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I値l not cry there, weep like a fool. I値l walk out quick and be all cool.
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I'd better stop there as I don't want to be the reason the poetry thread gets closed.
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I know the script, I値l mark the rule.
I値l not cry there, weep like a fool. I enjoyed this poem, I never really thought about the parent's viewpoint on the occasion. You put all the mixed emotions across really well
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U-boat nerves
Curse this tin we're trapped in, Damn these metal walls, I observe the Captain, From work he won稚 pause Till victory is gained at sea To help the Nazi cause. I was a believer, None loved Hitler more Until cabin fever Gripped my nerves and bore Into my head and now I dread Each passing day of war. Claustrophobic feeling, Tension makes me sweat, Steel hatch, floor and ceiling Dominate and yet Sometimes at night in dreams I sight The home I can稚 forget. If a depth charge follows Then hits our machine As the ocean swallows, Sinking the machine With fear I値l dwell pulled down to hell Chained to a submarine. Heading for collision, In the dark we値l grope, What use then the vision Of the periscope? The seabed rocks will smash this box And shatter every hope. ゥ |
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U-boat nerves
ゥ Brave men indeed. Having said that I've no love for the ones who torpedoed our ships. |
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Having said that I've no love for the ones who torpedoed our ships.
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I couldn't concentrate
Watched a film and noticed how I couldn稚 concentrate On the Brighton black and white as gangsters peddled hate, Mr Kolly Kibber met a boy who didn稚 care, Lost his life to Pinkie in the ghost train at the fair. Still I couldn稚 concentrate (I知 sorry Graham Greene), So I chose a record, pressing play on the machine Started Kate Bush singing and I soon began to drowse Till my dreams were being stirred by her repeated wows. Then I tried to read my book, at chapter twenty-four I壇 left absorbing stories of the English Civil War But I couldn稚 concentrate on Cromwell or the King; The mind is such a wayward, free and independent thing. ゥ |
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Posted this one elsewhere on GD, but the thread got locked and I like to keep my stuff here so I can find them (if I ever finish that software).
Taboo. Oh we're all so fine as we wait in line to use our rights. Who's in our sights? Aren't we just great as we tell it straight from the the horses arse - for the sake of farce. Are we that dim to go out on a limb when we know it offends? That's not how to make friends. Just what's the point. Must freedom anoint like it's some kind of race? Man's further disgrace. |
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Taboo.
Are we that dim to go out on a limb when we know it offends? That's not how to make friends.
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One more for the IPAD - A.
A haiku. Pregnant are the oaks Bearing little acorn buds Nature's mid-wives buzz |
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Pregnant are the oaks
Bearing little acorn buds Nature's mid-wives buzz
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The poem seems to accurately pinpoint debates on DS Archiver. I find most of them get spoiled by intolerance and nastiness. Thank god for IPaDA, an oasis of calm
![]() ![]() Rambling Inheritance. A friend without need is the rarest of breed. Behind Family in the queue, the others, so many, have plans a plenty to get what they can out of you. To be taken for granted here in the enchanted world of a thousand lies. And then sell you up river and you, all a quiver, amend your will. Surprise! Well count me out Baby. I've been thinking maybe I like the ocean more than great auntie Mabel's antique tables. I'm dreaming of waves on shore. Keep your old barren acres and pictures of makers and dusty old ancient books. Just give me a boat and a poem un-wrote and a line of feathered hooks. |
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Well I always thought you created the thread.
![]() Rambling Inheritance. Just give me a boat and a poem un-wrote and a line of feathered hooks. ![]() I love Rambling Inheritance Archiver. It tells a great story - someone rejecting the material benefits of a will for the simple things in life like angling and enjoying the sea
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Wish I could write poetry, I'm not articulate though
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Wish I could write poetry, I'm not articulate though
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Aaw - never mind Christina
I hope you enjoy reading the poetry here ![]() Ive tried reading Dante lately, its quite challenging
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Ive tried reading Dante lately, its quite challenging
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Rambling Inheritance. A friend without need is the rarest of breed. ............................. Just give me a boat ![]() Quote:
I did start this place but I never think of it as my thread, it's always ours
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Wish I could write poetry, I'm not articulate though
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Love it Frank
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I love Rambling Inheritance Archiver. It tells a great story - someone rejecting the material benefits of a will for the simple things in life like angling and enjoying the sea
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How true Archiver. The only problem being the cost of that boat etc. Hmmm. A friend in need?
![]() ![]() (...and I'll bloody do it one day. You can't live near the sea for long without always wanting to return. I love Kernow. )
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I also liked how the last line 'a line of feathered hooks' may be applied to a good line of poetry.
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Ah, but you see, if you weren't so prolific, the thread would get lost in the mists.
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thanks Musty. Re. Brighton Rock thought it was about its beach ho ho. Loved the film (Attenboro') never read it though.
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Thanks both. Spot on. I also liked how the last line 'a line of feathered hooks' may be applied to a good line of poetry.
![]() (...and I'll bloody do it one day. You can't live near the sea for long without always wanting to return. I love Kernow. )
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I'm still reposting oldies mainly Biz but I couldn't concentrate was a new poem
![]() I've had many a day when "I couldn't concentrate".
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My Referendum
I called a meeting of my forum,
namely me as I attend it alone, nominally completing a quorum; my rules OK, my ball, my zone. I am going to hold a referendum to judge what I'm having for tea; big decision made by little old me, doctor's orders? Sure to bend'em, with meet quantum of autocracy. Frazzle bacon, pile up for me fries, guzzleworthy but no doubt unwise; it's all down to voters' rights alright, majority favours rich meats tonight. |
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I've had many a day when "I couldn't concentrate".
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Frazzle bacon, pile up for me fries,
guzzleworthy but no doubt unwise; it's all down to voters' rights alright, majority favours rich meats tonight.
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an acrostic for Autumn
AUTUMN
Almanac's pages flip ever over, Usual green leaves now copper, Trees' great end of season show Ushers in the year's latest new line; Models a motley panoply of colour, Nature's procession, in its fashion. |
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