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Old 06-06-2013, 23:00
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A Matter of Perspective

An old man in his chair sat and stared at the wall,
The doctor declared it was due to his fall.
He didn't move for hours, nor stop at his gaze,
‘I’ll give him some pills, to stave off his daze’.

The old man refused them, cried ‘What’s all the fuss !’
‘I’m watching a spider, I’m not catching a bus’.
‘All of you young ‘ens run around all day long,
Once I was the same, but now know it was wrong’.

‘I like watching insects and at last have a chance,
To study their habits with more than a glance’.
‘And now that I can, you all think that I'm ill,
You send for the doctor and force feed me a pill’.

Those stood around him at once felt a shame,
They hadn't considered we aren't all the same.
So they each took a chair and stared at the wall,
All sat in waiting for the spider to crawl.

Not long were they seated when the old man smiled,
He new he had foxed them and somehow beguiled .
He took off his glasses and gave eyes a rub,
‘Enjoy all your evening, I'm off to the pub’.

So when in your dotage, disguise contemplation,
Or the well meaning carers might bring medication!
Indeed state it clearly, that would be the best.
Have ‘I love doing nothing’ tattooed on your chest.
Made me smile A LOT!
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Old 07-06-2013, 00:12
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First a buzz and then................there's silence.
A buzz Biz? I'm not with you - but goodnight anyway
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Old 07-06-2013, 07:02
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The Land Of Little Thought

They shop and load so many,
Waste plastic bags for free,
Few rarely using any
Of theirs repeatedly.

The lemmings pack and squander
In queues of plastic shame,
Too few inclined to ponder
What creatures they will maim.

There’s something in the aura,
There’s something in the air,
Like gardens without flora
Sometimes I just despair.

It’s easy to keep litter
And find the nearest bin;
Neglect the trash on Twitter,
Go there and drop it in.

And if rather than blank you
A stranger helps today
It’s not hard to say thank you
As you go on your way.

I’ve noticed parents clearly
Wreck children they ignore,
The discipline’s not nearly
As good as once before.

Kids scream on every outing
But guardians don't stall
The unattended shouting,
Oblivious to all.

Now bad manners are rising
With common sense not taught,
Our name is not surprising:
The Land Of Little Thought.


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Old 07-06-2013, 07:15
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First a buzz and then................there's silence.
You meant it went quiet - I'm getting slow Biz, I think it's my age
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:44
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Sonnet

Though thy heart may be frozen and eyes fixed by tears
Search not for true love for true love will find thee.
Though thy soul aches, forsaking love’s embrace
Seek not, for thine eyes will betray what thou longst to see.
Bear not the journey to discover love’s delight
For falsehoods prey, gladly forced and embraced.
Seek and ye shall find the merest etched desire
And clothe in delight that which is not wished yet chased.
For true love’s embrace will find the passive seeker
To merge shared, yet disparate paths and create
A truth fresh with the ease of newly discovered love
For those who fall gentle, oblivious to fate.
True love finds and binds the matching souls
So each through the other’s life, love flows.
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Old 07-06-2013, 14:56
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Call me a cynic Archiver, but I don't think we'll see (no, I know we wont't) your ideal world in our lifetimes...........and perhaps it will never materialize. One thing's sure if it does we'll be fast asleep forever and never know about it.
"Fast asleep forever"? I don't think I've ever tried that.

Of course you might manage to travel to another universe and find it - who knows.
Gulp! "Another universe"? 1's work is never done.

Doomed.

Oil fired madness briefly lit.
Tried to turn it down a bit,
but more and more and more switched on
and when it's gone it's gone. Gone.

Post peak so bleak. I can hardly speak.
Starving billions. Wars of opinions.

All trees cut down to heat mankind's last retreat.
All that moved, consumed. Man; you are so doomed.
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Old 07-06-2013, 16:40
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True love finds and binds the matching souls
So each through the other’s life, love flows.
I do hope you're right Scottie, but it hasn't worked for me yet and I don't think it's going to. A lovely poem, I thought it had an Elizabethan feel to it. I like the positive message of hope it gives throughout

Doomed.
All that moved, consumed. Man; you are so doomed.
I keep thinking the apocalypse is inevitable Archiver. All empires and species collapse in the end it seems. Doomed sums up the feeling perfectly - I didn't find it depressing, It was more like a confirmation of future events.
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Old 07-06-2013, 17:28
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You meant it went quiet - I'm getting slow Biz, I think it's my age
Oh! You're not alone - at least you're creative.

Sonnet

True love finds and binds the matching souls
So each through the other’s life, love flows.
It can happen, but sadly one is usually left to end life alone. Who is the more fortunate one?

"Fast asleep forever"? I don't think I've ever tried that.
Well don't try it yet. Your time is not yet nigh.

Gulp! "Another universe"? 1's work is never done.
Don't feel obliged.

Doomed.
...............
Man; you are so doomed.
As I've told you we'll all be enjoying our eternal sleep, or alternatively I suppose, we could all be sitting up in heaven watching it.

I keep thinking the apocalypse is inevitable Archiver. All empires and species collapse in the end it seems. Doomed sums up the feeling perfectly - I didn't find it depressing, It was more like a confirmation of future events.
Chin up. See above.
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Old 07-06-2013, 19:58
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Sonnet

Though thy heart may be frozen and eyes fixed by tears
Search not for true love for true love will find thee.
Though thy soul aches, forsaking love’s embrace
Seek not, for thine eyes will betray what thou longst to see.
Bear not the journey to discover love’s delight
For falsehoods prey, gladly forced and embraced.
Seek and ye shall find the merest etched desire
And clothe in delight that which is not wished yet chased.
For true love’s embrace will find the passive seeker
To merge shared, yet disparate paths and create
A truth fresh with the ease of newly discovered love
For those who fall gentle, oblivious to fate.
True love finds and binds the matching souls
So each through the other’s life, love flows.
very nice Scottie
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Old 08-06-2013, 00:21
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Oh! You're not alone - at least you're creative.
I am alone Biz, but I'm not lonely which is a big difference
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Old 08-06-2013, 00:30
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To a Barmaid

There is a young barmaid called Hannah
Who smiles at each good bloke and spanner,
Her dog's name is Harley,
Not Fido or Charlie
And she serves with such a nice manner.


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Old 08-06-2013, 01:01
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To a Barmaid

There is a young barmaid called Hannah
Who smiles at each good bloke and spanner,
Her dog's name is Harley,
Not Fido or Charlie
And she serves with such a nice manner.


Would you buy the barmaid a drink, Musty?
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:20
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Well don't try it yet. Your time is not yet nigh.
I'll drink to that.

Don't feel obliged.
It looks like there's an oval blotch in the background radiation, but when you get closer - it's just as random as the rest of it. So I'm a monoversist me.

As I've told you we'll all be enjoying our eternal sleep, or alternatively I suppose, we could all be sitting up in heaven watching it.
Hmm.

Dreaming of eternal sleep.
All cosy in the saved keep?
While galaxies collide and thrive -
would we not dream we are alive?

But no; to dream requires a brain
to look and see and feel the pain
and death is final in extreme.
Unless, of course, we are the dream.

:sleep::sleep:
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:21
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Would you buy the barmaid a drink, Musty?
I already have Sandy - she's a very nice girl and spoken for I see you caught me in that other thread
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:23
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I already have Sandy - she's a very nice girl and spoken for I see you caught me in that other thread
lol, I was quite surprised to find you there.
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:24
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But no; to dream requires a brain
to look and see and feel the pain
and death is final in extreme.
Unless, of course, we are the dream.
A marvellous second verse Archiver, I've read it twice already and shall return to it tomorrow when fully sober
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:24
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lol, I was quite surprised to find you there.
Me too
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:25
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naughty Musty
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:26
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More like questioning Musty
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:26
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More like questioning Musty
me, questions?
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:31
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No, no - I was on there asking a question Sandy By the way, have a look at post 60
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:35
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No, no - I was on there asking a question Sandy By the way, have a look at post 60
that makes it worse

I'm off to listen to some music, it relaxes me

night night Musty
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:50
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A marvellous second verse Archiver, I've read it twice already and shall return to it tomorrow when fully sober
Thanks again Musty. Sweet dreams. Hoping you still like it in the cold light of sobriety.

Twinkle twinkle little star.
Where there's life - there we are.
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Old 08-06-2013, 01:57
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Thanks again Musty. Sweet dreams. Hoping you still like it in the cold light of sobriety.
Always Archiver - you add the element of Spielberg to this thread and that's invaluable

night night Musty
Night Sandy I'd just like to say what a spiffing start Part 4 has got off to. In other good news, I finished the last three poems for the Avebury suite the other day. It comes as a relief, for while I've enjoyed writing it, constructing a whole cycle of poems on one topic is very time-consuming. The epic in particular was very hard to complete, taking three weeks and a great deal of research in the process. The books I've used for information won't be credited, so this seems a good time to do so. Thanks to the authors below and their brilliant publications:

Aubrey Burl - Prehistoric Avebury
Julian Cope - The Modern Antiquarian
Neil Mortimer - Stukeley Illustrated
Mike Pitts - Hengeworld
Lynda J Murray - A Zest for Life, the story of Alexander Keiller

And of course, the superb website Avebury a present from the past

http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/
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Old 08-06-2013, 11:07
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I am alone Biz, but I'm not lonely which is a big difference.
Same here, but it's a difficult concept for some people. I suppose we must be introverts - extraverts need compny (if I remember correctly).


It looks like there's an oval blotch in the background radiation, but when you get closer - it's just as random as the rest of it. So I'm a monoversist me.
I looked that up, but Google only came up with your post and some song which I didn't follow up - but I think I know what you mean. My spell checker didn't recognize it either. That's creativity for you.

Hmm.

Dreaming of eternal sleep.
All cosy in the saved keep?
While galaxies collide and thrive -
would we not dream we are alive?

But no; to dream requires a brain
to look and see and feel the pain
and death is final in extreme.
Unless, of course, we are the dream.
Deep, very deep. I'm expecting oblivion, and as I'll simply be a pile of ash, I don't think I'll be disappointed - enjoy it while you're here is my motto.


I'm off to listen to some music, it relaxes me.
You should have been off to bed Sandy. I don't know how you people do it.

Sorry! I had to delete everyone's "images" because I'd included too many.
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