Today's poet

[Masham Man]

As we see the back of winter and new life begins........I give you this poem

I am the face in the leaves,
I am the laughter in the forest,
I am the king in the wood.
And I am the blade of grass
That thrusts through the stone-cold clay
At the death of winter.
I am before and I am after,
I am always until the end
I am the face in the forest,
I am the laughter in the leaves.

[Hes]

Cheers OOP!

Happy birthday
lady vet
artist, poet
Sophisticate
(I'd like to think,
We've never met)
Enjoy your day
What's left of it!

(Sorry, only noticed your Birthday well into the evening!)

OOP x

[Hes]

I like this MM, is it an original or a good discovery? Reminds me of the greenman.

As we see the back of winter and new life begins........I give you this poem

I am the face in the leaves,
I am the laughter in the forest,
I am the king in the wood.
And I am the blade of grass
That thrusts through the stone-cold clay
At the death of winter.
I am before and I am after,
I am always until the end
I am the face in the forest,
I am the laughter in the leaves.

[Mossdog]

I do not know her
yet I know her
by her name
a flowing syllable
resonant of
Spring's breeze
through
fell heather
a bounding charm
of the hare

I do not know her
yet I know her
weaving this thread
of kindred souls
with wit and fun
some of sadness
yet more of joys
those jewelled talents
of eye, hand and mind
ethcing images of
celebration, of warmth

I do not know her
yet I know her
"our Hes"
Happy Birthday Lass
X

[Hes]

Wow...thank you very, very much Mossy! That's a really, lovely gift.

I do not know her
yet I know her
by her name
a flowing syllable
resonant of
Spring's breeze
through
fell heather
a bounding charm
of the hare

I do not know her
yet I know her
weaving this thread
of kindred souls
with wit and fun
some of sadness
yet more of joys
those jewelled talents
of eye, hand and mind
ethcing images of
celebration, of warmth

I do not know her
yet I know her
"our Hes"
Happy Birthday Lass
X

[Masham Man]

I like this MM, is it an original or a good discovery? Reminds me of the greenman.

Yep you are right Hes, I found it in my Green Man book so a good discovery. Written by Mike Harding

[freckle]

Wow! how many lovely heartfelt offerings have been presented today, great stuff! It has been pleasure to read them all from OW's limerick, Steve's haiku, One's Off's impressive ability to weave the word "sophisticate" into a verse, Mossy's warm gift and I think my fave...Alf's first poem which I loved!!!!!!!! also MG and Masham mans choices were gorgeous...

well...this Hes character must be a bit special I reckon!?

Evening all!
xxx

[Derby Tup]

jet-lagged Derby Tup
forgets Hes' special birthday
my apologies!



Hope you had a great day!

[freckle]

5 minutes with Benjamin Zephaniah....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12688415

really enjoyed this harry, thought it was interesting that he considers it essential to read a poem a day to stay healthy! :-) x

[Mountain Goatess]

Oops a daisy
MG in a hurry,
a flurry, a scurry,
It's all a bit hazy,
And seems rather lazy,
Nothing genius or witty,
For this fell kitty,
No birthday ditty,
Apologies Hes!

Well, I do apologise for my very inappropriate choice of poem yesterday! I had a very manic day and just briefly came onto the PC in between a 17 mile run and a horrble trip to Asda followed by a night out.
I quickly posted it in theme with those poor Japanese folk, and didn't even look at the other posts for Hes birthday and forgot about the important topic that I should have written about! Doh!
I did post a happy birthday on FB though so I didn't totally forget!
Anyway hope you had a fantastic birthday Hes :thumbup: