Blog Entries by Alain English (2008)

"Coming Out Asperger" Book Review

"Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence", edited by Dinah Murray, Jessica Kingsley Publisher's, (2005)

This fascinating and well-thought out work has been put together by a number of authors and deals with, as the title suggests, 'coming out Asperger', that is someone with the condition admitting it to the outside world. This is fraught with complications and consequences, ...

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Wednesday 10th December 2008 7:32 pm

Asperger Poetry

by Alain English

Hi folks, this rounds off my selection of poetry for this year. This closes on the subject of Asperger's Syndrome, which I have suffered from (in a mild form) since childhood.

Asperger's

Asperger's - disassociated from the world around us
Asperger's - too much chaos overloading all our senses

Asperger's feel left out and misunderstood
We'd like to be normal if only we could

Asperger's - find it hard t...

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Tuesday 2nd December 2008 4:35 pm

Poetry on the Middle East

by Alain English

This is some poetry I have written on the Middle East. The first poem is about the Iraq War, which began five years ago. I firmly believe, as do many, that Tony Blair's decision to take us to war was wrong. Here goes:

Blair's Legacy

Our government is going down
All is lost for Gordon Brown

This bloodshed, chaos and despair
Left behind by Tony Blair

Blair rode to power promising much
His charismatic style...

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Wednesday 26th November 2008 5:33 pm

"Security" by Zena Edwards

by Alain English

This show is a fantastic combination of theatre and spoken word. It has a short but nevertheless compelling story but what is most impressive is the acting skills and spoken word art by performer Zena Edwards.

There is some excellent staging here, with inventive use of minimal set and great use of lightining to delineate scene and character changes. The pacing isn't too bad, either as the show cloc...

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Tuesday 25th November 2008 10:55 pm

Women in my Poetry

by Alain English

Hi there,

The new blog on Write Out Loud gave me an idea on writing or at least explaining my poetry, or the genesis behind some of it. I don't believe I have sufficiently developed enough as a writer to have my own style or choice of forms yet, but there are definitely things that spur me to write and perform poetry and I thought it would be a good idea to discuss a few of them.

I know the title of...

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Tuesday 25th November 2008 4:50 pm

London Performances

by Alain English

Hi there, all poets,

I would just like to talk for a quick sec or two about performing in London, a city where I am very fortunate to live right now.

London provides a multitude of opportunities for reading and performing poetry, with plenty of open mic nights that allow anybody to go up on stage and have a go at reading and performing their own stuff. Barring work or rehearsals, I have been a...

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Tuesday 11th November 2008 6:00 pm

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