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Hi Biz
The down side of 2013 for me was losing Frank and Archiver. Their poetry displayed completely different styles but I enjoyed both. Two voices that I miss.![]() It's gone quiet again.
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Hi Biz - you just beat me to it, I was going to open the page
![]() Frank & Archiver could return one day I guess
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The Tranquil Evening Shores
The tranquil evening shores allow A time for feeling free, The thinker stops alone and thinks And skims a pebble till it sinks Beneath the bolted sea. The tranquil evening shores can heal A mind of modern pain; The company of purple skies Befriending you as daylight dies Can wash away the strain. A beach that’s full of emptiness The busy world ignores And while life rages on at speed How comforting it is to heed The tranquil evening shores. © |
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The Tranquil Evening Shores
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I'm guessing that an awful lot of people were praying for those tranquil evening shores to return last night.
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Yeah, bad timing for my poem Biz
![]() I thought you'd timed it perfectly. First the bad news then the good news - take the rough with the smooth - always look on the bright side - life can only get better etc.
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I thought you'd timed it perfectly. First the bad news then the good news - take the rough with the smooth - always look on the bright side - life can only get better etc.
![]() I actually dug that one out and changed it for Lynne, who requested an ode on the North Sea shore. I do hope she comes back Biz
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Chin up, pip-pip
I actually dug that one out and changed it for Lynne, who requested an ode on the North Sea shore. I do hope she comes back Biz ![]() ![]() (I can't highlight on Mobile, in fact very basic. )
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(I can't highlight on Mobile, in fact very basic.
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You've lost me there
![]() I mean I can't do that. I've swapped to the main format just to explain, but it hurts my eyes too much. The Mobile version is verypared down, can't see number of posts or any other details. I do miss the old DS.
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I mean I can't do that. I've swapped to the main format just to explain, but it hurts my eyes too much. The Mobile version is verypared down, can't see number of posts or any other details. I do miss the old DS.
![]() Lots of people have said the same as you. The format doesn't affect my eyes, but I find it so bland.
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Originally Posted by mr. mustard
You've lost me there
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Having tried to read your poems, I wonder if one of
you would you please be kind enough to open up your private message for me to be able to send you a PM.
I wish to explain my absence. Could you please open it from oh, midday onwards ( however long you wish ) tomorrow as I don't wish others to read this PM . I had another attempted break in at 11.20 pm last night and this is all explained in the PM. I am now sleeping during the day instead. Thank goodness for my dogs ! Thank you Lynne |
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you would you please be kind enough to open up your private message for me to be able to send you a PM.
![]() Sorry to speak on your behalf Biz
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I had another attempted break in at 11.20 pm last night. I am now sleeping during the day instead. Thank goodness for my dogs !
Lynne
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I started a new poem earlier but didn't have time to finish it. Time's available tonight though and I'll probably post it tomorrow. It's definitely a 'Sunday' poem, by which I mean a piece that concerns nature or spirituality
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Look forward to it.
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lupus - worst attack . but only tempory
I will send the message when I am better. Look at Lupus uk symptoms on their homepage to view the symptoms = VERY IMFORMATIVE I only have a 5 but badly. do not wish to state here all my personal details.
In a week or more I shall be completely recovered. sorry about pm - Lynne |
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Voyage to Avalon
The gloom of the city in crowded condition, A grey mass of people move wearily on, If I could cast spells like a knowing magician I'd conjure a journey to old Avalon. My love we’d depart here, leave all things unholy, Trade this modern noise for days mystic and fair, Beyond lies a stairway, ascending it slowly Let’s seek a kind heaven that's always been there. Like voyagers we'll enter through sacred white portals To live in the glow of a plentiful land, So far from this world and the pain of its mortals, To walk and discover while I hold your hand. Observe how the meadows continue forever Where curious lambs play around without fear, Wide lakes, ornate fountains by soft purple heather; The peace is ensured for eternity here. A mist-shrouded castle appears in the distance With walls long deployed as a true barricade, Its turrets and ramparts show steely resistance, Protecting those rooms where fine art is displayed. The court attracts heroes and courtiers smiling And writers of sonnets shall tell of your face And wizards shall find you so truly beguiling Both they and the knights will be bound by your grace. When eventide passes and red beams are sinking Beyond hills of heartbreak where night is released, Then music we'll hear to encourage deep thinking As goblets of mead are served at a great feast. The hall welcomes every invited descendent, Those loved ones we've lost greeting both me and you And saints will arrive for the evening resplendent And he who shed tears on the cross will come too. We’ll linger in love when the others are sleeping, The darkness and starlight redeeming each thing, While close to you lady I'll tend to your weeping, In Avalon's dream shall our souls ever sing. © |
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Voyage to Avalon
Let’s seek a kind heaven that's always been there. Like voyagers we'll enter through sacred white portals To live in the glow of a plentiful land, In Avalon's dream shall our souls ever sing. © The only thing that puzzles me is why the lady is weeping. Hmmm I shall ponder on this.
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I will send the message when I am better.
In a week or more I shall be completely recovered. Lynne
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Certainly preferable to "I am caught In memories of longing turned to dust".
The only thing that puzzles me is why the lady is weeping. Hmmm I shall ponder on this. ![]() I could't finish my new effort today, so I brushed up the oldie Voyage to Avalon instead. You're right about the weeping part, I questioned that a little myself originally - however, I decided not to change it today. The girl in the poem has had an unbelievable day, including meeting relatives who've died (in the penultimate verse). Her tears are ones of deep emotion, not exactly sadness, more a mixture of overwhelming love and amazement at what's happened. A bit like I was at the end of ET and Close Encounters
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Her tears are ones of deep emotion, not exactly sadness, more a mixture of overwhelming love and amazement at what's happened.
I get it. ![]() I wasn't sure if I'd met this poem before, but I seem to think you've visited Avalon on more than one occasion.
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The down side of 2013 for me was losing Frank and Archiver. Their poetry displayed completely different styles but I enjoyed both. Two voices that I miss.


The only thing that puzzles me is why the lady is weeping. Hmmm I shall ponder on this.