Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Date: 21 Nov 06 - 06:12 AM (You're no Saint!) The road Glasgow to Inverness... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Date: 21 Nov 06 - 07:59 AM Was being dug up... It was in a hell of a mess |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 23 Nov 06 - 10:13 AM (No, Manitas: it was actually a nice scenic road, taken with an Italian couple - please see poem 11; and with just two more stanzas left on this poem, by the way, we should be in John o' Groats before Christmas!) The Lakes, plus London's spots, no less... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Date: 24 Nov 06 - 03:37 AM I poked until I found Napoleon's boney part... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 25 Nov 06 - 06:30 AM (I think he and his, ultimately, headed a stormy south..?) From Colwyn Bay, I headed east To Manchester, my place of birth... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 30 Nov 06 - 05:23 AM Then on the Lakes my eyes did feast, Before I passed by Solway Firth... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 01 Dec 06 - 05:43 AM Onto Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, before Inverness... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Date: 05 Dec 06 - 05:26 AM Then waves from locals were the go... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 07 Dec 06 - 08:55 AM Warm folks round John o' Groats, I'd guess. THE END |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 09 Dec 06 - 06:00 AM E.g. 3 - from the very end of walkaboutsverse.741.com - 230 AS GOSPELLERS HAVE SAID/CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead. A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Date: 09 Dec 06 - 09:14 AM Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser Date: 09 Dec 06 - 05:04 PM I thought you said THE END! I ain't no poet but.. I suggest you get your purse And walk out, not about, the Mudcat door Walkaboutverse No hard feelings, this thread just should not have poisoned the fine music section. It was BS material, at best. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsvers Date: 12 Dec 06 - 10:54 AM (Charming...and, to think, it's almost Christmas!) (2nd verse) In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Manitas_at_home Date: 12 Dec 06 - 03:24 PM We had a quick dance Then ate some mince pies |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 14 Dec 06 - 10:26 AM (I'm no dancer, frankly, Manitas - at home or anywhere - although I do like listening to and watching Clog, Morris, etc., and can play English Country Gardens, e.g. And, as for mince pies, I would'nt say no.) Faith's the star that we glance... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest Date: 14 Dec 06 - 10:34 AM Or singer either |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Date: 14 Dec 06 - 12:06 PM I came here tonight to hear the crowd say "Boom, shake shake shake the room"... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 15 Dec 06 - 05:25 AM (And for the next line you may warble, sing or "boom"..) Attending Christ's churches... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser Date: 15 Dec 06 - 10:05 AM Walkaboutverse GUEST curse Are you Shambles ahiddin' in the GUEST brambles? 'cause you both post to your own posts...to your own posts..... And if I were the Mudcat owner and host Or a moderator, he that edits what we all post You both would be toast! Not a poet and know it How about you? |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 19 Dec 06 - 08:36 AM (Cruiser: some have said my versification is okay but not my conclusions, others have criticised my versification...if someone who got distinctions for humanities-essays at uni. has put even more into his verses, they must be okay, I would have to say.) And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Date: 19 Dec 06 - 12:01 PM And newsreaders like Sue Lawley And Nicholas Witchell... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser Date: 19 Dec 06 - 09:27 PM Good Luck walkaboutverse. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 22 Dec 06 - 05:54 AM (Thanks, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.) Our God-loving stance. A season for new hope - There then and here now; The Yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now. THE END |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Date: 22 Dec 06 - 09:56 AM Though following this thread Has not always been fun And it's easy to mock All the writing he's done, Whether Madman or Joker Whether winter or fall, Even rhymes mediocre Beat no verse at all. A |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 02 Jan 07 - 10:58 AM (Some more verse for all, Amos...) E.g.4, the lay/poem-come-song, NO. 101, JUST SUBSIST: At times when I've had time to take, I've thought of a plot by a lake... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Date: 02 Jan 07 - 03:15 PM But theres nothing worse; than this terrible verse So why don't I give you a break. THE END. Limericks are my particular forte. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest Date: 02 Jan 07 - 04:08 PM Thank heavens for that, now the forum can be used for that which it was started. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 04 Jan 07 - 09:13 AM (Neither rhyme nor reason just above, I feel.) The plot would be of fertile ground; The lake would have some trout around... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Date: 04 Jan 07 - 11:20 AM The Guest, unkind, With comments terse, Should keep in mind It could be verse! If words were stone, A cop, a nurse! For batter or (Perhaps) for verse. A |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:04 AM (Amen, Amos!) The plot's house would be made of brick - Well insulated, in good nick... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 06 Jan 07 - 07:18 AM (To get around that unholy mess...) And round this abode ther'd be built - Solar panels, kept at best tilt... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 09 Jan 07 - 09:25 AM Inside large coops would run the legs Of chooks and quails - for fresh eggs... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 10 Jan 07 - 05:34 PM Sick am I of rhyme I will no longer waste your time Goodbye |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 11 Jan 07 - 09:05 AM (Bye the way, it was mentioned above that my site is still not compatible with all computers - I think that has been fixed be left-aligning the "book"/table, which was previously centre-aligned and out-of-whak on some screens.) A vine for grapes plus summer shade, And, in thin beds, vegetables laid... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Date: 11 Jan 07 - 05:04 PM Goodnight, farewell and adieu. Thank you all for keeping this thread going. Now it is time to call it a day |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 12 Jan 07 - 06:13 AM (Not those kind of "beds", guest) Up at dawn to use all sunlight - Fish and farm by day, read at night... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse Date: 12 Jan 07 - 07:00 AM Mein Kampf, thats my favourite book If you ask nicely I'll give you a look... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 16 Jan 07 - 10:43 AM (I hate imperialism - whether it's Nazi, Victorian, or any other.) A spouse with me I'd not resist - In retirement, we'd just subsit. THE END |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Date: 16 Jan 07 - 10:46 AM A question was raised recently about self-promotion. Surely this thread is the worst example of arrogant, self-indulgent, completely up-its-own-arse spamming on this board. Just thought I'd say. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:26 PM I must agree with the last person to post, so I am calling an end to this thread |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:03 AM Another ditty from my FREE site, which may be of particular interest to golfing-folk: 144 "LINGOLF" Your honour, Your Honour. Watch out - he's a burglar. I'm to school on your put. That's one heck of a cut... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:33 AM There'll be no more shootin' Else I'll put the boot in Rolling around the carpark Make me some maccaronni!.. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:53 AM A single shyster? Or a twosome? Whichever, 'tis His stuff is gruesome. His perseverance, Grim, unbending; I wish he'd KEEP His promised ending! A |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 19 Jan 07 - 06:36 AM (Continuing, down the fairway, from "That's one heck of a cut!") It's my bread and butter - A left-to-right cutter... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Date: 19 Jan 07 - 07:07 AM Of course if you all stopped responding to my thread I would get bored and probably stop |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 23 Jan 07 - 08:46 AM (Someone's trying to play in my shoes!) That's where elephants die. That's a grave - not a lie... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 25 Jan 07 - 06:02 AM I'm in the old plumb-duff; Tough - I'm on the cut stuff... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 26 Jan 07 - 05:56 AM (Perhaps due to leadfingers...) The hooks with my driver, And fades with my putter... |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,William Wordsworth Date: 26 Jan 07 - 06:06 AM The chaps on the links All think I'm a nutter. |
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Date: 26 Jan 07 - 06:42 AM (Back from the dead?!) There's a goalie in there. Trees are some nine-tenths air... |
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