’m afraid. Tomorrow’s words will start off moderate - worsening as the night wears on. Dictionaries will thicken later in the week. But the depression moving in from the south will be punctuated by Eddie intervals, increasingly dry. The north of England should see the end of mis’placed apostroph’e shower’s as Eric moves South. A continuous band of high pressure will apply to most northern grammarians and weaker vowels will harshen as the week proceeds. Isolated bongos may be heard from time to time but this is nothing to fret about. Bad sentence, structures, in Midland counties will, eventually die out with commas, becoming more settled. Unfortunately, showers; of semicolons; will be rather; more persistent; I’m afraid until later in; the week; when; hopefully; they will come; to a full stop. Further south the outlook is unsettled with Cambridgeshire remaining Stormy. bub bye.

OK, OK. Enough's enough. I do have interests other than apostrophes and bongos, you know. I'm a rounded human being - I've just taken up the fiddle, in fact. I'm in Edinburgh at the moment, soaking up the culture (liquid and otherwise) but will be in Manchester from Wednesday. You far southern lot are still safe, so sigh deeply and settle back to your poorly punctuated ways.

*deeply southern sigh of relief*

......Feels incredibly tearful.

pass the hankie liana ...

emits loud wail and throws kleenex across the midlands towards murky....

*catches kleenex and wishes liana had thrown a clean one ...*

Can you imagine being in a pub with Eric? I bet he would spend all night correcting the inevitable but hilarious mistakes on the chalk board before finally ordering. "Two pints of Old Apostrophe please, a packet of Punctuation Scratchings for Eddie - assaulted grammar flavour - and two semi-colon chasers me duck."

the boy ed is a real stonker of a poet, a gentleman, and a genuine ex member of the sex pistols to boot - merely speculation of course