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You should have been off to bed Sandy. I don't know how you people do it. ![]() ![]() I was wasn't I
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A Free Debate
Discussing for a little while Can lure a pleasant inner smile, Ideas and answers safe from spite, The hidden barb, the crafty slight. Yet when a voice drowns out the rest Expression isn’t at its best, Rude interruptions do not give A free debate the chance to live. And if another disagrees It doesn't follow he or she's Malicious, so you must keep calm, No blow was struck, none suffered harm. For all of us have different views And all of us have wits to use, Persuade of course, say what you mean But listen too and stay serene. When each makes that inclusive choice To let the others have their voice The finest thing we do create: The balance of a free debate. © |
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I suppose we must be introverts - extroverts need company (if I remember correctly).
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Ann Widdecombe made a good point on extroverts and those who need a partner Biz. It was along the lines of 'I'm puzzled as to why they find their own company so inadequate'
![]() By the way both extravert and extrovert are correct, though perhaps the first one is no longer used.
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Aaahh! I get it. You were going to listen to relaxing music in bed. Good plan.
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Persuade of course, say what you mean But listen too and stay serene. ©
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Flag by John Agard
What's that fluttering in a breeze? Its just a piece of cloth that brings a nation to its knees. What's that unfurling from a pole? It's just a piece of cloth that makes the guts of men grow bold. What's that rising over a tent? It's just a piece of cloth that dares the coward to relent. What's that flying across a field? It's just a piece of cloth that will outlive the blood you bleed. How can I possess such a cloth? Just ask for a flag my friend. Then bind your conscience to the end. |
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Uhuh! You must have been watching the Wright Stuff. I really want to give Matthew a clip on the ear when he continually interrupts his guests; especially when they're reading the papers.
As ever, you were right on the spelling Biz ![]() Quote:
Maybe that piece should be at the start of every DS thread Sandy No new material from me today, I'm off to Eastbourne to commune with the sea again. But I have about four or five poems up my sleeve for the coming week ![]() Quote:
Flag by John Agard
![]() As of this post I'm no longer going to mention the copyright rules. Complete lyrics of songs get quoted elsewhere on DS and no action's taken. I'm not a moderator, so if brilliant poems like the one Macbeth posted come in, I'll comment on them without reference to the wishes of the powers that be
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I hope you didn't mind my mistaken correction
As ever, you were right on the spelling Biz ![]() ![]() I hope the weather is glorious in Eastbourne today.
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I hope the weather is glorious in Eastbourne today.
![]() But we saw a smashing brass band doing oldies on the prom On mistakes, as you know Biz, I always prefer them being pointed out as I can't abide errors in the poems
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Westgate, Eastbourne, Southend, North Berwick,
the British weather always plays a trick. On a hot sunny day, we plan the next day out, 'Hooray' we hear the children shout. We awake to rain, and plough ahead, but, we still go and picnic in a seaside hut. Happy Days. |
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We awake to rain, and plough ahead, but,
we still go and picnic in a seaside hut. Great rhyming of but and hut here and I found the whole thing very Betjemanesque, he often listed places he liked
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I think I must be your muse Flower
Great rhyming of but and hut here and I found the whole thing very Betjemanesque, he often listed places he liked ![]() I stuttered a bit, and it seemed to fit
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Clapham Chancers
When girls looked for a hero In magazines, no less Than young Helen Shapiro Walked back to happiness. Meanwhile boys wanted versions Of Hollywood-style fame, So to brief fair excursions The Clapham chancers came. A temporary sun wears A popular straw hat And temporary funfairs Are simply part of that. On asphalt marquees glittered, Down Clapham Common way Rides tempted teens who frittered Frustrated time away. In terraced houses holed up The scruffiness felt wrong, So chancers all got dolled up For lasses in the throng. Like hungry bold hyenas With mates and greased-back hair They dreamt of Ford Cortinas While straggling to the fair. The London twilight blurred it, Lads entered to the whirl And bright lights till they heard it; A scream from every girl. They played The Great Pretender, To dodgems steering round Throughout Return To Sender The chancers stood their ground. Where chariots span quickly A youth employee led, He clambered, never sickly As every carriage sped. What oily engine, what cog Fuelled evening glories there? The pungent smell of hot dog With onions in the air. As girls prepared for suitors Machines and music thumped And rifle range six-shooters Of chancers never slumped. To choices of their fancy They fumbled an advance, With Lizzie, Jane and Nancy There had to be a chance. None of them hired chauffeurs Or won the football pools, Some turned out idle loafers, Some worked with hands and tools. Where are the Clapham chancers Who used to flirt and smile? Like candy-floss, the answer’s They only shone a while. © |
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Where are the Clapham chancers Who used to flirt and smile? Like candy-floss, the answer’s They only shone a while. © "Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon" - as someone once sang.(I've checked and it's "The Kerry Dance".) Sad about the seaside weather, but that's our lot. We have to enjoy it while it's here and not bank on it staying till tomorrow - as Flower said.
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"Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon" - as someone once sang.(I've checked and it's "The Kerry Dance".) The Clapham Chancers title was inspired by Morrissey's marvellous funfair song for the Smiths, Rusholme Ruffians.
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Hahahaha! Mine is an Irish song - I didn't know yours, and you didn't know mine. I've heard of the Smiths of course, but not that song.
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I've heard of the Smiths of course, but not that song.
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Ophelia, as painted by Millais
Among the gathered clutching Dean Man’s Fingers That grow along the forest riverside The darkness of the evening shadow lingers, Where dragonflies are always prone to glide. She’d climbed a weeping willow as intended, While living out an absent-minded dream The branch she stood on broke and she descended Then plunged into the unforgiving stream. The atmosphere seemed thoroughly forbidden Yet some hand in the tragic drama there Revealed a thing to everybody hidden; The way the ripples combed her flowing hair. The flowers she'd collected of each colour Remained within her grasp despite the cold, She faded as the last of day grew duller But still the pretty bouquet did she hold. No comforting goodbyes or wishes were made, No soul would ever witness what occurred, She drifted with the aura of a mermaid Till sinking to the depths where nothing stirred. © |
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Ophelia, as painted by Millais
© ![]() Also interesting to learn that a lady has found the site of the painting, after all these years.
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Took me back to my teens when the fair visited the town - though of course I was much more demure than the girls in the song.
![]() I knew the Spanish words were there, it's just that the backdrop photo was vaguely more interesting than the all-English version on YouTube. Wow, they've found the actual site for Ophelia? I must check that out. As a massive Pre-Raphaelite fan I've been to Fairlight where Holman Hunt painted Strayed Sheep. I've also been to West Wickham, where the 'Millais Oak' still exists.
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Your skirt didn't ascend then Biz?
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Wow, they've found the actual site for Ophelia? I must check that out. As a massive Pre-Raphaelite fan I've been to Fairlight where Holman Hunt painted Strayed Sheep. I've also been to West Wickham, where the 'Millais Oak' still exists.
You've certainly been around, but you shouldn't have too far to go to this one:-http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/a...ia-solved.html |
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Certainly not! (Prim smiley)
LMAO Thanks for that fascinating link, I can't believe someone actually found the location of Ophelia
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