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About Me

copland smith

always small case, once a mathematician, is a poet, songwriter, playwright, essayist, Guardian letter-writer and writing teacher.
Born in Liverpool 1953. 4 daughters.
currently in Chorlton, Manchester, and looking for a house in Shetland

co

(ie copland the singer) has been performing since 1971
can be seen at Chorlton Folk Club, most Thursdays
No set band - the &co bit of co&co has included:—
Ian Entwistle, Huge Hugh Harrison, Spikoh, LisaMarie Glover, Katy and her Brazilian Cajón, Chris "Skiffle" Wareing, Clive the Harp, Mark the Cowboy, Brian the Bodhran, and, of course, Jozeph the Shirt.
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copland smith

came out as a poet in 1986. Many prizes, including twice a runner-up in The National Poetry Competition. Poems in Ambit, Outposts, North, Rialto, Orbis, The Cricketer… His first collection, one-eyed seller of garlic, was published in 1994.
copland (the poet) writes heavy poems about death and love.
He writes funny poems, too.
• always available for readings or workshops, or judging competitions. Short, terse, unfriendly,
Yet sometimes quite emotive;
I am the Haiku.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/5/2007
Band Members:
Influences:

music

mary gauthier, neil young, james taylor, karine polwart, eliza gylkison, chris smither, beatles, stones, donovan leitch, melanie safka, bob, vashti bunyan, joni, paul simon, cat/yusuf, jake thackery, martin carthy, stan arnold, blind boy fuller, robert johnston, mississippi john hurt, bessie smith, buffy sainte marie, buffy the vampire slayer and the rocky horror show

poetry

Dylan Thomas, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, Carl Sandburg, e e cummings, don marquis, Don Paterson, Peter Porter, Geoffrey Hughes and Seamus Heaney.

Sounds Like: you tell me
Record Label: Scop
Type of Label: None

My Blog

une poeme

Here's a poem I translated from the mediaeval French of Jean de SPONDE (1557-1595).It has a surprisingly modern take on death - almost a black humour.Je suis un poete anglais, mais j'aime lire la poes...
Posted by co & co on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:52:00 PST

M a n k y p o e t s " winter break "

" m a n k y p o e t s "November saw another excellent readaround and reading by Peter Kalu and John Siddique.Great chat in The Spread Eagle afterwards.I got home pretty wrecked after midnight.Didn'...
Posted by co & co on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:22:00 PST

manky poets, manchester UK " DATES 2007 "

G U E S T " P O E T S " 200716 March " John Lindley (Cheshire Poet Laureate)20 April " Emily Middleton (Young poet of the year 2005 & 2006)18 May " ...
Posted by co & co on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:32:00 PST

my poems

I'd have bought twoHave you ever ordered a sweet profiteroles, or sticky toffee pudding and she's said, I won't have anythen before you've started to eat,you can't stop it, but you know what's comin...
Posted by co & co on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:17:00 PST

south manchester poetry group " manchester poets " manky poets " history

Dave Tarrant and others began South Manchester Poetry Group in 1978It later became Manchester PoetsWhen Manchester Poets ceased the regular poetry readings in 2001Manky Poets was born, with me (coplan...
Posted by co & co on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:40:00 PST