Billy Childish, Chatham Town Welcomes Desperate Men (Poetry)

[MrDaveFerrier]

great stuff, was in Chatham not long ago n these words sum up a feeling you get there, cracks everywhere, a beautiful and unaffected sense of diverse and broken life

[Vividcg]

welcome a natter down the pub with a fellow artist. graphicsfix.daportfolio dot com

[jamierourketen]

complete wanker,left wing cockwipe

[jamierourketen]

welcome scum filled theiving trash from somalia,ghana,romania,welcome to break into our houses when we are at work,welcome to have the full force of british law behind as you pleed squatters rights and leave a british family homeless for months on end,welcome to these same filthy people who go to the head of the housing queue and are given everything they so desire,welcome to britain.

[billmiall]

I don't think I've ever been more proud to live in Medway haha

[davychallenger]

reminds me of a mix of poems from burrows and bukowski mixed...its fucked but i love it...so piss off!

[theilliance]

so good, makes me proud to be English

[Goblobslobshoblot]

right on. the land is our mother. It welcomes you all. may your imaginations run bright and your torchlight guide others to find this very real place.

[medwaymatters]

THANKS BILLY ,,, YOU MAKE MEDWAY MATTER

( IN A KIND OF LOST MODERNISTIC IRONIC KICK IN THE APATHY ,, THANKS)

[shackbhoy]

Billy Childish is brilliant and so is this . what poetry should be , not a load of flowery pish that you need 3 weeks to understand, long live Billy !!!

[egeneric]

YES !  ((^_^))

[FuttBucker667]

childish looks like daniel day-lewis in gangs of new york.

[bxlstevo69]

Just replace 'Chatham town' for 'England'... and say no more.

[crushingdeath]

@bxlstevo69 My thoughts exactly!

[pablomurillotube]

@MrSeven8910 boredom is a trigger of the most deeply dark feelings human can experience. I am currently bored, and about to commit suicide :)

[zyxe7]

I live in chatham, and this poem (as intended) is a representation of chatham that is so true. his words are harsh like the area that they now describe. a powerful piece.

[apfelmann2000]

Outstanding

[IOYC]

I love this very much.

Bank managers who can no longer manage.

[arrslongavitabrevis]

WELCOME BILLY CHILDISH ! TOP MAN!

[pikachops]

excellent,saw great exhibition at ica recently,got cd

[egeneric]

@pikachops really, I.C.A. ? how did I miss THAT ??

[vachelady]

I remember driving past Billy being filmed for this. Ha ha, funny now I know what you were doing that day! Yep, and I remember seeing the prostitute with the white calf length boots. Her baby got removed by the Social. My friend was a social worker at the time.

The poem perfectly sums up Chatham Billy. And it might not have been your intention, but its beatifully sad, especially so when read by your tongue.

[simonepaigewebber]

<3 that poem. Complete and total acceptance. My ideal world