Are polarised opinions in black and white really desirable? Isn’t a grey “maybe” view more appropriate? We should all learn to doubt more…
Phoenix
This poem sounds suicidal but was more influenced by science fiction such as the Lensman series, where the human mind breaks free of bodily constraint. It’s not great but I was young at the time…
You are what you drive
It seems to me that certain types of car are the most likely to be driven at excessive speeds on motorways. Here are my top five transgressors.
Daffodils (William Wordsworth)
Daffodils is one of the nation’s favourite poems, but we feel it can be improved by rendering it in COMPLICATED form. For those whose mental ear is not yet attuned to COMPLICATED, we include the original for comparison.
The Blackbird
The frost lay heavily over the salt-marshes: a plain expanse of dead or dormant vegetation, colourless with sparse sea-lavender and samphire, and everywhere marram grass. Each blade was held motionless in a hoary sheath, in military disarray…
Campaign for Real Poetry (CaRP)
When is poetry not poetry? When it has no rhythm or rhyme. We here at Simplicated are acknowledged Old Farts – and Grumpy Old Farts at that. And one of the things we grump at is poetry – or what seems to pass for poetry these days.
What is COMPLICATED?
COMPLICATED – Classical Or Modern Poetical Literature In Contemporary and Technical English Dialectic. What is it all about? A celebration of the genre!
The dog vs. cat question
Why are some people “cat people” and some “dog people”? It’s to do with how you interact with your pet, and the principle is quite simple…