Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

Thanks HHH! I got a bit ambitious there. I was feeling inspired but then went out for a meal and drank half a bottle of red before I finished part.2. Here it is now:

fallen larch needles
a golden route for runners
reprieve from the mud

Lovely. I hope you fulfill your poetic potential before you drink yourself senseless!

[freckle]

why thank you HHH! i certainly am chipper (in contrast to yesterday's gloom!!!!!)

hows that bairn? came across a lovely poem by blake today another cradle one, perhaps i will post laters don't want to completely hog thread tonight in my exuberance!!!!!!!

[Harry H Howgill]

why thank you HHH! i certainly am chipper (in contrast to yesterday's gloom!!!!!)

hows that bairn? came across a lovely poem by blake today another cradle one, perhaps i will post laters don't want to completely hog thread tonight in my exuberance!!!!!!!

Doing well thanks. We are doing shifts again tonight. My turn now.

Don't hold back. Get it posted. I'm sure we're not going to run out of good choices. We like exuberance!

[Harry H Howgill]

Strength in the legs
Strength in the heart
Keeps a soul travelling

Nature encloses
and fortifies
the stoical soldier

You are on a roll today! It must have been 4 Weetabix this morning!

[stevefoster]

Strength in the legs
Strength in the heart
Keeps a soul travelling

Nature encloses
and fortifies
the stoical soldier

[freckle]

for the bairns...especially the newest one

Cradle song
William Blake

SLEEP, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming in the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.

Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.

As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.

O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful night shall break.

[Harry H Howgill]

for the bairns...especially the newest one

Cradle song
William Blake

SLEEP, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming in the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.

Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.

As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.

O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful night shall break.

Lovely choice and perfect for now, in fact it just got him back off to sleep.

Will see if I still feel the same at 3 tomorrow morning

[stevefoster]

Lovely choice and perfect for now, in fact it just got him back off to sleep.

Will see if I still feel the same at 3 tomorrow morning

All the best to you, your sleeping mrs and the new bairn

New Baby, sleepless nights,
Happy days, endless nights,
Enjoy the momement, bloody magic!

[Harry H Howgill]

All the best to you, your sleeping mrs and the new bairn

New Baby, sleepless nights,
Happy days, endless nights,
Enjoy the momement, bloody magic!

That's super. Thanks for that.

Don't you worry. I'm enjoying every moment.

[stevefoster]

That's super. Thanks for that.

Don't you worry. I'm enjoying every moment.

Top Dad, all the best to you mate