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Cramping My Style

 

(Upon the I in poetry)

 

You’re cramping my style

You pen poised

Backroom boys

You’re cramping it, clamping

Stamp stamp stamping it

You’re a cancer canker in my brain

You’re a pain

In my arse

That I’ll eat for your pleasure

In great measure

If it gets you off my back

Track from the lack, lack, lack

Of it, you, one…

 

Roll up, roll up

Take a look

At the pathetic

Cathartic

Coffin of my poetry

Emotions

Hung out, rung out

To cry, dry, beg why

 

You let down your readers Evita

The truth is you always 'LOVED' them

 

Roll up roll up

Have a good sneer

 

But

 

Don’t shag me now!

 

Cos this corpse is fighting back.

This me, this I, this my

A tooth for a fang

And an eye for an I

Don’t tar me with your sterile poetry

You page poet, Mr Knowit

All prick bubbled, prit sticked

Dip shit

Cos I will be me!

 

Don’t stop me now

Cos I’m having a good time

Having a good time!

 

Crimes against poetry?

 

You’ve metered my metre

You’ve archived my angst

I’m all banged up, bunged up

I’m a walking message in a bottle

But I can’t get out…

Stuff

Syllabic

Sensory

Censorship

Where you stick your

Forced rhyme slime

Cos it stinks

Methinks

 

Poetic licence

Or licence to kill?

That is the question

 

I’m sending out an SOS

I’m sending out an SOS

 

Can’t you see me

For what I am?

I is so much more

Than me

I am yippy I I

I am high as a kite

I’m a heart

And I’m pumping

And it’s not black and white

It’s not grey or shades of magnolia

It’s fuckin red

Do you read me? Am I read?

 

You’re cramping my style

It’s all

about

control you see

But you’re a pain

Just a pain

And pain in the main

Lies firmly in the brain

Not this foot

This foot

Can flex

Vex, kick, boot

Doesn’t give a hoot

 

I stands accused

What should I say?

What could I say?

To make them go away?

I and My will never be defeated

I will ex-ter-min-ate

I will piss you off!

 

I is a storm cloud

That will burst all over you

I is your mean bitch

Who with twisted tongue

Will stick knife in you

Lash you and thrash you

Until

Exhausted from kill

I

Will lick you and stick you

Kiss sweet

Bathe feet

Dry on hair

Care

 

‘Only love will keep us together’

 

I will love you

Love, love me do

As I, I loves you

 

◄ Lay It Down

The School Play ►

Comments

Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wed 26th Aug 2009 20:43

re-found it Isobel. Yep, it hits the mark exactly, thank you for reminding me, I'm going to print this now. ; ) deb x

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Jeff Dawson

Thu 13th Aug 2009 00:14

Marvellous Isobel, just catching up, very brave with the singing too, great performance at Wigan Jeff X

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winston plowes

Mon 20th Jul 2009 23:33

Hi Isobel...Well I'm just scared.Lol a comanding performance on the audio! well done,top job. Take care Win x

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Cate Greenlees

Mon 20th Jul 2009 20:22

A cracking piece to lay on the line to anyone who would try to"cramp your style!!"
Say it as it is Isobel...... a high five for this one!!
Cate xx

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Steve Regan

Mon 20th Jul 2009 10:50

A brilliant aural piece, Isobel, and not arf bad on the page either. And it quialifies you to join that most exlusive society... the Sir Steve Regan Bitter and Twisted Klub. RAWK: and ROLL!

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chris yates

Sun 19th Jul 2009 16:32

Isobel love the line "I'm a walking message in a bottle but I can't get out"
You are coming out loud and clear fabulous look forward to your next poem

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Gus Jonsson

Sun 19th Jul 2009 11:05

Hi Izo

I heard you perform this at the BB super ...I agree with Peter this could be worked on to be a major tour de Force in a slam... advice work on the 'singing in' parts they are so important dont lose them by only half singing or speak singing...

Great piece
Gusxx

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Isobel

Sat 18th Jul 2009 13:17

Oh Anthony - don't take it personal. I laughed off a lot of what you said. The attack on I just tipped the scales and I thought I might as well include you while I was at it... I should be very grateful to you all really - I was suffering from writer's block and you manged to unblock it for me!!

Pete Crompton

Sat 18th Jul 2009 13:15

has potential for slam winner.
sound quality is good.
I have some suggestions if you are interested that could benefit this at a slam.
I wont discuss here but call or mail.

Well read, there are overtones of Rosie Lugosi too. Good singing too!

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Sat 18th Jul 2009 12:59

Twisted tongue Isobel?
Seems straight enough to me!

Brilliant!

Janet.xx

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Anthony Emmerson

Sat 18th Jul 2009 12:53

Hi Isobel,
"I" wonder what inspired you to write this? Nice to hear your voice at last - very well presented! But it made me feel like "I" just got a good kicking - real venom in your words! Perhaps "I" deserved it. That will teach "me" to keep "my" big gob shut! Nice one!
Regards,
A.E.

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Isobel

Sat 18th Jul 2009 12:38

Thanks for your comments Dave/Pete. Yes - I guess I am an angry lady trying to get out - but also a passionate and loving one...Thanks for your vote of confidence in my non violent nature Dave LOL Pete, I am glad you like it cos I have been heavily influenced/inspired by your style...
Eureka - after many goes- have managed to load the sound - is the world ready for it?
Isobel xx

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Dave Bradley

Sat 18th Jul 2009 12:05

That's true. It went down brilliantly at the Blue Boar last night. Good fun, nice and vehement, but making a serious point as well. Fancy trying to keep "I" out of poetry.

P.S. Concerned readers should appreciate that Isobel wouldn't actually stick a knife in anyone, she's not like that.

Pete Crompton

Sat 18th Jul 2009 12:00

triffic 2 fingered salute!!!!
those non emotion blah blah! thingys!
I get it
are you going to sing the lyric parts?

I ranted it back and its just under 2 mins, maybe this file size will be to big and thats why you can tupload. If im right, your uploading and then it just doesn't appear? Im having, or have had. the same problem.

good rant Isobel
flows well
are you an angry lady tryin to get out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:-0

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