Red Sauce

OPENING THE NEW YEAR - HOPEFULLY WITHOUT MORE SPOOKS AND SPAM

American Psycho and White

Do you ever wonder why your computer screen goes suddenly blank?

I used to wonder why and how this Poet-in-Residence blog was dismantled piecemeal.

The scaffolding was removed or didn't work and then the bricks fell.

It happened swiftly and without warning.

It all started  when I got on to certain controversial subjects.

I salvaged what I could.


Today I bought a copy of the new Bret Easton Ellis creation White.

The last Ellis book I read, in fact the only book I've read by this author, American Psycho was reviewed here in 2013.

Please enter American Psycho in the blog search box.  This will bring you to the relevant page.  I think the review is worth reading if only as an introduction to the genius of Bret Easton Ellis.



I haven't read any of Bret Easton Ellis' six other books and I've never been a disciple of any author.

But today having seen the first pages of White I can say Ellis is on to something important.


The author had internet problems I can identify with.  



Here's my copy of White:

The Last TV Roundup

Season's greetings to all my readers and herewith a seasonal poem from 2010 to lead us into the next New Year.

As usual, simply enter the  title into my Blog Search Box.

Have a good one!

Garden of Gethsemane (1914 - 1918)

The poem is by Rudyard Kipling and relates to the death of his son John Kipling.

Enter the name Rudyard Kipling in the blog search box to read the poem and an explanation.

Invictus

Please enter 'Invictus' in blog search box to revisit the page.

T E Hulme

The world has been marking the end of the First World War.  It's a time to think of poets who died too soon. Poets like T E Hulme.  Please type T E Hulme in the blog search box to read more.

Revisiting Auden

The other day, as I reported on my blog 'zen my ass' I visited the graveside of W H Auden at Kirchstetten.

The weather here has turned wintry, the morning gloomy. A curtain of grey present outside the window.

I thought I'd revisit my W H Auden postings. There are several. Simply enter 'Auden' in the P-I-R search box and away you go. There's much of interest. Please enjoy.

My Halloween Pumpkin

To check-out Poet-in-Residence's  Halloween Pumpkin input the word 'Halloween' into the blog search box and give it a click.  

I wish you all a ghoul(d) old time tonight!

Black Spring by Henry Miller

This is a book review of an ever-prophetic book which may be found by inserting the above text in the blog search box.

In 2008 Arthur C Clarke Moved On

Time Travelers
have entered the words Goodbye, Arthur C. Clarke in the blog search box. 

Fury Everywhere and for No Reason

HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A RELIGION SCORNED

Prayer Flags

The Lost Forbidden Teachings of Jesus

the wise tramp

the wise tramp 
stands alone - 

naked in the sunlit strip 
by the motel bed

her cigarette unlit 
her black high-heels 

last night kicked-off
are under the bed

she stands in sunlight's 
bare caress



c2009,2018

Cat Communication

The words "Cat Communication"   entered in the blog searchbox will reveal an important secret.

A Conspiracy Theorist

Are you one? Typing the above sobriquet into the blog search box will reveal the definition.  

Bouillabaisse - for Cro and others.

The closing verses of William Makepeace Thakeray's masterful ballad can be found by typing the word  'Bouillabaisse'  in the blog search box.

Eli Jenkin's Prayer - Neath Male Voice Choir

Recommend the YouTube link for this wonderful rendition.

from Dylan Thomas:  'Under Milk Wood'

Erich Fried poem translated.

An Erich Fried poem I translated is I think called 'Not thinking about El Salvador'.

If you enter those underlined Trebuchet words in the blog search-box the translated poem ought to magically appear.

Yuri Gagarin in Uzlop

To mark the 50th anniversary of his death I'm reposting a poem. You can find it by entering the above title in the blog search box.