Poetry Corner
Black Country poet Brendan Hawthorne has agreed to write a weekly poem here on The Stirrer which we hope you'll enjoy.
Brendan hosts regular meetings for aspiring versifiers at Wednesbury Library
(check out poetrywednesbury)
FUDGESTOCK 2009 24-06-2009
JUDGEMENT CALL 15-06-2009
GIVE US A BREAK 26-05-2009
SWINE LINE 12-05-2009
THIS MISERLY ACT 22-04-2009
ALTERNATIVE REALITY 13-04-2009
UNDER POSTAL ORDERS 16-03-2009
GET DOWN AND DIRTY WITH THE ALLOTMENT CREW 09-03-2009
DARE TO CRITICISE? 23-02-2009
CUT UP, CUT DOWN, CUT OFF 14-02-2009
CRUNCH 10-02-2009
OMEGA 3 02-02-2009
NEW YEAR HANGOVER 05-01-2009
TIME OF THE SIGNS 24-11-2008
SOMEONE IS TAKING THE P 17-11-2008
BENEATH THESE GUN-METAL SKIES OF MOURNING 10-11-200
THE PINT'S LAMENT 27-10-2008
THE BLUES ARE COMING TO TOWN 29-09-2008
ANOTHER REPORT 22-09-2008
TIME IS A CHANGING 08-09-2008
THREE LINE WHIP 25-08-2008
SONG SO BLUE 18-08-2008
SEX SHOP 17-06-2008
SEEING THE LIGHT 09-06-2008
COLLECTIVE CONSERVATISM AND HARD LABOUR IS SO LIBERATING 21-04-2008
SEVEN IN SEVEN (FOR BLIND DAVE HEELEY AND MAD MAC) 14-04-2008
TAXED TO DEATH 17-03-2008
THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL 12-03-2008
THE LEGEND OF BILLY ARCHER 10-03-2008
FED UP ON BREAD 25-02-2008
BUSKER 18-02-2008
JUST A LITTLE TO THE ONE SIDE OF BOHEMIAN AT THE ALL-NIGHT CAFE 11-02-2008
WHY? 04-02-2008
URBAN METRO FREEDOM 28-01-2008
POWER FOR THE PEOPLE 21-01-2008
WHERE IS THE CARE 14-01-2008
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 25-12-2007
A DOG IS FOR LIFE 17-12-2007
A THOROUGHLY MODERN OFFICE 10-12-2007
WHEN IT’S GONE IT’S GONE 26-11-2007
WHALE MEAT AGAIN (IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE) 19-11-2007
WHEN WILL THEY LISTEN AND STOP SHOUTING? 16-11-2007
BUREAUCRACY BOUND (IN THE PAPERLESS OFFICE) 06-11-2007
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF 09-10-2007
SWEET AND SOUR 24-09-2007
FEST OR FAMINE 17-09-2007
THE WRONG HOUSES 10-09-2007
FEELING IMMATURE 03-09-2007
IN THE LINE OF FRIENDLY FIRE 27-08-2007
NEGATIVE ASSET 20-08-2007
TWITCHERS AND DITCHERS 13-08-2007
RE-pUBLIC-IST LAMENT 06-08-2007
ON THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF THE M6 MOTORWAY 30-07-2007
POET'S MOVE GETS STAMP OFAPPROVAL 25-07-2007
POTTER'S WHEEL 23-07-2007
FIVE VERSES FOR THE LAST SHIFT16-07-2007
GORE BLIMEY! 09-07-2007
SMOKESCREEN 02-07-2007
IN DEFENCE OF THE SPOKEN WORD 25-06-2007
PLATONIC RAIN 18-06-2007
NO GO LOGO 11-06-2007
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE SKIN DEEP 06-06-2007
EURO GIMMIX14-05-2007
YOU ONLY GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR SO BEWARE OF ASKING FORNOTHING07-05-2007
TO BOLDLY GO 01-05-2007
The Armchair Anarchists Rap 23-04-2007
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH 17-04-2007
BANK HOLIDAY JOLLITY 09-07-2007
GREEN IS A STATE OF MIND (A VISION) 02-04-2007
ALL DEBTS ARE OFF 27-03-2007
GREEN FINGERS AND A RED FACE 19-03-2007
Wembley Way 12-03-2007
Nation State 05-03-2007
MALICE A FORECOURT 05-03-2007
LET US PREY 07-02-2007
Zero Hour 29-01-2007
Food For Thought In A Field Of Vision 27-01-2007
Goody: The Baddy and the Ugly 22-01-2007
NOTION WAVE 15-01-2007
HOME FRONT 08-01-2007
HEY, WHERE'S ME SPACE HOPPER? 02-01-2007
SOTNEV 18-12-2006
SANTA GETS THE SACK - Tipton Times 11-12-2006
The Charge of The Tight Brigade 04-12-2006
Teed Off 27-11-2006
POETS CORNER - CRIMINAL 13-11-2006
PAPER POPPIES 6-11-2006
CLOCKING ON FOR SADNESS 30-10-2006
THE MARCH OF 100 MEN 23-10-2006
HAVING IT LARGE 16-10-2006
LITTER BUG 09-10-2006
WITH THE COMING OF AGE 02-10-2006
POETS CORNER...MOAN-OPOLY 25-09-2006
TOTALLY CARACAS 18-09-2006
Making it Clear: A Poem of Political Resignation 12-09-2006
FIRST DAY OF TERM - WELCOME TO SO SODD-IT 05-09-2006
Constitutional Bullying 05-09-2006
Over the Limit 29-08-2006
A Letter For The Postal Service 22-08-2006
Paper Planes 15-08-2006
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