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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