Today's poet

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Eternal love/life.

Everything goes back to dust,
To be consumed by a dying star,
Billions of years of almost immortality,
You comfort yourself,
Knowing your love came from the stars,
And will return to give life and light,
To the black void,
To begin the eternal circle of life,
Once more.

By Herakles.

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I like that Herakles "We are stardust" :cool::D

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Originally Posted by Roy Scott

Cut knees, burnt out
What keeps us coming back
A question I have often asked
But put back on the rack.

Lost bearings, thick clag
What keeps us coming back
I wont be doing this again
Throw my Walshes in the sack

Quads scream, energy gone
What keeps us coming back
Surely I wont finish this
now where's that bloody track

Wet rock, footing wrong
What keeps us coming back
The end is now in vista view
Lets give this sprint a crack

Hunched, gasping the finish field
Case of ability lack
Joy, elation, inner peace
Ill be coming back

By Roy Scott

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Good one Roy, very evocative :cool::D

A Tanka

Soft light this evening
bathes our little running group
displacing winter
liberating us from darkness
bringing joy and friendship back

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

Get well soon Old Whippet. Liked the Withnail/ Bill Shakespeare's nod ;)

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

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Just before the AW too. Nightmare. Man flu can linger on for weeks and weeks! ;) I hope you get better soon. :)

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Originally Posted by Hes

The sun is shining and I'm feeling happy! :)

Great original work by Roy, Herakles, DT and Stef. Stef...hang in there. It is a cliche but the best things in life are worth waiting for and it seems that you have both discovered, in my opinion, the best thing in life.

I have discovered the origin of the expression 'my heart sings'. Thought it was some poetic make believe. Amazing!:D

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Excellent stuff. Good to see you enjoying yourself.

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

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Get well soon OW, pass the man flu on to vile Kyle;)

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Originally Posted by Stef F

D is for daring to sneak a kiss
E is for every moment I miss
R is the reason for being I'm sure
B is the beating heart I endure
Y is for years; a future it seems

T is for tent; he'll know what I mean :p
U is for understanding the person unseen
P is a pie filled with hopes and dreams

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Missed this, wishing you two many years of happiness together:)

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Just before the AW too. Nightmare. Man flu can linger on for weeks and weeks! ;) I hope you get better soon. :)

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weeks and weeks? Stuff that! Bored with it already. Allendale Challenge on Saturday is the goal.
I note the top quality sympathetic messages from the male forumites! Cheers DT, Merry and Harry. Proof - if ever needed of the point made in poem #3!
No doubt the girls are searching the on-line rhyme generator for words to go with 'pull yourself together' 'get a grip' and 'soft as shite'!

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

weeks and weeks? Stuff that! Bored with it already. Allendale Challenge on Saturday is the goal.
I note the top quality sympathetic messages from the male forumites! Cheers DT, Merry and Harry. Proof - if ever needed of the point made in poem #3!
No doubt the girls are searching the on-line rhyme generator for words to go with 'pull yourself together' 'get a grip' and 'soft as shite'!

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They've never had man flu so they just wouldn't understand! :D

A butterfly's kiss.
Fleetingly she gives life to
The rooted flower.

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Eternal love/life.

Everything goes back to dust,
To be consumed by a dying star,
Billions of years of almost immortality,
You comfort yourself,
Knowing your love came from the stars,
And will return to give life and light,
To the black void,
To begin the eternal circle of life,
Once more.

By Herakles.

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This is lovely Herakles :)

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

They've never had man flu so they just wouldn't understand!

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fell poetesses (sp???)
cannot comprehend our pain
never had manflu!

:o:(:):p

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

weeks and weeks? Stuff that! Bored with it already. Allendale Challenge on Saturday is the goal.
I note the top quality sympathetic messages from the male forumites! Cheers DT, Merry and Harry. Proof - if ever needed of the point made in poem #3!
No doubt the girls are searching the on-line rhyme generator for words to go with 'pull yourself together' 'get a grip' and 'soft as shite'!

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Oh now there's a challenge if ever there was one :D

There once was a fell runner called Old Whippet
Who caught the deadly man flu poor poppet
He took to his bed
like a bear with a sore head
and moaned like a grumpy old whatsit

Now of course we all know
the suffering you guys go through
when struck with a case of the flu
So take from me a big dose of sympathy :p
and stay in that bed 'till you glow

P.s. :D

Pull yourself together you whimp
get a grip you pathetic shrimp
you're soft as shite
like a dog with no bite
it's just a bad cold
you must be getting old
get your lazy arse out
or you'll next catch the gout!!!

Hope you feel better soon OW

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Originally Posted by Stef F

Oh now there's a challenge if ever there was one :D

There once was a fell runner called Old Whippet
Who caught the deadly man flu poor poppet
He took to his bed
like a bear with a sore head
and moaned like a grumpy old whatsit

Now of course we all know
the suffering you guys go through
when struck with a case of the flu
So take from me a big dose of sympathy :p
and stay in that bed 'till you glow

P.s. :D

Pull yourself together you whimp
get a grip you pathetic shrimp
you're soft as shite
like a dog with no bite
it's just a bad cold
you must be getting old
get your lazy arse out
or you'll next catch the gout!!!

Hope you feel better soon OW

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That made me laugh out loud. Nice one Stef. :D

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Originally Posted by Stef F

Oh now there's a challenge if ever there was one :D

There once was a fell runner called Old Whippet
Who caught the deadly man flu poor poppet
He took to his bed
like a bear with a sore head
and moaned like a grumpy old whatsit

Now of course we all know
the suffering you guys go through
when struck with a case of the flu
So take from me a big dose of sympathy :p
and stay in that bed 'till you glow

P.s. :D

Pull yourself together you whimp
get a grip you pathetic shrimp
you're soft as shite
like a dog with no bite
it's just a bad cold
you must be getting old
get your lazy arse out
or you'll next catch the gout!!!

Hope you feel better soon OW

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Genius!

Tough love - iron fist
in a velvet glove - ensures
gout prophelaxis

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

weeks and weeks? Stuff that! Bored with it already. Allendale Challenge on Saturday is the goal.
I note the top quality sympathetic messages from the male forumites! Cheers DT, Merry and Harry. Proof - if ever needed of the point made in poem #3!
No doubt the girls are searching the on-line rhyme generator for words to go with 'pull yourself together' 'get a grip' and 'soft as shite'!

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I don't think I can better Stef's retort nice one stef! but here goes....

Poor little poppett
with his fevered brow
a dry nose, limp paws
and head all a cowed

Here is an elvin tincture
made up of secret spells
a recipe for a super speedy
(in time for allendale) get well

If that doesn't work
there's no need to fret
A traditional geordie slap on the heed
will sort you our dear pet

Meanwhile another Tyneside "grafter"
is developing a corking migraine
triggered by extensive conjecture
about the human brain

So never mind yer man flu
Yer big soft geordie shite
Hot bath! hot curry! whiskey!
and a gentle "tuck in" for the night :eek:

You'll wake up back to normal.
Well as normal as only you can be.
And if you damn lucky,
You might be in receipt of elvin tea.

Get well soon dear Old hound :D:D:D

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

A butterfly's kiss.
Fleetingly she gives life to
The rooted flower.

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This is so damn beautiful Harry that I could cry..................lush, lush, lush....thank you for posting

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Eternal love/life.

Everything goes back to dust,
To be consumed by a dying star,
Billions of years of almost immortality,
You comfort yourself,
Knowing your love came from the stars,
And will return to give life and light,
To the black void,
To begin the eternal circle of life,
Once more.

By Herakles.

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Awesome Herakles....awesome and somehow soothing, thank you :)

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

Just before the AW too. Nightmare. Man flu can linger on for weeks and weeks! ;) I hope you get better soon. :)

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Awsome Harry.... Literary genius! ;)

I just think there is something poetic and beautiful about the fact that all matter in the universe now has been there since the beginning of time and just changes its form from one thing to another. So in essence we are all living, breathing eternal creatures of stardust.

[QUOTE=freckle;323219]I don't think I can better Stef's retort nice one stef! but here goes....


Hot bath! hot curry! whiskey!
and a gentle "tuck in" for the night :eek:

wise wise words. I'm onto it right away.

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Originally Posted by Herakles

I just think there is something poetic and beautiful about the fact that all matter in the universe now has been there since the beginning of time and just changes its form from one thing to another. So in essence we are all living, breathing eternal creatures of stardust.

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Ah Herakles, it doesn't take much to prompt me back in the direction of my hippy music. Your words (which I enjoyed) drew me to Joni Mitchell's lines....

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

Ah Herakles, it doesn't take much to prompt me back in the direction of my hippy music. Your words (which I enjoyed) drew me to Joni Mitchell's lines....

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

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Made me think of Nat King Cole :cool::cool:

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Made me think of Nat King Cole :cool::cool:

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I love that song by Nat King Cole one of my faves ;)

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

Two Souls.

Your eyes tell me truth,
Cerulean pools,
Gateway,
To your inner depths,
Your soul,your beauty,
Such wondrous simplicity,
Entwined with complex heart,
I whisper in your ear,
You smile,
We fall together,
Into the heather on the fellside,
Becoming one,
All worries,all problems,
Melt away,
Let it stay this way,
Always.

By Herakles.

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Two Souls.

Your eyes tell me truth,
Cerulean pools,
Gateway,
To your inner depths,
Your soul,your beauty,
Such wondrous simplicity,
Entwined with complex heart,
I whisper in your ear,
You smile,
We fall together,
Into the heather on the fellside,
Becoming one,
All worries,all problems,
Melt away,
Let it stay this way,
Always.

By Herakles.

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someone has been passing the love potion around again!....i love the imagery of this poem, brilliant herakles you are on a real roll today!

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Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill

A butterfly's kiss.
Fleetingly she gives life to
The rooted flower.

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this is gorgeous HHH!

OW, get well soon!

Poet Love Mistress.

Freckle casts her spell,
Master of the poets,
She's put something in the water,
To make us feel lush,
It would seem to be,
Love potion number 7,
To make happy fellrunners,
Skip around the waltz,
I know your plan,
More love,less pain,
Oh what is thy bidding,
Mistress of Poets.

By Herakles.

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Originally Posted by Old Whippet

Genius!

Tough love - iron fist
in a velvet glove - ensures
gout prophelaxis

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Most excellent haiku - I guess I deserved that one :rolleyes: :D I had to google for the meaning -this thread is great for my vocabulary!

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Poet Love Mistress.

Freckle casts her spell,
Master of the poets,
She's put something in the water,
To make us feel lush,
It would seem to be,
Love potion number 7,
To make happy fellrunners,
Skip around the waltz,
I know your plan,
More love,less pain,
Oh what is thy bidding,
Mistress of Poets.

By Herakles.

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How lovely Herakles....Mmmm what is my bidding? I must ponder.....oh i know....a snecklifter for every miles completed of the anni waltz, thank gawd i won't be driving back!!!! thanks Herakles, nothing would make me more chuffed than to see ALL fell poets there :) x

PS why number 7? i am intrigued.......

My favourite number but since the poem is intended for your pleasure it can mean whatever you would like it too. I wouldn't go for 7 fells in the one race as that might just be too much. Oh and OW what have condoms got to do with anything. Ho Ho.

Hurrah for the Highlander!
My bag is packed and ready to go. Early flight tomorrow :eek:

Gairloch Highlander
renders pensive fell runner
excited sleepless

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Originally Posted by Herakles

My favourite number but since the poem is intended for your pleasure it can mean whatever you would like it too. I wouldn't go for 7 fells in the one race as that might just be too much. Oh and OW what have condoms got to do with anything. Ho Ho.

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All of this is reminding me of the "biscuit porn poetry phase"on this thread.....remember that one?....very funny.....

Off for a malted milk...ooooer madam.......

night all

x

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Originally Posted by Stef F

Hurrah for the Highlander!
My bag is packed and ready to go. Early flight tomorrow :eek:

Gairloch Highlander
renders pensive fell runner
excited sleepless

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have a fab time stef and looking forward to the poetic results! x

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Originally Posted by freckle

have a fab time stef and looking forward to the poetic results! x

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Thanks :) Sleep well.

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Originally Posted by Herakles

My favourite number but since the poem is intended for your pleasure it can mean whatever you would like it too. I wouldn't go for 7 fells in the one race as that might just be too much. Oh and OW what have condoms got to do with anything. Ho Ho.

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I'm really slow....and eventually realised. Prophelaxis. Dont even know if that's how to spell it!

Love.

Love in a heartbeat,
Permeates your very soul,
Infinite and intimate.

By Herakles.

Two weeks tomorrow and I spy five FPS runners entered for the Anniversary Waltz. It's getting exciting now. One more week of training then a quiet week beforehand me thinks. Good luck everyone.