Rokkitnite - local poet...

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Rokkitnite - local poet...
Favourite: LOCAL PILLOCKS TILT AT WINDMILLS Great rhythm with a very satisfying round up.
wow magic last line... and great fun.. especially for the man who found tuppence!

maisie angel Guess what?  I'm still alive!

this so sums up our local paper, but i love to read it anyway - the non-stories are the best. great read, love how the headlines just get sillier and sillier. Juliet

Juliet

Very funny. Would that be the Yorkshire beans on toast, and the curious pronunciation of its hawkers.

 

Thank you very much! I usually steer clear of hate poems - I'm not an angry person, really - but somehow this one seemed very easy to write. Hmm...
Another laugh-out-loud one, loved the mix of real and surreal : "WHY WAS PERVERT GIVEN SPACESHIP?" Is there just a little bit of affection for this local non-news in there somewhere?
This is brilliantly funny. That's my favourite line as well Neil. That and RESIDENTS SLAM HEADS IN OVENS thanks for a good read! jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

 

Wonderful stuff. I rarely laugh outloud - other than when I'm watching Desperate Housewives - but I laughed outloud at several point while reading this. I almost became a local hack. This explains most of the reasons why I didn't. The missing one is the monumentally shit pay. I'd be more than workshy on the £9k a year some of them get as their starting salary.

 

I also thought this was hilarious and am still giggling about the local pillocks. Brilliant. Not that there's anything wrong with tilting at windmills
This was just wonderful, rokkitnite, and I'm in complete agreement. It's one of my biggest complaints about local papers - they're just soooo full of dross, especially from the residents!
Thanks a lot. All the feedback's really helpful... I've been putting together a set for Hay. Thanks to all your encouragement, this one's going in the show. Cheers.
Do that. I 'performed' it to my house mate yesterday when I first read it and it was a hit. He said, 'God that's good,' and laughed out loud 6 times. Considering my performance skills involve shuffling about and looking awkward you should get an even better response at Hay. So funny, and well polished. I think some of your poetry is ridiculously good. This post was brought to you by Sycophantic Gusher's Weekly
Wow! Thanks Fergal. I got a coupon for SGW with my subscription to Praise Whore Monthly. I may well become a full-time reader.
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