Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

lest we forget....(and see remembrance thread)

Dreamers

Soldiers are citizens of death's gray land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.

I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.

Siegfried Sassoon

Evening Freckle,

"Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,"

That's the line that got me.

[freckle]

dearest moss dog....

not sure about SAD, i can be quite dreary all year!!!! but also quite excitable and cheery so don't fret!......anyway i thought you liked a bit of darkness (ie Plath?)......as for "reframing" I prefer the idea of catharsis but we'll not talk shop eh?..........:-) :-) :-)

[freckle]

X Runner your posts are fab and very motivational, this is another one that i will read on saturday night to get me ready for sunday race!!!!! thank you...

and HHH...evening to you too!!! no sign of bairn number 2 yet? :-)

[Mossdog]

Here's another for tonight's growing list of gooduns.

A friend sent me this one.

Enosis

Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought;
Souls to souls can never teach
What unto themselves was taught.

We are spirits clad in veils;
Man by man was never seen;
All our deep communing fails
To remove this shadowy screen.

Heart to heart was never known;
Mind with mind did never meet;
We are columns, left alone,
Of a temple once complete.

Like the stars that gem the sky,
Far apart, though seeming near,
In our light we scattered lie;
All is thus but starlight here.

What is social company
But a babbling summer stream?
What our wise philosophy
But the glancing of a dream?

Only when the sun of love
Melts the scattered stars of thought;
Only when we live above
What the dim-eyed world hath taught;

Only when our souls are fed
By the Fount which gave them birth,
And by inspiration led
Which they never drew from earth;

We, like parted drops of rain,
Swelling till they melt and run,
Shall be all absorbed again,
Melting, flowing into one.

It seems Enosis is a Greek word meaning "all in one". S'pose you lot knew that already though.

[Harry H Howgill]

and HHH...evening to you too!!! no sign of bairn number 2 yet? :-)

Thanks for asking.

Happy where he is.
BabyTwo not moving 'til
Rain clouds move away.

[freckle]

Oooooo Mossdog, you excel in this one!!!!....particularly liked this last paragraph!

We, like parted drops of rain,
Swelling till they melt and run,
Shall be all absorbed again,
Melting, flowing into one.

It seems Enosis is a Greek word meaning "all in one". S'pose you lot knew that already though.[/QUOTE]....I didn't actually so thank you!!!!

[freckle]

Thanks for asking.

Happy where he is.
BabyTwo not moving 'til
Rain clouds move away.

Baby two gathers strength
there's a fell
with his name on it

hope Mrs HHH is bearing up, i was always sick as a chip by this stage! (think Michael Douglas in Falling Down!!!!!!)

[Harry H Howgill]

....i have just very nearly crashed my car whilst thinking of another this afternoon....on an autumnal note

Starling

Crimson berry
ready to pop
reflected in purple feathers



(starlings are known to fly very fast and direct and also walk and run very efficiently on the ground, although they look black their coats have a purple and green sheen)

Artistic and informative! I love it.

[Harry H Howgill]

Baby two gathers strength
there's a fell
with his name on it

hope Mrs HHH is bearing up, i was always sick as a chip by this stage! (think Michael Douglas in Falling Down!!!!!!)

Very much ready to go but she's holding up well thanks.

She's also getting excited about thenew tumble dryer arriving too!

[freckle]

Very much ready to go but she's holding up well thanks.

She's also getting excited about thenew tumble dryer arriving too!

I can relate to that, with two children and all that washing....v essential!