abandoned poems

i've got a habit of abandoning poems. i'll write it, then can't think of ways to improve it, so just leave it cast aside like some smelly toeless sock. The following poem is going to be one of these problems. does it need anything more?

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Hi Rosie. my dad has just died

Can you do this weeks cleaning for me?

And eat the cake left in the fridge. thnx

Cul8a.

making the film! lol!

I headed to Ealing college last Thursday and got excited pretending I was going to real TV studios. to be fair the college was beautiful and really clean, and the studios did look very professional. i was second up behind a very talented guy called Ben, he clearly had performed a number of times before and i had the very tricky job of following him. my first attempt at reading my poem of by heart went quite poorly, i soon stumbled over the next stanza but the second attempt went a lot better until the directors phone went off! the third time had another interuption and it wasn't until the 4th take that we got a clear cut. 

I had also eaten a flapjack and soon became paranoid when they started doing close-ups; i was positive i had bits in between my teeth so then cocked up my poem by ad-libing but luckily it went by unnoticed. 

we have to go back for a second filming but i have yet to discover what this will entail.

the only thing negative i will say about filming is that you get very hot and shiny under the lighting!!!!

Jeremy Kyle at the Albany!?????

Apples and Snakes at the Albany was a quality night, i went with a fellow poet Sammi Joy and sat knocking back a rather bitter white wine as i awaited my turn to the mic. Sammi stepped up with courage having already been a couple of times before, she did have the smell of whiskey and water following her but she was confident and delivered well.

the second part came and i nervously downed another glass, by this time i was lucky that i could still see the poem on the page.

i read my most favourite poem about Jeremy Kyle (not directly about him), why do we all aspire to be so similar to the characters on his grotty, self-righteous programme?

i received a warm reception and then was asked to be filmed for one of the fellow poets media film. was extremely exciting considering that it was the first time i had properly performed.

Repetition!!!!!

oh gosh it has been so long since I posted last that I repeated myself!!!! The shame!!! Sorry!!

I am currently reading a story a day (well a story every toilet time) from the book 'The most beautiful woman in town' by Charles Bukowski. I literally cant think of anything else other than how incredible his imagination is, for a good couple of hours after finishing the last paragraph.

I recently did my first reading of poetry, I have been meaning to do it for a long time, actually since my nose job in January of last year, but I have been extremely lazy or just lacking confidence in my work.

Words and sounds was hosted by Ashley Morgan, a true Welshy and went really well with a good number of people turning out. It seems quite obvious that more and more people are appreciating poetry as an art form and not as just lines of shit metaphors and useless adjectives. whoop whoop!!!

The following is one of my more recent poems; for someone on Valentines day perhaps?

I was dancing on smokey puffs of condensation

His lips touched mine

And my toes pinched the air 

My hair scattered the cushions

And for the first time in years

My Cunt smiled           

Rose Bailey ©

I am so laterzzzz

I haven't posted a blog in a long time, heres a run down of what i have been upto;

Christmas of course. I am officially the scrooge of christmas past, present and possibly the future. I really hate this materialistic bullshit. I am agnostic but still believe that if you want to celebrate Jesus' birthday, do it properly! Church and giving small gifts without the intention of receiving.

But this is clearly the time to gorge on tasty treats and get fat!!! Hopefully the recession will sort this problem out.

Writing some kind of poetry, well not too much, I had far too many deadlines and too much hatred from one of my lecturers 

"DON'T talk about your SEX-LIFE in your POETRY" true quote.

Surely we should have freedom of speech, but apparently not when it comes to my university course.

I had one exam on language and gender. Women have been seriously suppressed over the years through the use of language, not only used by men but women too. this particular subject i feel very strongly about, but then there is the argument too, that if everyone was to be PC the world would be boring and the English language less vibrant.......

The photo above shows the cardi I wore to the exam, it didn't help though.....

freedom of speech

during a recent creative writing class I was told that my work was not to be read out, it was bordering on pornography (and brought my tutor out in a rash, apparently) after much consideration I decided this was unfair, because surely you have the right to freedom of speech?or so I once thought.

luckily for me though, there is a great anti pop culture magazine called Polluto which you can view at www.Polluto.com. this has stories of all genres and hopefully if I submit some work soon I can get it published. 

maybe then readers could get a rash in a good way.

kid sister!

I'm currently checking out kid sister, shes from Chicago and is the princess of the Chi-town hip hop scene.

My favourite song is Pro-Nails and is graced with the distinctive voice of Mr West.

check www.myspace.com/kidsister  to listen to more.