Today's poet

[Old Whippet]

Hes...........................birthday girl!!!!!!!


A fell poet who shall remain nameless
Upon meeting a writer most famous
Fell down at his feet
In the wet Pennine peat
Soggy, muddy and shameless

[stevefoster]

Off to Hobble with legs of lead
Happy Birthday Hes
My advise, stay in bed

Enjoy your day Birthday Girl:thumbup:

[Mountain Goatess]

Japan:The Blast of The Wintry Wind

As banked clouds
are swept apart by the wind,
at dawn the sudden cry
of the first wild geese
Winging across the mountains.

In a mountain village
at autumn’s end—
that’s where you learn
what sadness means
in the blast of the wintry wind.

Saigyo (1118-1190)

[Harry H Howgill]

That is absolutely fantastic Freckle!

No pressure there then! I'd better get my thinking cap on, (and my poetry pants) for some inspiration.

Happy Brithday Hes. I hope you had a good do last night and enjoy the rest of your special weekend.

Simon Armitage has just sent his apologies, he really wishes he could be here but he is stuck on Cross Fell trying out a pair of Walshes!

In his absence I think us fell poets can turn out some reasonable verse for our favourite fell running artiste, who has a very special birthday today!

Happy birthday Hes!


Ode to Hes
They say in Masham folklore
There does exist
A maiden with a golden braid
Like some form of “fell mermaid”

Complete with mudclaws
And inky hands
She ascends and descends
the Wensleydale lands

A printmaker by trade
And worshipper of hares
She moves through the moorlands
In manner fleet and fair.

But then like a roe deer
She’s out of trace
bar a few stud marks
and the echo of a smiling face.

Ps... i have to say that one of the things I find most lovely about hes is that in every fell running photie she is smiling her head off! x

[Masham Man]

Simon Armitage has just sent his apologies, he really wishes he could be here but he is stuck on Cross Fell trying out a pair of Walshes!

In his absence I think us fell poets can turn out some reasonable verse for our favourite fell running artiste, who has a very special birthday today!

Happy birthday Hes!


Ode to Hes
They say in Masham folklore
There does exist
A maiden with a golden braid
Like some form of “fell mermaid”

Complete with mudclaws
And inky hands
She ascends and descends
the Wensleydale lands

A printmaker by trade
And worshipper of hares
She moves through the moorlands
In manner fleet and fair.

But then like a roe deer
She’s out of trace
bar a few stud marks
and the echo of a smiling face.

Ps... i have to say that one of the things I find most lovely about hes is that in every fell running photie she is smiling her head off! x

That is really good Freckle and sums up Hes well, she was on good form at her party last night with smilely face and golden locks shining.

Great party Hes.........HAPPY BIRTHDAY........and into that next age cat, watch out you F40's!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harry H Howgill]

5 minutes with Benjamin Zephaniah....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12688415

[Alf]

A happy birthday to Hes
Our very own Calliope
artist, poet, runner
and now a LV40


(not as good as freckles )

[Hes]

Oh my goodness....I'm really, really touched! Thank you so much. I'm honestly a bit choked up over here.

Lovely Freckle, that was so special and a damn fine poem; OW...your wittiness made me laugh as usual; hope you had a great run today Steve; thanks Alf...not sure I'm quite in Calliope's league...but hey, its my birthday so I'll enjoy it anyway! HHH...thank you for your thoughtfulness...the postman brought it in time (sending a pm), Masham Man...it was a great party and I'm very pleased that you were there to help me celebrate my entry into a new category and to reassure me in person, by being 'The Legend of Masham', that 40 is just the start & that I have much to look forward to out on those fells (also for giving me the means to carry more snacks)!

MG...I know it wasn't anything to do with my birthday but I really liked the Saiygo poem, it was a treat to read.

xxxxx to all of you

[OneOffPoet]

lots of good ideas here One off just need someone to organise it!

I will gladly nominate one of yours, if you could send me them i'll pick one..i seem to remember yours being in last year and being memorable?
x

I'd be happy to set a blogsite or a facebook page up, unless you think we should contact Brett and ask him for a modificaiton on the FRA (i suspect that's not an option but you never know). Suggestions on how we organise it (original/cited poetry or fellrunning/other subjects) ???

As for my stuff Freckle, my signature has them in (start line, aftermath, dunmail and downhill are the ones I don't cringe at when I read back!)

An ode to Hes is in production.....

[OneOffPoet]

Happy birthday
lady vet
artist, poet
Sophisticate
(I'd like to think,
We've never met)
Enjoy your day
What's left of it!

(Sorry, only noticed your Birthday well into the evening!)

OOP x