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Carley

'One Should Trust A Man-Made God No More Than A God-Made Man' - C.Moulton

About Me

I'm a Poet & Student of MA Creative Writing: Poetry at MMU’s Writing School with BA (Hons) English & Philosophy, Editorial experience with MMU’s Creative Writing Journal MUSE 5, Libertine Magazine (Co-Founder) and 2 years experience as a part-time proof-reader. I have had my poetry published in Parameter and Citizen 32 magazines, Muse 5 and Agenda (.. Broadsheets 6) along with other independent publications. I like Poetry (of course!), Music and Art, lots of sleep, Existential Philosophies, Buddhism, Surrealism, the Mysteries of Life, Travelling, Storms, Yoga, Chocolate, JD, Eastern Cuisine, Dr Pepper (it’s so misunderstood), meaningful conversations, comfy cardigans, satirical comedy and a good smoke!

My Interests

Art; Poetry; Music; Buddhism; Yoga; Existential Philosophy; Travelling; Spirituality; Jungian Psychology; Surrealism; Mysticism. . .

I'd like to meet:

Genuine Human Beings with a passion for Love, Life and Death. . .TOOL - PARABOLA

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Music:

Smashing Pumpkins; Joy Division; A Perfect Circle; Lennon & McCartney; Pink Floyd; Simon and Garfunkel; Led Zeppelin; Radiohead; Jefferson Airplane; Kings of Convenience; Pixies; Kyuss; Jewel; Ani DiFranco; Bob Marley; Nine Inch Nails; Carole King; Guillemots; Janis Joplin; Eagles of Death Metal; Pearl Jam; Alanis Morisette; Joni Mitchell; The Beatles; Cypress Hill; Sam Cooke; Nirvana; Jeff Buckley; Foo Fighters; TOOL; Queen; Bob Dylan; Rufus Wainwright; Martha Wainwright; The Clash; Bjork; Patti Smith; Interpol; The White Stripes; Tori Amos; Manic Street Preachers; The Libertines; Fiona Apple; PJ Harvey; Incubus; Marvin Gaye; Ben Harper; Queens of the Stone Age; Amy Winehouse; . . . Tori Amos With Maynard Keenan

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Movies:

Donny Darko; 1984; Amadeus; Saturday Night, Sunday Morning; The Life of Brian; Shawshank Redemption; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; The Beach; A Clockwork Orange; Fight Club; Pulp Fiction; Seven; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Holy Grail; A Taste of Honey; A Space Odyssey 2001; Vanilla Sky; The Hours; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. . . Un chein andalou

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Television:

- Alice in Wonderland

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Books:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass; Wuthering Heights; Philosophical Investigations; A Clockwork Orange; Ariel; Novel with Cocaine; Beyond Good and Evil; Lunch Poems; 1984; On the Road; Fear & Trembling; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; The Tibetan Book of the Dead; Diving into the Wreck; Keep the Asphidistra Flying; L’Etranger; Master of the Game; A Season in Hell; The Birth of Tragedy; Catcher in the Rhye; Franny and Zooey; Thus Spoke Zarathustra. . .

Heroes:

HEROES & INSPIRATIONS: Maynard James Keenan; William Carlos Williams; Sylvia Plath; Picasso; The Beatles; Buddhism; TS Eliot; Ludwig Wittgenstein; HR Geiger; Lennon & McCartney; Paul Simon; Art Garfunkel; Jean Paul Sartre; Bill Hicks; Marvin Gaye; Richey Edwards; Thom Yorke; Existentialism; Billy Corgan; Adrienne Rich; Elizabeth Jennings; Tim Burton; Jane Hirshfield; Lewis Carroll; Albert Camus; Vivienne Westwood; Alex Grey; Michael Palin; Richard Pryor; Johnny Depp; JD Salinger; Monty Python; Nietzsche; Frank O'Hara; Carl Jung; David Attenborough; Ezra Pound; Charles Olson; Salvador Dali; Elizabeth Bishop; George Orwell; Ezra Pound. . . Bill Hicks vs Fundie Christians

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My Blog

Seventeen

SeventeenYou come to me in wavesof heat and disappointment; fragments of flashbacks:hot summers spent in gardens, kisseson the forehead and unexpected flowersat four in the morning  long forgotten we...
Posted by Carley on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:53:00 PST

New Poem - The Hunt

The Hunt   I have suffered the load of the love you held highest and been left in this forest without any light.   I have scratched every surface  old footpaths, green ceilings  yet st...
Posted by Carley on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:45:00 PST

MUSE 5 - Link to MMU Creative Writing Journal (2006)

Check Out A Selection Of Poetry & Prose From MMU Students (Including Some Of My Own Work ) By Clicking The Following Link http://www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/acwe/muse5/muse5_0.html#co ntents...
Posted by Carley on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:21:00 PST

Identity - Poem

Identity   I am tired of Being the noun that governs 'me'.   The label defines and dresses the self like white tinsel, balls and beads weighing the branch of a naked fir tree. It is T...
Posted by Carley on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:16:00 PST

From Heaven - A Poem for my Grandfather

From Heaven   The dream emptied me in the face of daytime's spirituality.   Light struck the doors; poured into the room. No shadows interfered.   I waited.   He never appeared...
Posted by Carley on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:02:00 PST

Expensive Taste - Poem

Expensive taste   I am     having problems with my spirituality: my round arse stuffed in, and bound by tight jeans that seemingly restrict my chi, karma, inner peace  whateve...
Posted by Carley on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST

Doing it the proper way - Poem

Doing it the proper way This is how to talk to the one you loved - tell him everything without running the risk of blushing, lying - the way it should be done! (without the risk of him catching...
Posted by Carley on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:59:00 PST

Gone - A Short Poem

Gone   He lay limp, around the corner like an old, out-worn trainer, by the grid broken bottle & empty crisp wrapper.   Cold and unmoved, I felt Nothing. Kept on walking.   Dayt...
Posted by Carley on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:34:00 PST

Fear - Poem

Fear   He creeps in, the stench of sewers that seem to rise from nowhere. A reminder of the strength I lack to create a gap between us; of how human I am, and caged by him the darker twin. I ...
Posted by Carley on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:42:00 PST

Old Hag - Poem

Old Hag Caged in her fortress of pillows I succumb to, and don't fear the light. Smothered under her thunders and bloody skies, I hear the light vibrating. Pushing and pulling my silvery thread n...
Posted by Carley on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:01:00 PST