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Thread: Today's poet

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    Re: Today's poet

    Quote Originally Posted by Stef F View Post
    Darn; I missed it in its full glory :boohoo:
    I noticed just this morning how bare it was looking Stef
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    Such modesty DT. I thought it was a rather good cinquain!

    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    My first Crapsey cinquain:

    Local,
    Copper beech tree,
    Standing in nearby field,
    Sheds its golden leaves, overnight,
    Naked

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Whippet View Post
    Such modesty DT. I thought it was a rather good cinquain!
    Haha thanks Old Whippet
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    Re: Today's poet

    REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

    (Traditional English Rhyme - 17th Century)

    Remember, remember the fifth of November
    Gunpowder, treason and plot
    I see no reason why gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot

    Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
    To blow up the King and the Parliament
    Three score barrels of powder below
    Poor old England to overthrow
    By God's providence he was catched
    With a dark lantern and burning match
    Holloa boys, holloa boys
    God save the King!
    Hip hip hooray!
    Hip hip hooray!

    A penny loaf to feed ol' Pope
    A farthing cheese to choke him
    A pint of beer to rinse it down
    A faggot of sticks to burn him
    Burn him in a tub of tar
    Burn him like a blazing star
    Burn his body from his head
    Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead.
    Hip hip hooray!
    Hip hip hooray!

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
    REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

    (Traditional English Rhyme - 17th Century)

    Remember, remember the fifth of November
    Gunpowder, treason and plot
    I see no reason why gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot

    Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
    To blow up the King and the Parliament
    Three score barrels of powder below
    Poor old England to overthrow
    By God's providence he was catched
    With a dark lantern and burning match
    Holloa boys, holloa boys
    God save the King!
    Hip hip hooray!
    Hip hip hooray!

    A penny loaf to feed ol' Pope
    A farthing cheese to choke him
    A pint of beer to rinse it down
    A faggot of sticks to burn him
    Burn him in a tub of tar
    Burn him like a blazing star
    Burn his body from his head
    Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead.
    Hip hip hooray!
    Hip hip hooray!
    thanks for posting this IDP, my kids have been reciting the first verse all day so its nice to see the rest of it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
    If you're looking for a (factual) book about the Somme then read Bloody Victory. It actually blows away an awful lot of the perceived futility of the battle (and yes thats despite 50,000 British casualties on the first day of which unbelievably 20,000 were killed) and demonstrates, kind of like Stalingrad in WWII, that the Somme was a crucial (but awful) step towards us actually winning the war.

    Also at the time most of the British, South African, Anzac and Canadians and French that fought in the battle (and the rest of the war come to that) were extremely proud of their accomplishments, whilst also rueing the huge sacrifices involved. I think that this though flies in the face of conventional wisdom - brave soldiers being butchered needlessly by Colonel Melchett type baffoons. Even Sassoon, who almost became a pacifist on the back of his first hand experiences on the Somme, finally realised that the only real alternative was to see it out and win. Although I like Blackadder Goes Forth and really like Birdsong and films like Oh What a Lovely War I think they have actually provided people nowadays with a very warped and one sided view of the Great War.

    Here endeth the miltary history lesson
    THanks for this stolly very informative and interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Whippet View Post
    Such modesty DT. I thought it was a rather good cinquain!
    I agree it was real good...anyhoo your up late! :-/

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    Well, its late...

    but I have had such a good night...

    went to see the new Mike Leigh film "Another Year" which was so good on so many different levels....

    anyhoo here is one from pablo...always a good choice on a friday night/ saturday morning....

    Morning (Love Sonnet XXVII) by Pablo Neruda

    Naked you are simple as one of your hands;
    Smooth, earthy, small, transparent, round.
    You've moon-lines, apple pathways
    Naked you are slender as a naked grain of wheat.

    Naked you are blue as a night in Cuba;
    You've vines and stars in your hair.
    Naked you are spacious and yellow
    As summer in a golden church.

    Naked you are tiny as one of your nails;
    Curved, subtle, rosy, till the day is born
    And you withdraw to the underground world.

    As if down a long tunnel of clothing and of chores;
    Your clear light dims, gets dressed, drops its leaves,
    And becomes a naked hand again
    Last edited by freckle; 06-11-2010 at 03:44 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freckle View Post
    THanks for this stolly very informative and interesting.
    You great big fibber

    In my defence I sort of thought it vaguely relevant to the thread because the Great War poets, most of whom were in at the thick end, and indeed the war itself are kind of looked on with 21st century goggles and sensibilities. Nowadays a lot of their poetry is deemed anti war, which in a way it was of course but not at all in a pacifisty, bring our troops home modern day way. Most of them became terribly disillusioned on home visits because the every day British bod hadn't a clue what things were like in the trenches and I think most of the great poems were inspired by a desperate need to tell people exactly how it was really and not at all as anti the then war statements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
    You great big fibber

    In my defence I sort of thought it vaguely relevant to the thread because the Great War poets, most of whom were in at the thick end, and indeed the war itself are kind of looked on with 21st century goggles and sensibilities. Nowadays a lot of their poetry is deemed anti war, which in a way it was of course but not at all in a pacifisty, bring our troops home modern day way. Most of them became terribly disillusioned on home visits because the every day British bod hadn't a clue what things were like in the trenches and I think most of the great poems were inspired by a desperate need to tell people exactly how it was really and not at all as anti the then war statements.
    i fib not my dear...and this further bit of analysis is also interesting :closed:
    Last edited by freckle; 06-11-2010 at 09:05 PM.

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