MINI EPISODES TO BE RECORDED IN VENICE NEXT WEEK!Hello beasties...
I'm back... Come on! You recognise me! It's only been just over a fortnight!!
This week I've got a new poem for you called, THE ANSWER'S NO... We'll return to that in a moment. I just thought I should update you with some of the things I've been up to and also mention that I'm about to go away - returning to Venice. As you will know, I wasn't too well last year during the summer months and since then I haven't really gotten back into the swing of things with my editing. My plan is to film some mini-episodes - or perhaps just single poems during my trip to Venice, which I will then prioritise editing so as to get me back into editing the longer projects. I'm hoping to get a better editing package soon anyway - the fact that I have to edit on a creaky old laptop hasn't really helped recently; not to mention various changes in technology.
I'll be reporting back from Venice, no doubt with photos, in a couple of weeks and hopefully will have something to post up shortly after that.
As well as this I'm hoping to complete the spoken word album that I began recording late in 2012 and am also aiming to draw a line under the next poetry book at the end of this month... I've been quite busy working on a number of final poems - some new ideas, not to mention some older ideas that I've returned to... I'm also proofing series 2 of BEAST OF FRIENDS and have written the first two scripts of series 3 - not to mention that I'm back to working on some Mouse Of Commons projects having had a year off Gladstone McWhiskers last year.
Before I go I just thought I'd remind you one last time about my most recently completed book.
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS contains over 70 new poems, stories and vignettes by Paul Chandler, a.k.a. Shy Yeti, written between January and September 2012. They include: THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, DRUNK ELK, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVIL IVY, MINE OWN MINOTAUR, ONCE I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY, A YETI IN A HAT and many more… NOT AS SHY AS I WAS is 288 pages long and contains photos by Paul Chandler and artwork by Adam M Botsford, Paul Webster and Pete Katsiaounis.
Paperback: www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/not-as-shy-as-i-was/14135195 £9.99
Hardback: www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/not-as-shy-as-i-was/hardcover/product-21317217.html £15.99
My next post will probably be around the time I get back from Venice, either right at the end of that week or the week following...
Enjoy the new poem - more soon!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx
THE ANSWER'S
NO...
The answer's
no...
No matter what
you say!
That's as far
as I go!
That's as far
as I stray...
No matter how
I'd adore –
Just to hold
you much tighter...
You'd go
bewitching my heart –
And I am just not
a fighter!
Because I'd
simply give in –
And that does
no-one no favours...
Do I love you
or loathe you?
My response often wavers...
The answer's
no...
No matter what
you think!
That's as far
as I go...
Unless you'd
like one more drink?
No matter how
much I'd love –
To cavort with
you naked...
There are lines
to be drawn...
Yes - and some
things are sacred!
I'm not strong
around you –
I think we know
that's a fact...
My foundations
once firm –
Now-a-days are
just cracked!
The answer's
no...
No matter what
you believe!
That's as far
as I go...
But there is no
need to grieve...
I can't help
how I feel...
When I see your
fine figure...
Ah, my knees
just go weak...
And my desires
grows bigger...
I mustn't
simply succumb –
To your
hypnotic patter...
I love you and
your car –
Yes, especially
the latter!
The answer's
no...
No matter what
you maintain...
That's as far
as I go...
For what on
earth would we gain?
A bad back I
would guess –
Or some
unreachable itch!
That would
leave me upset –
And I don't
wanna play snitch!
I need to wipe
my life clean –
It's something
I've gotta do!
Say farewell to
bad habits –
Then say my goodbyes to you!
Then say my goodbyes to you!
THE ANSWER'S NO... appears in Paul's next collection, out later in the year. The post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2014.
