tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post5783606262417040650..comments2023-07-17T08:19:24.624+01:00Comments on Delusions of Adequacy: The Poetry Bus - Where the Hell has Mad Uncle Agnes hidden my SatNav?Argenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-46538472561231701482010-05-02T00:12:21.672+01:002010-05-02T00:12:21.672+01:00@Kat - You are forgiven, there are no press-gangs ...@Kat - You are forgiven, there are no press-gangs for this bus.<br /><br />@TFE - Sorry you couldn't make it and by way of apolo for letting h***us on da bus I'm sending ya sometin'Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-25446349003987651682010-04-29T23:57:43.547+01:002010-04-29T23:57:43.547+01:00Brilliant Job Argent, both driving and writing.Tha...Brilliant Job Argent, both driving and writing.That poem is a bit unsettling, I liked the familiar streets turning unfamiliar, it sort of has a double meaning for me.And a great task and I'm lovin the logo and I'm sorry I missed this one.But well done and mucho muchly thankly thankly!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-56808816528130015562010-04-29T01:49:14.359+01:002010-04-29T01:49:14.359+01:00Dear Argent,
Forgive me, please. I've got suc...Dear Argent,<br /><br />Forgive me, please. I've got sucked into the world of Ancestry.ca/com/wherever and it's consumed my days and nights (added to that, I'm finishing up my poetry book manuscript), so I haven't pulled anything out of my hat for the poetry bus, but it may happen yet and I promise you'll be the first to know.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-15433214693783780942010-04-28T10:57:55.479+01:002010-04-28T10:57:55.479+01:00@Dominic - feel free to visit the concessions stan...@Dominic - feel free to visit the concessions stand at the back of the bus. Poetry Bus mugs, T-Shirts, badges... all at reasonable prices.<br /><br />@Titus - Cheers. It is a testimony to how many of us have felt lost at one time or another.<br /><br />@Friko - The annoying thing is that it has happened more than once. You'd think I would have learned from the first time wouldn't you?Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-48002807932298578712010-04-27T22:49:07.777+01:002010-04-27T22:49:07.777+01:00I missed the bus, gone a different direction altog...I missed the bus, gone a different direction altogether, but would like to say that I know that feeling of having read past my stop and ended up at a strange destination several times in the past. Don't know whether it is therefore a good thing that there isn't a bus where I live now.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-72347091253075369022010-04-27T22:30:36.391+01:002010-04-27T22:30:36.391+01:00Great driving Argent, and I'm amazed by how ma...Great driving Argent, and I'm amazed by how many went for the "lost" prompt. Some really interesting works this week.<br /><br />As for that "strange street... Again!" - ah, the power of words. Including yours.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-51990601009368574332010-04-26T22:52:03.136+01:002010-04-26T22:52:03.136+01:00Been there, done it, read the poem. All I need now...Been there, done it, read the poem. All I need now is the t-shirt. :)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-5606586488508150342010-04-26T22:51:16.239+01:002010-04-26T22:51:16.239+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-59877250540806533562010-04-26T21:26:38.470+01:002010-04-26T21:26:38.470+01:00@Watercats - Glad you're aboard out-copping or...@Watercats - Glad you're aboard out-copping or not. Looking forward to handing over da keys to da bus. It was a divil to get it to go up your boreen though and I think I might have run over something or someone (you might want to do a quick headocunt over there).<br /><br />@Pure Fiction - Sorry you couldn't make it, better luck next week.<br /><br />@D'oub - glad you made it.<br /><br />@CFM - Ticket duly inspected and found to be valid.<br /><br />There are still a few places left on da bus. Most of the really good biccies are gone. though and someone's nearly emptied the bar (again!).Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-16693423092073454372010-04-26T19:53:26.268+01:002010-04-26T19:53:26.268+01:00Hi, my contribution here:
http://crazyfieldmouse.w...Hi, my contribution here:<br />http://crazyfieldmouse.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/lost/<br />off to read the rest<br />thanks for hosting<br />cfmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-79020507884980849472010-04-26T17:32:41.422+01:002010-04-26T17:32:41.422+01:00On board!
http://domesticoubliette.blogspot.com/2...On board!<br /><br />http://domesticoubliette.blogspot.com/2010/04/poetry-bus-haiku-sorry-tfe.htmlDomestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-78984925673594495112010-04-26T17:18:22.086+01:002010-04-26T17:18:22.086+01:00Hey, I like the poem (and I know the feeling). Mis...Hey, I like the poem (and I know the feeling). Missed the bus this week - all out of poems - but I'm looking forward to reading what your prompts produced - Nice driving ;)Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-47986673117511037332010-04-26T10:51:02.339+01:002010-04-26T10:51:02.339+01:00I'm on board the bus... a bit of a cop out, bu...I'm on board the bus... a bit of a cop out, but I'm going to re-post the song with lyrics ;-)<br />(loving the bus picture)... and it's my turn driving next week :-OBatteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-30184014255270677392010-04-25T22:05:53.871+01:002010-04-25T22:05:53.871+01:00@Peter - It pretty much only ever takes me about t...@Peter - It pretty much only ever takes me about that long to do a poem - the first draft anyway (although I don't usually tweak much after that). I did go back and alter a little bit though, to remove 1 line that was out of place.<br /><br />@Bug - Welcome to the Bus! I like your Unclue Bill poem, it's fun and we like fun here on the bus.<br /><br />@Sandra - Thanks for the compliment on my header. You are a poet and you didn't know it! Greatly enjoyed your blog and will be back.<br /><br />@NanU - Hope you do manage to catch the bus after all.<br /><br />Thanks everyone for the kind words.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-57691705323002077382010-04-25T21:08:43.913+01:002010-04-25T21:08:43.913+01:00That's a great one, Argent! I'm working on...That's a great one, Argent! I'm working on a ticket, but am also working hard at being more or less lost at the moment, and may thus miss the bus this week. We'll see!NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-47940615553229890712010-04-25T20:33:25.314+01:002010-04-25T20:33:25.314+01:00forgot to say how much I like your headerforgot to say how much I like your headerMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-34987270897724815782010-04-25T20:32:56.686+01:002010-04-25T20:32:56.686+01:00a writer, I am not!
Your blog has me in quite a sp...a writer, I am not!<br />Your blog has me in quite a spot. <br />which leaves me in a jam!<br />I will just say, a photographer I am!<br /><br />sorry it is so corny, thanks for stopping by to see my dragons and elephants. it appears there are many people that write lovely poetry. i read a few of them.MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-17635562682257966092010-04-25T19:08:08.868+01:002010-04-25T19:08:08.868+01:00Now I've always wanted to have convenient publ...Now I've always wanted to have convenient public transportion, but this makes me reconsider. I would definitely be that person who would miss my stop - frequently!<br /><br />Here's my submission for the week: http://danabugseyeview.blogspot.com/2010/04/church-camp.html.<br /><br />Here's the lame Uncle Bill effort. I WON'T be posting it on my blog, but figured it couldn't hurt to bury it here!<br /><br />My uncle Bill<br />(quite a pill)<br />Is a terror I confess<br />“Eat your peas!<br />Cause only these<br />Can put hair on your chest!”<br /><br />“but Uncle,” I mewl<br />“I’m a girl - it’s not cool!<br />I don’t want hair on my chest!”<br />“Ha!” says he<br />With what seems like glee,<br />“You’re not a girl – you’re a pest!”The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-4213037042648533082010-04-25T18:27:00.266+01:002010-04-25T18:27:00.266+01:00You're not saying it took you a minute to comp...You're not saying it took you a minute to compose that?<br />Love the 'Again' One word puts a whole new twist on the poemPeter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-80038077245682721502010-04-25T15:55:15.192+01:002010-04-25T15:55:15.192+01:00@Karen - Thanks. Another 1-minute-wonder for me.
...@Karen - Thanks. Another 1-minute-wonder for me.<br /><br />@Watercats - Cheers! Glad you're not too famous yet to hang out with the little people on the bus :-).<br /><br />@Titus - Old or new, it's all the same to us.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-59106611328746340982010-04-25T15:48:05.662+01:002010-04-25T15:48:05.662+01:00This hasn't happened to me - though i was once...This hasn't happened to me - though i was once on a bus that the driver never bothered to check was empty before he drove it off to the depot for a wash. Thankfully it wasn't a long delayDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-78294464228519736802010-04-25T15:11:33.835+01:002010-04-25T15:11:33.835+01:00Yahoo! Didn't think I'd make it, it's...Yahoo! Didn't think I'd make it, it's an old one, but it's here;<br /><br />http://titusthedog.blogspot.com/2010/04/hold-your-head-up-its-poetry-bus-with.htmlTitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-1843226809546354172010-04-25T15:02:28.379+01:002010-04-25T15:02:28.379+01:00beootifull.... I shall be climbing my sorry knacke...beootifull.... I shall be climbing my sorry knackered bones aboard the bus tomorrow.. looking forward to getting my hole back in gear again :-) <br />your poem is just loverly... a little calm of calm in the middle of mayhem (here) :-D<br />see you tomorrow!Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-4690240642343453402010-04-25T14:08:10.591+01:002010-04-25T14:08:10.591+01:00Lost in a book is the best place to be lost. Lost ...Lost in a book is the best place to be lost. Lost <i>again</i> is sheer poetry! Good one, Argent!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com