2 October 2015
Logue’s Poster Poems
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There's an exhibition of Christopher Logue's poster poems at Rob Tufnell, 83 Page Street, London SW1, until 7 November.
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Last night in Notting Hill
I saw Blake passing by
Who saw Ezekiel
Airborne on Peckham Rye
The posters are very Vietnam. "Airborne" could be a reference to the para regiments who were poured into the jungle.
There's a story about Jimi Hendrix, who had been given the option of joining the army instead of going to jail for teenage crimes. He was introduced to a Chelsea Pensioner and asked him what regiment he'd served in. The old boy, eyeing Jimi's flamboyant, vintage Beatles army tunic, in turn asked the guitarist for his regiment.
"101st Airborne", Hendrix replied immediately about the elite unit. Logue had famously been in the army clink for misdemeanours on national service.
Anyway, it's National Poetry Day, a good day to remember the belligerent old pacifist and his at-'em, not-creative-writing style. As I cycled home up the hill of Camberwell Grove where Logue had lived, the lines came to me:
If I can get high enough
I could be he who saw him
Who saw Blake Who saw Ezekiel
Up the same tree on Peckham Rye
http://croydonradio.com/upload/podcast/2015-10-09-14-00-26.mp3