Brian Bilston

[Dutch Uncle]

Anybody else discovered this genius - the Banksy of poetry (always hides his face)

His latest attached

[knockers]

He’s doing a tour with The Catenary Wires.

I’ve got tickets for the Sheffield date in November.

[tommy toes]

Yes, always loon forward to reading his new poems.

[scawsby steve]

Yes, always loon forward to reading his new poems.

Ted Loon? LOL.

[BobG]

Early Morning Love Poem. Btian Bilston

Duvet,
You are so groovet,
I'd like to stay under you
All of Tuesdet

BobG

[BobG]

How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail - Brian Bilston

Forget the politics. The alliteration, the inventiveness, the pungency are all things of creativity to admire.

I would rather
eat Quavers that are six week’s stale,
blow dry the hair of Gareth Bale,
listen to the songs of Jimmy Nail,
than read one page of the Daily Mail.

If I were bored
in a waiting room in Perivale,
on a twelve hour trip on British rail
or a world circumnavigational sail,
I would not read the Daily Mail.

I would happily read
the complete works of Peter Mayle,
the autobiography of Dan Quayle,
selected scripts from Emmerdale,
but I couldn’t ever read the Daily Mail.

Far better to
stand outside in a storm of hail,
be blown out to sea in a powerful gale
then swallowed by a humpback whale
than have to read the Daily Mail.

Even if
I were blind
and it was the only thing
in Braille,
I still would not read
the Daily Mail.

[Donnywolf]

Wow that's great .

[knockers]

Listen to the album Sounds made by Humans
It’s the one that Brian and the Catenary Wires are touring.

[Usher wide.]

I never think that I shall see
A Professional Lumberjack
Stuck up a tree






You just couldn’t make that one up.

[Pancho Regan]

Thanks Dutch and other contributors for introducing me to Brian Bilston - brilliant stuff!

[SydneyRover]

From me too, he is a funny man

[tommy toes]

Another belter from Brian.

Roger’s Thesaurus

In order to grow, expand, widen
his lexicological corpus,
Roger bought, acquired, purchased
a synonymopedia, a thesaurus.

Soon, presently, without delay,
he no longer ran out of things to say,
speak, utter, express, articulate,
give voice to, pronounce, communicate.

This was all very well, fine, great,
wonderful, super, terrific
but his friends, mates, pals found him
boring, tedious, dull, soporific.

So let this be a warning,
an omen, a sign, a premonition,
it’s all very well to show learning,
education, knowledge, erudition,

but here’s a top tip, a hint,
a suggestion, some advice,
don’t ever let it stop you
from being concise
brief, short, clear, pithy,
succinct, compendious, to the point,
compact, snappy, laconic.
Breviloquent.   

[Branton Red]

Anybody else discovered this genius - the Banksy of poetry (always hides his face)

His latest attached

To sneer at a working man's flag with baseless derision
Is to contribute to the Kingdom's false division
Which the real Far Right fly high
Having reconnoitered
Your middle class snobbery
Exploited.

[Dutch Uncle]

Another gem

[Spud]

His stuff, for some reason, has come up on my fb feed for a while, I always enjoy it.