Today's poet

[Hes]

Along Poem About Fell Running

I wrote
a long poem
about fell running.
I came back
after a day
to re-read
and thought
you ****in' pseud!


Anyone spot any irony around here - I need some shirts doing?

That made me laugh but I would still like to read the original!

[Hes]

well, I've just been invited to the pub for a swift half but no doubt I will call back here later and see what other great stuff has been posted. Have a good evening all, see you later.

[Harry H Howgill]

12 miles of hilly torture...don't you just love it! Just what I needed and what a moon. Hope you enjoyed your cuppa HHH. Sounds like you had a long hard week especially with your new career as stuntman.

Busy week. Lots of letters to write. Cuppa just hit the spot thanks.

Hilly torture sounds just like what I do for fun. You are getting in some good miles in. Sounds good.

How come the moon looks so big near the horizon? That's tonight Google challenge to myself.

Enjoy your half. Make it two!

[freckle]

Mister's mistress

Today I got a mail that wasn't meant for me
it was written by a man I'd loved who's love was not to be
he'd cast his net and drawn me in til I was dreaming merrily
of his hebridean accent and his cottage by the sea
I gave my heart, I gave my soul and then reality,
I found he had a woman and he wasn't really free.
It took a year to leave him but I did it painfully
and today the mist has lifted and I see things differently.
So now I read his words...oh the familiarity
the woman that he writes to is his mistress just like me
so I click reply to sender and make the following plea
for god sake love your woman and leave this lady be.

A Nonny Mouse

Love it!.....who is this nonny mouse person?

[freckle]

excellent stuff ! it really paints a mental picture that

thanks for all your lovely comments about those little lines!...the moon seems too inspire a few poems or two!...

loving all the haiku tonight

[freckle]

well, I've just been invited to the pub for a swift half but no doubt I will call back here later and see what other great stuff has been posted. Have a good evening all, see you later.

wot? a fell poet with a social life? we can't have that missus!!!!!!!

have fun and have a half for me...

[freckle]

Charlie's Girlfriend
Selima Hill

When God made Charlie
He said "Listen Charlie,

soon I will be sending you
a girlfriend

and when you see her
you must shriek at her

and grab at her by the hair
and then lean in

and peck her on the cheek
until she pouts

and starts to make
peculiar little kissing -noises

and this will means she loves you!
And I do!

I let him pinch the raisins
from the fruitcake

and hide them for him
in my ears and hair.

[stevefoster]

Love it!.....who is this nonny mouse person?

A Nony mouse is a person who's suffered a 'bad love' experience, reckon there's a lot of em about

[stevefoster]

Mister's mistress

Today I got a mail that wasn't meant for me
it was written by a man I'd loved who's love was not to be
he'd cast his net and drawn me in til I was dreaming merrily
of his hebridean accent and his cottage by the sea
I gave my heart, I gave my soul and then reality,
I found he had a woman and he wasn't really free.
It took a year to leave him but I did it painfully
and today the mist has lifted and I see things differently.
So now I read his words...oh the familiarity
the woman that he writes to is his mistress just like me
so I click reply to sender and make the following plea
for god sake love your woman and leave this lady be.

A Nonny Mouse

Your better off without
Mrs N. Mouse
One day you'll see the love you give,
Returned, and happily you'll live

[William Clough]

sign outside a London block of flats

Honestly, do we have to spell it out?
No tents, space-hoppers, orgies, Brussels sprout
enthusiasts, no sponsored squirrel fights,
no Ayurvedic quacks, no woolly tights,

no weeping for the joy you think you’re owed,
no winking at the house across the road,
dividing rainbows into seven strands
of single colour, no quick show of hands,

no pastry-cutting, origami, chess,
no taking pleasure in your own success,
no sand, no shark impressions, no culottes
no Christmas pantomimes, no liver spots,

no lurking in the shadows by the shed,
no improvised salutes, no olive bread,
no weightless floating with an auctioneer
in the small pond. No ponds. Hope that’s now clear.

Pessimism for Beginners, Sophie Hannah (Carcanet, 2007)

This poem is called No ball games by Sophie Hannah.
I have often seen this sign and wished i could convert the sign into a poem.I think Sophie has done a great job.