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Personally I'm not desperate for an e-text version (as I have a paper copy), it's more the dedicated section for discussion that comes with it that interests me.

I've searched this forum and found two threads asking for Laurence Sterne to be included on the authors list, neither of which received a definitive answer.

I am currently reading Tristram Shandy...

Swimming backstroke in the fountain of youth,
Drowning in the shallows of city sludge -
Like vultures our eyes follow prey
Burning with endless hunger,
Haunted by the shadows
Of sidewalk angels;...

Rapidly wrap your little old chap
In tipsy trysts with Midnight Mary,
Or hear the rap of the no-hand clap;
Oh, Wiley Will thou must be wary!

Well that's cleared quite a few up, thanks for that!

Turns out the other are actually in the Gifford book, I just just missed them:

17.1350 (708:1). ipsorelative - A reflexive, self-contained...

There are a few words I still can't fathom despite trawling paper dictionaries, online dictionaries and Gifford's companion book. If anyone could shed light on the following I would be eternally...

The deliberation is over; poets of LitNet hold your breath no longer!

moonbird - a more literal homage to the book and a great description an angler's adualtion for his prize catch. Simple,...

I'd like to share some thoughts I had on the coral paperweight. The interpretations here are all very interesting and completely plausible, but I was struck with a different idea after reading the...

Thanks for resurrecting this thread Dark Muse. A very challenging form, here is my attempt at doing it justice:


Prisms in the night
Beneath the purple moon
Weaving mystic light
Upon the...

Thanks very much folks, and krymsonkyng - an excellent choice :D

The next theme is The Old (Wo)Man and the Sea. Post your entries by 1st of April (I shall try to refrain from fooling around too...

Sand in the pages
and blood on the blurb
A cover painted pale by the Afghan sun.

Pages in the sand
and blood on the curb
A brother painted pale by an Afghan son.

Atlas Shrugged has the distinction of being one my least favourite books out of the veritable canon that I have read.

Some people say that philosophy should be presented in a clear, concise...

A copy of The Green Child by Herbert Read arrived in the post this morning, complete with a train ticket dated July '84 hidden in the back pages. I think for this book I will forgo my usual Yorkshire...

I find this online dictionary site very helpful. I usually pencil words on my bookmark or the inside covers until I can get to a computer.

Also this glossary contains phrases that won't be solved...

Fortunately your respective poetry is better than my timekeeping :frown5:

YesNo - A lovely example of a minimalist poem. There are echoes of Hemingway in your simple description of the sun setting...

24 hours (ish) left to submit an entry.

Five posted so far, and a diverse batch to be sure.

Thankyou all. A good contest with some stiff competiton; all entries had their merits but I was particularly fond of DieterM's frosty little gem.

The next subject is sunset and I will set the...

Thanks for the time you took over this reply.

I very much take on board what you say about it being over-written and having numerous words where one would suffice; it's not so much trying too hard...

Congratulations Mark - a delightful short story and a worthy winner. If anyone has any thoughts on the story Black Coffee that they would like to share then please mosey on down to this thread and...

This was originally submitted as an entry into the annual short story competition 2010. I would love some feedback, particularly if you voted in the poll. As always, feel free to tear it apart......

Zero -
12 o'clock,
Ironsights, muzzleflash,
Potassium nitrate, sickly sweet,
Cast iron earthquake;
The rising sun smoulders
With Bellerophon's fury...
Pain,
Darkness,
Zero.

That's not actually true, and I'm very surprised to see it has made the BBC website.

As a teenager I used to frequent a forum called totse.com, which gained some notoriety for this amongst other...

Atlas Shurgged is probably the most tedious book I've ever read. I actually agree with a lot of Ayn Rand's Objectivist ideas, but the book was hopelessly repetitive and the characters were awfully...

An empty future;
A lone radio playing
Nothing but static

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul."
- Picture of Dorian Gray.