Originally Posted by mr. mustard:
“I like this - it reminds me of meditation, something I want to get back into soon
”
“I like this - it reminds me of meditation, something I want to get back into soon
”
Thanks, every little helps.
Is Poetry a Dead Art? (Part 4)
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Originally Posted by mr. mustard:
“I can only add the words of Jim Morrisson: people are strange”
“I can only add the words of Jim Morrisson: people are strange
”
Stranger than fiction
Hadrian's Wall
A piece of Rome left behind
With no purpose in the heavy stillness
The grass waits,
As do the hills,
Unlike the grey Colosseum of sky
Above the barrier
A reckless act by Claudius
Led in time to Hadrian's caution;
Splitting England and Scotland
With brutal efficiency
Now, centuries on
No Pax Romana lingers here
The grass waits,
As do the hills
And the wall guards its memory
Ever warlike in the bitter northern winds
©
A piece of Rome left behind
With no purpose in the heavy stillness
The grass waits,
As do the hills,
Unlike the grey Colosseum of sky
Above the barrier
A reckless act by Claudius
Led in time to Hadrian's caution;
Splitting England and Scotland
With brutal efficiency
Now, centuries on
No Pax Romana lingers here
The grass waits,
As do the hills
And the wall guards its memory
Ever warlike in the bitter northern winds
©
Originally Posted by belly button:
“hoping to get a bit of inspiration from Homer .... Simpson that is”
“hoping to get a bit of inspiration from Homer .... Simpson that is
”
Who else BB?
Originally Posted by IzzyS:
“what is that other saying? 'there's nowt queer as folk'”
“what is that other saying? 'there's nowt queer as folk'
”
Many a muckle makes a mickle too
Originally Posted by IzzyS:
“Phew, thats a long 'un! has a nice rhythm to it though, very good, though obviously sad as well.”
“Phew, thats a long 'un! has a nice rhythm to it though, very good, though obviously sad as well.”
Ta Izzy
The poem was inspired by the film The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - that's sad too 
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“Not recently”
“Not recently
”
Poems can come from anywhere, it's one of the things I like about them
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“Stranger than fiction”
“Stranger than fiction
”
Yep
Originally Posted by mr. mustard:
“Hadrian's Wall
A piece of Rome left behind
With no purpose in the heavy stillness
The grass waits,
As do the hills,
Unlike the grey Colosseum of sky
Above the barrier
A reckless act by Claudius
Led in time to Hadrian's caution;
Splitting England and Scotland
With brutal efficiency
Now, centuries on
No Pax Romana lingers here
The grass waits,
As do the hills
And the wall guards its memory
Ever warlike in the bitter northern winds
©”
“Hadrian's Wall
A piece of Rome left behind
With no purpose in the heavy stillness
The grass waits,
As do the hills,
Unlike the grey Colosseum of sky
Above the barrier
A reckless act by Claudius
Led in time to Hadrian's caution;
Splitting England and Scotland
With brutal efficiency
Now, centuries on
No Pax Romana lingers here
The grass waits,
As do the hills
And the wall guards its memory
Ever warlike in the bitter northern winds
©”
Must have taken a lot of people to build that wall.
Few Renew
Chatter chatter on the bus
competing what a fuss
as the silent few renew
then do carefully as you do
making sure you politely say
oh that's another day
Chatter chatter on the bus
competing what a fuss
as the silent few renew
then do carefully as you do
making sure you politely say
oh that's another day
There But A Rose
There but a rose from a garden far
over the hill so like a distant star
the colours that bloom and sit so still
with pride nextdoor to a daffodill
There but a rose from a garden far
over the hill so like a distant star
the colours that bloom and sit so still
with pride nextdoor to a daffodill
Does anyone learn poems?
I used to a bit, restarted recently. "If" and Gray's Elegy in the bag. Currently working on Wilde's Ballade Of Reading Gaol, which will probably take a good year and drive me to insanity.
I used to a bit, restarted recently. "If" and Gray's Elegy in the bag. Currently working on Wilde's Ballade Of Reading Gaol, which will probably take a good year and drive me to insanity.
Originally Posted by Jim Nash:
“Does anyone learn poems?
”
“Does anyone learn poems?
”
Are poems learnt or something that comes naturally?
I tend to be natural with poetry, sometimes poetry just goes with the tide, so the words come and then as sand washes the words away, just like they were never there, unless you were there by the sand.
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“Are poems learnt or something that comes naturally?
I tend to be natural with poetry, sometimes poetry just goes with the tide, so the words come and then as sand washes the words away, just like they were never there, unless you were there by the sand.”
“Are poems learnt or something that comes naturally?
I tend to be natural with poetry, sometimes poetry just goes with the tide, so the words come and then as sand washes the words away, just like they were never there, unless you were there by the sand.
”
By "learn" I meant "memorise".
Originally Posted by Jim Nash:
“By "learn" I meant "memorise".”
“By "learn" I meant "memorise".”
How do you remember the lines of poetry? To listen to poetry recited can be quite something, especially if said in a way of expression. Also poetry on the move can be something quite unusual.
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“How do you remember the lines of poetry? To listen to poetry recited can be quite something, especially if said in a way of expression. Also poetry on the move can be something quite unusual.”
“How do you remember the lines of poetry? To listen to poetry recited can be quite something, especially if said in a way of expression. Also poetry on the move can be something quite unusual.”
The same way you memorise anything. I know the government has an initiative going along these lines for schoolchildren. I've recently put a couple under my belt, currently working on a half hour monster.
Originally Posted by Jim Nash:
“The same way you memorise anything. I know the government has an initiative going along these lines for schoolchildren. I've recently put a couple under my belt, currently working on a half hour monster.”
“The same way you memorise anything. I know the government has an initiative going along these lines for schoolchildren. I've recently put a couple under my belt, currently working on a half hour monster.”
A poem lasting for 30 minutes
Just As Gently
Hey yonder is a ship
floating and aware
as on those roughly seas
be you nearly there
hold on tight to the edge
as we ebb and flow
but then just as gently
here's the time to go
Hey yonder is a ship
floating and aware
as on those roughly seas
be you nearly there
hold on tight to the edge
as we ebb and flow
but then just as gently
here's the time to go
Can They Yet Not See
There they were awaiting
as obvious then to see
for them some form of observance
for me a way to sometimes glee
though their words come with hurt
can they yet not see
the words they say eventually
come back to thee
There they were awaiting
as obvious then to see
for them some form of observance
for me a way to sometimes glee
though their words come with hurt
can they yet not see
the words they say eventually
come back to thee
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“A poem lasting for 30 minutes”
“A poem lasting for 30 minutes
”
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/ballad-reading-gaol
No, it's not exactly a laugh a minute.
I'd love to write some poetry but it makes no sense to me
So instead of rhyming couplets then, I'll make myself some tea.
So instead of rhyming couplets then, I'll make myself some tea.
Originally Posted by Jim Nash:
“Does anyone learn poems?”
“Does anyone learn poems?”
I find it very hard to remember them
In fact, it's such hard work for me, it tends to take away the enjoyment of the poem. The Ballad of Reading Gaol is an absolute epic - I'd salute anyone who could recite it
Originally Posted by hackjo:
“I'd love to write some poetry but it makes no sense to me
So instead of rhyming couplets then, I'll make myself some tea.”
“I'd love to write some poetry but it makes no sense to me
So instead of rhyming couplets then, I'll make myself some tea.”
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“the colours that bloom and sit so still
with pride nextdoor to a daffodil”
“the colours that bloom and sit so still
with pride nextdoor to a daffodil”
What a lovely poem Sandy
A few of my flowers are starting to wither now 
There's a lot of chatter on buses
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“Hey yonder is a ship
floating and aware”
“Hey yonder is a ship
floating and aware”
Great lines these
Originally Posted by sandydune:
“the words they say eventually
come back to thee”
“the words they say eventually
come back to thee”
I believe in karma too Sandy
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