Walkaboutsverse

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 08 Sep 07 - 06:29 AM

How many Walkaboutsverses does it take to change a light bulb ?

just one, he holds the bulb and stands still and the world revolves round him.

eric

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 13 Sep 07 - 09:29 AM

(As a brief interlude, folks, from that Bayswater Bed-sit...)
Poem 48 of 230: THE PROMS (1997)

We walked through Kensington Gardens,
Then made a left for Albert Hall.
Promenaders were in their tens,
While others had found their stall,
As we took our pre-booked seats.
The seats were of restricted view -
Three-quarters of the orchestra.
But the music sure bettered par:
The beautiful sounds of Mozart;
The daring drama of Ravel.
And we liked it - me and a belle.

THE END

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 14 Sep 07 - 05:01 AM

...For one week of rent,
    He'd ensure a bed
Within Bayswater -
    A bed-sit, he said...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 08:57 AM

It was eighty pounds
    Per week, nothing more,
With a lift arranged
    To the building's door...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 09:49 AM

But it was always out of order
What a bloody bore!

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Amos
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 11:08 AM

I lost my poetry
In that lift.
I'd put it in
Hoping to shift
My stuff, both boring and inane
Up to some high poetic plane!
I pressed the button, then jumped out,
Not sure just what i was about.
The lift, with all my dreams in store,
Went up and jammed
Between two floors.

Drimohn Drimohn-Sugkah
Sad Lessons, Sad Life
Last Ditch Publishing
Pukesbury on Whimm, 2001

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 06:26 AM

(No folks...there were, rather, many more travels and verses yet to come - until I ended the collection at the end of 2002 and, thereupon, began to air it on the folk and poetry scenes.)

Knackered and sleepless,
    I took the deal;
Checked-in quickly,
    Had a rushed meal...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 08:30 AM

Try checking out reality for a change.

eric

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 09:12 AM

Black Puddin' an' onions
And a nice bit of veal.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 24 Sep 07 - 06:32 AM

(In reality (Eric), I'm mostly vegan (Sky))

Collected my bags -
    Tube there, shared-van back -
Then carried them up
    To my top-floor shack...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 24 Sep 07 - 06:45 PM

I am almost Vegan also.
I only eat animals that eat grass!

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 08:33 AM

(No Sky - at home I usually have vegetables only, but, out-and-about, may have whatever is going...a brief interlude then, by way of explanation -

Poem 206 of 230: MY DIET

Chasing breads, nuts, bananas,
    Red sauce, apples, sultanas,
Crackers, conserves, cucumbers,
    Pickles, porridge, pottages -

Lemon barley,
    Cocoa, coffee,
Or cups of tea.)

A penthouse - no need,
    It did me just fine;
A cook-top and fridge,         
    A table to dine...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 27 Sep 07 - 08:43 AM

Seated, I could watch
    The clouds roll by -
Often from the west -
    Or jets cut the sky...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Wolfgang
Date: 28 Sep 07 - 07:07 AM

Can someone else please tell me, this is a long term experiment in social psychology, isn't it?

Not you, Walkabout. You'd either understand me and would lie and say no or you wouldn't understand me and respond with a sincere no.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,davetnova
Date: 28 Sep 07 - 08:05 AM

Obviously lengthy homage to the great Scots poet James McKintyre www.poemhunter.com/poem/windmills-and-stone-stables/ the style is unmistakeable.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Sep 07 - 08:06 AM

oops blueclicky is not quite right.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 28 Sep 07 - 08:12 AM

(Thats odd "psychology" Wolfgang - I just found Mozart on Myspace.)
There were large plane-trees,
    A squirrel or two;
And pigeons dropped by -
    Foregrounding the view...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 05:27 AM

Plus, at dawn, the sun
    Shined in from the east -
Filling the small room
    As on egg I'd feast...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 05:09 AM

And contemplating,
    It occurs to me -
If all lived that well,
    How great it would be...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 02 Oct 07 - 09:05 AM

But a lot do sleep
    Outdoors many nights -
On sheets of cardboard,
    Without basic rights.
THE END

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 04 Oct 07 - 08:22 AM

(Not so long ago, English club-football was mostly locals in meaningful competition - now it is a greedy meaningless foreign-farce, frankly.)

Poem 98 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: REREGULATE

One Premier world-eleven v.
    Another such company,
Or wage-caps and say half each-club's squad
    From the local-junior pod?
And, perhaps, heed the cricket-fan's call
    To convert to county-football..?

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 07:31 AM

Poem 115 of 230: SUNDAY CRICKET AND BERRIES - SUMMER 2000

From a bus - ninety-eight,
    Bury to Manchester -
I got off at the gate
    Of Hamilton Road Park,
Where in situ I ate
    Several blackberries
(The taste too good to wait)
    Before making my way
To a further park-gate,
    From where briefly I watched
How Stand's cricketers rate.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:44 AM

(Just produced and posted my first video-clip.)

Poem 229 of 230: JOYS OF LIFE

Leightons, and other great art;
    Plumes of fireworks at night;
The vivid reds of sunrise -
    Repeated at day's last light...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 08 Oct 07 - 04:58 AM

The beats through us of a drum;
    Winter¡¦s sun felt through closed glass;
Handing in the last exam;
    Awakenings ¡V alarmless!..

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse
Date: 09 Oct 07 - 10:13 AM

(How did that happen!?)
The ball off thee whacks their net;
    When to palms leather has stuck;
Orange juice during half-time;
    A warm bath to wash the muck...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 08:13 AM

Viewing set-over cricket;
    A golf ball, for once, well struck;
Viewing velodrome cycling;
    From net-chord, levelling luck!..

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 13 Oct 07 - 05:35 AM

Sticks, chants, didgeridoo,
    Haunting harps, and all bagpipes;
Clog, flamenco, tamure,
    Hula, and other dance types...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 15 Oct 07 - 05:23 AM

Out, by a cast, being told;
    In - taking tea and T.V.;
Highland views that command rest;
    The buildings of Italy...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 16 Oct 07 - 08:31 AM

Thrifty plant-propagation;
    By a wave one's body hit;
Upstream of camp - with paddle;
    By a fire - strongly lit...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 18 Oct 07 - 09:07 AM

Forest spent-leaves under foot;
    Tasting a host-nation's fare;
Alcedo atthis at work;
    Just bills being brought to bear...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 04:44 AM

Allegros when feeling low;
    An andante to wind down;
Spoken French and chorused song;
    The quiet when out of town...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 20 Oct 07 - 04:56 AM

A stroll through a kept garden,
    Before Sunday's roast dinner;
A pub game, drink and meal;
    One's team a comeback winner.
THE END

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 23 Oct 07 - 08:58 AM

Poem 52 of 230: OUT OF PLACE

As I paid my bus fee
    To leave Nairobi,
A woman caught my eye:...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 25 Oct 07 - 08:22 AM

From what I could see -
Red garb, bead jewellery -
    She was a Masai...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 30 Oct 07 - 10:16 AM

From anthropology,
    I¡¦d heard how stubbornly
They try to defy...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 31 Oct 07 - 09:06 AM

Factors tending to be
Against them culturally -
    I like the Masai...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 01 Nov 07 - 02:32 AM

You really should study the great William McGonagall. It may help you to improve.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 01 Nov 07 - 10:13 AM

(I have already, Sky - but long after completing my collection. I did, however, read widely from the anthology of English verse before hand. On myspace, you may be surprised to find some positive comments about my verses...)
Now, from my T.V.,
    News has reminded me
That space tourists buy,..

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 03 Nov 07 - 06:45 AM

In order to see
Big-game roaming free,
Belonged to Masai...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 05:09 AM

They live nomadically:
    With cows, they go-look-see
To get enough supply...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 05:04 AM

Of grass, whose energy
Converted comes to be
The life-keep of Masai.
THE END

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 04:53 AM

Poem 212 of 230: REMEMBER THEM?

Back when we became defenders
    (We have plainly been attackers)
Defenders¡¦ blood, sweat and years
    Were paid to keep a good home-way -
A way yet to be part stealth-blown
    As mass immigration gained-sway,
And as we slipped as maintainers.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 10 Nov 07 - 05:11 AM

Poem 213 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: MORE AMOR PATRIAE

There is Tai Chi and there is tennis,
    Line is fine but so is Morris,
There is curry and there is the roast,
    And, when England is playing host,
It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish
    To sense culture that is English.

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 13 Nov 07 - 05:08 AM

117 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: WYTHENSHAWE PARK - SUMMER 2000

Wythenshawe Hall
    Is elegant -
Although, in all,
    Extravagant...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 15 Nov 07 - 04:44 PM

Cromwell above
    A pyramid -
Symbolic stuff
    On what he did...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 12:32 PM

The plant centre
    Has well-kept ground -
Seems gardener
    Likes fish around...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 08:27 AM

Sports and leisure
    Places abound -
A good measure
    Of games are found...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 06:24 AM

A farm venture
    Has food at hand,
And more nature
    Lies in woodland...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 04:32 AM

Poem 118 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: WHALLEY ABBEY...WHAT TALES? - AUTUMN 2000

Cistercian monks have clearly been -
    Their Abbey's ruins can still be seen;
And, sounding for centuries before,
    Calder flows have passed - seeking the shore...

Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse
Date: 22 Nov 07 - 04:21 AM

Lords of the grounds have, more lately, stayed -
    Their manor houses reused and unscathed.
Through beautiful gardens insects fly -
    The ruins of folk just a pass-by;...