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serenwen

I hope that I die with a smile on my face, A last wry look at this strange place......... serenwen

About Me

Hello, I am Serenwen and I like to write poetry mainly for my own pleasure, but occasionaly enjoy the privilege of having my words heard by a wider audience.If you have the time, please take a few minutes to listen to my lyrics 'Man Alone' on the accompanying video by Dave Dark and the Sharks........ Tom Robinson, musician and broadcaster kindly offered to read the words for the track.Thank you for listening. (p.s. Seren Wen is White Star in Welsh)x

My Interests

The written word - dabbling with bits of writing - poems and lyrics;short stories and innumerable started but unfinished plays; interior design - rooms, houses, colour schemes; theatre, live music, pub quizzes,chess, current affairs but now disillusioned with politics; travel - especially to non - touristy places, drinking pints of Guinness while attempting the Times Crossword in a nice pub somewhere; eating but not cooking; solitude of coast and country but love the buzz of city life as well;love musing on anything to do with time/space/black holes/neutrinos/parallel universes - see what Einstein said - imagination is more important than intelligence - all these thoughts keep me awake at night.......to die without knowing - the biggest, saddest tragedy of life.....

I'd like to meet:

Jack Vettriano - I would love to ask him to paint the 'Man Alone' song. Also a dinner date with Russell Brand and John Humphrys (at the same time) would be good!!And....... would love to meet Dave Dark - but he is very elusive - SEEK OUT THAT SHARK BELOW FOR MORE OF HIS 'INTERESTING' TRACKS.----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- MAN ALONE VIDEO------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Dave Dark and the Sharks – Man Alone/Today’s the Day can be purchased here: -Dave Dark and the Sharks on WippitDave Dark and the Sharks on EasyMusic

COSMIC BIRTHDAY BOY - MUSIC BY DAVID MILES HUBER/LYRICS BY SERENWEN - SEE LINK ON BEST FRIENDS BELOW

Music:

Dave Dark and the Sharks, PINK FLOYD, Dire Straits,PINK FLOYD,REM,PINK FLOYD,Annie Lennox,PINK FLOYD,Madonna,PINK FLOYD, Air,PINK FLOYD, Pulp,PINK FLOYD, Enigma,PINK FLOYD, ColdPlay,PINK FLOYD, Goldfrapp,PINK FLOYD,Automatic,PINK FLOYD,Kaiser Chiefs,PINK FLOYD,Sparks,PINK FLOYD,Beatles,PINK FLOYD,Bent,Boards of Canada,PINK FLOYD and of course PINK FLOYD.....

Movies:

The Secretary, 9.5 weeks, The films of Andrei Tarkovsky,Baraka,The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Gattaka, Kpaxx, Trueman Show, Twin Towns, Reservoir Dogs,Eyes Wide Shut, AI, The Crying Game, The Magdalen Sisters,Shoreshank Redemption,Crash,2001 et al,

Television:

Torchwood, Doctor Who, 24, Babylon 5, Boys from the Blackstuff, Our Friends in the North, Sky News Addict, X Files, League of Gentlemen, Little Britain, The Prisoner,

Books:

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure, Oscar Wilde, Dean Koontz, The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night,Anything by Iris Murdoch,Under Milk Wood,Samuel Pepys - The Unequalled Self,Stanley Milgram - Obedience to Authority - scarey!!!!Currently reading Philip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass....love it!!!

Heroes:

Einstein, Dylan Thomas, Nelson Mandela and other prisoners of conscience, Oscar Wilde, John Humphrys, Russell Brand,Investigative journalists who live and die in search of truth; and last but not least Jack Bauer....uuummmm!

My Blog

AUTUMN LAMENT

  The autumn leaves fall gently downLike silent tears on the townWhere on the heart of every tree I carved the letters "I love thee"Late summer sun, much faded now Shines its pale light on every...
Posted by serenwen on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:14:00 PST

Dylan and Caitlin

      Dylan and Caitlin   See the poet as he slumbers In his stubborn all-night chair Then a shift&. As consciousness seeps into his brain, Not cloaked in genius metaphors But in...
Posted by serenwen on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:04:00 PST

MAN ALONE - reposted

    Man Alone My only companions To help me Through the long nights, Are the memories. The ghosts of you and me That haunt my room... And my head.   Three o'clock, Another cigarette...
Posted by serenwen on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:48:00 PST

YOU GOT IT

  "You Got It"      I'm listening to the radio, Roy Orbison, "You Got It", Makes me think of you Love songs, love songs, Wall to wall this week, Precursors to Valentine Then...
Posted by serenwen on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:55:00 PST

Aphrodite and the Astronaut - poetry challenge

This was in response to a challenge set by Tom on 08/02/07 to write a poem containing the words  - 900 miles, astronaut and diaper..... (by popular request I have now replaced dia...
Posted by serenwen on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:57:00 PST

FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION

  Fairground Attraction   Through the cold lonely night A voice loud and clear Calls out from the darkness And beckons you near.          &nbs.. .
Posted by serenwen on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST

CARIAD WORLD - This is dedicated to MySpace friend K. W.

"May we always friends, but never lovers, be...." (n.b. cariad is the Welsh world for darling)   Cariad World Where your world And mine collide There's a place Where we can hide. "A space to play...
Posted by serenwen on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:28:00 PST

The Tree by Stephen Burkin. The Silver Birch - a response by Serenwen

The Tree by Stephen Burkin There once was a forest. In the middle of the forest was a clearing. At the edge of the clearing stood a tree. This tree had a slightly different foliage from all the other ...
Posted by serenwen on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:59:00 PST

ADIDAS BAG - (this is dedicated to Lucy)

  Adidas Bag   We were good friends Paul and me I was five months clean And he was three. Stuck on rock face rehab, Doing time. Nothing to share now Except feelings laid bare - And the clim...
Posted by serenwen on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST

COSMIC BIRTHDAY BOY - (this is dedicated to Gavin)

COSMIC BIRTHDAY BOY   It had been a lovely present For the Cosmic Birthday Boy, But that was ten light years ago - Now he's finished with his toy. And though it lies discarded On some cosmic du...
Posted by serenwen on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:10:00 PST