Today's poet

[Hes]

Meeting at Night

I.
The grey sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

II.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!

Robert Browning

Just because I love the sea and I like the idea of the journey home to the person you love.

[Old Whippet]

Scrambled heads
Make fine poets.
Crack on.

too good HHH!

[Hes]

Scrambled heads
Make fine poets.
Crack on.

ha ha brilliant!

[Old Whippet]

Meeting at Night

I.
The grey sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

II.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!

Robert Browning

Just because I love the sea and I like the idea of the journey home to the person you love.

I liked that. Seems so ancient...as I'm going on about paclite and petzl.

[Nathaniel Lee]

HHH eggcellent and that's no yolk. I am sure someone would shell out for your work but i know what you mean about been scrambled.

[Harry H Howgill]

Found this nonsense scrawled on a Tetley beer mat this aft' in the dog and duck. Can someone explain?

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beltsoffhis
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gEtS re(bu)ear(gg)an(er)ged

bybust’Burnley
whippet

ee bye Gummings

[Ady In Accy]

Well HH - I come from Burnley and I can't decipher it...........??

[Derby Tup]

Three haiku inspired by today's lunch

restaurant on stilts
captive fish gulp in glass tanks
green tea piping hot

soy pickled cabbage
peanuts eaten with chopsticks
emerald veg arrive

home cooked food best yet
matchstick shreds of fresh ginger
sauce stains silk necktie

[freckle]

through inky darkness
paclite petzl pissing down
ends a crazy day



* other lighting and waterproof products are also available.

like a lot

[freckle]

With Freckle not here tonight, someone's got to be in charge of posting some e e cummings....

in time of daffodils(who know
the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why,remember how

in time of lilacs who proclaim
the aim of waking is to dream,
remember so(forgetting seem)

in time of roses(who amaze
our now and here with paradise)
forgetting if,remember yes

in time of all sweet things beyond
whatever mind may comprehend,
remember seek(forgetting find)

and in a mystery to be
(when time from time shall set us free)
forgetting me,remember me

ah, bless your cotton socks!