tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post3529351428882891820..comments2023-10-20T16:46:35.795+01:00Comments on The Little Wooden Boy: Smethwick FireMose23http://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post-45826374899520866722013-07-10T23:27:36.475+01:002013-07-10T23:27:36.475+01:00Oh, Blogger has a mind of its own, you know. In th...Oh, Blogger has a mind of its own, you know. In this case I'm glad it does!Marie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787850063283960703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post-33181982997407369072013-07-10T19:30:19.211+01:002013-07-10T19:30:19.211+01:00Glad you feel at home here, Tom. A very Brummagen ...Glad you feel at home here, Tom. A very Brummagen poem, this one. Writing, I took a breath in and the thing contracted, on breathing out it grew full again. A plain, more direct approach seemed right. Something near to telling a story.<br /><br />There's been a bit of a thing for fox attacks in the press for a year or so. Always seems to happen in London. The Standard does like to make people fearful from time to time; a touch of the Daily Mail about it.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post-52186061951445454072013-07-10T16:24:22.152+01:002013-07-10T16:24:22.152+01:00Drawing out the lines to a full end-stopped roundn...Drawing out the lines to a full end-stopped roundness has its advantages, there is a sense of the proper generosity of poetry in that. Not that any syllable is ever wasted. Also like that you've stepped off the bus to allow in the occasional... occasion. <br /><br />Both those things could be seen as a retreat to the pre-avant, I suppose; still I'm made to feel at home in the poem. That I do like. <br /><br />And too, anything that stops anyone vending or purchasing trash can't but be viewed as progressive.<br /><br />(But oh, the Evening Standard side link stories. Fox attacks man, woman and cat in their London home.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post-89515350440342721542013-07-10T07:31:03.818+01:002013-07-10T07:31:03.818+01:00That's the one. Took place less than a mile fr...That's the one. Took place less than a mile from where I live. There are questions about the processing plant. It's in a densely populated area.<br /><br />You know, Marie, I hadn't meant to post this. I only realised it had gone out when your name came up on the email. Glad you liked that last line.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379098365260485853.post-23714983270462183662013-07-10T00:01:46.166+01:002013-07-10T00:01:46.166+01:00You must be referring to this particular fire, WB....You must be referring to <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/poundland-stops-selling-chinese-lanterns-after-smethwick-fire-8692364.html" rel="nofollow">this particular fire</a>, WB. It's funny how they blame it on the lanterns. If I were them I would do something about the hundreds of bales of plastic awaiting recycling and the tons of garbage that took fire at the plant, not the lanterns.<br />He is too small. That's a great line to end this poem.Marie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787850063283960703noreply@blogger.com