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Ode To Vocal
Vocal may not be too happy about choosing their platform as "ordinary", but to Vocal members, it is something where we are at home, something we take, rightly or wrongly, for granted. We miss it when it's not there in the same way you would miss electricity or light or water. It is part of our lives so is therefore ordinary but an essential platform for our creativity.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred9 months ago in Poets
Remembering Robbie Robertson
His music is here Introduction I was shocked to hear that Robbie Robertson died yesterday after a long illness. He was another incredible Canadian musician responsible for many of the sounds that people would think were pure Americana. You can read more about the great man on his Wikipedia page here.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred9 months ago in Beat
A Plagiaristic Ode To My Alarm Clock
The Books I hadn't done a Plagiaristic Poem for a while, and I usually use the sonnet, villanelle, or acrostic forms, but I thought I would try another Ode for the Vocal Ode To Ordinary challenge. This time it was my new alarm clock, using the titles of books next to my bed.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred9 months ago in Poets
The Carrion Crows Of These Times
Introduction My posts are usually just positive and not too whiney and complaining, but this is just about some things in modern life where things that ride on the back of other things have become nothing more than pernicious vultures, carrion crows or leeches, draining resources from the very things that they feed off, without seeing the final endgame that once their golden goose is dead then they will not be far behind.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred9 months ago in The Swamp
The Year Of The Cat - Past,Present And Future
I was listening to "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart, which was his paydirt album, though my favorite is still probably "Past, Present And Future", and realized I had not done an Al Stewart playlist despite him being one of my favorite artists.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred9 months ago in Beat
- Top Story - August 2023