tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post8071464479304763970..comments2023-10-21T11:46:32.529+01:00Comments on Madame Arcati: Susan Penhaligon debuts as poet: A MILF at 50 and Bloody CornwallMadame Arcatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-86109376405847749202012-04-26T20:10:58.796+01:002012-04-26T20:10:58.796+01:00Lovely. I loved Susan Penhaligon as Prue and her p...Lovely. I loved Susan Penhaligon as Prue and her poems are fab.Jude Calvert-Toulminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112993362990797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-45734694735139116432011-10-29T11:12:21.428+01:002011-10-29T11:12:21.428+01:00Love Susan's hubris on reaching 50.Love Susan's hubris on reaching 50.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-22166271407909153832011-10-28T19:43:47.028+01:002011-10-28T19:43:47.028+01:00I think Fake Daniels is just showing the way Susan...I think Fake Daniels is just showing the way Susan has referenced some famous poems. I recognised the 'wearing purple' one immediately. It's a nod to poetry's motifs.<br /><br />I liked both poems.<br /><br />I thought recently about moving to the coast but 'Bloody Cornwall' has put me off. I think the seaside may function better as an escapist image in my mind.<br /><br />QRG<br />xEllyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103667133412183125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-58340577437325169282011-10-27T19:58:21.270+01:002011-10-27T19:58:21.270+01:00Bouquet of Barbed Wire is a scent concocted by you...Bouquet of Barbed Wire is a scent concocted by you, Roger Lewis and Duncan FallowellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-39735088049359617492011-10-27T16:25:00.182+01:002011-10-27T16:25:00.182+01:00I'm certain that Ms P is over 50. I can't ...I'm certain that Ms P is over 50. I can't bothered to Google.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-46928800369062149302011-10-27T15:17:39.705+01:002011-10-27T15:17:39.705+01:00Much of Oscar Wilde's poetry is 'after'...Much of Oscar Wilde's poetry is 'after' classics.Profnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-19444459437763967112011-10-26T18:37:58.444+01:002011-10-26T18:37:58.444+01:00Bloody Methodists? Controversial.Bloody Methodists? Controversial.Never you mindnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-78027215614914013992011-10-26T18:23:27.556+01:002011-10-26T18:23:27.556+01:00Dear Fake Daniels, you're a very naughty boy! ...Dear Fake Daniels, you're a very naughty boy! Susan denies all knowledge of these others in the arbitrary continuum we call time.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-86817126382811226242011-10-26T18:12:11.680+01:002011-10-26T18:12:11.680+01:00Surely Saga mag would love Susan's poems. I...Surely Saga mag would love Susan's poems. I'm only trying to be helpful.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-84651723208875583102011-10-26T17:20:04.114+01:002011-10-26T17:20:04.114+01:00I don't think it was Susan who created the tem...I don't think it was Susan who created the template. <a href="http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tf/poem24.html" rel="nofollow">Bloody Orkney</a> (The result of a wartime posting to Scapa Flow and the inspiration for John Cooper Clarke's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw" rel="nofollow">Evidently Chicken Town.</a>)<br /><br />And there's something <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning/" rel="nofollow">strangely familiar about the first poem.</a> <br /><br />What a horrible little sneak I am.Fake Danielshttp://fakedaniels.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-33772392831007293922011-10-26T15:35:27.248+01:002011-10-26T15:35:27.248+01:00Molly Parkin tells me she likes Susan's poem N...Molly Parkin tells me she likes Susan's poem Now I'm Fifty.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-84003298948735391862011-10-26T15:33:38.300+01:002011-10-26T15:33:38.300+01:00As a Cornishwoman myself I can relate to Susan'...As a Cornishwoman myself I can relate to Susan's momentary hatred of Cornwall, like today when it's rainy, windy and smelly. But of course she is existentially talking about something inner without addressing it directly. Oh yes.Agathanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-38651315856015499632011-10-26T15:02:36.175+01:002011-10-26T15:02:36.175+01:00Bloody Libya
Bloody rats
Bloody Cameron
Bloody Nat...Bloody Libya<br />Bloody rats<br />Bloody Cameron<br />Bloody Nato<br />Bloody lots of fire. Ouch.The late Col Gaddafinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-57284566045529923312011-10-26T12:34:42.219+01:002011-10-26T12:34:42.219+01:00Why should Susan's perfume be full of lemons? ...Why should Susan's perfume be full of lemons? I don't understand.<br /><br />I rarely get poetry.Pam Ayresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-32578235389783161092011-10-26T12:19:42.328+01:002011-10-26T12:19:42.328+01:00Susan's inspired me:
Bloody Chiswick
Bloody 2...Susan's inspired me:<br /><br />Bloody Chiswick<br />Bloody 267 bus<br />Bloody Tesco Express<br />(Expensive)<br />Bloody poor people with dogs<br />Bloody young couples with kids<br />Bloody SundaysChissed offnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-85720592087866869782011-10-26T11:27:44.585+01:002011-10-26T11:27:44.585+01:00Having seen Ms Penhaligon naked (it was on the tel...Having seen Ms Penhaligon naked (it was on the telly) all I can say is can I have her autograph?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-54478819389937125212011-10-26T10:05:01.369+01:002011-10-26T10:05:01.369+01:00How do we know it's Susan Penhaligon? She may ...How do we know it's Susan Penhaligon? She may be in a twilight home for all we know while you mercilessly trade on her good name. I hope she sues.The Duchessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-43494061669165884992011-10-26T10:03:58.081+01:002011-10-26T10:03:58.081+01:00Bouquet of Barbed Wire remains one of the best TV ...Bouquet of Barbed Wire remains one of the best TV dramas ever and Susan was superbly cast as the minxy daughter. She looked the part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-39026778372497613742011-10-26T10:02:47.248+01:002011-10-26T10:02:47.248+01:00Fifty is the better poem and works as free verse. ...Fifty is the better poem and works as free verse. Cornwall is a list. Still, the captured mood theme is nice. The things Madame unearths!Not Louisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-71135160827040568202011-10-26T05:43:36.616+01:002011-10-26T05:43:36.616+01:00Bogner said..surely it's Bugger Bogner not Blo...Bogner said..surely it's Bugger Bogner not Bloody Bogner. As a pensioner I do object though to your 'bloody pensioners'. I am one and at my age the idea of getting any bloody buggery these days is quite out of the question. No need to rub it in.a sad old queennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-65231352823972728242011-10-26T02:46:19.306+01:002011-10-26T02:46:19.306+01:00I gather Susan isn't too taken with Cornwall t...I gather Susan isn't too taken with Cornwall then.the late Constantine of Cornwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-15624148114083952952011-10-25T19:27:51.589+01:002011-10-25T19:27:51.589+01:00Bloody Bognor
Bloody pensioners
Bloody tourists
Bl...Bloody Bognor<br />Bloody pensioners<br />Bloody tourists<br />Bloody buggeryBognornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-6991280955655884792011-10-25T19:18:25.371+01:002011-10-25T19:18:25.371+01:00I think Susan may have created a poetic template t...I think Susan may have created a poetic template to express exasperation with any place on earth. Stoke-on-Trent for instance:<br /><br />Bloody Stoke<br />Bloody slag heaps<br />Bloody etc etcAnother poetnoreply@blogger.com