Hi everyone

Well that was another belter wasn't it? Quite a slow start and then Carol asked a question and we were off!!!!!!!

I can't tell you how much I enjoy our discussions, not least the respect and patience we give to each other, listening carefully and always being polite and thoughtful in our responses. Never mind the absolute wealth of poetry we hear and enjoy. Thank you everyone.

I read Back and For the Minicab Driver Who Looked as if He Needed Feeding by Imtiaz Dharker - a range of poems written by Imtiaz can be found here

Jane read At the Cotswold Wildlife Park and The Embarrassing Experience with the Parrot by Pam Ayers

Chris read I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by May Angelou and The Oak and The Rose by Shel Silverstein

Ralph read Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas and Epitaph to my Friend by Robert Burns

Carol read The Sun Rising by John Donne and Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy

Catherine read Morfudd's Arms by Dafydd ap Gwilym and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

David read Ballad of the Breadman by Charles Causley and Talking After Christmas Blues by Adrian Henri

Sue read a poem by Bob Dylan taken from the back of the sleeve of Another Side of Bob Dylan and Digging by Seamus Heaney

Nancy read Mending Wall by Robert Frost and War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy

The Dylan Thomas poem is a villanelle and there was discussion about that form. I've looked it up!

A villanelle has five stanzas of three lines then a single stanza of four lines. It has two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The first line of Stanza 1 is the last line of Stanza 2 and 4. Line 2 of Stanza 1 is the last line of Stanzas 3 and 5

I could go on but I won't! Interestingly, there is no fixed meter.

Sue talked about the Bob Dylan Biopic (sort of) A Complete Unknown (a line from Like A Rolling Stone) interestingly, Sue commented on how the film had a lot to do with his life and the controversy (impossible to imagine these days) caused by the simple act of plugging in a Fender guitar and playing with a rock/blues band. She would have liked more about his songs and lyrics, his songwriting and his artistry. I could go on but I won't !!

If you feel up to it, download Highway 61 Revisited and play it very very loudly. Then of course, you could try the other 39 studio albums, the 21 live albums and the 17 Bootleg Series albums. Yes that is how deep my addiction lies.