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This did make me laugh Keyser
I noticed the lack of the word 'it' and I'm so glad you corrected it. Sometimes the biggest emotions are best summed up in the fewest words ![]()
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Cats
So why do I adore them? Why do I love them so? No use asking ME that Coz I simply just don't know! I adore cats and feed the local moggies. They also use me borders as a karzi but I don't mind - you've got to go somewhere haven't you? ![]() Any ode praising the humble feline is alright with me
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The New Recruit's First Day
'Hello there mate, I see you're new, Don't worry, you'll soon settle. Take in the atmospheric view And I'll put on the kettle.' 'Oh thanks, I'm gasping for a tea! What month is it, November? Apart from flashbacks baffling me There's not much I remember.' 'I was the same on my first day But rehabilitation And time in this place where we stay Brings back lost information. I left a trench and never did Return from foreign regions, Some fought, some died, some even hid Among our British legions. My final vision is the the blood Of Henderson and Sanders And laying face-down in the mud When I got hit at Flanders.' 'But that was many years ago And you look barely twenty! Is this the place where heroes go? Is this the land of plenty?' 'Well, someone has to pay the toll And numbers I can't tally, Come on now son, let's take a stroll Across the sunlit valley. Although we're still in uniform, We have no other duty Than resting where these poppies form Eternal plains of beauty.' © |
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Cats. Part 2
He leapt serenely onto my lap and helped me press the keys.
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Remembrance
He recalled that day very well. He saw his best friend die.
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You're an essay in glamour
Please pardon the grammar but you're every schoolboy's dream You're Celtic, United, but baby I've decided You're the best team I've ever seen
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What a touching tribute to an old soldier Ruth. So many lives lost on all sides, the sheer amount of dead in World War One is staggering. Many families say the survivors rarely talked about what happened
![]() John did speak about it that day, but I could see how horribly traumatic it was for him ... and the worst part was, even though he was very old and his memory fading, THOSE memories were as vivid as the day they happened. How cruel is that? ![]() It broke my heart to see the way it affected him. I looked after him for some months but we didn't touch on the subject again. |
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The New Recruit's First Day
Although we're still in uniform, We have no other duty Than resting where these poppies form Eternal plains of beauty.' © This gave me goosebumps musty ................... brilliant! |
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Sweet?
Isn't it strange how the sweetest things can turn out to be not so? I went out on Saturday night and saw a great live show. I decided to suck on a lolly, It lasted quite a while. But now I have loads of mouth ulcers, They HURT even when I smile
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I looked after him for some months but we didn't touch on the subject again.
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This gave me goosebumps musty ................... brilliant!
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Sweet?
I decided to suck on a lolly, It lasted quite a while. But now I have loads of mouth ulcers,
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At 2:15 on Sunday afternoon I finished the final proof-read for the book
I celebrated with a glass of wine, a bit like James Caan in the film Misery ![]() YIPPPPEEEEEE!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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At 2:15 on Sunday afternoon I finished the final proof-read for the book
I celebrated with a glass of wine, a bit like James Caan in the film Misery ![]() YIPPPPEEEEEE!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP *punches the air* Way to GO musty ![]() :
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Inspired by CRTHD's contribution .... I just LOVE this song.
![]() "Poison" Your cruel device, Your blood like ice. One look could kill, My pain, your thrill. I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison You're poison runnin through my veins You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains. Your mouth, so hot Your web, I'm caught Your skin, so wet Black lace on sweat I hear you callin and it's needles and pins (and pins) I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name Don't wanna touch you, but you're under my skin (deep in) I wanna kiss you, but your lips are venomous poison You're poison runnin through my veins You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains Poison One look (one look), could kill (could kill), My pain, your thrill. I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison You're poison runnin through my veins You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains Poison I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I wanna too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison Yeah Well I don't wanna break these chains Poison Runnin deep inside my veins Burnin deep inside my veins Poison I don't wanna break these chains Not one to teach the kids though eh BB?
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At 2:15 on Sunday afternoon I finished the final proof-read for the book
I celebrated with a glass of wine, a bit like James Caan in the film Misery ![]() YIPPPPEEEEEE!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well done you !
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Inspired by CRTHD's contribution .... I just LOVE this song.
![]() "Poison" I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison Not one to teach the kids though eh BB? ![]() Is it one of Shakespeare's ?
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Is it one of Shakespeare's ?
![]() ![]() Congratulations Mr Mustard.
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Way to GO musty
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Congratulations Mr Mustard.
![]() ![]() You can call me Musty, Keyser
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'Viva Morrissey!'
I always felt shut out of life and weird Until a star called Morrissey appeared Who knew how shyness gouges like a knife; Who wrote and sang the soundtrack of my life. From Meat Is Murder to Vauxhall And I, From Suedehead to the quiff so very high, It's 'Viva Morrissey!' all misfits cry. © |
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One look could kill,
My pain, your thrill.
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At 2:15 on Sunday afternoon I finished the final proof-read for the book
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We walked along the sand to the churning beat
of water rolling pebbles, scoured shells and clinging fronds of weed, tumbled, one state to another. You linked my arm, as you always did. I looked ahead towards the curve of land where it dipped a toe into the sea, pushing rocks into hooked waves to hammer their cargo on pock-marked anvils. A gull calls out and you’re gone, my arm carrying nothing more than a worn-out sleeve, my hand tucked deep into an empty pocket and memories as hard as a single trail of footprints on the beach. The sun will sink into the sea again, and each atom will continue its orbit, through the dark and back to the light. |
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Disorientated
Where do I start to describe the state of being all at sea? Sightly bewildered, a little bemused? Yes, that describes me. A few strong drinks MAY have caused my feeling of being astray, Only I haven't had a drop Yet I'm perplexed anyway. Nothing I ate, nor smoked nor took can account for my feeling off-beam. It's just the way it is I guess Or that's how it would seem. So bewildered, unsettled, a little lost is my state of mind today. Surely tomorrow it'll all work out? I'll be ME again ... I pray. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Can I be your number 1 fan please . . .
![]() I'll have to catch up on the latest contributions tomorrow, as I have to dash now. Speak soon my friends
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Hello everyone
![]() ![]() ![]() I'm just wondering when the best time for Seasonal poems is? I don't want to start with all the 'jingly, mistletoe, candy cane, decking the boughs' stuff if it's going to cause mass groaning and "It's too early" comments ![]() Christmas Eve maybe? ![]() Thank you in advance ![]() ![]()
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The sun will sink into the sea again, and each atom
will continue its orbit, through the dark and back to the light.
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I noticed the lack of the word 'it' and I'm so glad you corrected it. Sometimes the biggest emotions are best summed up in the fewest words 




I celebrated with a glass of wine, a bit like James Caan in the film Misery 

