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Sandy's given good advice
Isn't that really nice Hope your Christmas was lots of fun Have a chocolate......but not the toffee one. ![]() on here at times, but a few Christmas time, full of cheer fellows in pubs, like their beer. (Yes, I had a lovely xmas, hope you did too )
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(Yes, I had a lovely xmas, hope you did too
)Fine and dandy, Plenty of nuts and double brandy.
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Glass of wine, a christmas lunch
on a plate, veg a bunch christmas cracker, with a joke dishes later, in to soak.
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Thank you Sandy,
Fine and dandy, Plenty of nuts and double brandy. ![]()
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Glass of wine, a christmas lunch
on a plate, veg a bunch christmas cracker, with a joke dishes later, in to soak. ![]() Quote:
I like peanuts, the salted variety.
![]() But give the salt a miss Cashews and Brazils Will give you the ills What doesn't? Almonds?? Hazelnuts??? Chestnuts???? Oh! Never mind - just enjoy. ![]() (I'm struggling aren't I?)
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^ Musty will be proud of that one Biz ! It's a fine example of 'free verse' at it's best
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^ Musty will be proud of that one Biz ! It's a fine example of 'free verse' at it's best
![]() ![]() (Old-fashioned informal - a humorous person who likes to make jokes.) Thought I'd better elucidate. |
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Mustn't let this land on page four
Never mind the sun's out And believe me, don't doubt In a moment I'll be exiting through the door.
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Outside the wind races down deserted streets
Through tunnels and alleys It roars as it sweeps Fallen leaves back into flight A fire like vortex in amber light ![]() Quote:
Sounds like bliss -
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^ Musty will be proud of that one Biz ! It's a fine example of 'free verse' at it's best
![]() I enjoyed Biz & Sandy's poetic conversation and it kept the thread afloat too
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Whispers of Avalon
King Arthur’s destiny was clear, The Round Table sustained His reign and knights of valour here In Camelot’s domain. With magic Merlin lit each wall, That sorcerer in myths Who shaped, designed and lifted all The Stonehenge megaliths. He thrived till Nimue introduced A hex so strong and wild Into a reverie seduced The wizard fell, beguiled. Queen Guinevere would chance a lot, Yet speak she never dared Of dreams concerning Lancelot, The knight for whom she cared. The Holy Grail became a quest, These heroes sought its force With armour plate upon the breast And skill upon the horse. Green Glastonbury Tor is where King Arthur sleeps we’re told And when the sun bids farewell there All Avalon turns gold. And whispers on that ancient hill From peace are sometimes stirred; With no more duties to fulfill The knights can still be heard. © |
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King Arthur’s destiny was clear, © |
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Hurray! The wanderer has returned. Mission accomplished?
![]() In other news, Santa's Hat won the American Xmas poetry competition
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Not quite Biz, more checking and quality control are still needed
![]() In other news, Santa's Hat won the American Xmas poetry competition ![]() High standards are admirable, I'm sure the finished product will be worth the wait. Perhaps a few sales in America? It's a big country. |
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High standards are admirable, I'm sure the finished product will be worth the wait. Perhaps a few sales in America? It's a bit country.
I'll be pushing this book strongly for non-internet publication, though initially I'll follow the same route. The Designer was flawed in that we ended up with too slim a volume. The next one's going to be bigger. I also included a lot of non-rhyming poems in it. I don't think these rate as the best examples of my material, but I selected them because that style is currently the prevailing trend in poetry. The second volume only has two such pieces - in other words I'm 'playing my strongest hand', which I feel lies more in rhyme
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The next one's going to be bigger. I also included a lot of non-rhyming poems in it. I don't think these rate as the best examples of my material, but I selected them because that style is currently the prevailing trend in poetry. The second volume only has two such pieces - in other words I'm 'playing my strongest hand', which I feel lies more in rhyme
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Fashion is a strange thing, but the need for change these days is at breakneck speed, so perhaps rhyming will soon be the latest fashion
I think it will always have a place. I've just watched The Snowman and the Snowdog and ended up flooding with tears It's the only programme I've watched this Xmas too
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I've just watched The Snowman and the Snowdog and ended up flooding with tears
It's the only programme I've watched this Xmas too ![]() ![]() Mind you I forced myself to watch the one with "The Hoff" in to the bitter end. He made a big mistake there poor fellow. |
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Mind you I forced myself to watch the one with "The Hoff" in to the bitter end. He made a big mistake there poor fellow.
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What film was that Biz?
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Is Poetry a Dead Art?
No, not at all this cannot be For the art of the poet we shall always see. For the language we use is full of words that will rhyme Even when we don't try to, most of the time, As our language develops and new words we add New poetry is produced even some that is bad, So when speaking or writing in story or prose In poems and verse, what e're we disclose In letter or essay either tidy or messy Our language will always do this thing at some time And make some of our words unintentionally rhyme. ![]()
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It was something like "The Christmas Organizer", and to be cruelly truthful, it didn't quite come up to scratch.
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No, not at all this cannot be
For the art of the poet we shall always see. Welcome to thread, unless you've visited before - we've been going so long I get a bit confused at times
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Teenage Depression
Head bowed and stomach in a knot, Thoughts stained by maudlin covers, This teenager could never slot In with the happy others. Depression crept beneath my skin, They had no way of seeing At sixteen I was chained within The borders of my being. I knew it wasn’t 'just a phase' Or caused by sneering bullies, The mind is an internal maze Controlled by mental pulleys. I had to give each day a miss And stay inside my prison, I only knew a dark abyss, Although the sun had risen. Existing in a blackened pit, I stumbled, sadly finding Hard time and no escape from it, The sentence passed was binding. Life came along and tripped a soul, As I listened frustrated A doctor gave me Tryptizol, Those yellow pills I hated. The hand my DNA had dealt Trumped medical prescriptions, Nor could I tell him how I felt, For there were no descriptions. While others learned to live I stayed Behind like some enigma, I kept my illness in the shade, Embarrassed by its stigma. From childhood joy to tortured cry, From freedom to repression, My teenage years were savaged by The black dog of depression. © |
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Teenage Depression
© ![]() I'll wish you a Happy and successful New Year in case I'm not around later.
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That is a very powerful poem.
![]() I'll wish you a Happy and successful New Year in case I'm not around later. ![]() ![]() Teenage Depression may seem a grim message for New Year's Eve, but the condition has no awareness of special occasions. If you're in a real depression, the time of year is irrelevant. |
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Let's turn over the page
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It's the only programme I've watched this Xmas too
