Today's poet

[stevefoster]

my comisarations steve, i am back on monday after 3 week off, the mere thought of which is making me feel a tad quesy!

3 weeks!! That's bad marra, still, working for a living beats rioting:wink:

[Old Whippet]

Evening Freckle...Quesy?
As in Linton Quesy Johnson?
Here's one from before Converse trainers were the source of trouble on the streets.

Reggae Fi Peach
by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Everywhere you go it's deh talk of the day
Everywhere you go, you hear people say
dat "Deh Special Patrol...dem a MURDER-AH, MURDER-AH"
we can't let dem get, no furder-ah
deh S.P.G. dem a MURDER-AH, MURDER-AH
we can't let dem get, no furder-ah
because dem kill Blair Peach, deh teacha
dem kill Blair Peach dem dogs 'n bleeders
Blair Peach was an ordinary man
Blair Peach him took a simple stand
'gainst deh fascists and dem wicked plan
so they beat him till him life was gone

And everywhere you go it's deh talk of the day
Everywhere you go, you hear people say
dat "Deh Special Patrol...dem a MURDER-AH, MURDER-AH"
we can't let dem get, no furder-ah
deh S.P.G. dem a MURDER-AH, MURDER-AH
we can't let dem get, no furder-ah
because dem kill Blair Peach, deh teacha
dem kill Blair Peach dem dogs 'n bleeders
Blair Peach was not an English man
Him come from New Zealand
Tho dey kill'em and 'em dead and gone
But his memory lingers on

Oh ye people of Europe
GREAT injustices are committed upon deh land
How long will we permit dem to carry on?
Is Europe becoming a fascist place?
The answer lies at your own gate
and in the answer lies your fate
__________________

better still

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otacja5LDJY

OW x

[freckle]

I really enjoyed that OW shame i didn't check it last night instead of getting into "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" which was on telly, i forgot what a great film that is, nurse ratchett is so scary, it went on til nearly 2am tho ! x

[Alf]

I really enjoyed that OW shame i didn't check it last night instead of getting into "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" which was on telly, i forgot what a great film that is, nurse ratchett is so scary, it went on til nearly 2am tho ! x

2am :w00t: Way past my bed time freckle. I enjoyed the Anne Sexton poem you posted.

[Alf]

The Puzzled Game-Birds


They are not those who used to feed us
When we were young--they cannot be -
These shapes that now bereave and bleed us?
They are not those who used to feed us, -
For would they not fair terms concede us?
- If hearts can house such treachery
They are not those who used to feed us
When we were young--they cannot be!

Thomas Hardy

[Alf]

She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep

She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.

Robert Graves

Excellent choice that one Hes :thumbup:

The rainbow never tells me

The rainbow never tells me
That gust and storm are by,
Yet is she more convincing
Than Philosophy.

My flowers turn from Forums –
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato couldn’t prove me
Except the birds were here!

Emily Dickinson

[Nathaniel Lee]

Where it all went wrong.

The Iron Ladies gleaming statue is daily worshipped,
By the succession of Prime Ministers,
Their fraudulent fingers in the pot they remain tight lipped,
Allowing bought off peerages those sirs should be misters.

The blood of the north lies on their hands still after all these years,
Rising middle management introducing political correctness and greed,
Fathers fought their sons and neighbours emasculated by their fears,
How can a man who is dejected and disenfranchised protect his child from this demon seed.

Time moves on we are left with a generation lost no direction,
We ask why are the streets are like this the battles and riots what is it all for,
Well for nearly thirty years there has been a festering infection,
This all began when the working man was crushed in Nineteen Eighty Four.


Bipolar Boy.

[Hes]

Yay...a rare appearance by OW! Nice to see you.

Some lovely poems posted. I'm searching for one to suit my mood....

[Hes]

sometimes you can find a poem that is perfect for what you want to say and sometimes it remains elusive...the latter is one of those occasions! So, here is a poem that sums that feeling up!

The Gulf

I tried
To capture in paper
The nameless, still bird
In my garden
For you.

But
Between
What I sought to say
And what I did
The bird
Has taken to wings.

ka mohanarangan

[Mountain Goatess]

Fantastic! Love, love, love <3

sometimes you can find a poem that is perfect for what you want to say and sometimes it remains elusive...the latter is one of those occasions! So, here is a poem that sums that feeling up!

the gulf

i tried
to capture in paper
the nameless, still bird
in my garden
for you.

But
between
what i sought to say
and what i did
the bird
has taken to wings.

Ka mohanarangan