Today's poet

[Derby Tup]

I listened to Van Morrison's Summertime in England driving to work this morning. Not sure if its on youtube but all the lads get a mention, Wordsworth and Coleridge, TS Elliot, William Blake. A fifteen minute plus epic and what will be my soundtrack to spring and early summer 2010 I think

[stevefoster]

aye we all have days like that do we not..tho not all facing the same ardous task ahead!....

merrylegs
heart and soul of gold
plans a BGR triumph
a sight to behold
i may not be your pacer
i'll probably not be at the moot hall
but i respect and admire
the way you give it your all
so dear merrylegs
fear not that today was only three
as pretty soon the mutiplication
of your dedication will see....
your ambition rewarded
and your soul set free.

Cheers freckle

[Nathaniel Lee]

Our boys.

Sleep a peaceful sleep my beautiful boys,
Dream all wondrous things and playing with your toys,
Thoughts of joy and love passing gently through your mind,
Your wonderful weekends with nana so gentle and kind.

We will watch over you keep both of you near,
There will always be somewhere safe for both of you here,
Your both bound to grow up that much is sadly true,
But your mummy and daddy will always love you.

[freckle]

Our boys.

Sleep a peaceful sleep my beautiful boys,
Dream all wondrous things and playing with your toys,
Thoughts of joy and love passing gently through your mind,
Your wonderful weekends with nana so gentle and kind.

We will watch over you keep both of you near,
There will always be somewhere safe for both of you here,
Your both bound to grow up that much is sadly true,
But your mummy and daddy will always love you.

how sweet tri

[Harry H Howgill]

It feels like a sleepy night tonight after a busy weekend. We've not had a Carol Ann Duffy for a little while...

A Child's Sleep

I stood at the edge of my child's sleep
hearing her breathe;
although I could not enter there,
I could not leave.

Her sleep was a small wood,
perfumed with flowers;
dark, peaceful, sacred,
acred in hours.

And she was the spirit that lives
in the heart of such woods;
without time, without history,
wordlessly good.

I spoke her name, a pebble dropped
in the still night,
and saw her stir, both open palms
cupping their soft light;

then went to the window. The greater dark
outside the room
gazed back, maternal, wise,
with its face of moon.

[freckle]

It feels like a sleepy night tonight after a busy weekend. We've not had a Carol Ann Duffy for a little while...

A Child's Sleep

I stood at the edge of my child's sleep
hearing her breathe;
although I could not enter there,
I could not leave.

Her sleep was a small wood,
perfumed with flowers;
dark, peaceful, sacred,
acred in hours.

And she was the spirit that lives
in the heart of such woods;
without time, without history,
wordlessly good.

I spoke her name, a pebble dropped
in the still night,
and saw her stir, both open palms
cupping their soft light;

then went to the window. The greater dark
outside the room
gazed back, maternal, wise,
with its face of moon.

I love this poem it is so beautiful...there's nothing nicer than to gaze upon little tots sleeping peacefully!....Mmmm mine are both still up to mischief eventho they should have been asleep about half an hour ago! little tinkers!

[freckle]

In my dreams
by Stevie Smith

In my dreams I am always saying goodbye and riding away,
Whither and why I know not nor do I care.
And the parting is sweet and the parting over is sweeter,
And sweetest of all is the night and the rushing air.

In my dreams they are always waving their hands and saying goodbye,
And they give me the stirrup cup and I smile as I drink,
I am glad the journey is set, I am glad I am going,
I am glad, I am glad, that my friends don't know what I think.

[Harry H Howgill]

I love this poem it is so beautiful...there's nothing nicer than to gaze upon little tots sleeping peacefully!....Mmmm mine are both still up to mischief eventho they should have been asleep about half an hour ago! little tinkers!

Ha ha. It was wishful thinking on my part too. I can hear various part-sung christmas carols coming from one, and general bawling from t'other.

[freckle]

Ha ha. It was wishful thinking on my part too. I can hear various part-sung christmas carols coming from one, and general bawling from t'other.

ah that's a nice image...unfortunately for you i think they are too little for the santa card which i am about to use forewith...once more unto the breech and all that! wish me luck!

"Urgent message from santa...he can hear that two small children in the area are still awake...oh dear...i wonder who that might be?".....(climbs up stairs as children quieten...oh well that's the theory anyway....everyone knows I have no control over the situation don't they?)

[Harry H Howgill]

ah that's a nice image...unfortunately for you i think they are too little for the santa card which i am about to use forewith...once more unto the breech and all that! wish me luck!

"Urgent message from santa...he can hear that two small children in the area are still awake...oh dear...i wonder who that might be?".....(climbs up stairs as children quieten...oh well that's the theory anyway....everyone knows I have no control over the situation don't they?)

I can picture it now. 30 seconds of quietness then volume back up again!

It works a little for Cameron but he's started saying "sorry Santa" for every little misdemeanour he does, so I think we might have gone a tad too far.