diana moore is
a writer, poet and model

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01/10/2009

This rhyme was written for the producer of a local radio programme; who knows, it might become a modern day nursery song in the school playgrounds....

Three fine lice, three fine lice
See how they run, see how they run
They all ran over to Harry's head
Nestled down in his hair like a bedspread
Then fled in dread at the silicone spread
Those three fine lice

28/09/2009

'Every time I screw up with my children I put a dollar in the jar on the shelf to pay for their therapy'  What a great quote, contributed by Colin Firth in Psychologies Collections.  Or in Twitter terms retweet  RT@PsychologiesCollectionsWisdom@Colin Firth@someoneoncesaid@Diana-Moore.com or something like that.

23/09/2009

I had my screen debut last night - all three seconds as a college secretary in MSM (nine hours, four scenes, numerous takes, several cups of tea and biccies, a little more waiting time, and a good hot lunch included) .  Also had airtime on Richard & Judy's Star Bar earlier in the year.  Contract should be coming through the post soon for a star role...  I wonder how many 'extras'... get acting roles from starting out as an extra... I can think of one at the moment... Bill Tarmey aka Jack Duckworth

14/09/2009

My daughter came home from school and handed me a booklet on the subject - she gave me an old-fashioned look (can teens do that?) with her thumb fixed in the page marked 'parenting programmes'.  ....  "Is there an 'Understanding Parents' book coming out soon?" I asked cheerfully... she wasn't amused...

Teenage Tips ~ for fraught mummies and daddies:  If (I mean when) your teen is behaving stroppily, try mirroring their reactions and see the result you get. It generally stops them in their tracks - giving you a few seconds breather.  If you have any top tips for harrassed parents of teens that you'd like to submit please let me know and I'll post them here.

07/08/2009

Fit Fruit, Exotic Dance, No Time For A Last Waltz

A kumquat and a mango
Were dancing to the tango
Then cook composed a ballad
That ended with fruit salad

06/08/2009

http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/feature/4009/Nearly_A_Silver_Wedding/

Here's a link with a photo of the cast and crew.

04/08/2009

Chirrup, tweet, caw, coo, warble, hoot... I've joined twitter... now what's all this about...? I might need a translator... it's all coming through too fast... think I'll go and read a newspaper

28/07/2009

I started writing lines about topical news items in Ken Bruce's fun competition call Headline Hunt on BBC Radio 2. I sent my first email in between painting the hallway and stairs – not the steps, the walls. I won a prize for my submission on a news item about Oprah Winfrey running for the presidency of the United States. It was National Poetry Day so I wrote in verse; a limerick. That was a few years ago - I wonder how it would be received now with the current heavily politically correct climate.... I won't paste it here - yet - unless there is a huge demand... I think Bill Clinton probably has a sense of humour so if he asks to see it I'll let him - I mean, the limerick.

Ken even sang one of my poetic ideas on the subject of the Millennium Dome…
“There’s no business like Dome business… “ I’ll dig out the full lyric soon.

I have particularly fond memories of writing lines for Alison Booker’s ‘Six Of The Best’. (Radio Oxford). Clever manipulation of a favourite song title would mean an added chance of getting it played on the day. With her appreciation of humour including double entendre, I feel there lies a kindred spirit. With her warm, friendly nature she found time to reply personally along the way. She later switched to the evening ‘drive time’ slot and my multi-tasking skills were called into question as I ended up with an occasional burnt offering when the keyboard took precedence over din dins.

Along came Warren Lee with a newly named ‘News Jukebox’. When he asked for song titles relating to the stricken container ship on Branscombe Beach that was being looted, well, it had to be…
‘I Feel A Plunder In My Heart’ along with that lovely Disney song: ‘Booty And The Beach’

27/07/2009

My first radio competition win was with the Surrey based County Sound Radio – I won a meal with the ‘Lunch Bunch’ by writing a few lines on why I deserved lunch out (I composed a lyric). So off we went to a smart restaurant. However, I didn’t realize it was a set menu… the starters were moules marinieres… one of a few dishes I have absolutely no desire to sample. My early experience of these molluscs was finding them washed up on the shore and searching the seaweed to find an unopened mussel. My reaction to the contents when I first managed to prise one open was… urgh!  The search also included a hunt for the prettiest looking shell - without barnacles attached.  Well, at least the main course was appetising.

26/07/2009

After a few early unscripted puppet shows for my peers at primary school, I entertained my teenage class mates with my story of Boris The Spider, a lively, adventurous little arachnid who came to an untimely end when he ventured too close to an electrical socket.  Or did he?  Well, that bit would have to be written out for young ears nowadays.  It wasn't picked up by an agent or teacher as a great idea for a children's cartoon, however, years later, I was watching TV with my then younger children and there was this great little cartoon called... Spider, about... you've guessed it.

24/07/2009

A news item on rats playing musical instruments... ?  Malcolm Boyden asks listeners to respond with ideas for music for rats...

Someone suggested 'Peggy Sewer' which I thought was good.  My own ideas include the new CD 'Now Rats What I Call Music' and Love Don't Live Here Any GNAW... along with a classical piece by.. RAT-maninoff

Ideas for music for Bakers?  One of my favourite songs of the 70's...  Bachman Apple-Turnover Overdrive

10/07/2009

Written for a cool Doula

Here's an excerpt from a rap that I wrote for a lady who has helped many women through labour and more

When your body is in trauma
And you don't want chicken korma
You're walking with a waddle
Below you is a puddle
It all started with a cuddle
Now your mind is in a muddle

Breathe in breathe out
Say aaaaaaaaah!

You’re feeling fit to bursting
You have a swollen girth
And you’re heading for a birthing
Go call your mother earth in

Cos…

Kay will keep you calmer
It’s her purpose it’s her dharma
With a hint of Dalai Lama
She’s the coolest of the doulas
More valued than the jewellers
In Bond Street

Yeah!

When you start the birthing process
And you want minimal stress
Say yes

If you think an epidural
Is not the way to cure all
And....

(if you'd like to see the full poem please contact me)