tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post3121035760920174806..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : HaircutGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-87986356271510804902010-01-28T09:15:16.089+01:002010-01-28T09:15:16.089+01:00Weaver "enjoyed all the poems" folks! In...Weaver "enjoyed all the poems" folks! In the book there are 39 others. <br /><br />Thank you, gentle kind wonderful Weaver. <br /><br />If only my publisher was half as good at advertising we'd have won the TSE* by now! <br />(*Only joking, I don't mean that Martin!)Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-33760510047504025812010-01-28T09:10:44.444+01:002010-01-28T09:10:44.444+01:00Short sighted Ronnie, his blunt razor semi-sharpen...Short sighted Ronnie, his blunt razor semi-sharpened on the strop, the single flickering light bulb, the brown dust coat with its curious stain on the cuff, a customer's bare neck barely in view... there must be a line or two in it, Dominic!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-42718352335897161312010-01-28T09:00:16.515+01:002010-01-28T09:00:16.515+01:00AM, Lucky you!
You'd have your work cut out t...AM, Lucky you! <br />You'd have your work cut out to find a proper barber near where I live. There's one I've been to in Venice. He's a poet and a barber. His poetry books, naturally in Italian, are on sale in the barber shop! <br />Yesterday due to emergency roadworks the trams were chaotic and I came into town by a different route. Almost the first thing I saw when I emerged from the U-Bahn - a 'hair designer'. <br />Whatever next?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-12512484214046874432010-01-27T23:26:47.463+01:002010-01-27T23:26:47.463+01:00A poem about Ronnie? I didn't go very often. M...A poem about Ronnie? I didn't go very often. More likely to wax lyrical about his cadaverous competition!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-68026053491567581912010-01-27T19:25:44.446+01:002010-01-27T19:25:44.446+01:00I like this poem Gwilym - I enjoyed all the poems ...I like this poem Gwilym - I enjoyed all the poems in your book which Dominic put in my stocking at christmas.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-30414233850258781652010-01-27T17:19:11.233+01:002010-01-27T17:19:11.233+01:00Great poem. I get my hair cut at an old time barbe...Great poem. I get my hair cut at an old time barbershop, and Takaa still has his barber pole out front. Wouldn't get my hair cut any other way.Mike McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881672365554137673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-40665879309490800332010-01-27T14:29:39.271+01:002010-01-27T14:29:39.271+01:00John, och aye! And don't forget when we went a...John, och aye! And don't forget when we went at 17 or so for the Friday night trim, the invariable question as the mirror was held up to your nape: "Anything for the weekend, sir?" <br />By jove, such a question, why you almost felt that you were now a real man!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-4529533506947545142010-01-27T14:25:56.848+01:002010-01-27T14:25:56.848+01:00Thanks for popping in Gerald.
I imagine the last...Thanks for popping in Gerald. <br /><br />I imagine the last barbers digging-in at your outposts will be quite eager to get to your beard with their longest and sharpest barber scissors! <br /><br />They must have wet dreams about shaving you, Gerald!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-15647536777723753682010-01-27T14:21:25.330+01:002010-01-27T14:21:25.330+01:00Jinksy, that's lovely. Thanks for sharing.Jinksy, that's lovely. Thanks for sharing.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-31520252840219079382010-01-27T14:20:31.360+01:002010-01-27T14:20:31.360+01:00You're absolutely on the button as usual, Domi...You're absolutely on the button as usual, Dominic. <br />It was always a kind of musical chairs at Gordon's and some, simply passing-by, perhaps on the way to the corner shop, the snooker hall or the pub simply came in to sit and chat, then they went out again. <br />You should write a poem about Ronnie. It'd be good to read.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-48629108064363374272010-01-27T13:34:24.903+01:002010-01-27T13:34:24.903+01:00swift as swallows - yes brilliant - the good old b...swift as swallows - yes brilliant - the good old barber<br />johnJohn McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-69070040917139519512010-01-27T12:55:51.628+01:002010-01-27T12:55:51.628+01:00We've still got some barbers like that round h...We've still got some barbers like that round here - the ones that try to be trendy don't seem to last very long.Gerald (Ackworth born)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-25541718984842233262010-01-27T12:27:48.472+01:002010-01-27T12:27:48.472+01:00I remember going with my brother when he visited j...I remember going with my brother when he visited just such a barber. Now it's DIY for me, as described below:-<br /><br />Hair Cut<br /><br />Thinning hair assumes<br />a temporary order<br />as scissor blades cross.<br /><br />Its pale strands drift down,<br />settle like falling snowflakes<br />on indoor carpet.<br /><br />Little colour left<br />since age and life together<br />bestowed silver crown.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-41149809556054372892010-01-27T12:21:09.302+01:002010-01-27T12:21:09.302+01:00Yes, a really good name; Gordon the Barber, Lord G...Yes, a really good name; Gordon the Barber, Lord Gordon Byron, Gordon Mason, Gordon Brown ...<br />I think I'd be apprehensive of having my hair cut by someone called Senor Monky. But I'm sure as you go there Gordon, Monky must be OK, oleĀ“!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-69026198328877163052010-01-27T12:15:55.058+01:002010-01-27T12:15:55.058+01:00Like fugacious - literally "fleeting", b...Like fugacious - literally "fleeting", but the overtones of "fugue" suggests visitors overlapping like the tunes in a fugue - which, at a barbers, they do. There is always a second subject there, waiting.<br /><br />I have clippers here, so give myself regular "no.4"s. Barbers are a thing of the past, though there used to be two in Leyburn - the jovial Ronnie, and a cadaverous chap in a brown overall who only worked, under a single bare bulb, on auction mart days, in a dusty room full of equally dusty curling carboard display boxes.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-27911691754618744602010-01-27T11:46:18.099+01:002010-01-27T11:46:18.099+01:00You brought him to life here. What a good name! (...You brought him to life here. What a good name! (My barber in Spain is called Monky!)Gordon Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405099521661854141noreply@blogger.com