Today's poet

Gasped my way up to Monksmoor tonight, which was still looking Arctic. I know it's not to everyones taste, but I just adore it when the fells are dressed in those cryptic bands of snow - the contrast between light and dark.

Tawny hoots below,
Snow begrudging, shows the way,
Mudclaws growl at ice.
:)

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Originally Posted by Mossdog

Gasped my way up to Monksmoor tonight, which was still looking Arctic. I know it's not to everyones taste, but I just adore it when the fells are dressed in those cryptic bands of snow - the contrast between light and dark.

Tawny hoots below,
Snow begrudging, shows the way,
Mudclaws growl at ice.
:)

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Nice haiku Mossy.

Cryptic bands of snow. I like that too. You should use that line in a haiku before someone is "inspired" by it and nicks it! :)

I think 'Mudclaws growl at ice' is wonderful Mossy :)

Not real snow here now. Just the occasional icy patch at the weekend and residual lines of stubborn stuff along the higher fell walls :(

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

I think 'Mudclaws growl at ice' is wonderful Mossy :)

Not real snow here now. Just the occasional icy patch at the weekend and residual lines of stubborn stuff along the higher fell walls :(

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More snow on the Howgills since Thursday. :eek: But only a sprinkling to make it look cold and scenic.

Sounds like when we drove up for the forum XOTF get-together before Christmas. More plum puddings with a sprinkling of icing sugar than sleeping elephants :D

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Sounds like when we drove up for the forum XOTF get-together before Christmas. More plum puddings with a sprinkling of icing sugar than sleeping elephants :D

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Sleeping elephants
Strangely enough
Need shampoo
Anti dandruff.

Sorry about that. :o I really should have stopped after my first haiku tonight! I've gone downhill faster than Ted Mason ever since. :)

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Originally Posted by Mossdog

Gasped my way up to Monksmoor tonight, which was still looking Arctic. I know it's not to everyones taste, but I just adore it when the fells are dressed in those cryptic bands of snow - the contrast between light and dark.

Tawny hoots below,
Snow begrudging, shows the way,
Mudclaws growl at ice.
:)

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This is really lovely...i am envious on two counts...not living near snowy hills and not running on them recently! .....:)

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Originally Posted by Mossdog

Gasped my way up to Monksmoor tonight, which was still looking Arctic. I know it's not to everyones taste, but I just adore it when the fells are dressed in those cryptic bands of snow - the contrast between light and dark.

Tawny hoots below,
Snow begrudging, shows the way,
Mudclaws growl at ice.
:)

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Really love this Mossdog. I'm envious that you were running in the fells, I've just got back from a moonlit muddy run but it was mainly road.

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Originally Posted by freckle

This is really lovely...i am envious on two counts...not living near snowy hills and not running on them recently! .....:)

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I'm sure it's snowed at the Anni Waltz before now, so careful what you wish for. It just might happen! :eek: :D

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Sleeping elephants
Strangely enough
Need shampoo
Anti dandruff.

Sorry about that. :o I really should have stopped after my first haiku tonight! I've gone downhill faster than Ted Mason ever since. :)

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Sleeping elephants
Strangely enough
Need shampoo
Anti dandruff

Hand and Shoulders
That's the stuff
On dandruff
It ain't half tough! :o:D

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Originally Posted by Hes

Anyway, I am going to do a quick half hour with a headtorch and see y'all later. Will have to have a baked potato again! Cue for a poem....

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You'll have to do another half hour Hes. I can't get a good rhyme for Maris Piper! :)

Well, it has to be done, don't know if anyone else finds running alone at night sort of romantic?

owls serenade me
and reflected in puddles
a snow white moon

three motionless shapes
draped like silk from the branches
roosting peacocks

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

You'll have to do another half hour Hes. I can't get a good rhyme for Maris Piper! :)

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ha ha....it is smelling good! I am quite excited about my potato now, think I might have it with a bit of grated cheese and a rocket salad.

baked potato again
this running artist needs more
creativity

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Originally Posted by Hes

Well, it has to be done, don't know if anyone else finds running alone at night sort of romantic?

owls serenade me
and reflected in puddles
a snow white moon

three motionless shapes
draped like silk from the branches
roosting peacocks

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Great! I like the first one in particular :cool:

Wish

To sit quietly
without incident or judgement
with you.
True enough, life's savour
is in its transience,
but I'd like a little bit of
S-T-I-L-L,
to grab those
small seconds of eternity.
When,
our mutual gaze
becomes the warp and weft
of some ancient forgotten fabric
and I hear once again
the skin of your drum
reverberating in my ear
as if it were my very own life
that I could hear,
enlivened and beating strongly
and dissolving
into a fragment of forever.

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Marstons Oyster Stout
dark, velvety, refreshing
perfect for winter

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mmmm...nice, I have a couple bottles of Black Sheep lying around somewhere, in fact that reminds me, I have a voucher from a race for £25 to spend at the brewery...woohoo, know where I'm off to tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Hes

Well, it has to be done, don't know if anyone else finds running alone at night sort of romantic?

owls serenade me
and reflected in puddles
a snow white moon

three motionless shapes
draped like silk from the branches
roosting peacocks

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romantic...and sometimes scary!.....(well you would think if you lived where i lived!)

I really really really liked these two haiku, I love owls and like the idea of them serenading!

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Originally Posted by freckle

Wish

To sit quietly
without incident or judgement
with you.
True enough, life's savour
is in its transience,
but I'd like a little bit of
S-T-I-L-L,
to grab those
small seconds of eternity.
When,
our mutual gaze
becomes the warp and weft
of some ancient forgotten fabric
and I hear once again
the skin of your drum
reverberating in my ear
as if it were my very own life
that I could hear,
enlivened and beating strongly
and dissolving
into a fragment of forever.

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Gosh, this is absolutely gorgeous Freckle.

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Originally Posted by Hes

mmmm...nice, I have a couple bottles of Black Sheep lying around somewhere, in fact that reminds me, I have a voucher from a race for £25 to spend at the brewery...woohoo, know where I'm off to tomorrow.

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freckle craves old tom
but on the wagon
(till payday!)

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Originally Posted by Hes

Well, it has to be done, don't know if anyone else finds running alone at night sort of romantic?

owls serenade me
and reflected in puddles
a snow white moon

three motionless shapes
draped like silk from the branches
roosting peacocks

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Lovely haiku Hes. It certainly sounds romantic when you put it like that. :)

That's really good Freckle.

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Originally Posted by freckle

Wish

To sit quietly
without incident or judgement
with you.
True enough, life's savour
is in its transience,
but I'd like a little bit of
S-T-I-L-L,
to grab those
small seconds of eternity.
When,
our mutual gaze
becomes the warp and weft
of some ancient forgotten fabric
and I hear once again
the skin of your drum
reverberating in my ear
as if it were my very own life
that I could hear,
enlivened and beating strongly
and dissolving
into a fragment of forever.

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Twice Baked Potato

Hes the baked potato connoisseur,
Likes to eat 'em regular,
She left in too long the maris piper,
Now it tastes like windscreen wiper.

By Matt.

Just as things are getting going, I'm off to bed. Worked too hard, ran too hard today. I'm sure I wont find sleep too hard very shortly.

night all

Night Harry, look after yourself and sleep well.x

Night Harry.

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Originally Posted by Hes

Hi all....Xrunner, don't know about Scotart...I have another name for the b*****d...only just finished printing and I still need to have a run. I think my studio was too cold and the inks were all stiff so trying to get the edition to look the same has been almost impossible. Anyway, I am going to do a quick half hour with a headtorch and see y'all later.

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You should have taken the hare for a run to warm it up.

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Originally Posted by XRunner

You should have takenthe hare for a run to warm it up.

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Good idea! Although I may not have been able to keep up.:)

Edale.

Night lays it's velvet cloak at my door,
All is quiet not a sound except my beating heart,
Looking around drifts of snow scattered cross the moor,
It's such a joy to be up here i suppose i better start.

My headlight flashes beams bouncing of the snow,
The crackle of broken ice and the squelch of mud,
No one here but me floating across the peaks i go,
This is so special if only life was always this good.

The stars shine down observing my perfect run,
I reach 10 miles this is effortless, incredible,
Could carry on forever with my athletic meditation,
I'm reaching the end this memory will be indelible.


By Matt Harmston

Good stuff Matt. I love Edale and had a couple of great days down there last year. Every year since I came up to Yorkshire I've said I'll go there more often and I never do. Glad you're having fun :cool:

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Originally Posted by tri-mind

Edale.

Night lays it's velvet cloak at my door,
All is quiet not a sound except my beating heart,
Looking around drifts of snow scattered cross the moor,
It's such a joy to be up here i suppose i better start.

My headlight flashes beams bouncing of the snow,
The crackle of broken ice and the squelch of mud,
No one here but me floating across the peaks i go,
This is so special if only life was always this good.

The stars shine down observing my perfect run,
I reach 10 miles this is effortless, incredible,
Could carry on forever with my athletic meditation,
I'm reaching the end this memory will be indelible.


By Matt Harmston

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Originally Posted by tri-mind

Edale.

Night lays it's velvet cloak at my door,
All is quiet not a sound except my beating heart,
Looking around drifts of snow scattered cross the moor,
It's such a joy to be up here i suppose i better start.

My headlight flashes beams bouncing of the snow,
The crackle of broken ice and the squelch of mud,
No one here but me floating across the peaks i go,
This is so special if only life was always this good.

The stars shine down observing my perfect run,
I reach 10 miles this is effortless, incredible,
Could carry on forever with my athletic meditation,
I'm reaching the end this memory will be indelible.


By Matt Harmston

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That's great Matt, really evocative. Sounds like you had a really good run too.

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Nice new avatar merry, but what's happened to the dog? :eek:

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He's gone for a long walk on them fells;)

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

He's gone for a long walk on them fells;)

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Sounds good merry! :) He had a good run as your avatar :D

Where is the avatar? I mean what place is it? It looks familiar.

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Originally Posted by Hes

Where is the avatar? I mean what place is it? It looks familiar.

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Wast Water Calm
Looking towards Great Gable
The best view in England;)

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Sounds good merry! :) He had a good run as your avatar :D

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He did that, can't seem to keep an avatar for long:rolleyes::D

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

Wast Water Calm
Looking towards Great Gable
The best view in England;)

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Lovely!!

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

He did that, can't seem to keep an avatar for long:rolleyes::D

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I keep expecting this one to do something...maybe a dophin to leap up or something.

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Just as things are getting going, I'm off to bed. Worked too hard, ran too hard today. I'm sure I wont find sleep too hard very shortly.

night all

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Me too unfortunately!!!!...too much to do not enough time!...some great stuff on here tonight guys which I will peruse at my leisure soon!...have fun and na night :)

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Originally Posted by freckle

Me too unfortunately!!!!...too much to do not enough time!...some great stuff on here tonight guys which I will peruse at my leisure soon!...have fun and na night :)

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Night Freckle, hope you get a good night's sleep.

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Originally Posted by Hes

I keep expecting this one to do something...maybe a dophin to leap up or something.

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Stickleback breaks the surface
Sightseers miss it
Sorry Stickleback sulks:(