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Roses are red.
Danger is too. I'm off to bed and there's room for two.
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Great to see this thread still alive and well. It's getting on for eight years old!!
![]() Doh! I should have guessed the Little Sugar Puff initials, nice one John Sitting on a cornflake, as another John once sang ![]() Quote:
A poem for Valentines Day.
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Love has passed
back and forth
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Roses are red.
Danger is too.
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The Dawn of Man
Who burst the monkey-bubble? Who thought, so that we can? Who took the time and trouble Back at the Dawn of Man? A billion stars above them Like gems in one dark pan, Did watchers fear or love them Back at the dawn of Man? They pondered hard while gazing, With mountainsides to scan It must have seemed amazing Back at the Dawn of Man. One broke the chains that fetter, One reached the fruit and ran And found two legs were better Back at the Dawn of Man. And as the sun was sinking Some hominids began Intelligently thinking, Back at the Dawn of Man. The origin of Reason, The start of our long plan, The first self-conscious season Back at the Dawn of Man. © |
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Ey oop Sandy - Valentine's Day is a great album track by ABC for me ![]() ![]() Quote:
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Totally gorgeous Sandy, one of your best - nice to know we've both written a poem with the same title too
![]() Where is your Valentines poem?
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Bloodline
I’m drawn to the dark and the dead talking through the bloodline of generations. Congealed cells sticking, clotted flow of ancestral whispers passed down, carrying on the moments of doubt, the spur of the moment, stepped out in confrontation. The driven need to move forward and to take hold, or let go from the pain and the punishment. My mother hardly spoke of you, yet your figure shouts out from your sepia pictures. Tall, elegant, strong-featured. The doubt of your end a childhood myth. Is my recollection clear? Did I hear right? What drove you to step out? A moment’s lapse? A lifetime’s struggle? Has the answer died or is it, somewhere, in my inheritance? |
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Where is your Valentines poem?
![]() The Look Of Love is ace, I have it on my self-made 80s tape in the car ![]() I'll try to post the poem Love on Saturday
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Edith Grey
Edith Grey Lived round our way, A spinster born in Bath, Edith prayed And never strayed Far from the chosen path. Edith's search Took place in church, On weekdays more than most, Twice a call By bicycle To meet the Holy Ghost. Every year At times held dear To thank the Lord she went, She wrote a hymn For cherubim And sang it once at Lent. Edith Grey Lived round our way, By service she was called And when at last Old Edith passed God's love was her reward. © |
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Sex sells - hence 50 Shades of Grey, like the dire Full Monty, gets a ton of publicity.
I prefer humble characters like Edith Grey myself
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Sadly, Ponch (his nickname came from Pontius Pilate) is too long to post in my available time here. |
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My memory isn't what it was, but I don't remember seeing 'The Dawn of Man' before. Is it a new one? Quality stuff as always.
A chilling question at the end of 'Bloodline' Scottie. I'd say no. You know better. Quarks and kindness. The instant called just now has taken its final bow. It cannot be relived, but can be forgived. The moment soon to come and then another one can all be changed to suit the dreamer in pursuit of a better situation, or higher elevation. In future ecstasy everyone will see why we're called Mankind. (note the underlined) |
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It's not a Valentines poem Sandy - just an ode called Love, like yours
The Look Of Love is ace, I have it on my self-made 80s tape in the car ![]() I'll try to post the poem Love on Saturday ![]()
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what about rap? It's very popular
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So tell me
So tell me why you do how you don't where you been I tell you because I do as I care here I am |
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Unbroken Smile.
My mind is on a planet of limestone and granite. Some say someone planned it, but I can't understand it. My body's getting older. Winters seem much colder. Summers are too hot and there's something I forgot. Sometimes my mind is somewhere ace. There's a smile on every face and on every perfect day there's nothing more to say. |
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Unbroken Smile.
Sometimes my mind is somewhere ace. There's a smile on every face and on every perfect day there's nothing more to say. I like it, Archiver but there is always something more to say, no need to worry.
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I like it, Archiver
but there is always something more to say, no need to worry.The eternal plight can not last for ever. Soon we must sever our need to know from our need to grow and then time will come to pass when this mortal looking glass sees no reason to say more. But not for long for sure.
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I don't remember seeing 'The Dawn of Man' before. Is it a new one? Quality stuff as always.
The Dawn of Man is an oldie I've revamped. The first part of the book is a chronology of history, from creation and the dinosaurs up to 9/11 and a glimpse of the future.Quote:
Just an ode called Love would make a great title for a poem.
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what about rap? It's very popular
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Quarks and kindness.
Quarks - now there's a word ![]() I fear for the world at the moment. Maybe the majority are kind but there's a massive and savage minority. |
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Archibald the Trumper
When Archibald was nine, impelled To fart he bent and grinned, Archibald the Trumper held Obscene amounts of wind. Archibald the Trumper, he Was fond of yellow jumpers, Archie's fart appearance fee Was standard for all trumpers. A bag of sweets was his reward, The prize for ripping bouts, Pre-show he got his mum to hoard A ton of Brussels sprouts. His face contorted, bending tough He strained until one busted, The trouble was, it smelt so rough That kids ran off disgusted. Archibald the Trumper topped The rest, a wind guru Till the loudest fart he dropped Propelled him to Peru. © |
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Sorry to bring the tone down
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Unbroken Smile.
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I've written a raft of new material but I don't get much time to post here. One day I'm going to pay for a two-hour session
![]() The new stuff has strengthened the book I feel. Among them are: The Loves of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Northern Debbie ![]() The Pink Dalek Realm of Druids Looking Back She Walked Among the People (Tracy's Tale) New Wave Breaking Speak soon my friends
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how you don't
where you been
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