BS: In every thread someone has to be last!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 08:56 PM

not one to my muse....


Sonnet 21/10/92                                        CDXXXIII

                I now have been upon the edge, and seen
                The end of my existence. Shall I mourn
                All that I have not started? Shall I glean
                Some wisdom from this life, or shall I scorn
                To offer up the seeds of my life's crop?
                I shall not weep: I may have had my share
                Of dreams, but yet I know that Death will stop
                All my concerns. No one will know I care.
                I feel my own mortality, and fear
                The emptiness I cannot see into,
                The loss of memories that I hold dear,
                Far more than pain: I am to my mind true.
                 To each, an end must come, and I shall rest
                 Resigned to my fate, unknown and unblessed.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 11:16 PM

sonnet 94 of 210 to my muse...


Sonnet 24/08/03                         DCCCXLII

I offer rose to muse, that blossom learn
What beauty is. In muse's eyes I see
A part of heaven's light: How can I earn
My heart's desire, that her desires might be?
I offer shoulder to my muse, for tears,
And to lend to her what support I may.
I would don armor, and fight off her fears,
But should I try to more than at knight play?
I offer heart, and soul, and dreams, to show
How much her smile means. It is my choice,
To care. In her I find the chance to know
My dreams: How can I not to hopes give voice?
How can I less than all my being give?
She is my muse, giving me hope to live.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 29 Dec 04 - 02:11 AM

BB...can the muse ever be male?
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 29 Dec 04 - 02:31 AM

The muse can be male, female, animal, spiritual, or a geological feature- WHATEVER gives one inspiration. As I have discussed with LH, I find that I hear my muse in that "small, quiet place inside", were others go to meditate. Sometimes one can know who the muse is- but not always. Take a look at "Lives of the Muses" - it is a good treatment of a number of artists and their ( human) muses.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 31 Dec 04 - 08:41 PM

thanks BB. I will
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 07:19 AM

i guess I should leave well enough alone but, somehow, can't bear to see my baby drop off the front page.

j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 07:22 AM

well, 42 has been last for all of this year, so far... I guess it is my turn now.

8-{E

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: GUEST,sandra
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 11:33 AM

Well I might as well put in my 2cents worth!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 11:55 AM

sense, or even cents, is always welcome here...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: miss.rebecca
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 01:21 PM

Sense? Hmmmm do I have that?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 01:42 PM

sonnet 95 of 210 to my muse...



Sonnet 25/08/03                         DCCCXLIII

Might poet capture muse, with web of dreams
To hold in arms all his desire? He weaves,
Each waking moment: All his nighttime teems
With thought of muse, but for her kiss he grieves.
He wishes he might change the world, to let
All sorrows fade. He wants muse to enjoy
The heaven that she brings to dreams. Hopes set
No limits on desires, nor dreams destroy.
How can he face future without his muse?
He must attempt to bring laughter to eyes:
Her tears wash away dreams. Can he refuse
Even faint chance, to any hope realize?
She is his muse: He seeks only her smile.
But he will dreams enjoy, at least a while.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 02:16 PM

sense...
cents...
scents..


By the way, bye bye, and buy bonds.


As the owner of an AMC car, I am permitted to Ramble...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: ranger1
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 02:27 PM

I once owned an AMC Concord that gave me no peace...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: miss.rebecca
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 03:15 PM

I ramble and don't own a AMC Car.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 04:02 PM

Sweet muse,

But ask, and I will find you one...

Just don't expect to get parts for it...

8-{E

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: miss.rebecca
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 04:05 PM

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: miss.rebecca
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 04:06 PM

that would be one thing I don't ask for.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 05:14 PM

My best car ever was my mon's red Rambler station wagon (1970) 286, 8 cylinder...moved like stick and cornered like it was on rails. Blew a lot of the boys out of the water in that one!

ahhhh... fond memories.
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 05:19 PM

1970 AMC V8s were 304, 360, and 390... up from the 290/343/390 of 1968-69. In 71 or so they came out with the 401 ... SMALLBLOCK.

My 390 Auto was spec'ec at 5.7 sec 0-60 Factory... but a top speed of 127 mph.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 11:29 PM

hey I'm just a girl eh! ...and it was a long time ago so maybe it was the '69 and, anyway...what's a few cc's between friends?
j
p.s. I meant "stink" not "stick"

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:28 AM

cubic inches... 60 cu. in. is 1 liter... I had a 400 cu engine that was 6.6 liters... The 360 is 6 liters.


sonnet 96 of 210 to my muse...


Sonnet 26/08/03                         DCCCXLIV

My muse is always with me, in my dreams
But I still wish I held her in my arms.
I want to protect her from all that harms,
And give her back the love that in eye gleams.
She offers more to heart than just the charms
I see in image: In her words she sends
The thoughts within my heart. This vision lends
Hope to desire, to silence life's alarms.
Can I give muse enough, when her smile bends
My soul towards the light? She is the spring
That feeds pool of my emotions, to bring
Desires to page: For her, broken heart mends.
All that I need is smile, to bring me peace:
I do not think dreams of my muse will cease.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:10 PM

OK, bowing to popular demand ( Well, no-one stopped me...) here is another sonnet to tide you over the next few days...


sonnet 97 of 210 to my muse...


Sonnet 28/08/03                         DCCCXLV

Good night, dear muse: I pray your dreams provide
Reason to smile, and rest from weary day.
In sleep I seek to from my worries hide,
And reach to one who might my fears allay.
I envy others, that to muse are near:
Do they realize the value of your glance?
Can they see, in your eyes, that ghost of tear
That haunts me, and gives my regrets a chance?
I wish I might hold you, that fears would flee
From dream, and restless mind. I need the touch
Of skin and lips and hair, to make heart see
How real desire can be: Is that so much?
I cannot find the hope I seek in sleep:
Yet I would dream of you forever keep.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:05 PM

hmmm... still no postings... another sonnet, perhaps?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:02 PM

LH,
Your comments on the following are sincerely solicited.





Sonnet 04/01/05                        CMLXVIII

In every thread someone has to be last,
Though we may trade places in patterned dance.
Each one may lead, then follow: Thoughts are cast
On screen to with all others take their chance.
Come join the waltz of thousand partners: Share
Some moments with a varied crowd, or learn
Of osprey nest, or Bob. Each of us care
Enough that we to this mad dance return.
Each of us add to tune, and join in chords
That sweep across our posts: We fill the time
With what investment each of us affords.
It is just journey that gives cause to climb.
As we give, so shall each some gift receive,
And only for those gone shall we yet grieve.


8-{E

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: ranger1
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:46 PM

Nice sonnet, BB. Much nicer than the bit of doggerel I typed way back when. BTW, has Ellenpoly deserted us?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:05 AM

BB I've gone metric over the years and was prepared to correct my mental lapse. It was still a great car and my memories are intact even if my automotive details are sketchy.

jen

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:06 AM

the Cat as muse! whoduthunkit?
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 07 Jan 05 - 06:52 PM

refresh...

Gee, I take a few days off, and the thread sinks out of sight...

I don't like the sound of this...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 07 Jan 05 - 10:24 PM

sonnet 98 of 212 to my muse...


Sonnet 01/09/03                         DCCCXLVI

My muse is far too beautiful for words
To tell how much I want her in my arms.
Yet, words are all I have, to send: As birds,
They fly, but cannot tell power of charms.
She is reason to dream, and, with her look,
She melts my heart, and seizes all of soul.
How can I chain desire into a book
And hope this pittance will earn me my goal?
More than just muse, she is the one desired
By heart, and mind, and soul. I ache, to dream,
But cannot my dreams shun: She has inspired
All of the future, and what visions seem.
I see in her far more than I can say:
How can I know this love, and distant stay?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 06:49 PM

sonnet 99 of 212...



Sonnet 09/09/03                         DCCCXLVII Rev B

A bright September day, and my heart dwells
Upon my muse: In dream I hold her near,
But I am still alone. I dare not steer
My hopes upon the path of which verse tells.
This dryad nurtures love: Her eyes cast spells
On heart and soul. I cannot dreams ignore,
Yet dare not desires for passion explore:
I could not risk all that from my dream wells.
I find in thought of muse I win heart's ease,
Though she excites me: I've found true desire,
But know not how to show how much I care.
I do not know if these words will muse please,
For I am not yet brave. Will she now tire
Of verses that but longings for her share?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 06:51 PM

Dream on, you sorry petunia-heads! At any moment I will compose an epic poem about Shatner that will render the rest of this thread...superfluous!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 07:01 PM

epic poem about Shatner? THAT is superfluous!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 04:07 PM

my absence was enforced by the absence of the Cat from the aether.

you didn't really think I was giving up did you?

Shatner's epic prose all by himself.   KHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:53 PM

sonnet 100 or 212 to my muse...


Sonnet 10/09/03                         DCCCXLVIII

Shall I tell of a muse of such sweet charm
That angels follow her, and hope to learn
The finer points of heaven? My dreams harm
Noone, save themselves, that they for her burn.
Shall I write of desire, for one more dear
To me than my own soul? My muse is one
I cannot keep from wanting to be near:
Yet I have not the right to hold her won.
Shall I dream of her eyes and smile, and seek
To find the words to let her know I care?
One kiss would show more than the lines I speak,
But should I hope thus to my passions share?
She is my dryad: For her, desires grow
To fill my heart. How can I her worth show?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 05:51 PM

i just can't seem to let this go!
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 01:25 PM

Sonnet 101 of 212 to my muse...


Sonnet 16/09/03                                DCCCL                

I ask not for a promise, but your smile
To lend some pleasure to a dreary night.
Can I ask that you write of dreams, to light
This lonely dark, if only for a while?
I ask not for your soul, but that you share
Some time to tell how you have been. I seek
To learn what part of passions I might speak,
And not risk loss of one for whom I care.
I ask not for your kiss, though I desire
That, and far more. What you give is for you
To choose and offer. With but hopes in view,
I cannot keep from dreaming of eyes' fire.
I ask not that you change, but that you be
My light; My muse, that I in dreams might see.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 01:36 PM

i just got bored and fed up waiting for this thread to open
and now can't be arsed reading any of it.

bollocks to curiosity !!

and I know this wont be the last post
because some sanctimonious tosser
is bound to get irrate and complain about "Guests" posting here anonymously
and using 'bad language'.

well bumholes to you when you do!

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: GUEST,sanctamonius tosser
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 01:53 PM

Yeah fuck off ya stupid guests we dont want you. oh wait, i'm one so bye bye

(ignorant bastard)

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 02:05 PM

Guest,

Welcome to the thread. I am certain we have discussed something of interest to you here, but you might have to look a little to find it.

Language is not "bad", it is just misunderstood....

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 04:37 PM

guests are ok as long as they don't overstay their welcome.
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Jan 05 - 07:06 PM

Sonnet 102 of 213 to my muse...


Sonnet 24/09/03                                DCCCLI

How can I give my muse her due, to show
What thought of her gives heart? Should I detail
What I have not the means to send? I know
She deserves far more than verse, without fail.
How can I tell her what she means to me,
Who sees her eyes as stars, and smile as light?
My efforts do not match my dreams, to free
Desires, that I might hope to hold her tight.
How will I find a path to heart's desire,
To fold dreams within arms? Might I with more
Than words caress, and more than words admire?
She is my muse: Thought of her is my core.
All I might offer I have sent: I pray
She knows how hard it is, to stay away.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: 42
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 01:25 AM

finally...the Cat is back!
j

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 01:32 AM

He wrote a sonnet on it for his muse,
And didn't once express his right-wing views.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 06:52 AM

Sonnet 103 of 214 to my muse - NONE of them political.


Sonnet 29/09/03                                DCCCLII                

I hear in silence far more than I should,
The echoes of my fears. Can dreams ignore
That I am of muse reft? Word from her would
Be sweet, and harvest of my hopes restore.
I see in darkness little of the sky,
With clouds and concern hiding view. I wait,
For dawn and day, and hope that dreams can try
To show my heart what vision might relate.
I taste the longing of desires, but know
Soft lips are beyond reach. The salt of tears
Flavors my dreams: Yet, should I these dreams throw
Aside, when in them some of hope appears?
Should I allow sense to be my heart's guide,
When I can't even my own mind decide?

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 07:23 AM

I really thought someone had succeeded in being last and the thread had disappeared! Nice to see it back again.
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 07:28 AM

something in excess of 111 posts more, at a minimum.

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 07:56 AM

But, since Guest brings it up, I guess I will post the political ones here...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 08:06 AM

both of them...

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 08:08 AM

( that is , 2 out of 971 sonnets...)

Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 08:09 AM

far too many, I know.