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@AtalanteChess my question maybe not so serious as I had had a few glasses of wine last night when the idea of starting this thread occurred and this morning I realise I have been writing poetry as a …

The issue with chess is that it is not a relaxing game. It almost seems like formalized warfare to me. I think, when alcohol is brought into the equation chess is much better, especially combined with…

I am thinking maybe of giving up chess and starting to write poetry but am not sure what style to adopt. I seem to react against the contemporary free verse forms and am thinking of maybe some sort of…

Thanks @PoolOfLiver are you also a lover of good poetry?

@Funkmaus Yes, I too was a little confused by the OP. I think its just some one looking for attention.

@MrPushwood I think the OP is off the grog at the moment but waiting for the weekend. Dylan Thomas was a perfectionist - perhaps why he had more than the occasional drinky. Thomas Hardy was not a perf…

@clutchnutz 'The Magician' was the character of Crowley fictionalized in Maugham's book. I was asking if you were quoting Crowley, though looking back at that post I can see it was a bit ambiguous. I …

@clutchnutz are you quoting The Magician, the bloke that Somerset Maugham was so fond of?

@HighlyRadioactive you see all mon ami! Dylan Thomas is also very good. "In my art or sullen craft exercised in the still night when only the moon rages.....", Again much better than chess! i could go…

I dunno maybe I'll have just one more game!