SNOOPY IN THE MULLBERRY BUSH
Che beret tags vogue. Riotous fuzz baton demonstrators.
Senorita wheezes, flattened by jackboot. He beelines
smoothbore at unarmoured chin. Helmet dints pavement.
May 19th Communist Organization boast a pop! in every
Sugary melody rings off. Etonian bullies rampage onto
minibus. His prized satchel charge finds head boy,
unglimpsed. Engine revs; smithereens tremble daisies.
Ermintrude chomps magic mushrooms, with relish.
MOG THE FORGETFUL CAT SHARPENS CLAWS…
pounces to window ledge, gust teases whiskers. As
Loyalist yob quits butcher's. paw dips the hackbut.
Whistle, then purr. Voice from kitchen confirms turbot for
lunch. Meow undulates Republican song.
CLANGERS ONCE-OVER FINANCIAL TIMES
Children’s TV shares boom. Top-drawer gentleman’s club
pongs – brandy, Havanas. Soberly, they uproot
composted incendiary, mulching it behind forget-me-not
drapes. Time ahead, the pound nosedives. Angry Brigade
communique fonts Oz Magazine.
PADDINGTON BEAR JAUNTS THIRD CLASS
Miasma, a twang, unplugged doors. Brisk waddle to
Colonial Office. Insensible thoroughfare. He’s dormant on
kerb, Winchester loaded, predicting bowler hat. Dual tugs
conclude the Mau Mau engage a kindred spirit.
Christopher Barnes - In 1998 Christopher Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'. Christmas 2001 he debuted at Newcastle's famous Morden Tower doing a reading of poems. Each year he read for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival and partook in workshops. 2005 saw the publication of his collection LOVEBITES published by Chanticleer Press, 6/1 Jamaica Mews, Edinburgh.
On Saturday 16Th August 2003 he read at the Edinburgh Festival as a Per Verse.
Christmas 2001 The Northern Cultural Skills Partnership sponsored him to be mentored by Andy Croft in conjunction with New Writing North. He made a radio programme for Web FM community radio about his writing group. October-November 2005, he entered a poem/visual image into the art exhibition The Art Cafe Project, his piece Post-Mark was shown in Betty's Newcastle. This event was sponsored by Pride On The Tyne. He made a digital film with artists Kate Sweeney and Julie Ballands at a film making workshop called Out Of The Picture which was shown at the festival party for Proudwords, it contains his poem The Old Heave-Ho. He worked on a collaborative art and literature project called How Gay Are Your Genes, facilitated by Lisa Mathews (poet) which exhibited at The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, including a film piece by the artist Predrag Pajdic in which he read his poem On Brenkley St. The event was funded by The Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, Bio-science Centre at Newcastle's Centre for Life. He was involved in the Five Arts Cities poetry postcard event which exhibited at The Seven Stories children's literature building. In May he had 2006 a solo art/poetry exhibition at The People's Theatre.
I love the attitude and jumbling counterbalance in this work. I will say I love the PLAY here. Not only do we need that, it is a necessary element of sharing between us. Thanks Christopher and Strider for publishing!
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