Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Tonight...

I have really enjoyed the programme about Cornwall and Sir John Betjeman -

'Betjeman and Me: Rick Stein's Story'
'Rick Stein pays a Cornish tribute to Britain's most popular poet on the centenary of his birth. He visits the beaches, cliffs and estuaries that inspired so much of his poetry and creates a seafood feast for friends and family of the great man.'

Not sure Rick was the best one to sing his praises, in fact I only really watched cos I was intrigued by the Cornish scenery. It evoked so many memories of child hood holidays and reminded me how even back then I liked to walk and think along the cliffs. Talking to myself - in my own little world. Feel I have something in common with John. Seeing the train chug through Dawlish - well it was childhood and chats from the weekend all rolled into one. So I have a mission now - to read some of his poems!
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

have we come to this? A cook introducing us to poetry?

What next? Gary Rhodes introduces us to Henry James? Ramsay on Hume?

I feel like Tom Lehrer did when they gave Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

Most of Betjeman is doggerel, karoona - take it from me.

15/8/06 8:25 pm
Karoona said...

I could have put money on you saying that....

Poetry is not all hard core, so obscure, so complex that the only way to understand it is just by not... and then just raving as to how cool it is... sometimes poems can be about the sound the words make and the place it puts you...

i will still investigate further unless you can recommend a better start. we all know my success rate at choosing decent poems....!

15/8/06 8:30 pm
Anonymous said...

i would suggest the poems of Les Murray, Seamus Heaney, or J H Prynne as a start.

But why don't they let someone who knows about them talk to us about them? Why doees the pill have to be sugared with the use of a celebrity? That is the main cause of my irritation.

18/8/06 9:53 pm

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