Today's poet

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Originally Posted by Hes

Thanks Merry. I won't let my new status go to my head.;) I like your rhyming haiku:

grandmaster merry
rhyming haiku maverick
wise and funny too

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Not so sure about wise, seem to get dafter as i get older:o

good luck merrylegs
with new retail employment
at Up and Running :D

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

good luck merrylegs
with new retail employment
at Up and Running :D

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Cheers Andy;)

Hallo poetry peeps, heres another pile of twaddle

Snowflake

A self coloured sky
six billion unrepeatable patterns
slumping through, along
six billion imagined paths
cascade at the rate of clotted ash

One rests in my palm its
fractal edges losing form
receding now to a globular core
no two lives are the same

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Originally Posted by neil wootton

Hallo poetry peeps, heres another pile of twaddle

Snowflake

A self coloured sky
six billion unrepeatable patterns
slumping through, along
six billion imagined paths
cascade at the rate of clotted ash

One rests in my palm its
fractal edges losing form
receding now to a globular core
no two lives are the same

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your poems have a real gentleness and sophistication Neil I am really enjoying them so please post more...think this might be another one for the wall...i love the last line, you are so right! and if people would only remember that point I think there would be a lot more tolerance and understanding in the world as well as appreciation of the beauty of our uniqueness as individuals ( a bit like each snowflake!)....i thought it was all very symbolic....magnificent!

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Originally Posted by Hes

happiness is found
where the sea meets the sky
and gulls soar between

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this is lovely i can see one of your prints going alongside it , have you been in the masters lounge yet hes? its well comfy in there!

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

winter daybreak sky
charcoal and scarlet melange
one giant bruise

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Beautiful imagery.....particularly like the imagery of a bruise, which is of course ever changing...slowly...discreetly....lovely !!!!:) some excellent orginal work on this thread recently!

Head still aching with the pace of January
Inspiration in a far off land
I enjoy the fruits of fell poets labour
With a glass of wine in hand!

Bottom ups!

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Originally Posted by freckle

Head still aching with the pace of January
Inspiration in a far off land
I enjoy the fruits of fell poets labour
With a glass of wine in hand!

Bottom ups!

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Cheers freckle! I reckon its about beer o'clock here too :cool:

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

Life without TV, my kids have lots of books and Roald Dahl DVD's:confused::D

TELEVISION

The most important thing we've learned, [...]

Will love you more for what you did.

Roald Dahl

And they fight over which channel to watch:rolleyes:

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Agree. And possibly one of the best poems/lyrics regarding Television was penned/song by the Disposable Heros of Hiphoprisy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOWTM5R2DA

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Originally Posted by neil wootton

Hallo poetry peeps, heres another pile of twaddle

Snowflake

A self coloured sky
six billion unrepeatable patterns
slumping through, along
six billion imagined paths
cascade at the rate of clotted ash

One rests in my palm its
fractal edges losing form
receding now to a globular core
no two lives are the same

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Like it NW. In fact there's a lot of 'poetry' falling now in the N/ Pennines as I type.

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Originally Posted by freckle

Head still aching with the pace of January
Inspiration in a far off land
I enjoy the fruits of fell poets labour
With a glass of wine in hand!

Bottom ups!

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I hope by now that glass is empty, cos you know my views on emptiness:D:D

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

winter daybreak sky
charcoal and scarlet melange
one giant bruise

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I like that DT. You were obviously feeling more poetic than me at 7 this morning. I saw a similar melange (had to get the dictionary out too Hes) but could only muster thoughts of "ooh - that's nice" :)

THE moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it.

So long as man clamours for the I and the Mine, his works are as naught:
When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done.
For work has no other aim than the getting of knowledge:
When that comes, then work is put away.

The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower withers.
The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.

Kabir

That's definately not twaddle Neil; I like your images. Fractal edges made it for me.

http://amath.colorado.edu/outreach/d...l/fractal2.gif

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Originally Posted by neil wootton

Hallo poetry peeps, heres another pile of twaddle

Snowflake

A self coloured sky
six billion unrepeatable patterns
slumping through, along
six billion imagined paths
cascade at the rate of clotted ash

One rests in my palm its
fractal edges losing form
receding now to a globular core
no two lives are the same

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Originally Posted by freckle

your poems have a real gentleness and sophistication Neil I am really enjoying them so please post more...think this might be another one for the wall...i love the last line, you are so right! and if people would only remember that point I think there would be a lot more tolerance and understanding in the world as well as appreciation of the beauty of our uniqueness as individuals ( a bit like each snowflake!)....i thought it was all very symbolic....magnificent!

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Elequent point well made there Freckle. :)

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

That's definately not twaddle Neil; I like your images. Fractal edges made it for me.

http://amath.colorado.edu/outreach/d...l/fractal2.gif

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Oooooooooooooooooooooo....harry where did you get THAT from....i like...a lot.... !!!! (sorry wine and cheese and onion crisps taking their toll now!!!!)

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Originally Posted by freckle

Head still aching with the pace of January
Inspiration in a far off land
I enjoy the fruits of fell poets labour
With a glass of wine in hand!

Bottom ups!

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Cheers

http://spicybrat.files.wordpress.com...e-overflow.jpg

I have in my possession
The largest packet of cheese and onion crisps
Exquisite in their
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crunch after salty crunch!
Aye....bit of lazy poetry for yer .....:D

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Originally Posted by freckle

Oooooooooooooooooooooo....harry where did you get THAT from....i like...a lot.... !!!! (sorry wine and cheese and onion crisps taking their toll now!!!!)

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That's what my brain feels like sometimes.

Just Google "fractal". Some beautiful piccies from some very clever maths.

Anything with deer is always good!

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Originally Posted by freckle

THE moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it.

So long as man clamours for the I and the Mine, his works are as naught:
When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done.
For work has no other aim than the getting of knowledge:
When that comes, then work is put away.

The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower withers.
The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.

Kabir

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Originally Posted by freckle

I have in my possession
The largest packet of cheese and onion crisps
Exquisite in their
C
H
E
E
S
I
N
E
S
S,
crunch after salty crunch!
Aye....bit of lazy poetry for yer .....:D

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Fantastic. I wonder if the deadline has passed for the article? :D

Let go,
of that which you think holds,
but really
CON
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T
R
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N
S
jump in
and fall
and see what happens,
you might surprise yourself.

Harry....deadline for article? does that mean we might not get in next issue?....:eek:

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Originally Posted by freckle

Let go,
of that which you think holds,
but really
CON
S
T
R
A
I
N
S
jump in
and fall
and see what happens,
you might surprise yourself.

Harry....deadline for article? does that mean we might not get in next issue?....:eek:

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No. We are already in. I just wondered whether we could fit your
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poem in too.!

I got my first Pablo book today, so I'm enjoying reading that tonight.

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Originally Posted by harry H Howgill

no. We Are Already In. I Just Wondered Whether We Could Fit Your
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S
S
Poem In Too.!

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E
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K
!
:d

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

I got my first Pablo book today, so I'm enjoying reading that tonight.

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He's certainly one of my favourites Harry!

You seen Il Postino? :)

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

I got my first Pablo book today, so I'm enjoying reading that tonight.

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Hold on to yer hat honey! ..............................:eek:
DT i am listening to King Tubby as we speak on your recommendation :cool:

freckle discovers reggae dub
and jumps into the tub
whilst swaying..........ayeeeeeeee!

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

He's certainly one of my favourites Harry!

You seen Il Postino? :)

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I've ordered a copy. Should be here soon.

Anniversary Waltz on line entry now a go go......

http://www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk/?page_id=129

Hooray!

An unusual one from a thread favourite.

A Dog Has Died

My dog has died.
I buried him in the garden
next to a rusted old machine.

Some day I'll join him right there,
but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,
his bad manners and his cold nose,
and I, the materialist, who never believed
in any promised heaven in the sky
for any human being,
I believe in a heaven I'll never enter.
Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom
where my dog waits for my arrival
waving his fan-like tail in friendship.

Ai, I'll not speak of sadness here on earth,
of having lost a companion
who was never servile.
His friendship for me, like that of a porcupine
withholding its authority,
was the friendship of a star, aloof,
with no more intimacy than was called for,
with no exaggerations:
he never climbed all over my clothes
filling me full of his hair or his mange,
he never rubbed up against my knee
like other dogs obsessed with sex.

No, my dog used to gaze at me,
paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
to make a vain person like me understand
that, being a dog, he was wasting time,
but, with those eyes so much purer than mine,
he'd keep on gazing at me
with a look that reserved for me alone
all his sweet and shaggy life,
always near me, never troubling me,
and asking nothing.

Ai, how many times have I envied his tail
as we walked together on the shores of the sea
in the lonely winter of Isla Negra
where the wintering birds filled the sky
and my hairy dog was jumping about
full of the voltage of the sea's movement:
my wandering dog, sniffing away
with his golden tail held high,
face to face with the ocean's spray.

Joyful, joyful, joyful,
as only dogs know how to be happy
with only the autonomy
of their shameless spirit.

There are no good-byes for my dog who has died,
and we don't now and never did lie to each other.

So now he's gone and I buried him,
and that's all there is to it.


Pablo Neruda

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Anniversary Waltz on line entry now a go go......

http://www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk/?page_id=129

Hooray!

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Is this a FPS get together? I'll be in China :(

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Is this a FPS get together? I'll be in China :(

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Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! i am so upset about that! we need to organise another pronto! :)

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Originally Posted by Mossdog

An unusual one from a thread favourite.

A Dog Has Died

My dog has died.
I buried him in the garden
next to a rusted old machine.

Some day I'll join him right there,
but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,
his bad manners and his cold nose,
and I, the materialist, who never believed
in any promised heaven in the sky
for any human being,
I believe in a heaven I'll never enter.
Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom
where my dog waits for my arrival
waving his fan-like tail in friendship.

Ai, I'll not speak of sadness here on earth,
of having lost a companion
who was never servile.
His friendship for me, like that of a porcupine
withholding its authority,
was the friendship of a star, aloof,
with no more intimacy than was called for,
with no exaggerations:
he never climbed all over my clothes
filling me full of his hair or his mange,
he never rubbed up against my knee
like other dogs obsessed with sex.

No, my dog used to gaze at me,
paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
to make a vain person like me understand
that, being a dog, he was wasting time,
but, with those eyes so much purer than mine,
he'd keep on gazing at me
with a look that reserved for me alone
all his sweet and shaggy life,
always near me, never troubling me,
and asking nothing.

Ai, how many times have I envied his tail
as we walked together on the shores of the sea
in the lonely winter of Isla Negra
where the wintering birds filled the sky
and my hairy dog was jumping about
full of the voltage of the sea's movement:
my wandering dog, sniffing away
with his golden tail held high,
face to face with the ocean's spray.

Joyful, joyful, joyful,
as only dogs know how to be happy
with only the autonomy
of their shameless spirit.

There are no good-byes for my dog who has died,
and we don't now and never did lie to each other.

So now he's gone and I buried him,
and that's all there is to it.


Pablo Neruda

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Indeed Mossy i haven't seenthis one before but good ol pablo manages to fit in a referenceto sex even whilst talking about his beloved hound!

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Is this a FPS get together? I'll be in China :(

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Oh no. That was the plan, but we'll have to find another one now too.

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Is this a FPS get together? I'll be in China :(

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Did you know that there is a marathon on the great wall of china ?.......well?.................:)

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Originally Posted by freckle

Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! i am so upset about that! we need to organise another pronto! :)

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What with work, races, personal stuff, Bob Graham recces etc I've got a pretty full diary. Don't worry about me, just let us know how you get on! Sob, sniff, sob :(:D

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Originally Posted by freckle

Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! i am so upset about that! we need to organise another pronto! :)

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Well I've gone and entered anyway. Plus bought a mug!

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Well I've gone and entered anyway. Plus bought a mug!

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I didn't mean that ! i 'll enter but we need to have another get tog
ether which can include the haiku King!!!!......anyhow i am still upfor the rowing one, but only if i am on a team with you and OW and i don't do any rowing!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

What with work, races, personal stuff, Bob Graham recces etc I've got a pretty full diary. Don't worry about me, just let us know how you get on! Sob, sniff, sob :(:D

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hadaway man! tell uswhich races you can make and yer pals will try and make it!