October 4th - National Poetry Day 2012

Today is national poetry day! To celebrate I thought I'd post my favourite poem. I um'd and ah'd about what to pick because I have (as many of you may have guessed!) multiple favourites of pretty much everything, but this particular poem has always really struck me.

there's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I'm too tough for him,

I say, stay in there, I'm not going

to let anybody see

you.

there's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I pour whiskey on him and inhale

cigarette smoke

and the whores and the bartenders

and the grocery clerks

never know that

he's

in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I'm too tough for him,

I say,

stay down, do you want to mess

me up?

you want to screw up the

works?

you want to blow my book sales in

Europe?

there's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I'm too clever, I only let him out

at night sometimes

when everybody's asleep.

I say, I know that you're there,

so don't be

sad.

then I put him back,

but he's singing a little

in there, I haven't quite let him

die

and we sleep together like

that

with our

secret pact

and it's nice enough to

make a man

weep, but I don't

weep, do

you?

- Charles Bukowski

What are your favourite poems?

 

Site Of The Month

I absolutely had to make a post about this Big Cartel Shop I've just come across. It's called Miles To Go and they specialise in "The art of literature", meaning, they do really cool shirts and jumpers etc, with book covers/their own designs based on books printed on them. Below is a little wishlist I've made of my favourite t-shirts.

1) To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee / 2) Tell Tale Heart - Edgar Allen Poe / 3) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky / 4) Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk / 5) Sirens Of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut / 6) Bluebird - Charles Bukowski / 7) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut / 8) 1984 - George Orwell / 9) Howl - Allen Ginsberg.

There are lots more designs on the site as well as posters, phone covers, wallets, stickers and bags. I just think it's such a cool idea - we wear our favourite bands on our shirts, why not our favourite books?

You can visit the shop here.