Category Archives: poetry

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields Coral Sea Sessions Live Queen Elizabeth Hall 11.9.06.

Posted on January 11, 2014 by simonovitch

Patti Smith And Kevin Shields Coral Sea Sessions Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Southbank Centre. 11Th September 2006.   This was the first night of two shows that were recorded and will be put together to become Patti’s … Continue reading →

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Stuck Inside A Crash

Posted on January 11, 2014 by simonovitch

  Stuck Inside A Crash Originally Posted Date     9/11/2006 Stuck Inside A Crash Stuck inside a crash, Trapped unable to get out, That data is now a prisoner for life, There is almost no way out, No coming back lost … Continue reading →

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5 poems about Gothic Nightmares

Posted on January 6, 2014 by simonovitch

  Originally Posted Date        4/17/2006     5 Poems by my alter ego Bejesus The Falling Titan By Thomas Banks   Titan has fallen on the rocks, Crashing down body twisted, Has his neck broken or just twisted, Feet trapped … Continue reading →

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Commemorations for dad part 3

Posted on December 10, 2011 by simonovitch

  Here are two poems written one just after dad died and the other as it is dated just after the stone setting, I don’t recall why it took me as long as it suggests to write it though! Oh … Continue reading →

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Stories from the Kadishim

Posted on December 9, 2011 by simonovitch

Contiuing the commemoration of the 10 anniversay of dad passing away here is a piece I wrote about a month after dad died about what had happened.   Stories from the Kadishim   Following some of the instructions dad gave … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Phil Phillips 14.3.36-812.01.

Posted on December 8, 2011 by simonovitch

The atmospheric thame sin the early 1970’s   To commemorate dad passing away 10 years ago today I am posting some pieces in the next week or so that I wrote around the time dad died. I’ve decided that the … Continue reading →

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selected poetry by William Blake

Posted on November 7, 2011 by simonovitch

  Selected Poetry by William Blake ( http://www.oup.com/worldclassics)   My thanks go out to Rhys Davies for giving me this book to read as I have been skirting around the thought of reading William Blake for a good few years … Continue reading →

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Point Nemo By CJ Laity

Posted on November 7, 2011 by simonovitch

  Point Nemo by CJ Laity (www.chicagopoetry.com/press)   I’m very grateful to CJ for posting me a copy of his latest novel Point Nemo and even more grateful now I have got round to reading this novel that he wrote … Continue reading →

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Poems from Barcelona inspired by Miro and Picasso

Posted on November 1, 2011 by simonovitch

  Poems inspired by art at the Fundacion Miro.   Painting 1936 By Miro.   Angry white head in black cloud,   Arches of red black and yellow,   Two worlds split asunder,   Bare board left with sanity behind. … Continue reading →

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Madrid Atocha Station to Barcelona Sants Station

Posted on October 31, 2011 by simonovitch

  Madrid Atocha Station to Barcelona Sants Station   Leaving from the turtle sanctuary of Atocha,   Protesters arriving as we depart,   Through freight yards and housing estates,   Sunblasted ochre hills,   Mountains in the distance,   Small … Continue reading →

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