tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post539275090349213437..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: WARNING!- Banned Poem!soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-90761658220183978302008-09-29T20:38:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:38:00.000-05:00I don't see why the poem was banned. If anything, ...I don't see why the poem was banned. If anything, you think it would have been a mandatory read. People need to read poems that are not all about love and romance and running through fields...that's not the reality that the majority of us live through therefore it's hard to relate it.Ofira Sephirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424097781130935369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-82563225748389707902008-09-28T19:12:00.000-05:002008-09-28T19:12:00.000-05:00Thank you all for your comments.Max, Yummy has a g...Thank you all for your comments.<BR/>Max, Yummy has a good point or two there.<BR/>Minx, Flushing goldfish is one thing, but Ms Duffy and the bard would most certainly block up the pipework. Poet-flushing should be done only after careful assessment of the risks.<BR/>Nothingman, yes, certainly, I have no objection to a link, maybe more people will tell the exam board what nonsense their action is.<BR/>Handmaiden: be careful... if you memorise it you're almost certain to turn into a blood-spattered stabber.<BR/>I refused to learn about the battle of Hastings, 1066, and all that, in case I became obsessed with shooting arrows into the sky, and piercing kings called Harald through the eye.<BR/>Unfortunately, I did learn about The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739 to 1748.) thus, persons mamed jenkins re well advised to steer clear of me. And it's all my school's fault.<BR/>Bulletholes, that's far too intellectual for me. Who's Tamora?<BR/>Michele, Have been and have signed. Doubt they'll listen, though.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-33151277097121608852008-09-28T18:07:00.000-05:002008-09-28T18:07:00.000-05:00Hands Off Poetry! is a petition against AQA’s cens...Hands Off Poetry! is a petition against AQA’s censoring of Education for Leisure<BR/>http://www.petitiononline.com/hdsoffp/petition.html<BR/> <BR/>For more information, see my post on the Manifesto Club website.<BR/>http://www.manifestoclub.com/node/387<BR/><BR/>Michele LeddaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13787103173661206814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-36786460052256698812008-09-24T16:31:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:31:00.000-05:00I JUST WATCHED tITUS,(excuse me) w/ Anthiony hopki...I JUST WATCHED tITUS,(excuse me) w/ Anthiony hopkins. I loved the part where he feeds Demetrius and Chiron? to Tamora. <BR/>PERFCT!bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-13889248427329827782008-09-24T10:16:00.000-05:002008-09-24T10:16:00.000-05:00I must be so un-PC I loved the banned poem. Shit, ...I must be so un-PC I loved the banned poem. Shit, I'm going to memorize it, even.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706331228965193251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-89965096224105219522008-09-23T13:15:00.000-05:002008-09-23T13:15:00.000-05:00Banning poetry or expression in any form is bound ...Banning poetry or expression in any form is bound to have reprecussions. Will banning a poem stop the knife crime or violence by students? <BR/><BR/>I am sure more students are going to look for this poem and well, read it.<BR/><BR/>N<BR/><BR/>P.S- I hope its ok with you if i link to this post on my poetry blog. This is just too good.<BR/><BR/>thanks!Pallavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597178864833810868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-23182895188506880132008-09-23T12:52:00.000-05:002008-09-23T12:52:00.000-05:00Yes, Ms Duffy should be flushed in bog style, alon...Yes, Ms Duffy should be flushed in bog style, along with the cheating, lying, suicidal, incestuous, homicidal ramblings of our great bard.<BR/><BR/>I am not looking for pictures of Whitby.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-74867563715515717882008-09-23T09:20:00.000-05:002008-09-23T09:20:00.000-05:00Pay no attention to the above Yummy. He is only a ...Pay no attention to the above Yummy. He is only a philosopher and a rambler. Nothing good ever comes of that.<BR/><BR/>Me? I am looking for pictures of Whitby.<BR/><BR/>How are you today?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-45941137969264513402008-09-23T09:17:00.000-05:002008-09-23T09:17:00.000-05:00What a thought-provoking post. I know you didn't i...What a thought-provoking post. I know you didn't intend to provoke thoughts, but you did. Thoughts of deranged minds and kids going through metal detectors at school. Thoughts of Shylock and his pound of flesh, and of Brutus finishing off his friend and mentor. But also, among the jumbled images of wingless flies in the window and panicking goldfish...also the vision of piles of books on fire.<BR/><BR/>A long time ago, an American with a rather scary mind by the name of Ray Bradbury wrote a book called Fahrenheit 451. What an odd title.<BR/><BR/>That is the exact temperature (supposedly - I've never tested it) that paper bursts into flame.<BR/><BR/>Good post, my friend.Yummy Biscuitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304890882951553452noreply@blogger.com