John Cooper Clarke – Cannonball Read 17

John Cooper Clarke presents

WHAT: new poems from the Poet Laureate of Punk by John Cooper Clarke

May 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not finish WHAT: new poems from the Poet Laureate of Punk, but I was maybe about half way before I stopped. I had not heard of John Cooper Clarke, but that did not stop me from trying it. After all, I haven’t had much luck with the poets I did know or even the ones I liked, so why not try someone new? The poems have the elements I like (flowing text that makes sense without sounding artsy, understandable themes, and images are […]

CBR13 #1 – Psychedelicate: The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

February 1, 2021 by Siege Leave a Comment

So it’s been a while, but it’s never too late to try and get back into the swing of things. Every year is a new opportunity to try and do the Cannonball Read. I started out with a book by British poet John Cooper Clarke. I’ve seen Clarke several times as the Dictionary Corner guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and I always really enjoy him. It took me a while to get one of his books, though, since it seems that his […]

“At the barn fire of insanity”

The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

October 7, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr12bingo Repeat (for Pandemic) BINGO x2: vertical Uncannon to Repeat, horizontal Money to Violet Over the past seven months of pandemic quarantining, my husband and I have done a lot of mindless TV/video watching, and thanks to the smart TV, we aren’t just limited to regular TV fare but can watch anything that’s on the internet on our big screen. As a result, we seem to have subscribed to, and hence watch, more YouTube channels than anything else. We are big fans of British comedian […]

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