Today's poet

[Alf]

Eternal love/life.

Everything goes back to dust,
To be consumed by a dying star,
Billions of years of almost immortality,
You comfort yourself,
Knowing your love came from the stars,
And will return to give life and light,
To the black void,
To begin the eternal circle of life,
Once more.

By Herakles.

I like that Herakles "We are stardust"

[Alf]

Cut knees, burnt out
What keeps us coming back
A question I have often asked
But put back on the rack.

Lost bearings, thick clag
What keeps us coming back
I wont be doing this again
Throw my Walshes in the sack

Quads scream, energy gone
What keeps us coming back
Surely I wont finish this
now where's that bloody track

Wet rock, footing wrong
What keeps us coming back
The end is now in vista view
Lets give this sprint a crack

Hunched, gasping the finish field
Case of ability lack
Joy, elation, inner peace
Ill be coming back

By Roy Scott

Good one Roy, very evocative

[Alf]

A Tanka

Soft light this evening
bathes our little running group
displacing winter
liberating us from darkness
bringing joy and friendship back

[Old Whippet]

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

[Derby Tup]

Get well soon Old Whippet. Liked the Withnail/ Bill Shakespeare's nod

[Harry H Howgill]

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

Just before the AW too. Nightmare. Man flu can linger on for weeks and weeks! I hope you get better soon.

[Harry H Howgill]

The sun is shining and I'm feeling happy!

Great original work by Roy, Herakles, DT and Stef. Stef...hang in there. It is a cliche but the best things in life are worth waiting for and it seems that you have both discovered, in my opinion, the best thing in life.

I have discovered the origin of the expression 'my heart sings'. Thought it was some poetic make believe. Amazing!

Excellent stuff. Good to see you enjoying yourself.

[stevefoster]

A heart rending collection below....

1st day off sick in years
By lunchtime bored to tears
Could watch the vile
Jeremy Kyle
But would rather poke out my eyes with spears


A vile pestillence
called Viral pharyngitis
silences whippet


Man Flu. Only half
the world appreciates how
bravely we bear it.

Get well soon OW, pass the man flu on to vile Kyle

[stevefoster]

D is for daring to sneak a kiss
E is for every moment I miss
R is the reason for being I'm sure
B is the beating heart I endure
Y is for years; a future it seems

T is for tent; he'll know what I mean
U is for understanding the person unseen
P is a pie filled with hopes and dreams

Missed this, wishing you two many years of happiness together

[Old Whippet]

Just before the AW too. Nightmare. Man flu can linger on for weeks and weeks! I hope you get better soon.

weeks and weeks? Stuff that! Bored with it already. Allendale Challenge on Saturday is the goal.
I note the top quality sympathetic messages from the male forumites! Cheers DT, Merry and Harry. Proof - if ever needed of the point made in poem #3!
No doubt the girls are searching the on-line rhyme generator for words to go with 'pull yourself together' 'get a grip' and 'soft as shite'!