Ian MacMillan

[dellzeqq]

I really detest him. I'm surprised that I'm the only one actually, I find him so intensely irritating that I just assume that everyone else must feel similarly annoyed every time he opens his stupid "I'm a bloody Northerner, me, an' ah tells it lahk it is" mouth.

blimey! He seemed to be such a nice man! Do you think he's putting it on, or is it simply that you want a bit more bite with your poets?

 

[taxing]

... surely not more irritating than Geoff Boycott- the slowest man in the history of mankind- or how about Gervais Phinn? or Ricky [spit] Gervais? At least this man is a poet so for 99.9% of the time he keeps out of people's way.

He's much worse! He's on Look North all the bloody time. He's almost as bad as Peter Levy.

blimey! He seemed to be such a nice man! Do you think he's putting it on, or is it simply that you want a bit more bite with your poets?

I don't think he's putting it on, it's more that he's hamming it up. I like a nice gentle poem, it's not that I want grit at all, but I don't want to hear poems about the new shopping centre in Driffield. Though it's not really his poems that annoy me, it's the way he reads them. He says each line as if it's a self-contained Great Thought, then leaves a big pause during which I presume we should be contemplating the profound statement he just made about his shed.

Here's a an excerpt from a poem you might all enjoy, though. It's from 'The Meaning of Life'.

Under’t canal on a pushbike glowing like an eggshell
up a ladder wi’ a pigeon and a brokken neck,
I said “Hey, you’re looking poorly”
He said “I feel like half-a-dozen eggs”

Over’t night on a shiny bike wi’ a lit-up hat,
perfect for’t poorly wi’ heads like eggs,
I said “Hey, you died last week”
He said “Aye, did you miss me?”

 

[dellzeqq]

I sort of see what you mean, and I think that's part of the attraction.

In the back of his mind he's got the thought 'I wasn't born to be a poet, this isn't supposed to be happening, but I'm getting away with it....'. Since I have very much the same feeling about my own life, I find that quite attractive.

 

[Amanda P]

"I'm a bloody Northerner, me, an' ah tells it lahk it is" mouth.

I think, if I'm honest, I used to feel like that about lots of northerners. I had to get over that pretty fast when I moved to Yorkshire myself!

 

[craigwend]

I really detest him. I'm surprised that I'm the only one actually, I find him so intensely irritating that I just assume that everyone else must feel similarly annoyed every time he opens his stupid "I'm a bloody Northerner, me, an' ah tells it lahk it is" mouth.

No I also find him overtly annoying, with what appears to be an overcontrived Yorkshire accent, then again I generally don't like South Yorkshire accent's (or Wessie's) at the best of times & he does come accross as a 'professional yorkshireman' as well ...

To quote a bloomin Manc -his poetry 'It says nothing to me about my life'

 

[rich p]

I really detest him. I'm surprised that I'm the only one actually, I find him so intensely irritating that I just assume that everyone else must feel similarly annoyed every time he opens his stupid "I'm a bloody Northerner, me, an' ah tells it lahk it is" mouth.

Hmmmmph, may I refer you to post #6

 

[taxing]

I heard the prog last week and I didn't warm to him as much as I expected to. His music choice was pretty hard to like as wel, especially as the one record he'd save from the 8 was John Cage's 4m 33s of silence.

I really detest him. I'm surprised that I'm the only one actually, I find him so intensely irritating that I just assume that everyone else must feel similarly annoyed every time he opens his stupid "I'm a bloody Northerner, me, an' ah tells it lahk it is" mouth.

Hmmmmph, may I refer you to post #6

Is that your version of detesting him? You must be a really nice bloke.

 

[guitarpete247]

The Bard from Barnsley is also the poet in residence for the "English National Opera". He got the job in June this year.
The Barnsley accent is different to most of South Yorkshire Tha Nos. I'm from Doncaster and find it difficult to understand. From Mexborough west is totaly different.
I had a mate at college from Mexborough who described a meeting with Henry Moore as "Ee wo allreet but tha teks n goorm of 'im at fust" (He was alright but you take no gorm of him at first) Goorm (gorm) = notice, sense as in Gormless = senseless .