tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post7918353160516906684..comments2024-02-22T12:08:18.857+00:00Comments on FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: Whining While Dining OotFrank Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515500573854371279noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-22410219159524686882010-03-17T17:58:26.802+00:002010-03-17T17:58:26.802+00:00I am the Geordie Chosen One
and all the others pis...I am the Geordie Chosen One<br />and all the others piss upon<br />but when one dares to piss on me<br />I whine, I shriek and screech <br />pathetically<br /><br />brother TomBrother Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-16511170344239523492010-03-15T08:44:14.449+00:002010-03-15T08:44:14.449+00:00‘There are those who tell the terrible truth in al...‘There are those who tell the terrible truth in all<br />its loveliness. Keith Armstrong is one of them, a fine<br />poet who refuses to turn his back on the wretched of<br />the Earth. He is one of the best and I hope his voice<br />will be heard more and more widely.’ (Adrian Mitchell,<br />Poet).keith armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727294816809244444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-9796545749964887152010-03-15T08:37:32.409+00:002010-03-15T08:37:32.409+00:00'Like many poets, his verbal sensitivity is in...'Like many poets, his verbal sensitivity is in inverse proportion to real human sympathy, a sublimated selfishness evident in his life as much as his work.' (Terry Eagleton on Lawrence Durrell).keith armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727294816809244444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-12195451450314270082010-03-06T10:27:17.350+00:002010-03-06T10:27:17.350+00:00Tom Pickard's poem is a trip to the moon on go...Tom Pickard's poem is a trip to the moon on gossamer wings.Cole Porternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-49945044345325270562010-03-06T09:10:08.645+00:002010-03-06T09:10:08.645+00:00I think you've been Bobby Shaftoed.I think you've been Bobby Shaftoed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-50736729249075511152010-03-05T18:39:30.932+00:002010-03-05T18:39:30.932+00:00from dave douglass
'Keith Armstrong is a nota...from dave douglass <br />'Keith Armstrong is a notable northern poet, with a finger on the rhythms and pulses of modern Tyneside and its dark, industrial cultural roots.'keith armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727294816809244444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-50887097843619773812010-03-05T18:38:35.724+00:002010-03-05T18:38:35.724+00:00In the words of one of Dr. Amstrong's MANY adm...In the words of one of Dr. Amstrong's MANY admirers, I find this: 'Beautiful. Absolutely tremendous. I sit applauding and laughing.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-35619827044144827392010-03-05T17:45:39.085+00:002010-03-05T17:45:39.085+00:00If you want to advertise you have fork over the sp...If you want to advertise you have fork over the spon, 'bonny lad.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-67797345189623552302010-03-05T16:45:33.902+00:002010-03-05T16:45:33.902+00:00'No one in the North East has written and read...'No one in the North East has written and read and<br />encouraged and organised so consistently and over so<br />long a period as Keith Armstrong. His poetry is <br />different, original, and politically exhilarating.’<br />'It doesn't matter which way his poems are facing, or<br />the subjects they address, it is recognisibly the same<br />sensibility, each part of a unified whole, and unified<br />by the same, strong identifiable voice.' (Andy Croft).keith armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727294816809244444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-41409307308177393452010-03-05T12:40:01.612+00:002010-03-05T12:40:01.612+00:00This post wasn't even written by the author.This post wasn't even written by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-57303437624467668382010-03-04T21:36:23.386+00:002010-03-04T21:36:23.386+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.keith armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727294816809244444noreply@blogger.com