Things Jack Spicer Told Me: found poem

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Sunday, 22 March 2015

WILL I EVER GET TO MEET ALAN TITCHMARSH?

22/03/2015

for JA

All minor: in your hands
Cups: love

Fear of lonliness
and over-
indulgence in physical
pleasures
in order to stave off
boredom. Often depression
leads to
abuse
of alcohol.

Divorce, separ-
ation possi-
bly temporary.
Infidelity, betrayal
and disap-
pointment.

Theft, lies and malice.
Look
after your posessions
and do not
give your trust to
readily.

Anxiety and sleep-
less nights,
spite
and slander which under-
mine confidence.
Suffering that is
eventual
good such as putting
up with painful
treatment
in order to get
better. Female
health
problems and, possibly,
self-punishment
and guilt.

Excellent social life,
parties,
good friends and
fun. Places
where people meet.
Good health,
happi-
ness and pop-
ularity. Relationships
will be very
fulfilling.
Ease of communication
and the
flow of new ideas.

Miserly attitudes, a grasp-
ing mentality.
Avarice,
discontent and envy
of others.

Friday, 20 March 2015

IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE SOMEONE I ALREADY KNOW?

20/03/2015

for SF

Mainly minor: in your hands

A conscien-
tious person, thrifty
and capable.
Someone who has little
money but
splendid
prospects. A student
with a sense
of duty. A patient
person.
Also there maybe good news
about money.

An intelligent man
in a position of
trust
and authority. He
is a wise and
loyal advisor. Logical
and calm,
he dislikes overt
displays of emotion.
He requires a lot
of mental
stimulation.

Delay all plans, be-
cause there
are hidden obstacles
or enemies.
Be discreet.

High honour, the
achievement
of ambition. It may show
an influential man
whose help
may be required.
It is the card of bosses
and people
in authority. The Emperor
rep-
re-
sents
the man in control
in any given sit-
uation
or problem. To a woman
he may represent
her husband
or father.

Hidebound tradition
stifling new
thought.
Problems
of inheritance and family
disputes over
money.

A warm sympathetic
and sociable
woman.
She may be
artistically gifted and very
imagi-
native.
The Queen is honest,
loyal and de-
voted to those she
loves.

Thursday, 19 March 2015

HOW WILL I AFFORD TO BUY A PLACE OF MY OWN?

19/03/2015

for IC

Mainly minor: in your hands
Pentacles: Earth, money

Delay all plans,
because
there are hidden obs-
tacles
or enemies. Be
discrete.

A sensible, matron-
ly woman
who has a good
head
for business. Kind-
hearted
and charitable, she also
has a taste
for luxury. Sometimes
moody
her general person-
ality
is very caring.

This is the worst card in the pack.
Betrayed,
lost, cold and love-
less this card
shows the lowest
point in fortune.
However, since this is
the worst it can
get,
improvements must surely follow.
The only
way
from here is
up!

A conscientious
person, thrifty
and capable.
Someone who has little
money
but splendid
prospects.
A student with a sense of duty.
A patient
person. Also
there may be good
news
about money.

Miserly attitudes, a grasping
mentality. Avarice, dis-
content
and envy of
others.

Difficult circums-
tances, yet you
will gain more than you have
lost. An unhappy
time will
soon
end.

WHERE WILL I LIVE IN THE COLD MIDWINTER?

9/03/2015

for DB

Mainly minor: in your hands
Three Pages: good social life, fun, lively parties

Money,
put to good
use. Help
from someone else,
charity, benevolence.
Do not waste
this bounty, put it
to good use.
Someone sees hidden
talents in you.
Financial support.
Outstanding debts
will be paid.

A 'turn
for the better', the end
result of past actions and
the workings
of destiny, which no one can
completely
understand. An end
to current problems
and some
marked strokes of luck.

A wastrel, a dissolute
and impatient
person who has a constant
need for money.
A scrounger.

False accusations, imprisonment
and oppression.
Another interpretation
is that you
will cause a sudden
change or show
a rebellious attitude that
will be a shock, surprise
or dismay
others.

A trivial and spoilt
person,
one who manipu-
lates others'
feelings.
Perhaps this person lives
in a dream
world.

A quick-
witted and intelligent
youngster, eloquent
and sharp. Eager
to learn and
adept
at turning situations
to his or
her
advantage. The Page may
bring news, contacts
and gossip.

HOW WILL THE RESULT OF THE GENERAL ELECTION AFFECT ME?

19/03/2015

for GH
Mainly minor: in your hands

Miserly attitudes, a grasping

mentality.

Avarice, discontent

and envy of others.

Quarrels,

competing interests,

unfortunate combinations

of events

and people. Corruption

and domestic strife.

You may be taken advantage

of: subversion,

hidden enemies. Attempts

will be made

to disrupt your plans.

Bankruptcy

or other great loss

which could

have been avoided. A rapid

change of attitude

to money is now

needed.

Don’t be afraid to leave

the past

behind. Travel.

There is plenty more in the world

to see and experience. If

you are disillusioned with your life

now, take heart

because the future promises

to be brighter. Follow

your heart and do

what you truly desire.

Frustration,

which you take out on

others. Being

your own worst enemy,

placing restrictions

upon yourself.

Sunday, 12 October 2014

EXIT THE BUILDING

Please make sure all
electrical equipment is switched off and unplugged.

Ensure the compound gate is padlocked
and the chair is replaced in the fire doors.
Close the curtains over the doors.

Wind the shutters down in all rooms.
Make sure all lights are switched off.

Lock all internal doors
(bathroom and accessible toilet doors
should be closed shut.
They do not have locks).

To activate the alarm when leaving the building,
key in the code and press "A".
The alarm will start bleeping
and this will allow you 30 seconds to exit.

Switch the hall light off.

Make sure the dead lock catch is in the down
position and close the door.

The gate padlock will need unlocking from the wall position
and then closed over the door
and secured with the padlock.

ENTRY TO THE BUILDING

The small key will unlock the padlock
on the gate. Once opened, secure it back
to the wall by reapplying padlock
to the fastening and locking it.

Front door key. Once the door is opened,
a bleeping noise will sound,
this is the alarm being activated.

The keypad to deactivate the alarm is situated
on the wall to the right.
Enter the alarm code here.

If an incorrect number is entered,
press the clear key and re-enter correct
code. If the alarm is activated in error,
please telephone
DMBC Monitoring Centre immediately.
This will prevent the Emergency Services
being alerted unnecessarily.

Silence the alarm as follows:
Using the keypad enter the alarm code,
this will silence the alarm but error codes will flash
in the display window.
Clear this by entering the alarm code again
and then press the CLEAR key.

Once this action has been carried out
you will be able to activate the alarm as normal
on leaving the building.

The front door has a dead lock.
This means, to allow free access in and out
of the building, it needs to be set correctly,
by holding the door handle down
and sliding the lever
which can be found on the door plate
when the door is open, to the up position.

The rooms in use will need the shutters raising.
You will find a rod to the side of the window.
This should be wound anticlockwise to rise
and clockwise to lower.
A chair is wedged into the fire doors for extra security.
This MUST be removed
whilst you are in the building as this is
a fire exit. The exit leads into the compound,
where the gate is padlocked. This must be unlocked.
The key for this is situated on the curtain tieback hook
next to the fire extinguisher.

A key for the windows can be found on a hook
in the kitchen,
situated on the side of the first wall unit.

HOLY PALMERS

For saints have hands that pilgrim's hands do touch,
and palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss.

Wet hands under running water.
Take a measure of soap.
Work into hands, palm to palm.
Right hand over back of left and vice versa.
Rub palm to palm, fingers interlaced.
Back of left fingers to right palms,
fingers interlocked and vice versa.
Rotational rubbing of right thumb clasped in left hand
and vice versa.
Left wrist with right hand and vice versa.

Thursday, 10 April 2014

DRESS LIKE A DUCHESS

Dress like a Duchess in Tory Burch.

Tory Burch is a key designer

for elite ladies who lunch

on the Upper East Side.

George is a very cute baby.

Our obsession with his mother's style

is too strong to ignore.

And the good news is this 'Paulina' dress

is available to buy

at Net-A-Porter. Just click to add it

to the Kate themed section of your closet.

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

SESTINA FOR ANDY OWEN COOK

Monday, 29 April 2013

WHEN FREDDIE MERCURY DIED

This extraordinary, brief poem is striking,
among other things, for the contrast it
throws up between a 'major' public event
and the profound everyday–ness of our
common existences. Here, the startling
difference between the social 'drama' of
Freddie's death and the speaker's local
experience and significant inner world is
brought out by the matter–of–fact tone (the
lovely straightforwardness and rhythm of
line 7!) and the very real life, 'on the
mountain', she describes. The pathos of
thwarted love is in there too, and the
difficult mismatch of desire, all in ironic
juxtaposition to the poem's title and hinted
at merely — the truth told, mainly, 'slant'.
Lastly, as a reader I take real pleasure from
the bare, worldly factuality of the closing
line's tetrameter, and its contrast with that
'childlike hand'.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

POEM WITH TITLE, THREE NOUN–VERBS AND NOUN

for PB

Saturday, 13 April 2013

THE WEEK IN PICTURES 13/04/2013

Motaba the gorilla is bananas for bananas but
Lost in a sea of brilliantly coloured flowers
This otherwordly image of a waterfall in California
Unlikely friends Cindy an eight week old kitten
Like others this week Louis Meyer was affected
Gun check hat check high heels check these
A woman and child pass graffiti daubed on
An orphaned polar bear pulls a quizzical look
Russian President Vladimir Putin lies on the snow
Let there be light this dramatic image of
Two years ago a destructive earthquake devastated the
Marooned by Steve Brockett shows villas surrounded by

Thursday, 11 April 2013

MEMORIAL

This poem is for those who have suffered or died from cancer. I have set up a just giving page for Cancer Research UK here: Click here

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Anal cancer
Appendix cancer
Astrocytoma

Basal-cell carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Bone tumour
Brainstem glioma
Brain cancer
Breast cancer
Bronchial adenomas/carcinoids
Burkitt's lymphoma

Carcinoid tumour
Carcinoma
Central nervous system lymphoma
Cerebellar astrocytoma
Cervical cancer
Childhood cancers
Cholangiocarcinoma
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Chronic myeloproliferative disorders
Colon cancer
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Desmoplastic small round cell tumour

Endometrial cancer
Ependymoma
Esophageal cancer
Ewing's sarcoma
Extracranial germ cell tumour
Extragonadal germ cell tumour
Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

Gallbladder cancer
Gastric cancer
Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumour
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour
Germ cell tumour
Gestational trophoblastic tumour
Giloma
Gastric carcinoid

Hairy cell leukemia
Head and neck cancer
Heart cancer
Hepatocellular cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma
Hypopharyngeal cancer
Hypothalamic and visual pathway glioma

Intraocular melanoma
Islet cell carcinoma

Kaposi sarcoma
Kidney cancer

Laryngeal cancer
Lip and oral cavity cancer
Liposarcoma
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Lymphoma

Macroglobulinemia
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Malignant glioma
Medulloblastoma
Melanoma
Merkel cell carcinoma
Mesothelioma
Metastic squamous neck cancer
Mouth cancer
Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome
Multiple myeloma
Mycosis fungoides
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Myelodysplastic diseases
Myeloid leukemia
Myeloproliferative disorders

Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer
Nasopharyngeal carcionma
Neuroblastoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-small lung cancer

Oral cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer
Osteosarcoma
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian epithelial cancer
Ovarian germ cell tumour
Ovararian low malignant potential tumour

Pancreatic cancer
Parathyroid cancer
Penile cancer
Pharyngeal cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Pineal astrocytoma
Pineal germinoma
Pineoblastoma
Pituatary adenoma
Plasma cell neoplasia
Pleuropulmonary blastoma
Primary central nervous system lymphoma
Prostate cancer

Rectal cancer
renal cell carcionoma
renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer
Retinoblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma

Salivary gland cancer
Sezry syndrome
Skin cancer nonmelanoma
Skin cancer melanoma
Skin carcinoma
Small cell lung cancer
Small intestine cancer
Soft tissue sarcoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous neck cancer with occult primary
Stomach cancer
Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumours

T-cell lymphoma
Testicular cancer
Throat cancer
Thymona
Thymic carcinoma
Thyroid cancer
Trophoblastic cancer

Unknown primary site carcinoma
Unknown primary site cancer
Urethral cancer
Uterine cancer
Uterine sarcoma

Vaginal cancer
Vulvar cancer

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Wilms tumour

A reminder that you can donate to Cancer Research UK here

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

DER SPIEGEL 41/1980

for RB

Outside the Festival Hall: Rachel Brodie, 11,
wanted to do with what was happening to
the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool
Winter Gardens to nothing,

though their parents as delegates, but participated.
With youthful idealism, they distributed
a pamphlet to which they protested
against the 'sexism' of a Labour badge

that is offered for sale since one and a half years
everywhere: "Ditch the bitch".

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Berlin

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown

Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls

A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality

An ambitious Asian Briton and his white lover

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers

He hires a homophobic small time lawyer

Eddy and Stuart share two-thirds of a dormitory suite

A genius 16-year-old 19th century poet

His neighbour is beaten by his father and comes to stay

He tries to deny he's gay and gets a yellow label

Brendan Behan is befriended as a teenager

A 15 year old Long Island boy loses everything

A teenage hustler and young man obsessed with alien abductions

The owner of a beauty clinic and a transsexual

A group of New Yorkers caught up in their sexual milieu

The story of Harvey Milk

His typical days in 1960s Los Angeles

His most famous poem is illustrated in animation

Russell heads out to a gay club

Sunday, 31 March 2013

REMINDER

The outstanding balance on your electricity account

is £36.17. We got in touch recently

to remind you that your bill hasn't been paid yet.

If you have paid it in the last 7 days,

thank you. There's no need to contact us.

If you haven't please pay now. Have a look at the back

of this reminder for easy ways to pay.

If you don't pay or contact us within 7 days

we may pass your details to our debt recovery team.

They may arrange for an agent to contact

you and visit your home. If they do this we'll need to
add the costs onto the amount you already

owe us. We may also share this information

with a credit reference agency
and this could affect your ability to obtain credit
in the future.

If you're finding it difficult

to pay please tell us as soon as you receive your bill.

Our customer services teams are trained

to offer you advice in a sympatheic, sensitive way

and to help you choose the best way of paying

for your energy.

We'd love to supply your energy again in the future!

We can supply your gas and electricity,

wherever you live in the country. Just call us

or go online to www.npower.com, we'll be happy

to help! Npower is a registered trademark

and trading name of Npower Yorkshire Limited

(Registered No. 3937808) who also act as an agent

for Npower Yorkshire Supply Limited (Registered No. 4212116)

Sunday, 24 March 2013

HOTLOOKED

for AA and JW

merged many contacts
first name shared
brother, for example
personalitied Facebook user

first name shared
has three jobs
personalitied Facebook user
in two countries

has three jobs
and six emails
in two countries
Thank you Microsoft

and six emails
four telephone numbers
Thank you Microsoft
become a three

four telephone numbers
headed, many legged
become a three
The forced switchover

headed, many legged
brother, for example
The forced switchover
merged many contacts

Saturday, 23 March 2013

SEB COE WAS A FAMOUS MAN

This footpath, cycle track
and footbridge link was
constructed as a joint
venture by Tyzack Sons &
Turner Ltd., Sheffield City
Council and South Yorkshire
County Council and was
opened on 21st May, 1982
by Sebastian Coe.

Note the floating orb
to the right of the picture –
Evidence of haunting?

for more Bench Views: click here

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

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