Sitting on my hard drive there are almost four thousand poems that I have written over the years. A handful have been published or performed but the very large majority have never been seen or heard by anyone but me. I have spent the last hour or so looking at them and some of them are actually very good. So,I have had an idea that I would like to canvass opinions on. Would anybody here be interested if I reactivated my long defunct YouTube channel (or created a new one) and posted regular short (5 - 10 minutes) videos of me reading some of them with short introductions where necessary. If even a few people would be interested I'll give it a try but if there's no interest it probably wouldn't be worth it. So, consider your opinion canvassed. What do people think?

Here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8su10XXeeY

OK. I have started. Here is a link to my first set of poems. Four autobiographical pieces about my early childhood. As they say, please like and subscribe.

And some more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is3QuCbIRFQ

I had no idea that you've written 4,000 poems! That is pretty amazing.

I do enjoy listening to them being read, though it must take you a lot of time. I especially liked your dieting one...

That’s not counting all the limericks here and oedilf which would add a couple of thousand more

Four more poems

Ghosts
I Am Sixty
I Inhabit Midnight
The King Gets His Crown

Five this time

Boats
Waiting For The Ship To Sail
Eye of the Beholder
Another Thousand Sunsets
Keys At The Bottom of the Drawer

Please feel free to comment, here, there or anywhere.

More poems

A Tone Deaf Man In A Tonal World
Avec Et Sans Parapluis
Fireworks
From A Balcony
Open Mic

Poems from Xi'an : A Walk In The Rain

Zhu Yuanzhong Dreams of the Future
The Breadmakers
This Way to the Future

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Love your poems, Bob. I still have the ones you brought Shu and me.

Are you still on OEDILF? There are only so many hours in the day, so I haven't been there in a long time. I kinda miss it.

Well the book is available albeit a bit pricey for my friends in the USA

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Some more autobiographical poems

The Boy On The Swing
The Naughty Chair
Random Scenes From Early Childhood

I ordered 3. One is coming your way, Geoff!

Five more poems

At this rate we should get all 4000 done before I'm ninety. Always assuming I don't write any more. Anyway this batch includes

Zoetrope
The Romans And Us
SS Great Britain
The Devil You Know
The Last Poem

Actually people here have seen The Last Poem before. It was once the subject of a "discussion" with someone who insisted that it isn't a poem because it doesn't rhyme. And yes, it is meant to end as it ends on this video. It's not a mistake.

A long, complete performance (fifteen minutes plus)

Kalleh, shu you should check this one out right away. It will bring back some great memories.

The House On The Rock

We have your poems from the House on the Rock, remember? You gave them to us when you were here.

I love them!

Indeed but this is a full performance.