Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

Sand between the toes. That is always a great feeling.

That was written wasn't it by the chap who started that car recovery business. What was his name again? That's it! : RAC Milne.

Sea poems. My dad used to always read me this one.

I went down to the shouting sea,
Taking Christopher down with me,
For Nurse had given us sixpence each-
And down we went to the beach.

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is certain of
Sand-between-the-toes.


The sea was galloping grey and white;
Christopher clutched his sixpence tight;
We clambered over the humping sand-
And Christopher held my hand.

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is certain of
Sand-between-the-toes.


There was a roaring in the sky;
The sea-gulls cried as they blew by;
We tried to talk, but had to shout-
Nobody else was out.

When we got home, we had sand in the hair,
In the eyes and the ears and everywhere;
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is found with
Sand-between-the-toes.

[Hes]

Did everyone get the magazine today? The article looks stunning and it is nice to read through some of our poems again.

Ahhh...I'm so jealous! Mine is probably sat on my mat waiting to jam the door and lock me out when I get home! Cannot wait to see it, I'm so excited.

[Hes]

A quick apology must just go to Johnny Foreigner who's poem couldn't make it into the final article. Blame me for that. It is certainly worth posting here again.

Round and round

Forty-two peaks.
In December sprinkled
with icing sugar.

Forty-two peaks.
On summer solstice covered
by hundreds and thousands.

How did I miss this? It's great. Thanks to Johnny Foreigner and also HHH for reposting it.

[Hes]

Sea poems. My dad used to always read me this one.

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is certain of
Sand-between-the-toes.

There was a roaring in the sky;
The sea-gulls cried as they blew by;
We tried to talk, but had to shout-
Nobody else was out.
.

I love these two verses particularly...what great imagery.

[freckle]

Sea poems. My dad used to always read me this one.

I went down to the shouting sea,
Taking Christopher down with me,
For Nurse had given us sixpence each-
And down we went to the beach.

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is certain of
Sand-between-the-toes.


The sea was galloping grey and white;
Christopher clutched his sixpence tight;
We clambered over the humping sand-
And Christopher held my hand.

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is certain of
Sand-between-the-toes.


There was a roaring in the sky;
The sea-gulls cried as they blew by;
We tried to talk, but had to shout-
Nobody else was out.

When we got home, we had sand in the hair,
In the eyes and the ears and everywhere;
Whenever a good nor'wester blows,
Christopher is found with
Sand-between-the-toes.

Welcome to the thread Swift and what a lovely poem to start off with, i love the line about the sand between the toes, the last thing to leave after a trip to the beach ! thank you

[Harry H Howgill]

Ahhh...I'm so jealous! Mine is probably sat on my mat waiting to jam the door and lock me out when I get home! Cannot wait to see it, I'm so excited.

It is a big thick magazine too of telephone directory proportions so I hope you left open a window to climb back in the house!

[freckle]

How did I miss this? It's great. Thanks to Johnny Foreigner and also HHH for reposting it.

I agree beautiful...one for the next issue?/ fell poet offering in the mag? (she says modestly!!)

[Harry H Howgill]

How did I miss this? It's great. Thanks to Johnny Foreigner and also HHH for reposting it.

It'll be just perfect still for the summer magazine. We'll have to think of a theme for our next lot of offerings.

Did you get down to the beach today Hes? I forget I'm not very far from the sea here. I feel quite land-locked at times when really I'm practically coastal.

[Derby Tup]

My magazine's not arrived yet

I might phone in sick tomorrow to wait for it

[Hes]

It'll be just perfect still for the summer magazine. We'll have to think of a theme for our next lot of offerings.

Did you get down to the beach today Hes? I forget I'm not very far from the sea here. I feel quite land-locked at times when really I'm practically coastal.

I have been beach combing and then on an archaeological walk along coast path...had to resist running about like a collie as the average age of my companions was 65 and they were a sedate bunch as opposed to our veteran fell runners. It was good, very interesting and nice to meet mum's friends.