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About Me

Greetings! I'm Paddy, and this is my poetry myspace. Welcome. You may know me from the Exeter folk collective Horses and Mountains, as an indie-pop solo artist under the ridiculously-named Paddy Johnston's Love Explosion, the presenter of 'Such Great Heights' on Xpression FM, or a founding member of white-suited swing'n'bass combo, The Del Monte Swingers. Aside from musical projects I also have a passion for words, and this page is a dedicated outlet for these words - an online home for my scribbles and ramblings. I may include the odd acoustic guitar-based song if it doesn't fit with the Love Explosion material, but generally this page will have lots of recordings of me talking and reading my poems, which will often be in the blog too. Thanks very much for visiting and don't be afraid to add me, message me or whatever if you like what I do, or you think I'd like what you do. Stay Brave.

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Member Since: 10/27/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/paddyjohnstonsloveexplosion
Band Members: Paddy Johnston - Words, Sounds
Influences: John Hegley, Ted Hughes, Leonard Cohen, Roger McGough, Philip Larkin, Vic Reeves, Rufus Wainwright, Andy Brown, Simon Armitage, John Cooper Clarke, Hayao Miyazaki, Owen Pallett, Ben Folds, Luke Leighfield, Bill Bailey, Rick Astley, Alan Bennett, Charlie Brooker, mum and dad and family and friends, Tea, Slippers and the like.
Sounds Like: Hopefully some of the above ;)
Record Label: Kookenhaken Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Two New Poems (sorry it’s been a while!)

Hello,I've realised it's been a while since I've updated this page with fresh material, so I thought I'd put up a couple of my latest poems. I have been writing over this summer but haven't been doing...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:49:00 PST

A poem on some late night thoughts

Hello,It's 2.30 am. I was finding it difficult to sleep so I ended up writing a poem. It rhymes, and I think I'm going to call it 'The Gracious Queen' but I'm not sure yet. Anyhow, here it is. It spea...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:38:00 PST

New Poem/My Radio Show

Hello,It's about time I posted a new poem, but I have some other fantastic news which you'll be well aware of if we're friends on facebook. This is that I'm presenting a brand new show on Exeter's Xpr...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:53:00 PST

An Angry Poem/A Poetic Rant

Hello,Yep, you guessed it, it’s time for a new poem, and this one’s a bit of a rant. Basically I went to see Frank Turner at the Oxford Zodiac and it was fantastic, but something happened ...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:19:00 PST

Fourth Installment of Poetry - An Animal Poem

Hello,I’ve had a fun week with no less than three excellent gigs and many brilliant bands and artists. On monday was the much-anticipated Sam Isaac/Luke Leighfield/Dave House show at the Borderl...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:51:00 PST

Poem for my cousins

Hello,I wrote a new poem this week after talking to my cousin Emily, so I’d like to dedicate this poem to her (and all my cousins on my dad’s side - Lucy, Beth, Alys and Grace too). I now ...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:03:00 PST

Second Installment of Poetry

Hello,As the Guardian is giving away a free mini book on Philip Larkin today I thought it was time for my next poem, which is an homage to Philip Larkin, based on his classic poem ’This Be The V...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:52:00 PST

The start of something beautiful :)

Hey people,It may have escaped your attention but I’m a poet as well as a singer so I wanted to begin a poetry blog, and to make this page a poetry one as well as a music one. Hopefully this wil...
Posted by Paddy Johnston Poetry on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:01:00 PST