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Big Bren owned the Bigs in Jan Outsideleft's most widely read stories in January were headed up by PixieVic's tribute to poet Big Bren

Big Bren owned the Bigs in Jan

Outsideleft's most widely read stories in January were headed up by PixieVic's tribute to poet Big Bren

by OL House Writer,
first published: February, 2024

approximate reading time: minutes

The singular voice of poet Brendan Higgins was stilled in January. I don't know if he wrote a poem which didn't actually nail it's subject with fine detail and funny... He was simply an astonishingly great entertainer.

Our most widely read stories in January were lead by PixieVic's eulogy of sorts for Birmingham poet Big Bren. Brendan Higgins withered the subjects so many of us don't give enough lucid thought to.  Shopping to Noisy Neighbours, Big Bren made it matter while we laughed aloud with him, with his insights. 

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