Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

On the Moor in January

Moor wind and snow
the roaring nothingness in my ears
the bite of it on my skin
the craziness that takes hold of me
so I lurch like a madman
and laugh and cry
and lose all proportion

then the tree appears in its grotesquerie
black and twisted, solitary
and I hug it like a brother
more than a brother

rooted unrooted together.

Kenneth White

I was up on the moor this morning at work. It was bleak but beautiful.

The word of the day is definately "grotesquerie"

[Harry H Howgill]

Bazonka to you all!

Good morning all!

Fire lecture at work this morning (dull, necessary, dull)...so thought i might need a lift.....

Bazonka

Say Bazonka every day
That's what my grandma used to say
It keeps at bay the Asian Flu'
And both your elbows free from glue.
So say Bazonka every day
(That's what my grandma used to say)

Don't say it if your socks are dry!
Or when the sun is in your eye!
Never say it in the dark
(The word you see emits a spark)
Only say it in the day
(That's what my grandma used to say)

Young Tiny Tim took her advice
He said it once, he said it twice
he said it till the day he died
And even after that he tried
To say Bazonka! every day
Just like my grandma used to say.

Now folks around declare it's true
That every night at half past two
If you'll stand upon your head
And shout Bazonka! from your bed
You'll hear the word as clear as day
Just like my grandma used to say!

Spike Milligan </B>

[Harry H Howgill]

Hmmmm maybe should read:
The bird that ate the fruit
Flies
Wear a hat today

There was a starling flock living in the trees outside my office before Christmas, and it was great watching them swirling and twirling about, but then they shot overhead and you could hear the splat splat splat of three thousand incontinent starlings! I wish I had my hat!

[Harry H Howgill]

Today's iambic pentameter

We're pretty good at haiku, (keep them coming) but I thought I'd introduce another form, the iambic pentameter. Sounds grand, but it isn't as tricky as it seems. Each line goes like this: -

ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum.

or

and one and two and three and four and five.

a famous one...

When you are old and grey and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book

(W B Yeats - When you are old)

It doesn't have to rhyme, and there can be as many or as few lines as you like.

Here's an effort of mine to get us going...

A postcard did arrive this very day
Exotic images of lands afar
A Painted Stork adorning every stamp
The tales of those you met upon your way
Makes warming reading on a wint'ry night

[freckle]

Today's iambic pentameter

We're pretty good at haiku, (keep them coming) but I thought I'd introduce another form, the iambic pentameter. Sounds grand, but it isn't as tricky as it seems. Each line goes like this: -

ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum.

or

and one and two and three and four and five.

a famous one...

When you are old and grey and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book

(W B Yeats - When you are old)

It doesn't have to rhyme, and there can be as many or as few lines as you like.

Here's an effort of mine to get us going...

A postcard did arrive this very day
Exotic images of lands afar
A Painted Stork adorning every stamp
The tales of those you met upon your way
Makes warming reading on a wint'ry night

Evening Harry , thanks for this...i really must read that Fry book just so tired at the minute somewhat incapable! anyway I liked your verse!

[Harry H Howgill]

Evening Harry , thanks for this...i really must read that Fry book just so tired at the minute somewhat incapable! anyway I liked your verse!

Evening Freckle, soon
be Friday night, time for that
welcome Snecklifter

[stevefoster]

Bazonka to you all!

I agree
BAZONKA!!!!!
I said it at night, but it's ok, i had the light on

[freckle]

I agree
BAZONKA!!!!!
I said it at night, but it's ok, i had the light on

aye...bazonka!

[stevefoster]

aye...bazonka!

That sounded more Yorkshire than Geordie, you missed the why off aye
Hope your are well this evening marra

[Derby Tup]

Ohhh thank god! I have just trawled through hundreds of my own posts to try and find the one with the article about haiku...the article that I found by mistake (I really did HHH) when researching for my commission but have been unable to find ever since. I will post the link here in case anyone else is interested:

[URL="http://poemshape.wordpress.com/category/guides/about-haiku/"]

I'm currently trying to work on my India haiku collection. DT did you do anything with yours?

I never did anything with stuff I wrote in China. Trip was work and tough so not that bothered although might be interesting for me to review pages from thread at that time

Make sure you save your Indian poetry as it is excellent