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16 Mar 06 - 11:11 AM (#1695232) Subject: WALKABOUTSVERSE From: WalkaboutsVerse Have you checked my free website - walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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16 Mar 06 - 02:04 PM (#1695356) Subject: RE: WALKABOUTSVERSE From: Leadfingers Not Yet |
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16 Mar 06 - 02:12 PM (#1695362) Subject: RE: WALKABOUTSVERSE From: wysiwyg Tried to get there, but the page took so long to load, I gave up. To save dialup people from a freeze-up, I'm not mkaing the uRL into a clicky-link. ~S~ |
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16 Mar 06 - 02:37 PM (#1695383) Subject: RE: WALKABOUTSVERSE From: katlaughing David, were I you, I'd look for a different host, such as www.tripod.com. Yours finally loaded for me and I am on broadband, but none of the links were lined up right and they did not work. Good luck, kat |
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16 Mar 06 - 06:23 PM (#1695572) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Fooles Troupe It's always a sever mistake to try to put it all on one page. The human mind can only hold and access small chunks of info at one time. A good reference book always has an index, so please consider breaking the content up, and moving most of it off the front page. If you want to look at how a very large site can be organised to be accessible thru indexes, feel free to look at mine - the url is on my Mudcat profile page. You may not like the content, but it is the way it is set up that may help you to think about organising your site. |
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18 Mar 06 - 05:50 AM (#1696759) Subject: WHY WALKABOUTSVERSE IS SLOW From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse walkaboutsverse.741.com is about 1MB of poems and songs, and is relatively slow to download. But, as it's all on one fully-linked page, it should be quick and easy to navigate once there - why not make a brew while you're waiting! I actually produced a paperback first using desktop publishing software, then copy/pasted to Word. It wouldn't take on the more efficient specialised web-software, so I removed all the html I could to get it just below the 1MB limit required by 741. Thanks to those who responded to my first message, and I have taken your tips onboard. |
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18 Mar 06 - 07:33 AM (#1696821) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,mack/misophist With DSL it loaded quickly enough but galeon, a fairly compliant browser, didn't display the top of the page very well. I presume the lower parts were meant to be wavy. |
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18 Mar 06 - 07:37 AM (#1696823) Subject: RE: WHY WALKABOUTSVERSE IS SLOW From: GUEST,mack/misophist Word might not have been the best thing to use. It uses extensive propriatary formatting which sometimes doesn't transfer well. For the best inter-operability you might consider Notepad or try saving Word documents as rtf. |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:06 AM (#1696840) Subject: RE: WHY WALKABOUTSVERSE IS SLOW From: The Fooles Troupe Yes, transferring WOrd to HTML often produces 'broken' HTML, as well as excessive amounts of 'garbage' not needed to display the page. It's still best to break the page up into subpages. And you should have put this in your previous thread too, please. Threads combined |
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21 Mar 06 - 11:01 AM (#1699281) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse |
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21 Mar 06 - 11:04 AM (#1699284) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: MMario If the page is a meg; I could probably GROW the barley for a brew while wating for it to download. |
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21 Mar 06 - 11:11 AM (#1699288) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse On the library computers I've tried my site on, it takes about 15 - 100 seconds, but it seems it can be longer elsewhere...? If I did make a front page well below 1MB, via this free provider, there would then be pop-ups, anyway. I.E., I think it's the 970KBs that blocks them out. |
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23 Mar 06 - 09:10 AM (#1700981) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse One could walk one's "woofer" while waiting on Walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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23 Mar 06 - 06:22 PM (#1701360) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Fooles Troupe Most people would prefer, well tolerate anyway, popups (against which many people have anti-popup software running) than a page that takes forever to load, and needs much zipping up and down to read. of course, if you want them to just save it to their drive and never come back, then it is probably OK. |
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25 Mar 06 - 07:02 AM (#1702440) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Thanks Foolestroupe: I have designed an alternate front page, with the "shoe", asking people to click and wait for almost 1MB of verse. But it will produce pop-ups and, overall, probably take longer for people to actually start reading it. As I said, once there I think it's quick and easy to navigate what must be about 5 hours worth of reading. |
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25 Mar 06 - 07:15 AM (#1702451) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Fooles Troupe "what must be about 5 hours worth of reading." In that case for you then, consider that most people would prefer NOT to have to hang on line for that 5 hours, but read it offline (off their own hard drive) at their own leisure. Also people like me on dialup still pay per time connected, as well as per amount of data delivered. And if you are going to get them to download it, it would be better appreciated if you were to compress it with a 'zip utility', which would make it a much smaller file and thus faster to download - this would then allow you have have even more available. It would also then still be better to split it up into several smaller files, as each would be quicker to download for dialup users. Dialup users could also then arrange to collect it via a 'background downloader' whilst doing other things. |
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30 Mar 06 - 09:33 AM (#1706563) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Thanks again Foolestroupe: I'll look into this "zip utility". The other way is for people to use the library for either the website or paperback/c.d. - I've gifted them to quite a few. |
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11 Apr 06 - 08:48 AM (#1715099) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse walkaboutsverse.741.com has been updated. |
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20 Apr 06 - 09:24 AM (#1722725) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST The time certanly varies - it just took about 5 seconds at my local library. |
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18 May 06 - 10:02 AM (#1743127) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse E.g: WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth,... |
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23 May 06 - 10:52 AM (#1746040) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST By train, to look without set plans... |
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03 Jun 06 - 07:01 AM (#1752101) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I browsed through the trendy market... |
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05 Jun 06 - 06:52 AM (#1753217) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse With fresh fruits of tropical kind... |
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10 Jun 06 - 07:16 AM (#1756606) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Walked to the creek through lush thicket... |
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12 Jun 06 - 02:00 PM (#1758174) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Nature's hand giving peace of mind... |
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13 Jun 06 - 10:54 AM (#1758875) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I dined in a scenic cafe... |
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13 Jun 06 - 11:59 AM (#1758931) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Worthy of McGonegal, I declare; How strange to find his talent rare And long thought happily, finally, dead, Raising again its cheerful head To haunt a later, different time With equal awkwardness of rhyme And stilted pace; enough, enough! The world's well-gifted with such stuff. But let it be, to each man's choosing To read what he finds most amusing. And let us also add, I wot, To not read what amuseth not. Claracile Fortinez. Alabaster Poems Whiteshell-On-Thunk, 1938 |
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15 Jun 06 - 11:03 AM (#1760662) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Thanks, Amos: Now, vamos! Where were we..? Let me see... Then, outside, as I wrote for yen... |
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17 Jun 06 - 06:25 AM (#1762077) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Some passing Kooris called-out: "Hey,.. |
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19 Jun 06 - 12:59 PM (#1763815) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse You go walkabout with your pen.".. |
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22 Jun 06 - 10:46 AM (#1766553) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Request of question, I don't know - ... |
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22 Jun 06 - 11:18 AM (#1766599) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Seems to me that this kind of ego-posting isn't really appropriate for this forum. |
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23 Jun 06 - 10:04 AM (#1767477) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Plus, from your postings on other forums, I think your political leanings are not welcome here or anywhere on the folk scene. |
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27 Jun 06 - 05:14 AM (#1769997) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse It's letting people know of this free site, which contains info. on folk music, as well as lays/poems-sung (e.g., Walkabout with my Pen). Furthermore, "Guest", there are all sorts of "political leanings" on discussion forums - mine derive from 4 technical certificates, a degree in humanities, and shoe-string travel through about 40 countries. Assured voices, elderly men... |
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27 Jun 06 - 05:16 PM (#1770547) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest He can't sing either |
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29 Jun 06 - 06:11 AM (#1771836) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Where did you hear me, Guest? Or should I call you - "Groupie"?) That's now several years ago... |
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01 Jul 06 - 06:57 AM (#1773382) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse And I've seen the world - with my pen. |
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04 Jul 06 - 06:09 AM (#1775389) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse In response to some of the above tips, thanks again, I found a way of transferring, without retyping, my collection from Word to FrontPage - i.e., Save As Word Document gets rid of the html and enables copy/paste to FrontPage. So, in a few more days, after relinking, it should be about a 650kb site instead of 970kb. |
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04 Jul 06 - 06:13 AM (#1775390) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,another guest "...the wandering pen writes freely" I can't remember who said that, but in some cases too freely. I was told by a friend to check out your postings on the BBC forums that don't appear on google. What a farce! Don't drag folk, rhyme or our forum into the depths of - dare I say it – borderline xenophobia. Whoever said your travellers tales are egotistical is right. You feature as the subject of most of your verse. The days of the 18th century travel writer have past my friend, we can experience these things for ourselves now. No longer is the 'literary guide' a prerequisite for prose. I don't know who your web-hosting friends are, but I think you've given them enough free plugs. |
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04 Jul 06 - 10:22 AM (#1775605) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Regarding "You feature as the subject of most of your verse" I disagree - most are about other people and places, and the introductory poem 0 - 19 was to let people know where I'm coming from, given that some of my conclusions are critical of the status quo. Furthermore, some of the verses also appear on a folk c.d. - Chants from Walkabouts, and there's a related site on other folk-matters. Finally, to get free web-space, as far as I know, we have to put up with ad's, whether we question capitalism or not. |
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04 Jul 06 - 01:22 PM (#1775794) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest again You don't seem to understand. Your writing technique almost always is in 'the first person'. Using 'I', 'me' or 'my' to construct your verse. Is this not referred to as 'the subject' of the sentence/verse??? Please suggest a poem of yours that does not use this writing style. The CD you mention; is that not one of yours? Surely not a capitalistic edge to this 'little enterprise'. Please don't use this board as a sales pitch. Worst of all you have not batted an eyelid at my observations of xenophobia! What the 'folk' is going on here?! |
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05 Jul 06 - 01:19 PM (#1776810) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST If your xenophobia wasn't enough, nobody cares where you went "with your pen", or indeed which kind of "tropical fruits" you saw there - not when your poetry is so awful. And rearranging sentence, words to fit, makes you sophistocated not. Please stop spamming every forum there is with your sub-sixth-form rubbish. |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:12 PM (#1776974) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest And he still can't sing |
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06 Jul 06 - 10:41 AM (#1777351) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse More details in my defence - I've placed in English festival singing comp's, and have been published elsewhere. "Xenophobia" is ridiculous - I love the world being multicultural, as I think walkaboutsverse suggests. "The Picker," (poem 6) is one of many poems/experiences (hence "first person") mentioning another/others. |
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06 Jul 06 - 10:48 AM (#1777356) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Walkabouts 'Topaz' Verse. |
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06 Jul 06 - 11:24 AM (#1777380) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest I asked for a poem that didn't feature you as 'narrator'. Any other options? You love the world as multi-cultural, yes we understand that, but would you love your neighbours as multi-cultural? What you say sounds like, 'the world has many cultures, but keep them away from me.' I'm interested as to what you mean in poem 88 too. Are you homophobic as well??? Ta. ps what is the "topaz" for??? |
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06 Jul 06 - 11:25 AM (#1777381) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Now, boys...after all it could be verse. A |
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06 Jul 06 - 11:44 AM (#1777403) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST I think it's a reference to William 'Topaz' McGonigall, infamous Scottish 'poet.' |
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08 Jul 06 - 07:07 AM (#1778839) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse As I said in my introductory poem, PICTURES, the poems derive from my own experience, which includes travel through several countries/cultures - so clearly I've never had the intention of keeping other cultures "away from me". Further to poem 88: one in three children here live in broken families now. As I said in THE OLD DART, I've nothing against same sex relationships - except them being allowed to foster a child: there are in society, of course, about 50% from each sex so, logically, it's far better for a child to be brought up by a male and a female. It's only very recently - and very wrong - that this has been allowed. |
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08 Jul 06 - 01:27 PM (#1778957) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest What a ridiculous thread this is, just like the book and CD |
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08 Jul 06 - 03:13 PM (#1779000) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest Please read the question again. I asked whether you would like your neighbours being foreign - you know, a black family living next door, or an Indian family perhaps. I know you've visited many countries, but that is a different thing to multi-culture in your home town. Your answer please. I was brought up by two fathers and it did nothing wrong to me. I had two wonderful male role-models in my life. How can that be wrong?! |
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11 Jul 06 - 06:30 AM (#1780872) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I think the U.N. should agree that trying to have a multiple number of cultures living under the one state law will always cause problems. Genuine asylum seekers shoulded be helped, via the U.N., to their nearest safe refuge, and immigration should be regulated/restricted much more strongly. I am NOT saying everybody should do as I've done and repatriate, and, thus, I am NOT against my neighbours being of another race. And I repeat, having travelled and studied humanities/anthropology, I do love the world being multicultural, and am sure that nationalism with travel and fair trade, via a much stronger U.N., is the solution - NOT yet more economic immigration. Finally, the old-fashioned nuclear family is the best way for children to be brought up into society for the reasons already given. |
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12 Jul 06 - 11:03 AM (#1781816) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest Just because you've studied humanities/anthropology doesn't make you a politician or a poet. A stronger 'international' government capable of limiting the number of cultures in one nation sounds like one step off ethnic cleansing to me. I seem to recall nationalism, tougher immigration and setting up of 'safe reefuge' camps to hold immigrants was tried in 1930's Germany. Look what happened then. They had poets writing propaganda. Perhaps you should send your book to the NF. You're as fruity as your "tropical fruit". To write a few 'didactic' (=bloody patronizing) verses doesn't make you God or something. ps I'd rather have loving parents of the same sex, than a broken hetero family that sticks to your ideals. How can you generalize so? |
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13 Jul 06 - 06:35 AM (#1782491) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse There are too many "broken hetero" families: I heard one in three in England, a couple of years ago; as I said in poem 209, when people lose their own culture, society suffers. I am against the conquest/imperialism of Nazis, Victorians (concentration camps were used in the Boar War, Hitler admired the Victorians), etc; and I am also against immigtation - with the qualifications I have already made in prose, above, and in walkaboutsverse. Surely what's happened the last few years/days should make people question immigration, and the idea that a multiple number of cultures can live peacefully under the one state law - the law, the land, the people, the culture should be linked, and this can only occur when everyone/the U.N. agrees that immigration is NOT good for humanity. A stronger U.N., travel and fair-trade ARE good for humanity. This IS a different argument from what the Nazis, e.g. had, and it IS the best, most peaceful way for humanity, from now on. Bye the way, 17/230 from walkaboutsverse are songs/chants - some were written as lyrics, others are lays: poems sung. |
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13 Jul 06 - 11:02 AM (#1782664) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse walkaboutsverse.741.com has been reworked from Word(970kb) to FrontPage(670kb) so is now at least a bit quicker to download. |
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13 Jul 06 - 03:29 PM (#1782829) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest Concentration camps were used as internment camps to protect against guerrilla warfare, by the British + Spanish & Americans. When people died there, it was due to illness or starvation through bad management, not by intent, just like the soldiers at the time. Some even got a wage for being there. Concentration camps for the Germans were specifically designed as death camps. There is a fundamental difference, not just in the numbers that died. I hope you're not a "holocaust doubter" too.. Hitler admired the Victorians? I'm sure a lot of people did! The term refers to an era you know... 1837 to 1901. My personal favorite is Isambard Kingdom Brunel... Was he Hitler's favorite too? Or did he just like Otto von Bismarck? That's just great you know about the broken families in the world. All those kids need foster parents, an there are plenty of loving same-sex couples ready to help out like mine. Thank God there's hope for the children now! Like there's hope that you can use FrontPage. Even chimps can play pacman... lol! I'm off to write a poem, so I can be just as 'qualified' as you are! :-) Perhaps I'll write one about UN corruption leading to global collapse............ |
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14 Jul 06 - 05:22 AM (#1783229) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Surely you agree that, at least in principle, the U.N. is a good idea. I don't like the ad's etc. where "chimps" etc. perform human tasks - I find them cruel. I don't doubt the atrocities commited (by both sides) during, before and after World War 2. Plus, I try not to be ethnocentric and, rather, see and say it how it is/was. Finally, surely you agree that democracy is better when people are informed - and that that's one of the positives of the web and it's sites. |
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18 Jul 06 - 05:49 AM (#1786218) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest The UN is a good idea? Don't we have our own governments to sort out foreign and domestic issues for us??? I'd prefer to focus on that! At least we agree that Chimps are cruel! Yes, I find them nasty little things sometimes. With Dolphins and humans they are one of the 3 species of animal capable of rape and wanton violence against each-other. Good you're trying not to be 'ethnocentric' however how can you be didactic at the same time? How can you preach something yet not view things from 'our' standpoint? Democracy is good, yes, so which of your poems keeps me positively informed for the next election. Your poem 75 isn't exactly helpful is it? Your site still takes ages to download and looks terrible. What are those black frame things that mess up the beginning for? |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:00 AM (#1786225) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Things were a bit different between Word and FrontPage, and the "spine" was being pushed out-of-whack (as I feel are some of your comments) by the different ad's we have to put up with if we want a free site. However, it was okay when I just tried it on a library computer, and it took less than 10 seconds. |
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20 Jul 06 - 08:57 AM (#1788146) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest Which comments are out-of-whack? Are you the only allowed to express yourself over the internet? Sorry! Didn't know you had an elitist little club going on here... The trouble is, you're free to spam the world with bad poetry, bad HTML (you obviously don't even know what that means) and you don't even pay £3.50 a month to give people the decency of your OWN website... All this from a library where you're probably surfing the web for free too! It's not even your apparent lack of singing talents (ho ho) that annoy the most, it's that you're freeloading and spamming at the same time AND saying that others' comments aren't valid. When's your next gig so we can 'boo' you off stage?! |
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20 Jul 06 - 10:51 AM (#1788246) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse With a free provider, my free poetry/folk site should still be there for others, regardless of what happens to me, or my credit card. Html is what I reduced from reworking my site from Word to FrontPage. Further, in among the booing, some have liked my verses - e.g. when I read out Following the Sun (113) at a folk club. |
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26 Jul 06 - 07:49 AM (#1793554) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Another guest again Your WWW naivety is almost touching, but the reality is most websites disappear after a couple of years and that's a fact. Just cause you have a free site, doesn't mean it'll be around after you snuff it. If you don't log in for a set period, they disappear automatically. Just as well you've published a 'book'! That means at least an unlucky Oxfam shopper will find a copy in amongst the 'Mills and Boon' section in 2017. HTML is what holds the web together. The idea that you can just delete it to make your site work better is demented. You're demented. |
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26 Jul 06 - 04:59 PM (#1793944) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dave (Bridge) Why is this thread being allowed to continue? It is so boring as is the subject |
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27 Jul 06 - 09:05 AM (#1794490) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse So, if no corrections are needed to a site, they "disappear after a couple of years." I'll keep that in mind, but I doubt it. To Dave (Bridge): I don't have a counter on my website, and therefore can't tell what the numbers are like - as we can easily at someone's folk club, e.g. |
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29 Jul 06 - 06:22 AM (#1796084) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST For what it's worth, the problem with the "spine" of the "book" on my site has been fixed by redoing it as a table, instead of with lines; and I'm off this Saturday morning to the Durham Folk Party to see some English Dance, plus hear and sing some English Songs. |
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03 Aug 06 - 09:55 AM (#1800492) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse It was a good day: quality plus attendance were good, and the selection was mostly Englsih, with 1 or 2 guests. Thus, foreign tourists in Durham that day were able to sample some proper, living Englsih culture, for a change. Just one criticism - the evening dance should have been an English Country/Barn Dance NOT a ceilidh (Scottish informal dance gathering). |
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05 Aug 06 - 05:33 AM (#1802016) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse For the same reasoning, bye the way, I didn't enjoy the BBC radio "highlights" of The Cambridge "Folk" Festival. |
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15 Aug 06 - 11:05 AM (#1810356) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Attended the Durham Gathering on Saturday where, unlike the Durham Folk Party, above, the ratio of local:exotic Folkworks was not good; then tuned-in to Northern Folk on Sunday and, again, heard a majority of foreign folk music. However, what English music and dance I did hear and see over the weekend was most enjoyable and of good quality -the problem is one of SELECTION; i.e., as a well-meaning repatriate, I find modern-English badly under-impressed by our own good culture/traditions. |
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15 Aug 06 - 04:21 PM (#1810539) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest Who cares what you think? |
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17 Aug 06 - 08:27 AM (#1812172) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse On average, i.e. - some still know who they are. |
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22 Aug 06 - 06:03 AM (#1815893) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Land's End to John o' Groats, e.g. At the bold age of twenty-one (Via Hong Kong, China, Macau) I flew from Sydney to London - Land's End to John o' Groats my vow... |
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25 Aug 06 - 05:07 AM (#1818499) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I took a train out of London, Found a highway and thumbed a ride... |
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25 Aug 06 - 05:35 AM (#1818509) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST what? you're going to start ANOTHER one line by line on this thread... Take your awful poetry and your dodgy political leanings elsewhere. |
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25 Aug 06 - 05:47 AM (#1818513) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse It's actually a poem come song or a "lay". My "learnings" actually derive from 4 technical certificates, a degree in humanities (majoring in anthropology, with distinctions) and shoe-string travel through about 40 countries. And, on another thread, someone did say - why don't you give us an example so we can decide whether we should bother checking the site. |
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25 Aug 06 - 07:11 AM (#1818556) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work It's "leanings" not "learnings"! |
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26 Aug 06 - 05:42 AM (#1819273) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST OK, well I'm asking you now - can you stop giving examples, we've made up our minds. |
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31 Aug 06 - 11:00 AM (#1823603) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Leanings/learnings - almost the same entity, in this case, I'd say. And, no (a few have said they like my verses) - I headed down toward Brighton... |
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31 Aug 06 - 11:40 AM (#1823635) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Earl "I headed down toward Brighton..." I hope I was out of town - thats where I live. Dave |
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01 Sep 06 - 02:04 AM (#1824261) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST it is not at strength anymore. |
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01 Sep 06 - 05:33 PM (#1824959) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST "(a few have said they like my verses)..." Where? Show me a point on one of the forums you have started to post on where ANYONE indicated they like you posting your verse. Even if you did have any talent as a poet, do you really think that posting a few lines at a time on a public forum is a good way to showcase your work? You are a nuisance. |
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02 Sep 06 - 05:53 AM (#1825262) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I'd have to mention a rival forum or somone who sent me an email - but how can someone with 4 technical certificates and a degree in humanities be that bad at writing/performing his "travels and conclusions in verse." Now - from Breton Cap's Brighton - Then hitch-hiked roads the coast beside On the face of my shoulder bag A sketched map of Aus. was my tag... |
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02 Sep 06 - 04:44 PM (#1825566) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST "I'd have to mention a rival forum or somone who sent me an email" So you admit that nobody on this forum has said they like you posting your verse here. Please stop. "how can someone with 4 technical certificates and a degree in humanities be that bad at writing/performing his "travels and conclusions in verse."" You have greatly misunderstood the nature of creativity I think. |
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03 Sep 06 - 06:08 AM (#1825818) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dave (Bridge) If people ignored this thread it would probably go away, like turning the telly off if you do not like something |
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03 Sep 06 - 08:03 AM (#1825849) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest Lizzie 'cookieless' Cornish.... ;0) Gee Whizz! Why are there so many unpleasant comments on this thread? If you don't like David's poetry or what he's doing, then don't come in, it's not compulsory. You carry on David.... I like that bit about schools and how they use 'stars as carrots' to dangle in front of children to get them to read..... But then hey...we home-educate so my kids read purely because they want to and they love to.... I'll read some more of your poems when I have time David.....meanwhile, for all the Moaning Minnies, and anyone who may be interested....here is the link to David's site: http://walkaboutsverse.741.com/ Lizzie :0) |
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03 Sep 06 - 09:40 AM (#1825898) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: JamesHenry David presumably posted this thread to generate some sort of reaction. The fact that some people perceive it as unmitigated drivel is their entitled opinion. |
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03 Sep 06 - 10:49 AM (#1825936) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dan To be honest, the quality of the verse isn't even the point here. Its the blatantly far-right theme of a lot of it. I'm all for free speech, but I don't think this stuff should go unchallenged, and so ignoring is not an option. Thats what bothers me. |
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04 Sep 06 - 06:42 AM (#1826457) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Thanks Lizzie - I still feel there's no harm in making others aware of my free site. To Dan - how can I be "far-right" if I've at least tried to defend the land rights of Aborigines, Massai and others, and have repeatedly questioned capitalism in my collection. |
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07 Sep 06 - 05:20 AM (#1829061) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse For said a Scot who'd hitched Europe: "Some emblem may well boost your hope"... |
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09 Sep 06 - 07:06 AM (#1830567) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse And drivers throughout the island, Over a two month riding span... |
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12 Sep 06 - 06:38 AM (#1832495) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Were the kindest folks I have met... |
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14 Sep 06 - 10:07 AM (#1834356) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I swear not once did I get wet!... |
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16 Sep 06 - 06:53 AM (#1835874) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse After viewing rugged Land's End... |
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19 Sep 06 - 08:58 AM (#1838233) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I began the long journey north... |
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21 Sep 06 - 09:23 AM (#1839938) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse North-east, rather, before a bend... |
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21 Sep 06 - 09:55 AM (#1839973) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Suddenly I was at the journey's end! Ta Da! |
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21 Sep 06 - 11:19 AM (#1840058) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: JamesHenry Not quite, methinks, my friend. |
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23 Sep 06 - 05:35 AM (#1841369) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse No - nice try (we're on the alternate-rhyme part of the lay): Somewhere in a bit from Bournmouth... |
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25 Sep 06 - 06:32 AM (#1842705) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse On the way I saw relatives... |
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25 Sep 06 - 09:13 AM (#1842818) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Who fled on sight claiming dental appointments. |
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26 Sep 06 - 10:49 AM (#1843683) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse No Amos: Who'm after leaving I did miss... |
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26 Sep 06 - 11:52 AM (#1843742) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Manitas_at_home Whom. |
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28 Sep 06 - 08:19 AM (#1844902) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Their homes' cosy atmosphere... |
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30 Sep 06 - 06:47 AM (#1846701) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse And their local pubs' good cheer... |
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03 Oct 06 - 10:30 AM (#1849232) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse And the hitched lifts came from many... |
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05 Oct 06 - 10:17 AM (#1850993) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse An off-work Bobbie, a truckie... |
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06 Oct 06 - 06:24 AM (#1851836) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse As well as on-duty soldiers... |
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06 Oct 06 - 07:26 AM (#1851865) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Thanks, and I've not said where each was! |
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07 Oct 06 - 07:06 AM (#1852618) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksbout verse with tentacles instead of hands... |
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07 Oct 06 - 07:08 AM (#1852621) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse the robot-dance of secret shame... |
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07 Oct 06 - 07:09 AM (#1852622) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse spaghetti hoops for tea tonight, mother... |
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08 Oct 06 - 06:26 AM (#1853191) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse shaven headed children, with faces puce... |
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10 Oct 06 - 10:03 AM (#1854858) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (No, no, folks.) I headed west through South Wales... |
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10 Oct 06 - 11:06 AM (#1854887) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Where glimmereth the spume-encrusted Severn in her magisterial splendour... |
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10 Oct 06 - 12:38 PM (#1854967) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dave Bridger How sad is this person? |
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10 Oct 06 - 03:44 PM (#1855177) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse I kiss, yes I kiss, your perfumed hair - sweet essence of giraffe... |
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12 Oct 06 - 10:38 AM (#1856814) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Not "giraffe"-necked and certainly without any necking) And viewed Cardiff Arms from afar... |
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12 Oct 06 - 12:33 PM (#1856983) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse wherein lies the section marked 'shirts'... |
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14 Oct 06 - 06:57 AM (#1858547) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (That wasn't me.) I was hitching with local males... |
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17 Oct 06 - 10:06 AM (#1861258) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse And they showed me from in the car... |
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17 Oct 06 - 11:46 AM (#1861318) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Where spurteth many a ginormous whale... |
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19 Oct 06 - 10:10 AM (#1863192) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsvers (No: I don't think one could see the coast from where Cardiff Arms was, Guest, and, come to think of it, I've never been whale-watching in my life - not even in Swansea.) I stayed a while at Swansea... |
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20 Oct 06 - 04:25 AM (#1863946) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST if you got a problem yo' I'll solve it, check out the beat as the DJ revolve it... |
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20 Oct 06 - 05:02 AM (#1863963) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (There are no yo's nor DJs in English Folk, who ever you are.) Saw the local footballers play... |
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20 Oct 06 - 08:56 AM (#1864132) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work There will be in a few years time. Anyway I'm sure I've seen Sid Kipper in a DJ so it must be traditional. |
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20 Oct 06 - 07:13 PM (#1864678) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Crying "Boy! Boy for sale!"... |
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21 Oct 06 - 03:36 AM (#1864888) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Manitas_at_home So that's where Nadonna got him from! |
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24 Oct 06 - 09:11 AM (#1867151) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Still in Wales.) Then hitched north through Llandovery... |
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24 Oct 06 - 09:15 AM (#1867161) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest Where can you be heard performing? |
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24 Oct 06 - 09:16 AM (#1867164) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST . . |
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26 Oct 06 - 09:55 AM (#1869089) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Spacious and...) Beautiful farmland I must say... |
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27 Oct 06 - 05:42 AM (#1869777) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I slept mostly in B.& B's... |
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27 Oct 06 - 09:47 AM (#1869945) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos WHich smelled of ancient pee and cheese. |
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27 Oct 06 - 10:40 AM (#1869996) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse And Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along... |
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28 Oct 06 - 06:12 AM (#1870645) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse ...Mameeeee, my heartstrings are tangled around Alabammy... |
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31 Oct 06 - 06:10 AM (#1872844) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST (No.) Where the full breakfasts sure did please... |
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31 Oct 06 - 08:17 AM (#1872914) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Finch, chimps and mushy bees. |
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31 Oct 06 - 09:22 AM (#1872952) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Or...... And photographed my knobbly knees. |
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31 Oct 06 - 09:31 AM (#1872958) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos And walked the streets in both my shoes Buying things in ones and twos. went to a Boots in a rush Because I needed a toothbrush. Then to the baker I did run To get a sack of fresh cross-buns And then to a store that was near there To buy two fresh sets of underwear. When I got back to my B and B I was quite weary as all could see And sat on my bed, thinking of all I'd done, and took my shoes off, one by one. First my left sock, then my right, Fell on the floor. I turned out the light, Puffed up the pillows at my head and lap And fell asleep in a pleasant nap. When I awoke it seemed more wise To see, so I opened both my eyes First one and then the other. Quick (although the right one tends to stick). Then I got up, and went to pee, And went downstairs for a cup of tea. Many's the day I actually spent much like this In case you think I'm merely taking the piss. |
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01 Nov 06 - 08:17 AM (#1873765) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse I'm Henry the Eighth I am.... |
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02 Nov 06 - 09:58 AM (#1874685) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Still youthfull - vamos!) But also stopped in Youth Hostels... |
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02 Nov 06 - 10:09 AM (#1874691) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse Oft mistaken for brothels... |
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07 Nov 06 - 05:54 AM (#1878114) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (No - "brothers" would be closer, Brother/Sister; right rhyme, mind.) Where it's the comradeship that tells... |
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07 Nov 06 - 06:05 AM (#1878117) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST The bells of twelve themselves did knell... |
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09 Nov 06 - 08:35 AM (#1880076) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (That, as you shall see, Guest, sort of rings a bell.) My favourite sites were Torquay... |
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16 Nov 06 - 10:54 AM (#1886315) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Old Saint Andrews, noted shortly... |
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16 Nov 06 - 07:39 PM (#1886527) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Azizi drank too much beer which made him portly |
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16 Nov 06 - 10:10 PM (#1886659) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST this thread is BS so it should move southly and not up herein the music section northly |
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16 Nov 06 - 10:23 PM (#1886671) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Azizi I see the lyrics have gone from bad to worse. |
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17 Nov 06 - 12:39 AM (#1886748) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Azizi Forget the clowns-send in the hearst for this is no laughing matter. |
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17 Nov 06 - 12:47 AM (#1886749) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Azizi [stratch out that last line] I really wish I knew how to curse. |
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21 Nov 06 - 06:12 AM (#1889732) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST (You're no Saint!) The road Glasgow to Inverness... |
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21 Nov 06 - 07:59 AM (#1889784) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Was being dug up... It was in a hell of a mess |
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23 Nov 06 - 10:13 AM (#1891697) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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24 Nov 06 - 03:37 AM (#1892283) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse I poked until I found Napoleon's boney part... |
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25 Nov 06 - 06:30 AM (#1893065) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (I think he and his, ultimately, headed a stormy south..?) From Colwyn Bay, I headed east To Manchester, my place of birth... |
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30 Nov 06 - 05:23 AM (#1896325) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Then on the Lakes my eyes did feast, Before I passed by Solway Firth... |
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01 Dec 06 - 05:43 AM (#1897284) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Onto Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, before Inverness... |
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05 Dec 06 - 05:26 AM (#1900332) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Then waves from locals were the go... |
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07 Dec 06 - 08:55 AM (#1902375) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Warm folks round John o' Groats, I'd guess. THE END |
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09 Dec 06 - 06:00 AM (#1904337) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse 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... |
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09 Dec 06 - 09:14 AM (#1904451) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse 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... |
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09 Dec 06 - 05:04 PM (#1904806) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser 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. |
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12 Dec 06 - 10:54 AM (#1907421) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsvers (Charming...and, to think, it's almost Christmas!) (2nd verse) In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies... |
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12 Dec 06 - 03:24 PM (#1907648) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Manitas_at_home We had a quick dance Then ate some mince pies |
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14 Dec 06 - 10:26 AM (#1909429) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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14 Dec 06 - 10:34 AM (#1909439) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest Or singer either |
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14 Dec 06 - 12:06 PM (#1909511) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse I came here tonight to hear the crowd say "Boom, shake shake shake the room"... |
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15 Dec 06 - 05:25 AM (#1910067) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (And for the next line you may warble, sing or "boom"..) Attending Christ's churches... |
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15 Dec 06 - 10:05 AM (#1910237) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser 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? |
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19 Dec 06 - 08:36 AM (#1913520) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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19 Dec 06 - 12:01 PM (#1913770) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse And newsreaders like Sue Lawley And Nicholas Witchell... |
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19 Dec 06 - 09:27 PM (#1914293) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser Good Luck walkaboutverse. |
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22 Dec 06 - 05:54 AM (#1916512) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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 |
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22 Dec 06 - 09:56 AM (#1916684) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos 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 |
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02 Jan 07 - 10:58 AM (#1924802) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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02 Jan 07 - 03:15 PM (#1924983) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walksaboutverse But theres nothing worse; than this terrible verse So why don't I give you a break. THE END. Limericks are my particular forte. |
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02 Jan 07 - 04:08 PM (#1925014) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest Thank heavens for that, now the forum can be used for that which it was started. |
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04 Jan 07 - 09:13 AM (#1926360) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Neither rhyme nor reason just above, I feel.) The plot would be of fertile ground; The lake would have some trout around... |
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04 Jan 07 - 11:20 AM (#1926483) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos 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 |
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06 Jan 07 - 06:04 AM (#1928065) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Amen, Amos!) The plot's house would be made of brick - Well insulated, in good nick... |
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06 Jan 07 - 07:18 AM (#1928098) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (To get around that unholy mess...) And round this abode ther'd be built - Solar panels, kept at best tilt... |
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09 Jan 07 - 09:25 AM (#1931335) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Inside large coops would run the legs Of chooks and quails - for fresh eggs... |
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10 Jan 07 - 05:34 PM (#1932705) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Sick am I of rhyme I will no longer waste your time Goodbye |
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11 Jan 07 - 09:05 AM (#1933217) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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11 Jan 07 - 05:04 PM (#1933632) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Goodnight, farewell and adieu. Thank you all for keeping this thread going. Now it is time to call it a day |
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12 Jan 07 - 06:13 AM (#1934117) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Not those kind of "beds", guest) Up at dawn to use all sunlight - Fish and farm by day, read at night... |
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12 Jan 07 - 07:00 AM (#1934141) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse Mein Kampf, thats my favourite book If you ask nicely I'll give you a look... |
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16 Jan 07 - 10:43 AM (#1938271) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 10:46 AM (#1938275) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer 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. |
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16 Jan 07 - 04:26 PM (#1938674) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse I must agree with the last person to post, so I am calling an end to this thread |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:03 AM (#1940511) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse 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... |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:33 AM (#1940547) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse There'll be no more shootin' Else I'll put the boot in Rolling around the carpark Make me some maccaronni!.. |
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18 Jan 07 - 11:53 AM (#1940618) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos 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 |
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19 Jan 07 - 06:36 AM (#1941395) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Continuing, down the fairway, from "That's one heck of a cut!") It's my bread and butter - A left-to-right cutter... |
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19 Jan 07 - 07:07 AM (#1941408) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Of course if you all stopped responding to my thread I would get bored and probably stop |
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23 Jan 07 - 08:46 AM (#1945366) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Someone's trying to play in my shoes!) That's where elephants die. That's a grave - not a lie... |
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25 Jan 07 - 06:02 AM (#1947417) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I'm in the old plumb-duff; Tough - I'm on the cut stuff... |
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26 Jan 07 - 05:56 AM (#1948448) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Perhaps due to leadfingers...) The hooks with my driver, And fades with my putter... |
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26 Jan 07 - 06:06 AM (#1948457) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,William Wordsworth The chaps on the links All think I'm a nutter. |
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26 Jan 07 - 06:42 AM (#1948470) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (Back from the dead?!) There's a goalie in there. Trees are some nine-tenths air... |
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30 Jan 07 - 08:53 AM (#1952309) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I have a soldiers plight - Always left, right, left, right... |
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01 Feb 07 - 08:30 AM (#1954446) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Everything was fine - Apart from weight and line... |
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01 Feb 07 - 11:11 AM (#1954644) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse And the fog on the tyne Which I'm claiming as mine.. |
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06 Feb 07 - 05:26 AM (#1958762) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (That wasn't me! - I haven't played golf since leaving Manchester for Newcastle in 2001.) It took a member's bounce. A rare bird to announce... |
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06 Feb 07 - 06:25 AM (#1958804) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work That's strange - it was posted by member Walkaboutsverse! |
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06 Feb 07 - 03:26 PM (#1959428) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Walksaboutverse I think my user name says it all. I am the only REAL walksaboutverse. |
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07 Feb 07 - 01:45 PM (#1960177) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Sparticus I'm Sparti..... Sorry! I'm Walksaboutverse! |
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08 Feb 07 - 09:28 AM (#1961106) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (From the gallery: "There's only one walka-bouts-verse; there's only one walka-bouts-verse..") An unlucky horseshoe. Had a look - liked the view... |
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08 Feb 07 - 02:50 PM (#1961480) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Small w versus Large W walkaboutverse "verses" Walkaboutverse I'm confused with handles so diverse Is it one or is it two Whom claim to pen this poo |
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08 Feb 07 - 04:45 PM (#1961624) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Sparticus Small "verses" Large, Large "verses" small Size is the key but that isn't all. Look for "s", small "w", One alone pens this poo. |
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10 Feb 07 - 05:53 AM (#1963050) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WALKABOUTSVERSE (NOT Winnie the...) Poetry in motion. Read with blind devotion... |
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13 Feb 07 - 07:55 AM (#1965866) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse He's just hit a cracker. I'm only a hacker. |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:20 AM (#1968529) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse I wish I'd missed the well. A fried-egg where it fell... |
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16 Feb 07 - 05:44 AM (#1969511) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse A crop of a divot. It was speed that killed it... |
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16 Feb 07 - 05:48 AM (#1969516) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse A crop of a divot. It was speed that killed it... |
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17 Feb 07 - 05:44 AM (#1970453) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Your wedges land so neat - Butterflies with sore feat... |
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17 Feb 07 - 09:12 AM (#1970603) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos The tone and caliber of all your verse is just pathetic; Catharsis other than through art -- a strong emetic Will serve to cleanse your gut and clear your pores. I also recommend more time outdoors. If you, by this prescription, are unswayed, Then I suggest you go out and get laid. Winston Carbuthunkle Lines to Bad Poets Rankle and Enflammé, Eds. Glasgow, 1937 |
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19 Feb 07 - 08:12 AM (#1972374) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (I've been pulished elsewhere, Amos - e.g. The North East Poetry Journal - and have placed in festival-comps.) Like pitchin' in Puddin'. Never up, never in... |
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20 Feb 07 - 05:23 AM (#1973415) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Drive for show, put for dough. Can't beat bad luck, you know... |
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20 Feb 07 - 05:47 PM (#1974208) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest Placing in festival competitions when you are the only entry or one of three hardly counts. Especially when the other competitor gets disqualified for entering the wrong comp, as happened in one case. |
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20 Feb 07 - 06:37 PM (#1974264) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Oh, hmmmmm? I can only assume you travel in small -- and probably diminishing -- circles. A |
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21 Feb 07 - 04:30 AM (#1974618) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (There's usually about 5 to 10 competitors and 20 to 30 watching; and judges don't have to give any awards out - it's like The Chelsea Flower Show in that way. Plus, I can't remember anyone entering the wrong comp., Guest. Finally, you could at least avoid knocking your own culture to get at me!) He's just missed a gimme. That, then, would be dormy... |
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21 Feb 07 - 12:10 PM (#1975031) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest Croxdale 2005 |
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22 Feb 07 - 06:09 AM (#1975826) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse It went in the side door. A Bradman of a score... |
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22 Feb 07 - 06:39 AM (#1975835) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (When a golfer's put catches the edge of the hole and drops in, folks tend to say "It went in the side door"; and when someone has not had their best round, folks tend to say "A - Donald - Bradman of a score", i.e. a big number on the score-card.) Just spoiled a good walk. Can't play, but can he talk!... |
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22 Feb 07 - 08:33 AM (#1975886) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (I swear their was a post between my last two suggesting I go take an online typing course and giving a link to it, hence the explanation..?) 'Twas daylight robbery. Not "how" but "how many"... |
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23 Feb 07 - 04:58 AM (#1976804) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The nineteenth's not too far - Have a jar at the bar? THE END |
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24 Feb 07 - 06:14 AM (#1977770) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Another example from my life's work - another lay/poem-come-folk-song: 162 TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001 Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works in the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements. The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls... |
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24 Feb 07 - 12:07 PM (#1978023) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,GUEST,walkaboutsverse Wheat, rape and pillage in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shiny shields; Long sandy beaches with dead whale scenes; Romantic Marmite goes between. Ice-creams in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, gantries or a wharf And crossed by practical delights - I'd reach and type more if I wasn't a dwarf |
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24 Feb 07 - 12:11 PM (#1978027) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest It really makes me wonder how your brain is wired |
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26 Feb 07 - 04:09 AM (#1979611) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Please note: the above two posts are mis-wired - although one has clearly visited my website; also "Broken-roofed buildings" refers to a native-style of architecture.) This is where we are up to - Broken-roofed buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage... |
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27 Feb 07 - 10:38 AM (#1980795) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields... |
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27 Feb 07 - 04:43 PM (#1981125) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jim Lad I'll go wash my hands now. |
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01 Mar 07 - 04:52 AM (#1982504) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Or go for a surf, Jim...) Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens... |
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02 Mar 07 - 05:54 AM (#1983670) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries... |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:25 AM (#1984744) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights... |
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03 Mar 07 - 10:40 AM (#1984962) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos His critics think he does this just to spite 'em -- Weak couplets and bad rhymes, ad infinitum. God grant the feller takes a pausium Rather than continue on ad nauseam. A |
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04 Mar 07 - 08:22 AM (#1985674) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Amos, The guy is not a full shilling and by responding it gives hime encouragement to carry on. |
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05 Mar 07 - 05:01 AM (#1986637) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Speaking of God, Amos...) Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum... |
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06 Mar 07 - 04:03 AM (#1987835) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry... |
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07 Mar 07 - 06:05 AM (#1989241) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And, with moulding-works out that way, It's somewhere for a longer stay...? THE END (P.S: sixth year in Newcastle, as I post.) |
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07 Mar 07 - 04:30 PM (#1989877) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest six years 2 long |
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07 Mar 07 - 04:33 PM (#1989882) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Wow, this is one of my favourites of yours, Walkaboutsverse! So true. I sympathise *completely*. *Completely*, I say: From One Lover to Free Lover to Fee Lover, For children's sakes, let's fashion back to One Lover: In public-life there are - guess what - women and men; Thus, upbringing's best by a woman and a man - Not by one or two men, or one or two women, And not in a tug-of-war of women and men. |
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08 Mar 07 - 06:11 AM (#1990311) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Sadly, one in three of our children now grow-up in broken families, Guest) The latter is a poem, of course, and on this forum I'd like to go back to my CHANTS FROM WALKABOUTS: 136 LANCASHIRE SUNG SIMPLY Lancashire: Cut by rivers, met by sea; Patched by farmland, Mills and other industry... |
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09 Mar 07 - 04:33 AM (#1991182) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Lancashire: With your Pennine boundary... |
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10 Mar 07 - 06:48 AM (#1992403) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Steeped in history, Through your buildings there to see... |
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12 Mar 07 - 05:27 AM (#1994064) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Lancashire: Where, through Graces, moorlands be... |
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12 Mar 07 - 08:04 AM (#1994196) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: manitas_at_work Shouldn't that be: Lancashire: Where, through Gracie Fields be... |
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12 Mar 07 - 08:31 AM (#1994228) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos And where no-one Has to pee... Where beer and nuts Are given free. Oh, in Lancashire to be! That's the place for bloody me... A |
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12 Mar 07 - 08:38 AM (#1994236) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (No - that's just Manitas at work, and Amos with his "vamos" again.) Wooded parklands, Flowered gardens - kept neatly... |
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12 Mar 07 - 01:52 PM (#1994532) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST One day you may vamos, with any luck |
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12 Mar 07 - 01:54 PM (#1994533) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Vamonos, compadre, ye and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a pre-operative tomcat stapled to a table. Oh, do not ask, "What is it?". Let us go and make our visit. A |
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13 Mar 07 - 10:17 AM (#1995352) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (And "let us go" (Amos), for now, from this Chant, but soon "vamos" to another...) Lancashire: Red Rose County, God's blessed thee. THE END |
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13 Mar 07 - 11:40 AM (#1995451) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer In the room the women come and go Talking of Jose Murinho |
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13 Mar 07 - 11:45 AM (#1995462) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos LOL, Ruth. T.S. goes global! A |
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14 Mar 07 - 04:35 AM (#1996099) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Dear Ruth: I don't follow our club football these days, as I like it the way it was - mostly locals in meaningful competition; however, I think you are referring to the manager of a club that has taken to the field without an Englishman - let alone a Cockney. Here, as a brief interlude from Chants, is my brief poetic response to the present farce: Poem 98 REREGULATE One Premier world-eleven v. Another such company, Or wage-caps and say half each-club's squad From the local-junior pod? |
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15 Mar 07 - 04:23 AM (#1997248) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Another Chant from walkaboutsverse.741.com 42: IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON Cabs all uniform in their shape. Good galleries make one gape. Hard-going people on the move - Things matter much in this groove... |
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16 Mar 07 - 04:20 AM (#1998241) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse I took a train out of London, Found a highway and thumbed a ride; I headed down toward Brighton, Then hitch-hiked roads the coast beside... |
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16 Mar 07 - 04:58 AM (#1998261) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Copy/pasted the wrong one, sorry) About the weather lots of moans. Solicits stuck on pay-phones. Summer weather - not bad, I've felt. Lads giving a ball a belt... |
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19 Mar 07 - 04:32 AM (#2000820) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Real estate is worth so much - Tenants' rent sky-high, as such; Nice stocky buildings all around - Will some have to hit the ground?.. |
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21 Mar 07 - 04:05 AM (#2002854) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Cheek to jowl: council flats needed - Stock by demand exceeded; Building higher seems only way - Unless less arrive to stay... |
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22 Mar 07 - 05:28 AM (#2003851) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Beaut. looking girls from many lands - Grace gone for capital plans; Polite folks from many cultures Do become money vultures... |
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22 Mar 07 - 10:49 AM (#2004046) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Alas -- the signs are not auspicious. Shallow, hackneyed, meretricious, Butchered rhythms, forms and cases Feeble hearts with ugly faces Cheap affairs in tawdry places! Made in couplets, rhymed for fashion, Without hint of grace or passion. Fitful notions, wizened shoots, Tinny horns with brassy toots, Heros, dressed in monkey suits. Protests made by fools as I, Under God's condemning sky, Shame the heart left out to dry, Without caring, without sigh. I would you sang in poems delicious, But the signs are not auspicious. Llewellyn Murfree Gizmoid Rhymes From the Bog In Back Manchester, 1999 |
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22 Mar 07 - 11:31 AM (#2004086) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Alf Ramsey encouraged calm and discipline NOT "passion", Amos.) Veiled women in platform shoes. High-street beggars in the blues. Privacy here costs so much - Partnerships suffer, as such... |
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22 Mar 07 - 12:39 PM (#2004143) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Lame in verse and crippled timing, Hard to read, and barely rhyming, Glued to intellectual fashion, Keep your calm, and give me passion. You may choose a world of ice; I think fire's much more nice. Limping structures void of feeling Leave the mind asleep and keeling. Take, oh, take Alf Ramsey's part, Brains and toenails, dry and stark, Leave me just the beating heart. Ralph Ralphing Back Up to Daylight Pewkin, Mahgotzut, ed. Trembling-on-Brinke, 1936 |
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23 Mar 07 - 05:18 AM (#2004747) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (And pay a Swede a fortune to tell us how to play our favourite sport: in the 50s, English, on average, were probably the most competent decent people in the world - we are NOT now.) See movies and shows from way back; Of good music there's no lack; All-day breakfasts at the good pubs; An abundance of nightclubs... |
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24 Mar 07 - 07:57 AM (#2005708) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Green groomed parklands: the best I've seen - Their gardens kept neat and clean; Geraniums in flowerpots On facades make pleasing spots... |
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26 Mar 07 - 06:41 AM (#2007338) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (One can now hear me warble at - myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) Floating pubs on the River Thames, And its bridges - real gems; Both ways, here, the water goes - Still in range of tidal-flows... |
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27 Mar 07 - 09:00 AM (#2008389) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Children at park lakes feed the ducks, Or watch squirrels take some nuts. Into ponds, weeping willows sag. Sharp attacks on those who lag. THE END |
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28 Mar 07 - 04:11 AM (#2009213) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (As another brief interlude, I think I'll post a reading of this poem for a second myspace.com/walkaboutsverse piece - and hopefully borrow a digital camera for an accompanying photo...) 173: VALLEY VIEWS - AUTUMN 2001 The winds can whistle and the walls can creak, But from my beloved old rocking-chair, Through a rhombus-patterned lounge-room window, The Tyne-valley views induce one to stare:... |
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28 Mar 07 - 10:56 AM (#2009503) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,sinky a rain proof tent is all i need a fiver for my mouth to feed a pretty girl who likes to please with muddy arse and grass stained knees |
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29 Mar 07 - 06:07 AM (#2010431) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Sinking a bit, Sinky) Over a canopy of estate trees - Tall birch, locust, rowan and sycamore - To the housing, parks, stores and works below, Which fringe the river of the valley floor... |
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29 Mar 07 - 12:36 PM (#2010804) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,SINKY I spied a maiden through the trees i whispered softly on the breeze fair maiden would you come with me and pleasure me with muddy knees my tent a haven to the rain that pounds upon my buttocks bare as i fall down upon the ground and rip off muddy underware |
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29 Mar 07 - 12:42 PM (#2010811) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST |
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29 Mar 07 - 03:10 PM (#2010974) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Dear God! The spouters of inanity have doubled! Their souls, I'd think, must be most sorely troubled, Lost and bedeviled, broken-spirited bipeds! Else ne'er would this thread be so betripéd Let both these raucous rhymers find his brother; For Heaven knows, they well deserve each other. |
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30 Mar 07 - 06:03 AM (#2011585) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (What the Dickens?!) Then up the other side to more parkland, More clusters of trees and residencies, Streets that yield at night sparkles of light, Plus the Angel of the North, topping these. THE END |
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30 Mar 07 - 08:43 AM (#2011686) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Isn't it Byronic? Hey, I'm inspired by walkaboutsverse's wonderful poems. It has made me realise that anyone can right poetry - even me!! So, I thought I'd have a go. I'm going to use this thread to publish a 19,876,8076 line effort of mine entitled PLEASE GO AWAY THIS THREAD IS RIDICULOUS - SOME THOUGHTS. Its fairly freeform, and I'm going to add a few lines every few days for the infinite future. Maybe check out my free website or some such jazz. 1. PLEASE GO AWAY THIS THREAD IS RIDICULOUS - SOME THOUGHTS Like a pool of vomit Only made out of words And yet I impose it on others Because I am antisocial cretin... |
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30 Mar 07 - 09:02 AM (#2011710) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Sorry Byronic, but you are simply playing into W's hands by involving yourself |
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31 Mar 07 - 06:46 AM (#2012484) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Along with SOME verse, I've also a mild interest in gardening, hence - again from walkaboutsverse.741.com - 141: IN A SMALL POT I like Acers But rent a flat, So mimic one In a small pot:... |
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02 Apr 07 - 05:43 AM (#2014192) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse As for starters, I made a plat Of ivy run Out from one spot... |
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02 Apr 07 - 09:24 AM (#2014310) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Socks, and pebbles of obsidian Thoughts and objects all quotidian; Nothing true, or bright, or formal Dull routine dressed up as normal. Evil verses, such as these, Kill the soul by cold degrees. I-Phuket Thai Book of the Walking Dead Bangkok, 1287 |
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03 Apr 07 - 06:45 AM (#2015125) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Hear me read A SOUTH SHIELDS WALKABOUT on myspace.com/walkaboutsverse if you like.) To this basis (All round the mat, In a trunk-bun) Dirt - soaked a lot. |
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05 Apr 07 - 10:25 AM (#2017244) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Can hear me play and sing THE WATER IS WIDE now, if you wish - myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) Without traces - Not got down pat - A moss-lawn spun And short-ferns shot... |
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07 Apr 07 - 06:09 AM (#2018968) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Recorded Good Friday, on my PC, you can hear "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" now at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) And, like Acers, Branches have sat - Wirework done - Toward the pot... |
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12 Apr 07 - 05:28 AM (#2022958) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Did you notice the rhyme repeats each stanza?) Trimmed with scissors, This foliage-hat Thrives in the sun Of my sill-plot. THE END |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:22 AM (#2023923) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (And here is A South Shields Walkabout, which you can hear, along with three other tracks at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) Out of the museaum-and-gallery - Wiser on Cookson and the local way - Down Ocean Road with, to the right of me, Its eateries and, left, neat places to stay... |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:24 AM (#2023926) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: John MacKenzie I'm sorry to seem like a party pooper, but just when did Mudcat get into the vanity publishing business? Methinks this belongs in BS too. G. |
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16 Apr 07 - 04:13 AM (#2026513) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Before, on either side, Marine Parks - The southern-one a most beautiful place, Teeming with moorhen, swans, grebes and mallards In a large pond at a scenic-hill's base... |
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18 Apr 07 - 04:11 AM (#2028642) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Then (holding chips from the parade's cafe And, thus, a flock of gulls squawking above) Onto the South Pier I made my way: Seeing seaweed over rocks, like a glove... |
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20 Apr 07 - 04:47 AM (#2030811) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And high-and-dry sands held from transgression By growth of grass and the weaving of wood; Plus, in the dim light of a sleepy sun, Fishing boats returning to Tynemouth's hood... |
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20 Apr 07 - 07:40 AM (#2030892) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsvers THE END Now: "State to State" From Sydney Town, In uni. break, I drove out west To earnings make Onion picking On the fields Of Echuca That year's yields... |
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20 Apr 07 - 10:13 AM (#2031068) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos What once was only Bad Has now grown Worser! And none to save us from This madcap verser. I wish he were A great deal terser. A |
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20 Apr 07 - 03:45 PM (#2031405) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Raving Dave You have to feel sorry for this guy. He is so insecure and lonely that he has to communicate and socialise in this way. How sad he is to spend all his time encroaching upon the Mudcat forum to give vent to his pitiful ramblings. He is even 'singing' on Myspace. He even wants to make folk music his career |
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21 Apr 07 - 06:13 AM (#2031820) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Feedback varies) After day's work, From Y.H.A., A group of us Would not delay To walk on down To the dirt rim Of the Murray For a cool swim... |
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23 Apr 07 - 05:14 AM (#2033209) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse On one such day, I do declare, Some three of us Had a big dare To swim across, From state to state, The wide Murray - I took the bait... |
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23 Apr 07 - 11:10 AM (#2033493) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST When is Amos publishing his poetry? It's hilarious - esp the genre pastiches. |
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25 Apr 07 - 04:17 AM (#2035106) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Yes, foolishly, I took the bait - A choice that I Would come to hate, For I almost Did drown that date, Making the swim From state to state. THE END |
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25 Apr 07 - 09:47 AM (#2035285) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 111 THE MERSEY AT DIDSBURY - SPRING 2000 Took bus one-four-three, From Piccadilly, Along Oxford Road; Passed the old uni's, Those shops with saris, And my first abode... |
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25 Apr 07 - 10:07 AM (#2035297) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos How many times, old addled friend, You've ended couplets with "The End". A virtuous, kindly thing to do, Would be to simply make it true. A |
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25 Apr 07 - 11:41 AM (#2035409) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Leadfingers 300 !! |
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25 Apr 07 - 01:12 PM (#2035502) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Did you see above, Amos - you've a huge fan. |
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26 Apr 07 - 08:19 AM (#2036182) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse At Didsbury Village, The Old Parsonage Looked neat, and gave sound, As I walked the way, At about midday, To a Mersey mound... |
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26 Apr 07 - 09:58 AM (#2036231) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Oh, huzzah, just what I wanted. Walkaboutverse, I earnestly commend to you a month of doing nothing but reading Yeats, Shakespeare's sonnets, W.H. Auden, Gregory Corso, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Walt Whitman, Robert Penn Warren, his daughter Rosanna Warren, and other celebrated and honored poets, so that you can learn to do this doggerel thing better than you do it. THere is so much room for improvement here, you cannot go wrong! A |
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26 Apr 07 - 10:51 AM (#2036287) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Dear Amos - I've read widely from the anthology of English verse, thanks.) |
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26 Apr 07 - 02:10 PM (#2036455) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Amos, this man is so blinkered and self opinionated that he is oblivious to any comment. By making comment everybody is fuelling his ego. This man cannot sing, play the recorder or write good poetry. He has to ignored and then he might go away. |
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27 Apr 07 - 05:31 AM (#2036931) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse ("Blinkered" (Guest)? I've travelled on a shoestring through about 40 countries and studied humanities - listening to, and learning from, others before putting pen to paper; and you, folks, may judge my tenor-recorder/English-flute playing for yourselves at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) From atop this bank, No longer a blank Was the strong river, Nor the wide fairways - Where I'd filled two days, Twelve years earlier... |
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30 Apr 07 - 04:24 AM (#2039243) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST I then headed back On Stenner Woods' track - Hearing more birdsong, And seeing mossed stumps Plus well-layered clumps - To a human throng... |
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01 May 07 - 09:42 AM (#2040304) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse This throng was viewing - Justly pursuing - The smart Rock Gardens, Sloped on Fletcher Moss, Which I, too, did cross, Before homeward wends. THE END |
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01 May 07 - 10:09 AM (#2040320) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Ah, good -- his "wend" Has reached "the end"-- No minor trick. Let's hope it sticks. A |
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01 May 07 - 04:11 PM (#2040591) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Chance would be a fine thing Amos |
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02 May 07 - 12:02 PM (#2041352) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Here is one, folks, that - along with, e.g., A South Shields Walkabout (on Myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) I've used on the performance-poetry scene: 113 FOLLOWING THE SUN - SPRING 2000 Having moved, by buses, up the hill from Salford to Bury (To be within walk of new work, again) These stimuli surround between my abode and the factory As I follow the sun - its wax its wane:.. |
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02 May 07 - 12:18 PM (#2041373) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I'm sorry to say, although perfectly lawful, The lines you post here are aesthetically awful. Linguistically horrid, semantically null, In scansion, pathetic; in poesy, dull. As sorry a clutch of poor versification As ever has plagued eith one of our nations. Pray, why do you do it? Have you eaten lead paint? That you pass off as poetry so much that just ain't? Boris Silliye Whitmore O' Desain Answers to Flibbertyjibbets Paris, 1937 |
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02 May 07 - 12:47 PM (#2041405) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Grab Walkaboutverse, you've studied humanities - Why then all this verse of vanities? Pride in achievements is valid, true, But what has that to do with you? If it were good - but it is not, And pride in a brimming chamber pot Full of turds and piss is fine for babies Who have no more ambition, maybe. But as an adult, and civilised, Who's viewed the world through his own eyes - Read your verse as if you'd never seen it And think: Does it praise the thing described, or demean it? Graham. |
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02 May 07 - 05:38 PM (#2041679) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Cruiser Well Walkaboutsverse, you are the clear winner 'Cause if you eat lead paint we must drink lead paint thinner 'Cause what else would cause us to respond with our own terrible prose To your verse that even a skunk would have to turn up his nose Yes, you are the final winner 'cause the thread stayed above the line With Joe, the Clones, and elves ignoring your 'nonmusical' pantomime So carry on with your manifestations of nonsensical drools 'Cause on Mudcat we will respond to you 'cause we are equally fools… |
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02 May 07 - 07:19 PM (#2041779) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: TheSnail Shouldn't this thread be transferred to here? |
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03 May 07 - 04:43 AM (#2042015) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (No, frineds, I've neither eaten nor drunk lead paint - just tried to "paint" such pictures of our "green and pleasant land" (Blake).) Walking toward work and the rising sun, a morning chorus Rides the crisp breezy air of hill-farmland, While gravel, of road and path, beneath my plonked feet crunches, And P.V.C. flaps loose of its hay-stand... |
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03 May 07 - 10:47 AM (#2042282) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Bumble bees, tree sparrows and robins bob along the hedgerows, Squirrels and hares hop ahead on my route; And on a weather-wrapped reservoir - glassy, or dulled by blows - Glide mute- and whooper-swans, ducks, geese and coot... |
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04 May 07 - 04:37 AM (#2042978) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Horses, goats, sheep and cattle laze and graze on fields of green - Fields they, in turn, feed, helping make hay; And, above, swifts and herons sometimes grace the aerial scene - A scene framed by a moorland chain of grey... |
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04 May 07 - 10:29 AM (#2043200) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Slugs - some rusty, others pitch-black - slither on a clayey path, That slopes sharply beside the reservoir; And a whitegood on green-grass (a horse trough, once a human bath) Amuses me as I view from afar... |
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05 May 07 - 05:06 AM (#2043746) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse As does Peel Monument, atop a distant Holecombe mount - By which an uncle and I once took lunch; Disturbed nettles - brushed in such distraction - make their bulwarks count, And a shed-side arbour demands a hunch... |
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08 May 07 - 06:51 AM (#2045937) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST One time, three sheep-dogs determined me lost, and rounded me up; Oftentimes, the Metro. tram rattles by; And, sometimes, a horse will urge me make handy a grassy cup, Or nudge for a scratch down its back and thigh... |
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08 May 07 - 01:20 PM (#2046257) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse On cooler mornings, the dew on grasses soaks my joggers through, But beautifies clumps of whimsy grass-heads; And, already proceeding on his routine of chores to do, A farmer strong-hoses out the cowsheds... |
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09 May 07 - 08:05 AM (#2046908) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Caravan-people leave their grouping to walk the well-worn track, And milk- and mail-vans squeeze tightly by; Antique farm-machines rust away in a grassed ramshackle-stack, And pigeons startle from their grassy lie... |
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10 May 07 - 12:35 PM (#2048181) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse In sun, fishing-people and bathers dot the reservoir's shore, And, in shade, ferns the sides of path and stream; Near gates, manure fills the air and makes stepping a chore, But elsewhere the views are a poet's dream... |
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11 May 07 - 06:47 AM (#2049032) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Magpies, near horses, bop around - perhaps for aroused worms; Laburnums sprung yellow, and hawthorns white, Pleasingly, in nature, border the fields of farming-firms, And help enclose this Radcliffe rural site... |
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15 May 07 - 05:13 AM (#2052138) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Plus, as I meander home from a day's factory toil, The sun, when it sets in a clear sky, Forms a large amber ball, behind a converted cotton-mill - Signalling another day almost by. THE END |
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15 May 07 - 08:31 AM (#2052258) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (If Blair and Brown knew better, they would be members of the SNP.) 66 TO SCOTLAND, AGAIN By coach from central Manchester - In-between stops at Bolton, Carlisle and Hamilton - To Glasgow, these I did vista:.. |
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17 May 07 - 09:23 AM (#2054565) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Some sheep, blotched vividly with blue, Filing down a well-worn path, Did form a long woolly lath, Aimed at a lusher greener hue... |
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17 May 07 - 09:49 AM (#2054589) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson Even Lizzie Cornish wasn't a bigger binge poster than Walkaboutsverse. eric |
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18 May 07 - 06:01 AM (#2055345) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (My Friend Lizzie, Eric, has actually posted a comment on myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) A farmer on a four-wheeler: His canine friend close beside. A horse not on call to ride: On leave - a no-shoe non-heeler!... |
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19 May 07 - 04:50 AM (#2056251) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Convex pastures with heath-moorland; And flatter grain-planes below - Cropped, awaiting till-and-sow, Perhaps with grazing beforehand... |
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20 May 07 - 02:38 PM (#2057082) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Passed Edwin Waugh territory, Cumbria's sharp forms and tones Compelled sense off seat-cramped bones To their well-honed long-read story... |
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21 May 07 - 11:42 AM (#2057712) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Further north, farms of slighter falls: One a black-sheep specialist, With some Friesians on the list - All held between old dry-stone-walls... |
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22 May 07 - 08:43 AM (#2058303) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The Lakes behind, a strong Scotch mist Changed the sun to a full-moon And hid scenery, till soon - Light, and the wide scenes on Burns' list... |
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23 May 07 - 06:41 AM (#2058870) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse New farms harnessing the wind's blow, Old white-and-grey-cottage views; Plus pines, espousing the hues - In distinct leaf-tones - of Glasgow. THE END |
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24 May 07 - 09:04 AM (#2059786) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 14: NIGHT OR DAY? In the far north of Sweden, "The Land of the Midnight Sun," A strange thing chanced upon me - And I'll tell you, just for fun... |
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26 May 07 - 02:18 PM (#2061405) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Oh...I thought Amos et al would have been off again.) Got off a train late-morning (Had to catch same one next day) And trudged far to the Youth Hostel - Paying for a one-night stay... |
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26 May 07 - 02:34 PM (#2061409) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos WAV, sorry to disappoint, but I am not fond of talking to stones or kicking walls. A |
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29 May 07 - 05:54 AM (#2062986) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Good thing for me, Amos, the soon-to-be-mentioned Swede wasn't like that.) I spent the afternoon sightseeing, Then, after a latish dinner, Returned to my own small bedroom - The comfy bed proving a winner... |
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31 May 07 - 08:21 AM (#2064806) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse For I soon dozed into dreamy sleep - Waking what was just two hours hence; But my watch was an analogue, And night or day I couldn't sense!.. |
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01 Jun 07 - 05:28 AM (#2065572) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse I quickly packed all my things (My train an hour or thirteen on) And hurried out the bedroom - The bright sky a sneaky con... |
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02 Jun 07 - 06:12 AM (#2066394) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse I wandered down the track a bit - The Hostel office empty - Before a smiling helpful local Did kindly enlighten me. THE END |
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04 Jun 07 - 05:36 AM (#2067948) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 229 JOYS OF LIFE Leightons, and other great art; Plumes of fireworks at night; The vivid reds of sunrise - Repeated at day's last light... |
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05 Jun 07 - 09:19 AM (#2069034) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The beats through us of a drum; Winter¡¦s sun felt through closed glass; Handing in the last exam; Awakenings ¡V alarmless!.. |
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07 Jun 07 - 09:58 AM (#2070709) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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... |
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09 Jun 07 - 06:44 AM (#2072047) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Viewing set-over cricket; A golf ball, for once, well struck; Viewing velodrome cycling; From net-chord, levelling luck!.. |
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11 Jun 07 - 05:28 AM (#2073427) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Sticks, chants, didgeridoo, Haunting harps, and all bagpipes; Clog, flamenco, tamure, Hula, and other dance types... |
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12 Jun 07 - 08:33 AM (#2074639) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Out, by a cast, being told; In - taking tea and T.V.; Highland views that command rest; The buildings of Italy... |
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14 Jun 07 - 09:04 AM (#2076715) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Thrifty plant-propagation; By a wave one's body hit; Upstream of camp - with paddle; By a fire - strongly lit... |
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14 Jun 07 - 09:28 AM (#2076758) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Captain Ginger Blimey, first time I've ever opened this thread. It's a rare hoot, isn't it? It's like one of those programs that generate random prose, with just a hint of Yoda (the scansion up it fucks, I see) thrown in. Anyway, must dash - got to take the doggerel for a walk... |
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15 Jun 07 - 06:25 AM (#2077630) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Upon your return, Captain, you may like to wind-down with myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) Forest spent-leaves under foot; Tasting a host-nation's fare; Alcedo atthis at work; Just bills being brought to bear... |
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16 Jun 07 - 06:02 AM (#2078510) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Allegros when feeling low; An andante to wind down; Spoken French and chorused song; The quiet when out of town... |
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19 Jun 07 - 05:02 AM (#2080797) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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 |
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21 Jun 07 - 04:50 AM (#2082880) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Just place, also, at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) poem 156 OF 230: EASTBOURNE - SUMMER 2001 On the day before the solstice, I first sighted Eastbourne: A beautiful elegant place - English culture untorn. |
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22 Jun 07 - 04:42 AM (#2083791) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Two long days allowed two long lanes To be walked before dark - One after travel on four trains, One post-Devonshire Park... |
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26 Jun 07 - 02:00 PM (#2087558) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The first was between sea and heath, And gardens signed by post, Then up the Downs to view, beneath, The brutal handsome coast... |
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28 Jun 07 - 05:30 AM (#2088876) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The next, contrasting that before, Showed all kinds of vessels - Parked up along the pebbly shore And in marina cells... |
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29 Jun 07 - 05:22 AM (#2089822) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (But, as for the women's tennis, It soon became a qualm, As I was put-off by what is A great strain on their arm.) THE END ("TENNIS TIPS TO TRY" at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) |
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30 Jun 07 - 05:22 AM (#2090723) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 195 of 230: MUSING ON WIMBLEDON - SUMMER 2002 2001 got somewhat cheeky, So, on my T.V., I was pleased to see Old-fashioned etiquette about the net... But oh! to get among the coaching set... |
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30 Jun 07 - 08:48 AM (#2090822) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson EASTBOURNE for fucks sake, Gods waiting room. eric |
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02 Jul 07 - 05:10 AM (#2092224) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Calm down, Eric...you give Vikings a bad name.) Thus, here is a feature that I'd teach: Two hands – both sides – either off when can't reach. And, as for thoughts on pay, I do not say "Amateur play" but "spread-out the outlay." THE END |
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05 Jul 07 - 08:55 AM (#2094621) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem/Chant 5 of 230: STATE TO STATE From Sydney Town, In uni. break, I drove out west To earnings make Onion picking On the fields Of Echuca That year's yields... (I'm not a monarchist but I think Diana was a good person so, nearly 10 years since she passed away, I've just posted, the traditional English lament, "Sleep on Beloved", on Myspace.com/walkaboutsverse.) |
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07 Jul 07 - 05:26 AM (#2096248) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse After day's work, From Y.H.A., A group of us Would not delay To walk on down To the dirt rim Of the Murray For a cool swim... |
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10 Jul 07 - 05:15 AM (#2098459) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse On one such day, I do declare, Some three of us Had a big dare To swim across, From state to state, The wide Murray - I took the bait... |
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13 Jul 07 - 05:14 AM (#2101397) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Yes, foolishly, I took the bait - A choice that I Would come to hate, For I almost Did drown that date, Making the swim From state to state. THE END (Just posted TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS, on myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) |
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17 Jul 07 - 08:15 AM (#2105032) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 22 of 230: HIGH HOUSEBOAT When in India, I headed north For the Himalaya... |
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19 Jul 07 - 08:25 AM (#2106703) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Up, by train then bus, To Kashmir - It was much cooler, thus... |
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20 Jul 07 - 04:53 AM (#2107448) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Stayed there on Dahl Lake, By Srinagar - For my tight-budget's sake... |
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23 Jul 07 - 05:31 AM (#2109064) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse 'Twas a houseboat room: Run down, low cost - But there I felt no gloom... |
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24 Jul 07 - 09:52 AM (#2110027) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse A solo mother - She had four kids - Was the floor-manager... |
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24 Jul 07 - 11:30 AM (#2110114) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Ralph Is it just me. Or is this complete and utter twaddle? I've read all the poems (?), and can make no sense of them. Ah Well. |
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24 Jul 07 - 11:31 AM (#2110117) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Ralph A man with a face like a hammer, Was hanging a portrait of his wife. |
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24 Jul 07 - 11:34 AM (#2110119) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Dear Ralph, it's not that it's just you; These works have baffled all the best, Who find their only solace in De gustibus non disputandum est. Regards, A |
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24 Jul 07 - 11:39 AM (#2110123) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Captain Ginger You've read all of them? Bloody hell man, you deserve a medal! They really are the direst doggerel, aren't they? Still, at least the bloke confines them to this thread so they don't frighten the horses, and one can pop in from time to time to reassure oneself that there is always a resting place for truly awful poetry. |
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24 Jul 07 - 11:45 AM (#2110127) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: John MacKenzie Too much brown ale methinks. G |
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26 Jul 07 - 08:52 AM (#2111680) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (I agree, John/Giok, they ought to give (Lindisfarne) mead a go, instead. Now, back to that "High Houseboat" left by the Raj, upon their repatriation.) At dawn, her daughter - The eldest one - Brought me food and water... |
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26 Jul 07 - 09:22 AM (#2111709) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson Oy, Walkaboutsverse, do us all a favour and stop wasting valuable space with this incessant crap. eric |
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26 Jul 07 - 02:01 PM (#2111964) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dave B Eric, you are wasting your time , this guy is oblivious to comments and believes, truly believes he can write poewtry and even sing it |
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26 Jul 07 - 07:57 PM (#2112209) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: TheSnail Leave him alone. He isn't doing any harm sitting there in the corner mumbling into his beer. |
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27 Jul 07 - 05:09 AM (#2112409) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson It's boring, uninteresting drivel. eric |
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27 Jul 07 - 05:14 AM (#2112411) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Beer occasionally, Snail, when thirsty, but, as I say, mostly mead, when in a public house; now, back to that "High Houseboat" - recall I'd just been brought some water...) I washed with bucket, Ate scrambled eggs - As good as one could get... |
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28 Jul 07 - 07:56 AM (#2113228) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse From Dahl Lake's shoreline To the houseboats, Canoe trips run just fine... |
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31 Jul 07 - 05:57 AM (#2115347) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Day-tripped to Gulmarg, And played a round - As always, kept the card... |
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02 Aug 07 - 06:05 AM (#2117227) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse It is the highest Green-kept golf-course, And sure is quite a test!... |
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03 Aug 07 - 05:10 AM (#2118096) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Played another course, At Srinagar - And it, too, I endorse... |
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04 Aug 07 - 05:33 AM (#2118899) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse For "with-dependants," I should, though, add - War, sadly, still rants. THE END |
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06 Aug 07 - 06:35 AM (#2120190) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 74 of 230: ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIALISM Anthropology - Wonts, in close study - Provides students with A good insight on Many ways to live... |
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09 Aug 07 - 05:54 AM (#2122333) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And students well-read Are oftentimes led, Economically, To Left of Centre - That happened to me... |
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10 Aug 07 - 09:49 AM (#2123036) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse With "immigration," However, I'm on The side of all those Who, questioning "aims," Make misled-Left foes. THE END |
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13 Aug 07 - 05:21 AM (#2124602) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 23 of 230: ABOVE EVEREST When flying from Nepal to Thailand, I was given a "good-side" seat; And, as I looked out the plane window, The view I saw was really neat... |
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14 Aug 07 - 09:13 AM (#2125162) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse For breaking through a thick sheet of cloud Were the high Himalayan peaks; And, rising the highest of them all, Mount Everest - heaven bespeaks! THE END |
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17 Aug 07 - 04:44 AM (#2127706) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 19 of 230: JET With time-based rail passes, As many youth still do, I caught the trains through Europe - A good time it was, too... |
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20 Aug 07 - 10:08 AM (#2129648) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse But, late one night in summer, I ran full-on in vain, Through quiet streets in Paris, To catch the London train... |
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23 Aug 07 - 04:56 AM (#2131776) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And, at that Paris station, They closed the doors throughout, For cleaning through the morning, Insisting - stragglers out... |
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24 Aug 07 - 05:23 AM (#2132572) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse So it was that a few of us Spent the night on the street, And, I do declare to you, It left young me dead beat... |
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25 Aug 07 - 04:55 AM (#2133215) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Yet there are many stragglers, Within the human domain, Spending all their nights as such - While others own a plane! THE END |
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28 Aug 07 - 08:50 AM (#2135191) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 47 of 230: A LOSS FOR HUMANITY Toward the end of summer, A car crash in France. Then thousands of cut flowers - Some bearers in trance. For Diana broke-even - Now resting in peace; A loss for humanity - Her caring did cease. For, while taking her perks - Perks there should not be - She gave greatly of herself In kind charity: Charity good states would free. (Can I just say that, if you wish, you can hear, until September, the English lament "Sleep on Beloved" on myspace.com/walkaboutsverse) |
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30 Aug 07 - 04:49 AM (#2136691) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 43 of 230: A BAYSWATER BED-SIT Arrived in London, At Heathrow Airport - With sixty kilos Of luggage I'd brought... |
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08 Sep 07 - 05:21 AM (#2143817) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Found a paper, Loot, And called an agent; Stored two heavy bags, Then to him I went... |
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08 Sep 07 - 06:13 AM (#2143841) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,finality Aw shucks, thought he had given up, it has been so long, never mind one day eh? |
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08 Sep 07 - 06:29 AM (#2143843) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson 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 |
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13 Sep 07 - 09:29 AM (#2148256) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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 |
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14 Sep 07 - 05:01 AM (#2148899) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse ...For one week of rent, He'd ensure a bed Within Bayswater - A bed-sit, he said... |
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20 Sep 07 - 08:57 AM (#2153363) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse It was eighty pounds Per week, nothing more, With a lift arranged To the building's door... |
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20 Sep 07 - 09:49 AM (#2153398) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Sky Sailor But it was always out of order What a bloody bore! |
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20 Sep 07 - 11:08 AM (#2153440) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos 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 |
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22 Sep 07 - 06:26 AM (#2154819) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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... |
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22 Sep 07 - 08:30 AM (#2154851) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson Try checking out reality for a change. eric |
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22 Sep 07 - 09:12 AM (#2154870) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Sky Sailor Black Puddin' an' onions And a nice bit of veal. |
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24 Sep 07 - 06:32 AM (#2156165) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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... |
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24 Sep 07 - 06:45 PM (#2156614) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Sky Sailor I am almost Vegan also. I only eat animals that eat grass! |
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25 Sep 07 - 08:33 AM (#2156976) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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... |
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27 Sep 07 - 08:43 AM (#2158453) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Seated, I could watch The clouds roll by - Often from the west - Or jets cut the sky... |
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28 Sep 07 - 07:07 AM (#2159169) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Wolfgang 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 |
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28 Sep 07 - 08:05 AM (#2159207) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,davetnova Obviously lengthy homage to the great Scots poet James McKintyre www.poemhunter.com/poem/windmills-and-stone-stables/ the style is unmistakeable. |
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28 Sep 07 - 08:06 AM (#2159209) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST oops blueclicky is not quite right. |
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28 Sep 07 - 08:12 AM (#2159214) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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... |
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29 Sep 07 - 05:27 AM (#2159793) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Plus, at dawn, the sun Shined in from the east - Filling the small room As on egg I'd feast... |
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01 Oct 07 - 05:09 AM (#2160943) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And contemplating, It occurs to me - If all lived that well, How great it would be... |
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02 Oct 07 - 09:05 AM (#2161837) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse But a lot do sleep Outdoors many nights - On sheets of cardboard, Without basic rights. THE END |
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04 Oct 07 - 08:22 AM (#2163524) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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..? |
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05 Oct 07 - 07:31 AM (#2164325) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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. |
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06 Oct 07 - 06:44 AM (#2164995) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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... |
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08 Oct 07 - 04:58 AM (#2166332) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The beats through us of a drum; Winter¡¦s sun felt through closed glass; Handing in the last exam; Awakenings ¡V alarmless!.. |
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09 Oct 07 - 10:13 AM (#2167237) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse (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... |
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12 Oct 07 - 08:13 AM (#2169425) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Viewing set-over cricket; A golf ball, for once, well struck; Viewing velodrome cycling; From net-chord, levelling luck!.. |
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13 Oct 07 - 05:35 AM (#2170146) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Sticks, chants, didgeridoo, Haunting harps, and all bagpipes; Clog, flamenco, tamure, Hula, and other dance types... |
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15 Oct 07 - 05:23 AM (#2171379) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Out, by a cast, being told; In - taking tea and T.V.; Highland views that command rest; The buildings of Italy... |
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16 Oct 07 - 08:31 AM (#2172219) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Thrifty plant-propagation; By a wave one's body hit; Upstream of camp - with paddle; By a fire - strongly lit... |
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18 Oct 07 - 09:07 AM (#2173571) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Forest spent-leaves under foot; Tasting a host-nation's fare; Alcedo atthis at work; Just bills being brought to bear... |
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19 Oct 07 - 04:44 AM (#2174265) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Allegros when feeling low; An andante to wind down; Spoken French and chorused song; The quiet when out of town... |
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20 Oct 07 - 04:56 AM (#2175149) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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 |
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23 Oct 07 - 08:58 AM (#2177197) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 52 of 230: OUT OF PLACE As I paid my bus fee To leave Nairobi, A woman caught my eye:... |
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25 Oct 07 - 08:22 AM (#2178780) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse From what I could see - Red garb, bead jewellery - She was a Masai... |
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30 Oct 07 - 10:16 AM (#2182622) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse From anthropology, I¡¦d heard how stubbornly They try to defy... |
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31 Oct 07 - 09:06 AM (#2183406) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Factors tending to be Against them culturally - I like the Masai... |
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01 Nov 07 - 02:32 AM (#2184033) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Sky Sailor You really should study the great William McGonagall. It may help you to improve. |
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01 Nov 07 - 10:13 AM (#2184216) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (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,.. |
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03 Nov 07 - 06:45 AM (#2185542) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse In order to see Big-game roaming free, Belonged to Masai... |
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05 Nov 07 - 05:09 AM (#2186627) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse They live nomadically: With cows, they go-look-see To get enough supply... |
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06 Nov 07 - 05:04 AM (#2187349) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Of grass, whose energy Converted comes to be The life-keep of Masai. THE END |
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08 Nov 07 - 04:53 AM (#2188807) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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. |
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10 Nov 07 - 05:11 AM (#2190381) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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. |
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13 Nov 07 - 05:08 AM (#2192538) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 117 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: WYTHENSHAWE PARK - SUMMER 2000 Wythenshawe Hall Is elegant - Although, in all, Extravagant... |
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15 Nov 07 - 04:44 PM (#2194756) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Cromwell above A pyramid - Symbolic stuff On what he did... |
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18 Nov 07 - 12:32 PM (#2196801) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse The plant centre Has well-kept ground - Seems gardener Likes fish around... |
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19 Nov 07 - 08:27 AM (#2197398) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Sports and leisure Places abound - A good measure Of games are found... |
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20 Nov 07 - 06:24 AM (#2198157) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse A farm venture Has food at hand, And more nature Lies in woodland... |
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21 Nov 07 - 04:32 AM (#2199022) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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... |
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22 Nov 07 - 04:21 AM (#2199755) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 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;... |
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23 Nov 07 - 05:51 AM (#2200546) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse And, by viaduct, trains pass above - Folk thereby viewing a town I love. Anglers and C. of E. delegates, Hikers and tourists, have crossed the gates... |
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24 Nov 07 - 05:41 AM (#2201189) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Opportunistic masons, kings-men, Model makers, Turner, and men who pen... Perhaps the witches came down from the hill, And do ghosts haunt - still questing their fill..? THE END (Hello..no company here for a while..HELLO?!) |
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25 Nov 07 - 04:37 AM (#2201705) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem/couplet 219 of 230: FURTHER ANTI-IMPERIALISM Let each Christian nation have its own Church - Equal, before God, with the others' Search. |
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27 Nov 07 - 05:35 AM (#2203004) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (The quality was okay on the BBCs Cambridge Folk Festival "Highlights", but the small amount of English folk was sad - Cambridge IS within England, yes..?) Poem 213 of 230: MORE AMOR PATRIAE There is Tai Chi AND there is tennis, Line is fine BUT so is Morris,... |
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28 Nov 07 - 08:23 AM (#2203801) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse There is curry AND there is the roast, And, when England is playing host,.. |
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29 Nov 07 - 10:03 AM (#2204647) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish To sense culture that is English. THE END |
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30 Nov 07 - 09:45 AM (#2205477) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Wlkaboutsverse Poem 199 of 230: BEDE'S WORLD - WINTER 2002/3 During Advent, I returned to Bede's World, Where I, already read, was further schooled - |
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01 Dec 07 - 05:03 AM (#2206113) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkerboutsverse The Tyne I crossed by the pedestrian tunnel, Which has the longest wooden escalators in the world - |
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01 Dec 07 - 05:07 AM (#2206115) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkerboutsverse The Tyne Tunnel was opened by Edward Heath, The Prime Minister with the big teeth |
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01 Dec 07 - 07:19 PM (#2206523) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkerbootsvorse Bede's World has a Saxon harbour; Nearby the factory where they make the Waxed Cotton Barbour. |
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03 Dec 07 - 04:28 AM (#2207373) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsvers (As with The Venerable Bede, I'm sure - one learns something everyday!) Via walks through the museum, the farm, The ruins, and the church with its old arm... |
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04 Dec 07 - 05:40 AM (#2208132) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse With gifts, I left, after some four hours, To round off, at home, my thoughts on ours. THE END |
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05 Dec 07 - 06:16 AM (#2208947) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 224 of 230: THE NATIVITY Vis-à-vis S.C., I prefer to see... |
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07 Dec 07 - 06:06 AM (#2210367) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Christian children's glee When they play-out the... |
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09 Dec 07 - 04:54 AM (#2211787) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Coming of J.C. - The Nativity. THE END |
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09 Dec 07 - 06:02 AM (#2211802) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Dave B Thank heavens only six more to go |
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10 Dec 07 - 04:53 AM (#2212337) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walker-Boots-Vorse A NORTHUMBRIAN MIDDLE-SCHOOL EPIPHANY (To be Sung to a Gelinaeu Psalm-Tone) When I was nine in 1970, I played Mechior in the school nativity; and I banged a big frame-drum from Bethlehem, brought back from a Holy Land holiday by Miss Morrison, who showed me some choice cyclic Arabic rhythms, that have been with me ever since. Miss Morrison played upon a shawm, because she played the English Horn; though that is only what the Yanks, in their funny way, call the instrument we Brits know as the Cor Anglais. |
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10 Dec 07 - 05:11 AM (#2212342) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Funny that Walker-Boots-Vorse - I just asked the question, on the BBC's music page: what is England's national musical instrument?; I know, e.g., Wales has the Triple Harp, and Scotland the Highland Pipes..? P.S: on another forum someone was called Talkaboutworse! And, to Dave B - 6 what..?) Poem 225 of 230: AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10 The monarchies Now are blasphemies - The only born-ruler Is a God-chosen Schooler. THE END |
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11 Dec 07 - 04:50 PM (#2213361) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Now playing on myspace - 230: AS GOSPELLERS HAVE SAID/CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread,.. |
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14 Dec 07 - 08:00 AM (#2215149) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed... |
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16 Dec 07 - 05:38 AM (#2216367) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead... |
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17 Dec 07 - 04:48 AM (#2217001) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (the chorus) A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now... |
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18 Dec 07 - 04:45 AM (#2217879) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (second stanza) In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance... |
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20 Dec 07 - 03:50 AM (#2219494) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance,... |
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22 Dec 07 - 06:03 AM (#2220794) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance... |
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25 Dec 07 - 06:29 AM (#2222305) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (And, once more, the chorus; and, once again, you may hear it on myspace for a few more days, it you wish. Merry Christmas.) A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now. THE END |
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29 Dec 07 - 04:02 AM (#2224147) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 72 of 230: MILLENNIUM DREAMS We can control our day's thought, But not our sleepy night's dream. My dreams these nights are of this sort: Red earth; tanned grass; gums by a stream. I'll do my bit from Manchester, But if again in Australia I'm sure like this I'd fondly dream: Snow on swans; willows by a stream. (P.S: I now live in Newcastle) |
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29 Dec 07 - 05:08 AM (#2224176) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST unfortunetely |
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29 Dec 07 - 02:26 PM (#2224464) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse No, it's terrific to be a repatriate in modern-England! Happy new year, Guest and all. |
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01 Jan 08 - 04:49 AM (#2226022) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Flicking through the TV channels last night/new year's eve, I saw plenty of traditional Scottish culture but hardly any trad English cultrue; Tony Blair, born in Scotland said, "We don't want a return of English nationalism", and, accordingly it seems, we English are not allowed to have our own culture either.) Poem 213 of 230: 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. |
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02 Jan 08 - 04:06 AM (#2226545) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,walkaboutsverse Poem 228 oif 230: REPATRIATING I only sunbathe in winter - Behind closed glass; My heating is on just at night - Warm or sleepless; But most of my other ways spell - Anglicises. (P.S: more aclimitised, nowadays I rarely have the central-heating on - night or day.) |
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03 Jan 08 - 04:49 PM (#2227767) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Nationalism with conquest IS bad; but nationalism with eco-travel and fair-trade, via the UN, is good for humanity; thus, unlike Tony Blair, quoted above, I say we do want a return of English nationalism - with a return of some of the best things from our past, but WITHOUT imperialism, this time.) Poem 84 of 230: NATIONALISM WITHOUT CONQUEST Everything in moderation? Well...with "nationalism" it's true: It can carry unique cultures on, But, overdosed, cause their conquest, too. |
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07 Jan 08 - 05:55 AM (#2230184) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (The Old Bull is a now ex-landmark-pub of Didsbury, Manchester, England, where I was born, and from where my family emigrated to Aus.) Poem 58 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: THE OLD BULL Walked along Fog Lane, Looked at the park, Stopped in the Old Bull And had a hark, While eating lunch, On how at dark, Many years before, My father's lark, There, was games of darts - I'd filled an arc. |
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11 Jan 08 - 04:18 AM (#2233699) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Re: Football Management at Newcastle United and Beyond Internationals should be INTERNATIONALS; and, if the manager is not important, why choose a foreign manager? Also, not that long ago, club-football, in England, was mostly-locals in MEANINGFUL competition...it's the SYSTEM that should be changed - i.e., reregualted... 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..? |
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12 Jan 08 - 05:05 AM (#2234584) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 190 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: BIRDWATCHERS' BUDE - WINTER 2001/2 Behind the Tourist Centre, Between canal and river, On the marshy drained flood-plane - Not now visited by train - In among willow and reed, Eking out some winter feed: Treecreepers, bobbing robins, Chirpy blue-tits, grey-herons, The screams of water-rail, And snipe sharp on their trail. Plus, out along limestone down, Soaring seabirds can be found. |
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15 Jan 08 - 10:55 AM (#2236964) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 157 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: THE MANY ELEMENTS OF BUXTON - SUMMER 2001 Mineral water, Foliage-dressed wells, Green-grass on the Slopes, Limestone dales, Clay-tiled arcades, Plain-glass awnings, Shaped-iron columns, Stained-glass ceilings, Earthen garden-urns, Wooden inlays, Soil in a cross, Pebble pathways, And, had between walks, Combating the Weather element, Plenty of tea. |
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19 Jan 08 - 06:09 AM (#2239900) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 159 of 230, http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com WINDERMERE - SUMMER 2001 Some thirteen years from my first visit (Then, dropped from hitching, just near; This time, by train and a downhill walk) I arrived at Windermere: On the ferry Miss Cumbria Three, A chill-out trip to Ambleside - Viewing the trees, the farms, the fells, And the more sporty ways to ride. Once there, an uphill walk through the shops Led to a leaf, rock and root track, With a stalactite-like mossy falls, And a bridge - starting the way back. Track-side, gripping the ghyll, ancient woods Shaded what was a sunny day, And the falling stream gave sound strongly - Calming the soul a further way. Then home - again charmed by the thin-stone Minimum-mortar kept buildings, The surrounds of England's largest lake, And movie train-window viewings. |
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19 Jan 08 - 06:11 AM (#2239901) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverswe (Woops - sorry) Some thirteen years from my first visit (Then, dropped from hitching, just near; This time, by train and a downhill walk) I arrived at Windermere: On the ferry Miss Cumbria Three, A chill-out trip to Ambleside - Viewing the trees, the farms, the fells, And the more sporty ways to ride. Once there, an uphill walk through the shops Led to a leaf, rock and root track, With a stalactite-like mossy falls, And a bridge - starting the way back. Track-side, gripping the ghyll, ancient woods Shaded what was a sunny day, And the falling stream gave sound strongly - Calming the soul a further way. Then home - again charmed by the thin-stone Minimum-mortar kept buildings, The surrounds of England's largest lake, And movie train-window viewings. |
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23 Jan 08 - 06:11 AM (#2242660) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Re: NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS/RESOLUTIONS Flicking through our channels on New Year's Eve, I noticed (and enjoyed) plenty of traditional Scottish culture but hardly any traditional English culture..? Tony Blair, born in Scotland, talked about not going back, and how: "We don't want a return of English nationalism" - accordingly, it seems, we are not allowed to have OUR OWN culture, either. And, as I've said in verse, when people lose their own cultue, society suffers... Nationalism with conquest IS bad; but nationalism with eco-travel and fair-trade, via the U.N., is good for humanity. Therefore, I say, we do want a return of English nationalism - with all the best from our past brought back, and without any imperialism, this time. I hope this year, people in England resolve to bring in the next year by celebrating with our own good English culture!..Morris dancing to the sounds of an English concertina, an unaccompanied folk-song, a brass-band playing "English Country Gardens"... |
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24 Jan 08 - 04:29 PM (#2243914) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 209 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com - PEOPLE LOSE Where, through modern views, Traditions fall, Watch the news - People Lose. (P.S: using letter sizing and spacing, on my above site, this poem is shaped into a downward-pointing triangle - as the number of syllables per-line drops.) |
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25 Jan 08 - 04:09 AM (#2244268) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 96 of 230: PARADIGMS "Thirty-all" is, in effect, "deuce"; Nobody has seen an "atom": An atom remains a model; "Thirty-all" an umpire's call. "They we just simply had to bomb"; And there are other given "truths"... If we humans evolved from apes, Why on earth are there living apes? walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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25 Jan 08 - 10:51 AM (#2244520) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Just heard some good news from the world of Ice Dancing - competitors in the Original Dance now have to use FOLK-MUSIC, and are strongly encouraged to select FROM THEIR OWN NATION. (And, yes, I previously did my cyber-bit to campaign for this.) |
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25 Jan 08 - 11:36 AM (#2244558) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Obviousness, pathos, dully rendered Add to scores of verses tendered, As a gift -- or as a curse -- In the hopes it could be verse. Ego-swollen, odes diurnal Fill the pages of this journal, Bright as any road-killed ferret, Free of poetry, and merit. But, dear reader, ' tis still true There-- but for your brains-- go you! Anthony Hobbledy-Snatch Verses from Lying Very Still Punkton-on-Rye, 1927 |
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26 Jan 08 - 03:49 AM (#2245221) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Thanks, Amos...and here's another snatch...) Poem 148 of 230: AUDIENCE LOST I returned, again, To what they pen - The free-verse poets: Deep prose in sets... I could read, again, Of Mice and Men. walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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30 Jan 08 - 06:06 AM (#2248474) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse 138 of 230: AN OPIUM National Lottery passes - Slight chances to be richer, With lots more than thy neighbour, Gained without any labour - Keep the system in favour: An opium of the masses. walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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01 Feb 08 - 05:29 AM (#2250241) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Poem # 41 of 230: EVEN AFTER LINCOLN, STEINBECK, AND KING Written at a public toilet by the Statue of Liberty: "What of Equality, Fraternity; And Democracy!?" The U.S.A. has aided dictators - Right-Wing leaders, of course; So some's bestowal of democracy Is hypocrisy. walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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01 Feb 08 - 05:50 AM (#2250249) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Amos, you are hilarious. Your pastiches are very clever. Do you write songs? |
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01 Feb 08 - 04:28 PM (#2250819) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Not sure...I know he's both written and quoted poems, here; and now I'm going to try a link again which, I just noticed, hasn't worked - http://walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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01 Feb 08 - 05:39 PM (#2250897) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos GUest, I've written a few, thanks for asking. If you ever have mind to peruse the Mudcat Song Book (see the go-to links at page top) you will find a number of them. A |
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01 Feb 08 - 06:53 PM (#2250963) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman 500,sorry leadfingers,dont shoot the piano players. |
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02 Feb 08 - 07:41 AM (#2251348) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (In memory, if I may, of the late greats Hillary and Tenzing, R.I.P) Poem 23 of 230: ABOVE EVEREST When flying from Nepal to Thailand, I was given a "good-side" seat; And, as I looked out the plane window, The view I saw was really neat. For breaking through a thick sheet of cloud Were the high Himalayan peaks; And, rising the highest of them all, Mount Everest - heaven bespeaks! http://walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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03 Feb 08 - 05:46 PM (#2252708) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Poem 36 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com - WALKABOUT MEXICO In late December, 1996, I can remember Being in a fix - For time and pesos - And, thus, unable To see Mexico's Sights commendable. So, in Tijuana, I enjoyed the show At a miniature Rep. of Mexico. (C) David Franks 2003 http://walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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07 Feb 08 - 05:44 AM (#2255751) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse I've heard, and enjoyed, via satellite, Scottish junior and senior Folk Awards...when are the ENGLISH Folk Awards..?! http://www.davidfranks.741.com |
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09 Feb 08 - 07:48 AM (#2257562) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Since faith(s) is front-page news in England, presently, this brief poem/couplet - Poem 103 of 230: FURTHER ANTI-IMPERIALISM Let each Christian nation have it's own Church - Equal, before God, with the others' Search. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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09 Feb 08 - 05:26 PM (#2257984) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,We Subvert Koalas What about the non-Christian nations? And the non-Christian minorities living in the otherwise secular UK if it comes to that! How odd that this appears to be the only mention of Rowan's ill-advised gaff on Mudcat... |
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13 Feb 08 - 04:49 PM (#2261704) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse (Most people, We Subvert Koalas, in the world now, including me, are happy that the WORLD is multicultural...but whether each country should be multicultural is another matter. Sadly, events of the last decade have dramatically shown that trying to have a multiple number of cultures/faiths living under the one state law will always be problomatic.) Now, on a lighter/romantic! note, from single me - Poem 16 of 230: A BEAUTIFUL STAGE If a couple, with plans to wed, Asked me, off the top of my head, For somewhere I thought well in tune As a place for a honeymoon, It would have - flashing back - to be Beautifully-honed Italy. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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16 Feb 08 - 06:20 AM (#2263692) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Walkaboutsverse Last week, the new PM of Australia, Kevin Rudd, made a formal apolgy to Aborigines, hence I post this poem... Poem 76 of 230: LAND RIGHTS If there is a good thing From the Second World War It's that most peoples learnt To conquer lands no more. In Africa, Asia, And the Pacific, too: Post-war independence - Steps only bigots rue. But for some indigenes, Outnumbered much-too-much, It has all come too late For liberty, as such. So 'tis in Australia, And America's sites, Where the best now, I think, Is to respect land rights. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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28 Feb 08 - 05:55 AM (#2274533) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse I went to a poetry club this week where we looked at Philip Larkin... Poem #148: AUDIENCE LOST I returned, again, To what they pen - The free-verse poets: Deep prose in sets... I could read, again, Of Mice and Men. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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04 Mar 08 - 04:24 AM (#2278979) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Poem 95 0f 230: A GOOD LIFE To fauna, Home-flora. Sheep for wool - Fed till full. Chooks for eggs - Free-range legs. Milk from cows - Should well house: Better grade Can be made. Fish for game - Cut the pain. Dogs for pets - No regrets. And question Castration. This does say Buddha's way, And Blake's way: A good life - For all life. From http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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08 Mar 08 - 05:26 AM (#2282775) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse At last, the BBC have produced a series, called "White", allowing English people to openly lament the loss of traditional English culture and values, due to the mass immigration (and emigration) of the last 50 years, hence I post this poem... Poem 213 of 230: 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. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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14 Mar 08 - 09:53 AM (#2288211) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse A response to the Cheltenham Festival... Poem 146 of 230: HORSES FOR COURSES? To some, in income-anticipation, Horse-balking at gates is a small debase; To me, it seems a memory/fear case Over the coming whip-castigation. To some, the winning jockey's elation Is the highlight of an ended horserace; To me, the horse's bulged veins and scared face Undermine the winners' celebration. I can't condone a punter's desire To gamble rather than earn a living, But can acknowledge a jockey's courage; I can't see and think as a raced sire, Nor feel the scrapes hedges are giving, But find horses choiceless in their bondage. From http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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18 Mar 08 - 02:16 PM (#2291799) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Re: Credit Crisis... Poem 105 of 230: GLOBAL REGULATIONISM No income-scale would be unjust - It's a matter of degree; And, to have less inequality, Regulations are a must. For, in Millennium's status quo, The pay-gaps for human work, And what's gotten simply as a perk, Are wrong - inhumanely so. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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22 Mar 08 - 06:51 AM (#2295036) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse (It's good that possible solutions for global-warming are often discussed now, but birth-control remains largely taboo; 50 million people IS too many for the area of land called England, and 6.6 billion IS too many for the area of land called earth.) Poem 102 of 230: CONGESTION The waxing view; And the taboo: Again-and-again for congestion, Leaders make this sort of suggestion - Nationalisation, Remuneration, Standardisation, Cooperation, Integration; Fine...but (through dread of accusation - "They don't care about our children" - And of losing the next election) Most politicians never mention - Promote a lower population. I do care for the lives of children, And think birth-control mends congestion - Curb the birth queue And influx, too. From http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:48 AM (#2298700) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse It's the 41st this coming weekend, hence I post this poem... Poem 193 of 230: THE 35TH MORPETH NORTHUMBRIAN GATHERING – SPRING 2002 Toward Morpeth's Gathering, Either side of Great North Road, Daffodils gleefully showed Their stalk-dressing flowering. And then, at the Gathering, Another great flowering Of English heritage, showed Through competitions that glowed With competent folk-singing, Storytelling, bag-piping - The small-pipes rapidly rode By hands, in staccato mode - Clogdancing and stick-dressing: Things that are worth addressing. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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02 Apr 08 - 04:45 PM (#2304847) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse (I was there again, and again enjoyed it, by the way.) |
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03 Apr 08 - 05:05 AM (#2305268) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,guest But did we enjoy you????? |
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03 Apr 08 - 05:34 AM (#2305280) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse I thought I got a reasonable response at both the singaround and the pleasingly-packed singing competitions, Guest. |
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05 Apr 08 - 06:27 AM (#2307256) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Given the "Grand National" is on, may I refer you, again, to the above-posted poem, "Horses for Courses?" from http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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07 Apr 08 - 06:32 AM (#2308894) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse (Current affairs make it obvious that the UN has to become stronger/better respected.) Poem 218 of 230, THERE IS A U.N. Why does the U.S. Have O.S. bases Of influence when There is a U.N.? http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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13 Apr 08 - 08:51 AM (#2314197) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse (Just enjoyed Kate Rusby's My Music on Ch5, and the village cricket and concert reminded me of this; plus, it is Sunday, today...) Poem 115 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: 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. (C) David Franks 2003 |
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24 Apr 08 - 05:56 AM (#2324046) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Poem 54 of 230: HOBSON'S CHOICE During a day trip to Cambridge, My Uncle showed the confined space That left punters no choice to face - Using Hobson's trade of carriage. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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24 Apr 08 - 12:42 PM (#2324434) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Captain Swing "To the harbour, Opera House, then the Quay - But alternatives number in the tens." Surely you can only have two alternatives. You can have options in the tens. |
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24 Apr 08 - 12:51 PM (#2324443) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Thanks, Captain - "other options" also has the 4 syllables I needed, and I'll change it shortly. |
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25 Apr 08 - 10:30 AM (#2325380) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse Thanks, again...it's like this now... Poem 4 of 230: PICTURING SYDNEY A good place to start is Sydney Tower, With its enthralling panoramic feast: Olympic grounds - west; to north - the harbour; And beautiful beaches - north- and south-east. From what is quite a jumbled C.B.D., A good walk is through Botanic Gardens To the harbour, Opera House, then the Quay - But other options number in the tens. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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25 Apr 08 - 05:51 PM (#2325770) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Rich Sorry about this walkabout but I just wanted to point something out which has been bothering me. Like a lot of people I use myspace, and I think the way you use people's comments sections is really quite naughty. I see your 'comments' posted all over folk artists pages, yet I have never yet seen you use the comments sections for what they are intended, that is to post a comment to one of your 'friends'. Your comments (that I have seen) are purely self advertising where you just fill them with 'please come and look at my page...'. Never have a I seen a single note or a compliment on the artist who's page you are posting on. Sorry, but I think its out of order and wanted to point it out. Oh and before you respond, Please think about this for a minute and I think if you let yourself, you might just agree that I have a point. Or maybe not. |
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26 Apr 08 - 06:08 AM (#2326060) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Graveyard This is the very reason why I did not let him become a 'friend' of mine. |
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26 Apr 08 - 07:18 AM (#2326098) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I nearly always put an example of my poems (some delete them, most leave them, occasionally someone HAS asked for more - go through the Comments on myspace, if you don't believe it - and one or two have said I'm deleting you) AND quite often I DO comment in () on the artist, as well. Now how about you being honest - MANY on myspace do nothing more than say "Thanks for the ad.", yes. Spend ten minutes surfing myspace and you will see that several times. I've taken a minute, and I think the way I use myspace is acceptable, frankly, as usual, Rich. |
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26 Apr 08 - 10:47 AM (#2326207) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse (About 20 years ago, I was passing through Checkpoint Charlie.) Poem 17 of 230: THROUGH WHAT WAS During Europe's summer, '88, At a wall my bag was checked: A brief smile at what gave it weight; Sun-cream lid back - mood unwrecked. I walked past plain buildings and cars, And entered a small food-store. Its goods were plain, also: no sweet bars; The essentials - not much more. As I bought crispbread, with money changed, A row began, at counter, Between two, it seemed, Germans estranged - Clothes, to me, the sole pointer. I headed back through the wall that was, Then signed a reunion book. Reflecting, I'm happy/sad because The Left-cause, too, has been shook. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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26 Apr 08 - 04:06 PM (#2326442) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Rich WAV - yes, it doesn't surprise me that you think its acceptable. |
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26 Apr 08 - 04:48 PM (#2326469) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Okay, Rich, but, for what it's worth, if a little fish puts just "Thanks for the ad" on myspace, I do post/publish it, because, let's face it, suchlike at least gives them a bit of a fighting chance against the rich big-fish record-companies, etc - agreed? |
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03 May 08 - 04:46 AM (#2331841) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse With local elections just held here in England, my outlook remains much the same... Poem 135 of 230: ON THE 2001 ELECTION Morally Tory; Economically Old Labour: Cold waiver. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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10 May 08 - 05:42 AM (#2337036) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. With talk about the unbeatable "big four" in our news, it's worth remembering that, not so long ago, club football in England was mostly-locals in MEANIGFUL competition... Poem 98 of 230: 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..? (C) David Franks 2003 From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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10 May 08 - 01:23 PM (#2337210) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos The man appears unkempt, and friendless, Spouting rhymes in showers endless, From a mind bereft and olden, Showers long, unclean and golden. I'd prefer tot hink of this As whacko souls, taking the piss. But I fear this flow mysterious Is actually meant to be quite serious! This, I fear, is shallow magic, Mindless, numb, and somehow tragic. That from man and woman born, Comes the child, like April morn, Who in parents' dreams fulfilling, Renders verses dull and killing, And in couplets quite frenetic, Ruins all their hopes aesthetic. Never mind. It's just for looks. Nature needs her babbling brooks. Let it babble, mindless roll, If it calms his darkened soul, Or sustains a broken mind, 'Til arrives a happier time. Florence Lightener Wynde Potmetal Baubles Renounced Climetree-on-Impulse, 1939 |
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10 May 08 - 04:48 PM (#2337309) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Noticed you're also a bit of a folkie, the other thread, Amos. |
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10 May 08 - 05:23 PM (#2337321) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos What other thread, Senor Verse? A |
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11 May 08 - 04:10 AM (#2337519) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Yes, from a click on your link, Amos, and a plough through your plethora of postings, it was, indeed, Chords in Folk? |
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11 May 08 - 08:33 AM (#2337594) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson Never before in the field of human conflict has one person spouted so much pointless, inane, boring, [ mediocre would be a compliment ] feckin drivel. eric |
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11 May 08 - 08:35 AM (#2337595) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson In fact ' drivel ' is a compliment to WalkaboutsVerse. eric |
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11 May 08 - 09:25 AM (#2337619) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Others, Eric, have said otherwise - see, e.g., my myspace Comments. And I just heard that the football authorities here are, after 11 years of free-market foreign-farce, indeed considering some reregulation of our club football..? |
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11 May 08 - 10:53 AM (#2337664) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Stu "Where glimmereth the spume-encrusted Severn in her magisterial splendour..." This is a fucking brilliant line. |
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11 May 08 - 11:11 AM (#2337670) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Language, Stigweard, language!..it's Sunday and an important one at that. But, yes, 'tis a nice line...you ever seen or surfed the Severn bore? |
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11 May 08 - 12:07 PM (#2337696) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman he reminds me of someone perhaps,William Topaz Mcgonagle or Cumberland Clark |
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12 May 08 - 04:42 AM (#2338147) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Stu I was more impressed with the ability to get the words 'glimmereth', 'encrusted' and 'spume' into one sentence. Even after reading it the Severn bore was not what sprang immediately to mind. Have you ever tried writing for greetings cards? |
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12 May 08 - 04:45 AM (#2338149) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse That, then, CB, is another thing we disagree on - I'm an English repat. / you're an English expat. No doubt there are things we do agree on - the English concertina has a beautiful homely timbre, e.g. |
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12 May 08 - 05:01 AM (#2338157) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Amos, you SO need to publish. Absolute brilliance. |
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16 May 08 - 03:46 PM (#2342343) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos From yahoo, on his progenitor: ""McGonagall is obviously not the best poet, but he is actually very popular these days," said Alex Dove, a specialist at Lyon and Turnbull auction house in the Scottish capital which was selling the poems. The works, many of them signed, deal with topics ranging from women's suffrage and the burning of a theatre in Aberdeen. If the collection goes for its estimated price it would be in the same league as first edition copies of Harry Potter books signed by author J. K. Rowling, according to The Daily Telegraph newspaper. The poet -- full name William Topaz McGonagall -- was nicknamed the "The Tayside Tragedian" in his home city of Dundee, where laughing locals would throw fruit and vegetables at him. Critics have awarded him the "world's worst" label because of the crashing lack of subtlety in terms of rhyme, imagery, vocabulary or repetition. His most famous poem is about the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879, in which 75 people died: "So the train mov'd slowly along the Bridge of Tay, "Until it was about midway, "Then the central girders with a crash gave way, "And down went the train and passengers into the Tay." " Sigh. A |
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17 May 08 - 07:55 AM (#2342797) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse So much for the Gem of the Day, folks!..now here's the next... WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. Poem 113 of 230: FOLLOWING THE SUN - SPRING 2000 Having moved, by buses, up the hill from Salford to Bury (To be within walk of new work, again), These stimuli surround between my abode and the factory As I follow the sun - its wax, its wane: Walking toward work and the rising sun, a morning chorus Rides the crisp breezy air of hill-farmland, While gravel, of road and path, beneath my plonked feet crunches, And P.V.C. flaps loose of its hay-stand. Bumble bees, tree sparrows and robins bob along the hedgerows, Squirrels and hares hop ahead on my route; And on a weather-wrapped reservoir - glassy, or dulled by blows - Glide mute- and whooper-swans, ducks, geese and coot; Horses, goats, sheep and cattle laze and graze on fields of green - Fields they, in turn, feed, helping make hay; And, above, swifts and herons sometimes grace the aerial scene - A scene framed by a moorland chain of grey. Slugs - some rusty, others pitch-black - slither on a clayey path, That slopes sharply beside the reservoir; And a whitegood on green-grass (a horse trough, once a human bath) Amuses me as I view from afar; As does Peel Monument, atop a distant Holecombe mount - By which an uncle and I once took lunch; Disturbed nettles - brushed in such distraction - make their bulwarks count, And a shed-side arbour demands a hunch. One time, three sheep-dogs determined me lost, and rounded me up; Oftentimes, the Metro. tram rattles by; And, sometimes, a horse will urge me make handy a grassy cup, Or nudge for a scratch down its back and thigh; On cooler mornings, the dew on grasses soaks my joggers through, But beautifies clumps of whimsy grass-heads; And, already proceeding on his routine of chores to do, A farmer strong-hoses out the cowsheds. Caravan-people leave their grouping to walk the well-worn track, And milk- and mail-vans squeeze tightly by; Antique farm-machines rust away in a grassed ramshackle-stack, And pigeons startle from their grassy lie; In sun, fishing-people and bathers dot the reservoir's shore, And, in shade, ferns the sides of path and stream; Near gates, manure fills the air and makes stepping a chore, But elsewhere the views are a poet's dream. Magpies, near horses, bop around - perhaps for aroused worms; Laburnums sprung yellow, and hawthorns white, Pleasingly, in nature, border the fields of farming-firms, And help enclose this Radcliffe rural site; Plus, as I meander home from a day's factory toil, The sun, when it sets in a clear sky, Forms a large amber ball, behind a converted cotton-mill - Signalling another day almost by. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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17 May 08 - 06:22 PM (#2343150) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos That one actually has a couple of genuinely good lines in it, WAV. |
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17 May 08 - 07:26 PM (#2343189) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,yayaya See how people begin to back away when faced with your, ahem, "support", Ruth! A lesson there, perhaps? |
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17 May 08 - 07:48 PM (#2343196) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Yaya: Sorry, that is just BS. I was glad for Ruth's remark, although I do not know her, and my comment to WAV was genuine, as well as an effort to soften the edge of my earlier harsher remarks. A |
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17 May 08 - 08:16 PM (#2343219) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,yayaya OK, I was wrong to generalise from the particular. The wider point still stands, though. I just wish certain people would spend a whole lot more time on their own creative efforts and a whole lot less time denigrating the efforts of others. This forum'd be a nicer place if they did. (That said, I realise I've just totally "fed" 'em by contributing here. Doh!) Back to the guitar, methinks... |
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18 May 08 - 05:43 PM (#2343898) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Back to the guitar, methinks...(Yayaya)...for me, it's the tenor-recorder/English-flute and keyboards, but I'm tempted by the bell lyre..? |
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23 May 08 - 01:41 PM (#2347758) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUTS, E.G. (A tad early this time, as I'm off to the Hexham Gathering tomorrow.) Poem-come-song 111 of 230: THE MERSEY AT DIDSBURY - SPRING 2000 Took bus one-four-three, From Piccadilly, Along Oxford Road; Passed the old uni's, Those shops with saris, And my first abode. At Didsbury Village, The Old Parsonage Looked neat, and gave sound, As I walked the way, At about midday, To a Mersey mound. From atop this bank, No longer a blank Was the strong river, Nor the wide fairways - Where I'd filled two days, Twelve years earlier. I then headed back, On Stenner Woods' track (Hearing more birdsong, And seeing mossed stumps Plus well-layered clumps), To a human throng. This throng was viewing - Justly pursuing - The smart Rock Gardens, Sloped on Fletcher Moss, Which I, too, did cross, Before homeward wends. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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23 May 08 - 02:12 PM (#2347774) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman stop going on about abodes its really mcgonagle ish,or even pooterish. |
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23 May 08 - 02:15 PM (#2347775) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman or even Betjeman at his worst [sitting on a loo in camden town].only estate agents have abodes, |
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23 May 08 - 02:17 PM (#2347777) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse It rhymes with "road," thanks Captain...and I swear to God some have liked that piece when I've sung it at folk-clubs. |
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23 May 08 - 02:56 PM (#2347790) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth The Vogons have landed!! The Vogons have landed!! CLICKY Don Firth |
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23 May 08 - 03:03 PM (#2347794) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I think the Vogons deserve a place int his thread. They have walked a great deal more scattered realms than WAV, and thought far more scattered thoughts, incredible though it may seem. Here: Oh freddled gruntbuggly, Thy micturations are to me As plurdled gabbleblotchits On a lurgid bee. Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes And hooptiously drangle me With crinkly binglewurgles, For I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, See if I don't![1] I am sure the Captain is right up there in the running with WAV and McGonagle. And don't start with me about not liking his language. There is such a thing as too much provincial bone-headedness, you know, at least on other threads... A a |
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23 May 08 - 04:38 PM (#2347823) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse So tell me brothers grim - what are your thoughts on Ezra Pound and the free-verse poets...here's mine... Poem 148 of 230: AUDIENCE LOST I returned, again, To what they pen - The free-verse poets: Deep prose in sets... I could read, again, Of Mice and Men. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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23 May 08 - 06:33 PM (#2347863) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I hasten to add this preface to the above excerpt, to make clear which Captain I am talking about: "Listening to it (Vogon verses) is an experience similar to torture as demonstrated when Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are forced to listen to the Vogon captain's poetry prior to being thrown out of an airlock...". That is the Captain I placed in a class with WAV and McGonagle. Not the esteemed Captain Bird. A |
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23 May 08 - 07:39 PM (#2347889) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I did not know Ezra Pound, personally; but you, sir, are no Ezra Pound. He never published anything that would not pass as poetry, no matter how desperate he was. A |
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23 May 08 - 08:49 PM (#2347909) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth It is unfortunate that WAV doesn't have a clue as to where his towel is. Don Firth |
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24 May 08 - 04:42 AM (#2348006) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse So you don't think the free-versifiers are the real Vogons of the poetry world? |
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24 May 08 - 07:43 AM (#2348052) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Darowyn No. Often they are the true crafts people. Taking the more exposed road, where the depth of thought and the beauty of phrasing are not covered up by conventions of form and bent into shape by rhyme schemes. Doggerel is easy- look in any greetings card. Why not find out about the topic before you close your mind? Read this, and the rest of the series too. Cheers Dave |
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24 May 08 - 02:23 PM (#2348258) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse "Why not find out about the topic before you close your mind?" (Darowyn)...I said in that poem above "I returned AGAIN" to free-verse poetry - in other words, I have given it a fair go already, thanks, Darowyn; but I, as with many, like metre and/or rhyme, and poetry was kept within that framework for centuries, before the likes of Ezra Pound decided to break it; no doubt some global publishers like free-verse because they can easily translate it to other languages. |
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24 May 08 - 03:28 PM (#2348319) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos The problem here is not one of form, but one of function. A |
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24 May 08 - 05:43 PM (#2348409) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To Amos: in my Blurb I mentioned that some of my poems are didactic and that, accordingly, the style is direct - I didn't want folks scratching their heads over oblique imagery. |
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24 May 08 - 09:25 PM (#2348506) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Good of you. No-one wants that. A |
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25 May 08 - 05:08 AM (#2348649) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse It's definitely wrong to say "no-one", Amos - go through my myspace Comments if you wish, or read what Amos had to say about FOLLOWING THE SUN, above. |
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25 May 08 - 11:12 AM (#2348814) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Irony is a strange element. It evaporates in an excess of light, and likewise shrivels in an excess of dark. A |
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25 May 08 - 12:34 PM (#2348849) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Sedayne (Astray) go through my myspace Comments if you wish Myspace is interesting on all sorts of levels as maybe the only place entirely devoid of actual criticism, negative or otherwise. It seems to operate on a level of mass sycophancy in which every exchange is reduced to the most superficial honk if only by way of giving to get back. A similar thing existed on ebay until the rules regarding feedback were changed, now things are a bit more honest. On YouTube, for whatever reason, the comments are always honest, and all the more valuable because of that. I have a policy of leaving all comments on my YouTube films, positive or negative - in fact, the more colourful the better really. One would, therefore, advise caution in attaching any sort of critical significance to ones Myspace Comments, unless one needs that level of superficial flattery by way of a personal fix, which is, of course entirely possible, otherwise, I dare say, Myspace would be quite the phenomenon that it is. The quantitative element is the most worrying; I've always believed that less is more, and as that great poet Mark E. Smith once wrote: there are five people in the world, the rest are paste. |
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25 May 08 - 01:36 PM (#2348882) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse That's true: there is very little negativity on myspace, plenty of "thanks for the ad", and the odd "I like your space" or suchlike. Friends are really, mostly, Links, of course, and perhaps users think that if they put something negative they will be deleted and lose out. And such things are, of course, subjective: neither of the above lines from Mr. Smith or Amos do anything for me - save cause an itch. |
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25 May 08 - 04:13 PM (#2348953) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos That's the idea. A |
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25 May 08 - 04:39 PM (#2348970) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I don't like horse racing, which I find cruel (see poem #146 HORSES FOR COURSES?, if you wish), but I remember hearing on the news, in Australia, of a race meeting where a horse called Itchy Feet was indeed scratched. |
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25 May 08 - 11:24 PM (#2349132) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos An itch is also symptomatic of a scab ready to release its toxic suppuration to the open air, when it is scratched, thus, just possibly, bringing about a cure of a serious infection. A |
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26 May 08 - 04:52 AM (#2349219) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Thanks, Amos - I just had breakfast; speaking of which, Sedayne, I did as you do and froze some stotties( because I still had a sliced loaf to get through), before slicing them down the middle for grilling, before peanut-butter and jam - delicious. |
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30 May 08 - 04:03 AM (#2352736) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: s&r There is a strange fascination with these (WAV) threads. It's like putting your tongue into an aching tooth - you know you'll regret it but you do it just the same Stu |
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30 May 08 - 07:02 AM (#2352837) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver WAV - You refer this this as your life's work, does this mean it's finished? By which I mean - are you still writing? And are your travels at an end? |
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30 May 08 - 07:18 AM (#2352842) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Ya' know, I was barely aware of this dude as a 'Catter but much to my chagrin and for reasons that I can't figure, I seem to have read a lot of his crappola in the past couple of days. WAV........You're a fuckin' numbnuts Man. I hope this IS your life's work and that you have now finished it completely. If I thought it would guarantee that you would not plague anyone else with your drool laden drivel, I would happily go underwater and fuck fish. Do you have any unexpressed thoughts? Hmmmm.....Skip that. I guess you wouldn't because nothing you post shows any form of sane thought process. Spaw |
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30 May 08 - 08:45 AM (#2352899) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson Hey Spaw, he/she has got skin like rhinoceros hide, ya can't insult him/her. eric |
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30 May 08 - 02:15 PM (#2353162) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver Can I just repeat that without Spaw's hissy-fits getting in the way... Seriously, WAV, and out of genuine curiousity. You refer to this as your life's work, does this mean it's finished? By which I mean - are you still writing? And are is your walkabout at an end? |
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31 May 08 - 06:25 AM (#2353612) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. (From my life's work which, yes, in terms of versification, "finished" at the end of 2002 - however, I'm sure some of you will be thrilled to know that, in another vein, it contiues, as I am know learning to mimic my "Chants from Walkabouts" (a CD) on the tenor-recorder/English-flute, and have already done recorder intro's to two of them at folk clubs, here in NE England. (To Catspaw - please kinkly keep that kind of language in the kittie-litter.) Poem 112 of 230: FROM AN ECCLES FLAT - SPRING 2000 The bedroom window's southerly views Contained allotters paying their dues - All kinds of veg. brought to fruition, And youngsters receiving tuition; Starlings and sparrows I'd often see - On a roof or a nearby tree; And, in a distant poplar perched high, The large twiggy nest of a magpie; In spring, daisies would yellow the floor - Matched by Forsythias, grown next door; Behind terraces, a moony crest - The Dome of the new Trafford complex; And the moon itself, in the right spot, Would light the night's clouds up quite a lot. The kitchen window's northerly views Included an agent selling news; A butcher struggling with position - Much sunlight aimed at his nutrition; And a popular English chippie - Mashed peas and red sauce on top, for me; White gulls dotting a sombre grey sky, Plus light- and large-aircraft flying by; Walkers and traffic would make a roar - At peak travel hours all the more; Handsomely-set skies toward the west As the day's sun took its nightly rest; And a bucket-pond and ivy plot, That, on a shoestring, I loved a lot. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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31 May 08 - 09:19 AM (#2353675) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse "There is a strange fascination with these (WAV) threads. It's like putting your tongue into an aching tooth - you know you'll regret it but you do it just the same" (S&R)...I'm a 100% sure, Stu!, that my tooth-aches (and it's been a while) have derived from leaving bits of food in the gaps; accordingly, when we get one, we simply make sure the area is now clear, and keep tongue and all away from the trauma. |
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31 May 08 - 11:59 AM (#2353739) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos For poetic overtones and insight, sensitivity of metaphor, delicacy of rhythm and tone, Mister Wav surpasses any single-celled poet ever heard. A |
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31 May 08 - 12:58 PM (#2353759) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Music to my ears, Amos! |
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31 May 08 - 01:18 PM (#2353766) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Hmmmmm. A |
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31 May 08 - 02:01 PM (#2353786) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk My God....what untrammelled brilliance! The true flower of English poetry at last blooms again, its almost forgotten lyrical grandeurs springing fresh anew in a bold new hand, the splendour of the past renewed with fullsome promise and verve! How did I overlook this thread so long???? More, WAV! Give us more! |
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31 May 08 - 02:12 PM (#2353796) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Don't Panic! This just in! Walkaboutsverse has just been identified as Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex. The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.Recognize the style? Don Firth |
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31 May 08 - 02:30 PM (#2353805) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Don Firth, Don Firth? I'm afraid, unless you wish to click the link, Little Hawk, you'll have to wait till next Saturday for your next bit of nightingale. |
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31 May 08 - 02:34 PM (#2353808) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos The thread grew long, the heart laid bare, The field no longer falllow. But sad to say, the desperate soil Was pale, and thin, and shallow. The flow that often waters dreams And the light of inspiration Would not appear among these schemes Of morbid recitation. AB! AB! CD! CD! He endlessly strove to write them Of shoes, and trees, and tired chairs And such, ad infinitum. Who walketh here, and walketh there, From Land's End to Dunkirk, And in each town, a deadening stare, Doth fuel his deadly work. Describing stones, or lizard's dreams, Or the value of sextuplets, Would surely bring us more reward, Than more of these damned couplets. Wilson Termagenent Junior Protests and Jellied Things Bunt, Punt, and Stunted, pubs. Loch Lomond, 1947 |
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31 May 08 - 02:45 PM (#2353816) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: gnu My dreams are shattnered. |
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31 May 08 - 04:20 PM (#2353855) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver From my life's work which, yes, in terms of versification, "finished" at the end of 2002 So you no longer write? |
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31 May 08 - 04:48 PM (#2353878) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Yes, Sedayne, I no longer write verses - I just read through "Walkabouts: travels and conclusions in verse" once a year, and make minor changes/corrections (no-doubt occasionally going back to how it was in the first place!); and I try to go through my 17 Chants from Walkabouts once a week (above link). Then I have a repertoire of 17 E. trads, and 17 hymns, plus a few carols that I re-remember around Advent, each year. And you..? |
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31 May 08 - 05:24 PM (#2353908) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I seldom write any longer either. I seem to have shifted from a declaratory mode to one of detached bemusement at what I see happening all around me. |
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31 May 08 - 06:35 PM (#2353964) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I do enjoy reading what is writ, however...if it is well writ and says something interesting. |
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31 May 08 - 06:43 PM (#2353966) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: gnu That is a shame, LH. You should continue, really. Even if you don't produce or perform your own, your songs should grace our ears in some form. |
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31 May 08 - 06:45 PM (#2353969) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Ah, LH, I think a quick trace of your extensive posts will show that if the condition you describe is true, it must have happened in the last fifteen seconds. A |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:21 AM (#2354189) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver And you..? I've always though creativity as a curse rather than an option; and whatever my life's work is, I doubt it'll ever be finished until I'm dead & gone. Meanwhile - life's too short, and you're a long time dead, so life is there for the living of it & art for the pure sweet passion of being here in the first place, although there is an essential demarcation between my creative work & more traditional pursuits, such as storytelling & singing folk songs. In this latter respect I find it essential to have at least one new song on the go at any one time, and several more in the pipeline. To this end I keep a little book, an A6 Black 'n Red (though I've promised myself a Moleskine when it gets full, which will be another year or so) in which I keep a note of every song I sing in public, paid & unpaid, and every song I have a notion to learn. Many never get beyond this stage of course; and others I learn, sing once, and promptly forget about, like Child #1, which I made a lot of fuss about on account of Pentangle usurping it for The Cruel Sister and feeding it back into the folk clubs. Others come filtering though without my knowing, like Child #32, which you can hear on my myspace page in an unaccompanied rendering saving improvised episodes sung with a Hungarian Jew's Harp. This is King Henry, nabbed from the singing of my dear old oppo, Thor Ewing, a braw tale of comedy horror & burlesque which I can't ever remember having to learn. The Border Brogue, incidently, is my own sweet native tongue; as a native Northumbrian, of course, we resent being thought of as English, though ever quite Scots either! Otherwise - too many songs, not enough time! Is there any significance in the number 17? |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:22 AM (#2354190) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver 600! |
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01 Jun 08 - 05:16 AM (#2354205) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse "Is there any significance in the number 17?" (Sedayne)...that's how many from the 230 pieces in Walkabouts that I found a way to sing as "Chants from Walkabouts"; also, as you would know, Sedayne, "7" appears a lot in both E. trads and Christianity. |
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01 Jun 08 - 06:13 AM (#2354223) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson WalkaboutsVerse, what planet are you from ? Your pal, eric |
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01 Jun 08 - 06:36 AM (#2354233) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jack Blandiver But 17 folk songs, 17 hymns - and how does 7 relate to 17? A few examples of folk song & Xtian 7s might be nice; I can't think of any off hand... Even in Green Grow the Rushes Oh, wherein folk song & Xtianity meet most pleasingly, it's 7 for the 7 stars - the principle stars of The Plough, or Ursa Major. And who where the Seven Virgins in The Leaves of Life? This might need another thread actually; I'm sure down here in the boots of the Walkaboutsverse thread it might not get the attention it deserves, or be regarded as extraneous to the nature of this thread anyway, but fascinating non the less... |
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01 Jun 08 - 07:17 AM (#2354257) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse 17 "Chants from Walkabouts" ended up being about 55 minutes worth on a CD; I've listened a lot to Songs of Praise (BBC), and borrowed "The New English Hymnal" and "Hymns Ancient and Modern" a few times, before buying the latter second-hand, which resulted in my own personal choice being around 17, so I went with 17 again (without that much thought, until now!); and, with E. trads, mainly from DigiTrad, folk clubs, and BBC folk-radio, it worked out the same. A 7-song CD...?...17 does have a 7 (that most English of numbers!) in it!...What day is the Beijing Olympics opening, and why, my pal Eric...? |
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01 Jun 08 - 03:37 PM (#2354538) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Have you heard any of my songs, gnu? Amos, I was speaking of serious writing...such as songs and poetry and essays and such. I was not speaking of my idle posts on this forum. |
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01 Jun 08 - 03:44 PM (#2354544) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos ExcUSE me???? You're telling me that your contirbutions to the Mother of ALL BS, to which you are one of the major contirbutors, were NOT serious????? This may precipitate a major scandal, LH. Think very carefully about your public statements on this issue. A |
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01 Jun 08 - 03:48 PM (#2354548) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk LOL!!! Oh dear. I am in deep doodoo now. |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:04 PM (#2354564) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Blather on and on unending Met with fate, no kind befriending Slipped on feet of woe becasting Blather, blather everlasting Will these shoon clad other feet? To ramble on, worn but replete? Or will these lac-ed shoon unravel There upon the dusty gravel Where the pilgrim knelt to pray As he paused along his way? And there upon a hill at dawn Stands a cow...or no! A swan! I know 'twas there, I saw its heft, But now it's not. It must have left. |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:20 PM (#2354582) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse More music to my ears, LH - good old-fashioned metre and rhyme. Lucky for some - it's 8.8.'08 that the games commence, by the way. |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:23 PM (#2354588) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos And I am left, to gaze upon The missing cow, or dog, or swan; This absent creature, staid and grand Whose features, formed by Nature's hand, No longer seem to be ther e now -- This missing swan -- or dog -- or cow! I've gazed until my eyes are watering For this image, faint and tottering, Once so vivid, real and near, But yet it will not re-appear! Absence compels me still to stare Seeking the beat that is not there; And so I spent almost all day! I wish that beast would go away. Claumb Zeemet O'Phoir Ancient Fruitless Irrelevance Reborn Thymes and Plaices, Eds. Paiseley, Renfrewshire, 1999 |
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01 Jun 08 - 04:45 PM (#2354614) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk LOL!!!!! Ah, the joy of it all. You have an extraordinary treasure trove of poetic literature stored away in your archives, Amos. Why, I've never even heard of some of these books before. How that can be I do not know, because what they contain is sublime, sir, simply sublime. |
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01 Jun 08 - 06:17 PM (#2354682) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Sir: I am humbly grateful for your kind remarks, and have forwarded your compliments to the Association of Poetic Mediocrity International, at their headquarters in Dumfriston, for relay to the concerned authors, or as appropriate, their heirs and assigns. The business of mediocrity in poetry is a thankless one, and these rare graces of thanks and complimentary remarks are like breaths of fresh air on a fetid over heated desert. I am sure the Association will support me in expressing our joint gratitude for your pungent declarations. A |
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01 Jun 08 - 06:25 PM (#2354687) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I too am humbly grateful for those kind remarks of yours, Amos. Gad! I almost feel inspired to break into verse. |
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01 Jun 08 - 08:04 PM (#2354746) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth NO! NO! PLEASE, NO!! Don Firth (hiding under bed) |
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01 Jun 08 - 08:07 PM (#2354749) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Sorry! Tendency to over-react. . . . Don Firth |
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01 Jun 08 - 08:28 PM (#2354760) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk While walking on the beach at Leeds I happed upon a man in tweeds Who sat upon a wooden bench Not too far from an earthen trench I saw that he was eating lunch He had some greens, a tidy bunch And those he ate with gusto there As an errant breeze blew through our hair I thought it would be somewhat rude Upon his luncheon to intrude And so I sat upon a rock And took to hand my carving block I whittled there in gladsome peace Carving out a rustic piece A rough but not bad replication Of that good citizen of our nation Eating his lunch in the noonday sun No need to worry, no need to run Oh! Who would not such moments yearn for? To sit in the sun and still not burn, for The sun it was warm but not yet torrid And a good thing that! Because overly hot sun is horrid! And so, good reader, the time soon came When that good fellow roused his rustic frame And tipping his hat to me did go Up the path to the road called "Pell Row" And as for me, my carving all done I too arose beneath the waning sun And made my way to the village inn There to partake in a glass of gin And as of that gin I did partake I felt in my heart a swelling ache Of heartfelt love for this my land! The one, the only, our Fair England! Sweeney Rutherford Tate My Song of Fair England Pilkington & Shaimless, Eds. Bugger on Tweed, Berkshire, 1925 |
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01 Jun 08 - 08:39 PM (#2354769) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos A passing fair instance of the sincerest form of flattery, Good 'Ack. Passing Fair, but still, clearly, an imitation. A |
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01 Jun 08 - 08:58 PM (#2354779) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Want to see me imitate Lauren Bacall instead? |
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01 Jun 08 - 09:45 PM (#2354793) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos SUre--just put your lips together and blow.... A |
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01 Jun 08 - 11:39 PM (#2354823) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: frogprince The spirit of McDonegal lives on... |
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02 Jun 08 - 12:12 AM (#2354830) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Methinks thou meanest McGonagle to cite, sirrah. A |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:02 AM (#2359926) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. 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. The beats through us of a drum; Winter's sun felt through closed glass; Handing in the last exam; Awakenings – alarmless! 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. Viewing set-over cricket; A golf ball, for once, well struck; Viewing velodrome cycling; From net-chord, levelling luck! Sticks, chants, didgeridoo, Haunting harps, and all bagpipes; Clog, flamenco, tamure, Hula, and other dance types. Out, by a cast, being told; In - taking tea and T.V.; Highland views that command rest; The buildings of Italy. Thrifty plant-propagation; By a wave one's body hit; Upstream of camp - with paddle; By a fire - strongly lit. Forest spent-leaves under foot; Tasting a host-nation's fare; Alcedo atthis at work; Just bills being brought to bear. Allegros when feeling low; An andante to wind down; Spoken French and chorused song; The quiet when out of town. A stroll through a kept garden, Before Sunday's roast dinner; A pub game, drink and meal; One's team a comeback winner. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:36 AM (#2359940) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Jon From walkaboutsverse.741.com And posted today on Mudcat, uk.music.folk, rec.music.folk and us.arts.poetry . Where else gets this spam? |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:50 AM (#2359945) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Shite English Poet heres a fragment of a newly unearthed unknown epic heroic poem recently uncovered from an exavation in a peviously unexplored latrine in Glastobury bmy arse stings like a bumblebee and floats like butterfly on yonder soft inflated cushion But tis days of yore when strong men with swords doth pop their swollen bum veins and squeezeth blood in golden chalice Drink up brave warriors Drink up King says tomorrow we do fight and die or stop off bus and go to shops and visit chemist to ask strange alchemist for soothing pile cream I will not mount horse I dare not straddle saddle is evil curse betwixt my bum you will not fight for God nor King ? you will not challenge foreign foe ? No I am no coward I am true ENGLISH man Though my bum hole do hurteth so I will fight and die for thee Well if you are true blood English Knight then Doctors note be right and true. Brave English warrior sit on you steed with blow up cushion neath thy bum you are no shame to king or crown thy are an ENGLISHMAN It is without doubt a very shite poem with absolutely no artistic merit whatsoever.. But it is none the less an ENGLISH poem so up yours Mr Anywhere else apart from ENGLAND !!!! |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:03 AM (#2359992) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Dave Hanson It's better than that crap WalkaboutsVerse writes eric |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:38 AM (#2360013) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,plagiarist Leightons, and other great art; In - taking tea and T.V.; Upstream of camp - with paddle; The buildings of Italy. Sticks, chants, didgeridoo, When to palms leather has stuck; Handing in the last exam; A golf ball, for once, well struck; Forest spent-leaves under foot; By a fire - strongly lit. The vivid reds of sunrise - By a wave one's body hit; Viewing velodrome cycling; Before Sunday's roast dinner; Orange juice during half-time; One's team a comeback winner. A pub game, drink and meal; Awakenings – alarmless! Alcedo atthis at work; Winter's sun felt through closed glass; Thrifty plant-propagation; Just bills being brought to bear. Viewing set-over cricket; Tasting a host-nation's fare; Allegros when feeling low; Repeated at day's last light. Clog, flamenco, tamure, Plumes of fireworks at night; Out, by a cast, being told; Hula, and other dance types. The beats through us of a drum; Haunting harps, and all bagpipes; Highland views that command rest; The quiet when out of town. A stroll through a kept garden, An andante to wind down; The ball off thee whacks their net; From net-chord, levelling luck! Spoken French and chorused song; A warm bath to wash the muck. |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:57 AM (#2360024) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To Plagiarist - please turn over a new leaf, respect the (C) on my work, and refrain from copy/pasting my verses willy nilly. |
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07 Jun 08 - 09:18 AM (#2360034) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,plagiarist To paste your verses willy nilly Would, I think, be rather silly. It is with great care I move your lines And it can take a hundred times, Before at last, I find my movement Is, to your verse, a great improvement |
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07 Jun 08 - 09:27 AM (#2360045) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse You forgot your title, Plagiarist...maybe "New Leaf"? |
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07 Jun 08 - 11:14 AM (#2360079) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: John MacKenzie The William McGonigle Chair of Poetry awaits your backside Walksaboutworse. Fortunately for us all, it's at the University of Ursa Minor. G |
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07 Jun 08 - 11:17 AM (#2360081) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Holy Flip! This must be what real flippin' poetry is all about, eh? Good thing I ain't no flippin' poet is alls I can say. - Shane |
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07 Jun 08 - 11:44 AM (#2360104) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...you could be a poet who doesn't know it, Shane? |
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07 Jun 08 - 12:56 PM (#2360144) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Do his feet show it? They are Longfellows. . . . Don Firth |
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07 Jun 08 - 02:15 PM (#2360172) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse As far as I know, Don, Logfellow, the American poet, wasn't born with a clubfoot...Bigfoot, maybe?! |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:12 PM (#2360279) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Logfellow? I've heard of feet of clay, but not. . . . Don Firth |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:37 PM (#2360304) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Maybe Longfellow liked walks through the woods...looking for Bigfoot, even, sorry. |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:46 PM (#2360315) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 No doofus.....Logfellow took giant shits in the woods......and later on your doorstep. Spaw |
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07 Jun 08 - 07:33 PM (#2360385) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Holy flip, man! You got a dirty mouth! I don't even talk that bad to people, eh? Who the flip do you flippin' think you are, you dipwad? If you stood up in fronta me and talked like that to ME I would flippin' lay the gloves on you, ya flippin' retread! - Shane |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:06 PM (#2360419) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Shane you miserable fockin' jadrool, you can't even find your ass with one hand so the idea of laying gloves on me is gawdamn hilarious. Like your buddy Hawk, you ain't nothin' but a broke-dick mamalucca whose mother left your best parts as a brown stain on the backseat of a beat-up '39 Chevy. And like Walksy-Versy-Turdy, your cranial rectal inversion is so deep and has been in place for so long you are in danger of going blind in the perennial dark. Both you and Walksy are jagovs and blowboys who could suck the valves out of 429 Ford. So take your sad-ass post and your midget dick and slide them both up Walksy's ass right beside his empty friggin' head. And don't go be fuckin' doin' dozens with a pro no more........ Spaw |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:16 PM (#2360426) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Yeah?????? Flip YOU, man! I will find out where you live, looser-boy, and I will come down there when I have become famous and rich and all and I will SHAME you pubicly, ya flippin' bolthole! I will say to the people around "See this idiot who calls himself Catspaw49? This guy coulda been a half normle dude with a little work and attenshun, but youse can all see now that THAT never flippin' happened, eh? You see what he is NOW, eh? He is the biggest flippin' looser with the tiniest flippin' dip in North flippin' America!" Ha! Ha! Ha! I will flippin' hewmilliate you right in fornt of yer flippin pears, man, and laff in yer face. Yer kind are put out in the trash at birth around where I live. You would not even BE here now if yer parents had of been people in Blind River. - Shane |
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07 Jun 08 - 08:26 PM (#2360429) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Christ on a fuckin' crutch, talk about your nutsack lickers, you might be as big as Walky in the ball lapping department. I am having a tough time working up anything like fear of a simpleass cocksucker like yourself who can't even really cuss but gets lost in a sea of euphemisms. Flippin' bolthole? Gimmee a fuckin' break Limpdick....Trot your Canuck ass right down here and draw down boy.......... Spaw
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08 Jun 08 - 05:17 AM (#2360538) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To Catspaw49: if you persist with your I'm-the-naughtiest-schoolkid-so-there language, I think the Mudcat moderators should reconsider their censorship policy, and put you back in your kitty-litter. |
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08 Jun 08 - 05:47 AM (#2360549) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse (NOT THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT) Poem 169 of 230: PERFIDA GENS - SUMMER 2001 On the estate: Abuse by day, Banging at night - Sleep wars, I'd say. Attempts on a car: Repaired by day, Inflamed at night - Revenge, I'd say. A gran's garden: Well-clipped by day, Flame-scorched at night - Disgrace, I'd say. Summing this up: As in Bede's day, Manners are free - Faithless, I'd say. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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08 Jun 08 - 11:40 AM (#2360683) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Thank God! The poetry is back. Life resumes its even tenor and peace is restored to the troubled heart and mind. |
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08 Jun 08 - 11:44 AM (#2360688) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Jeri An 'even tenor'? I say, by God, The ones I'VE met, Are a little odd. |
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08 Jun 08 - 12:06 PM (#2360706) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos And if these couplets bring you peace Put your hands to your eyes, And feel for fleece. But if with calm They fill your head, Try a check on your pulse, For you may be dead. |
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08 Jun 08 - 12:34 PM (#2360731) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse You can, if you wish/dare folks, hear this here "tenor" try to introduce, with an "even tenor" (above), an E. trad and a hymn at myspace. |
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09 Jun 08 - 02:45 AM (#2361160) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Gret Stuff. Several notes were in tune Stu |
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09 Jun 08 - 11:45 AM (#2361492) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Willy Nilly You continually go on about people infringing on you copyrighted work willy nilly. Kindly cease and desist your infringement upon the © copyright of my name. Thanking you, in advance, for your prompt attention in this matter. |
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09 Jun 08 - 12:11 PM (#2361510) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I'm not sure, may I call you Will?, if my use of "willy nilly" will ever be nil, but I will keep the matter in mind. |
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09 Jun 08 - 02:55 PM (#2361643) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Be careful using the term "helter skelter" as well. |
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09 Jun 08 - 03:21 PM (#2361669) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Uh . . . GUEST, which notes were those? I'm a trained musician and I have a pretty good ear, but I wasn't even able to determing what key it was in. Don Firth |
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09 Jun 08 - 03:31 PM (#2361685) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Why? Do you think Mr. Skelter will file a lawsuit? A |
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09 Jun 08 - 03:44 PM (#2361697) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard That willy nilly post is hilarious, however WAV's attempt at a reply shows a distinct deficiency in the ha! ha! department. |
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09 Jun 08 - 03:49 PM (#2361700) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Dear Don, on my myspace playlist: The Water is Wide (E. Trad.) is in F, Walkabout with my Pen (me) is in D, Tees to Tyne (me) is in G, When I survey the Wonderous Cross (Miller, Watts) is in D, and Young Emma (E. trad.) is in...? |
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09 Jun 08 - 04:12 PM (#2361716) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Was in those keys? Well, I guess you did have them kind of surrounded. . . . Don Firth |
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09 Jun 08 - 04:31 PM (#2361728) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: irishenglish Actually I find his singing to be very avant garde. As in 'avant garde a clue! |
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09 Jun 08 - 04:37 PM (#2361733) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST A few notes were close to C in Young Emma - close, but not dangerously so Stu |
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09 Jun 08 - 04:38 PM (#2361735) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard None of those songs are in my repetoire (nor will they ever be), so like irishenglish I avant garde a clue :-D |
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09 Jun 08 - 04:55 PM (#2361750) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Far be it from me to try to discourage anyone's efforts, but one really should exercise a bit of judgment and self-evaluation, and be willing to listen to the frank criticism and advice of knowledgeable people. One of the good things about sites like YouTube and MySpace is that they make it easier for singers, musicians and such to get their work out there. Much easier than it used to be. One used to have to pass an audition or be hired by someone before you could appear before an audience, which, in many cases, is not a bad thing. Or one had to get past an editor to get one's writing published But the problem—the flip side of the internet making it so easy—is that there are a whole lot of people who are simply "not ready for prime time" who are pushing their stuff out there, with the result that they look pretty amateurish if not downright gawdawful! Not a good thing for trying to build a reputation or develop a following. Pushing your stuff out there before you're really ready can be a major blunder and a career killer. I had an artist friend some years ago who uttered something that any aspiring artist, writer, poet, or even musician ought to keep in mind. He said, "The most valuable tool an artist has is his wastebasket—and the good judgment to know when to use it!" Don Firth |
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09 Jun 08 - 05:03 PM (#2361754) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard The Water Is Wide (also called O Waly, Waly) is thought to be an English or Scottish folk song and the stronger evidence points very firmly to it being Scottish. Then there is the popular set of lyrics to this song that begin The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er Neither have I the wings to fly. Give me a boat, that will carry two, And both shall row, my true love and I. These, according to a couple of very learned musical associates of mine (one teaches at the Birmingham Conservatoire), may well be Irish in origin... oops! :-D |
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09 Jun 08 - 05:14 PM (#2361767) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse That on publishing from a man who just published: "I'm a trained musician and I have a pretty good ear, but I wasn't even able to determing what key it was in." (Don Firth, above)...and, voice aside, Don, the top-line notes played on recorder and keyboard are DEFINITELY as on the score; so, if you do have a trained ear, you should be able to tell the key from the instrumentation on The Water is Wide, and When I Survey the Wonderous Cross, at least. As for Young Emma, the notation doesn't seem to be on the web, yet, but it is in The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, which I don't have...? |
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09 Jun 08 - 05:34 PM (#2361789) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth I was aware of what keys the recorder was in. Being a fixed-pitch instrument, there isn't a lot you can do to screw that up (but it can be done!). But "voice aside" indeed! That's what I am referring to, WAV. You are singing off-pitch much of the time. As I say, you are not "ready for prime time." Time in the woodshed, man. Practice. Record yourself and listen critically to the playback. Then practice some more until you can get it right. This is what you should do--should have done--before putting it on MySpace. You may not like to hear that, but believe me, it's bloody good advice! Don Firth |
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09 Jun 08 - 05:41 PM (#2361803) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Now, Young Emma/Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low / Edwin , interesting song indeed. Martin Carthy sings a version of this song on the 1992 Fellside Records release, Voices: English Traditional Songs ( I have this record in my collection). Peter Bellamy made a recording, singing it unaccompanied, in 1979 as Edmund in the Lowlands for his album Both Sides Then. Both Carthy's version and Bellamy's version are American in origin, Carthy's from the Ozark Mountains, and Bellamy's from the singing of Gale Huntington of Martha's Vineyard. Oh and Steeleye Span do a shortened version of the song on Now We Are Six (also in my record collection) |
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09 Jun 08 - 05:52 PM (#2361817) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Hey, c'mon, Don! I've heard worse singing than that... It was in Blind River one time. Man! You should've been there. Un-flippin'-be-LEEV-able! |
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09 Jun 08 - 06:43 PM (#2361860) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth "An he had been a dog that should have howled thus, they would have hanged him: and I pray God his bad voice bode no mischief. I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it." —Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, scene 3, William Shakespeare. Don Firth |
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09 Jun 08 - 06:49 PM (#2361869) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: McGrath of Harlow 666!! |
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09 Jun 08 - 08:44 PM (#2361948) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth The devil, you say!?? Don Firth |
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10 Jun 08 - 05:10 AM (#2362120) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Whatever the present standard of my intonation, Don, I do, indeed, keep working on it by playing, singing, playing, singing... |
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10 Jun 08 - 05:40 AM (#2362134) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon Wav, you have a good voice. Don is right in saying that you shouldn't put anything online untill you have worked out some of the kinks. Isaac Babel, a Russian-Jewish writer (he reminds me of O. Henry) published a few stories in Gorky's paper during 1916. Gorky recognised talent when he saw it, but he encouraged Babel to hone his skills and get to know people better, before publishing anything more. Babel took the advice to heart. It wasn't until the 20s when he felt that he could now express his thoughts succintly and clearly enough for publication. One of my absolute favourite authors is Rafael Sabatini. His literary merits are often overlooked, but Captain Blood and Scaramouche are brilliant books.Most of his early stuff, however, is pretty poor. He himself admitted that and tried to keep them from being republished. I happen to agree with him. |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:12 AM (#2362141) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...I think I know what you mean, Volgadon: I've heard about poets, e.g., publishing young, and spending much of the rest of their career correcting things published. I was in my late 30s, and only make minor changes when I read/study my life's work annually. As for publishing music on myspace, etc., I (as with most, I think) practise the piece until I feel I'm not going to get it a whole lot better, then record/publish/have a go! |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:19 AM (#2362144) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon WAV, your actual age has little to do with literary/artistic youth. |
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10 Jun 08 - 12:12 PM (#2362382) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk What I really have a yen to hear now is a lengthy poem about a day spent in Bournemouth. |
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10 Jun 08 - 12:22 PM (#2362388) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard One of my favourite odes is, Upon Viewing a Prospect of Purley, Parts 1-5. |
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10 Jun 08 - 12:24 PM (#2362389) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Donuel While walking my dog. breathing sweet candy air down by the creek beneath the flowering vines helps the water look like honey while my dog smells everything she finds |
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10 Jun 08 - 12:41 PM (#2362400) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Paul Burke While walking where Donuel walked his dog. The air's sure sweet down by that creek Where I look up at fluttering birds, But why does it have to be, every week, That I tread on a carpet of turds? |
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10 Jun 08 - 12:58 PM (#2362412) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse "What I really have a yen to hear now is a lengthy poem about a day spent in Bournemouth" (Little Hawk)...this one, from almost exactly 7 years ago, is the closest I can go (bit of controversy, too!)... Poem 156 of 230: EASTBOURNE - SUMMER 2001 On the day before the solstice, I first sighted Eastbourne: A beautiful elegant place - English culture untorn. Two long days allowed two long lanes To be walked before dark - One after travel on four trains, One post-Devonshire Park. The first was between sea and heath, And gardens signed by post, Then up the Downs to view, beneath, The brutal handsome coast. The next, contrasting that before, Showed all kinds of vessels - Parked up along the pebbly whore And in marina cells. (But, as for the women's tennis, It soon became a qualm - As I was put-off by what is A great strain on their arm.) From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:03 PM (#2362417) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Shattering, simply shattering. A |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:10 PM (#2362420) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...as some say over the pond - sharks, Amos. |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:18 PM (#2362425) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard (bit of controversy, too!)... where? |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:47 PM (#2362453) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth You're obviously pretty serious about this, WAV. More power to you! As far as your intonation is concerned, singing on pitch is a bit like shooting from the hip. When you first try it, you miss a lot. But the more you work at it—if you pay careful attention and are sufficiently self-critical—the more accurate you become. You have to hear the note, a sequence of notes, or a whole phrase clearly in your "mind's ear" before you can duplicate it with your voice. It takes awhile and it takes regular, concentrated practice. But it's well worth it! Recording practice sessions, then listening to the playback can be a real help. Don't ever make the mistake of thinking "Well, it's a folk song, so it doesn't have to be that good." I've occasional heard beginning singers say something like that, and in addition to showing a touch of contempt for the music itself, it's an attitude that is guaranteed not to produce desirable results. If it's worth singing at all, it's worth taking the time to learn to sing it as well as you possibly can. Trying a song out for another pair of ears before you put it out there for the public is not a bad idea. Don Firth |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:22 PM (#2362481) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I agree with that Don, and what I sometimes do is go through just the first stanza (and chorus) of my repertoire - playing a line then singing a line straight after...and, from my 3rd favourite genre, I remember seeing a clip from an opera (?) where Joan Sutherland follows a transverse flute, in a similar (if much more sophisticated) way. To DS: some may not like me questioning women's tennis in the last stanza of that poem - but I have hit a lot of tennis balls myself and know that it does, indeed, put a lot of strain on the racket arm; thus, in my opinion, table tennis is a better sport for females. |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:30 PM (#2362485) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard WAV said, "To DS: some may not like me questioning women's tennis in the last stanza of that poem" I saw that, and have come to expect that sort of thing from you, therefore I don't take it or you seriously at all. I play tennis my self, hence my answer. |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:37 PM (#2362493) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon So why are men's and women's arms any different, is there a physiological reason I don't know about? |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:41 PM (#2362497) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: MMario that depends. Which physiological differences are you aware of? I have a cousin who was at one point quite proficient as a women's wheelchair tennis player; but she felt it wasn't competitive enough so she started playing in the men's tournements. (did quite well from what I heard) |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:52 PM (#2362508) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Don't rise to the bait, he does this all the time, and he's really not worth your valuable time, I've learned this. |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:55 PM (#2362510) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon Not in the arms, as far as I'm aware of. |
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10 Jun 08 - 05:39 PM (#2362632) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth As to the ability of women to play the game of tennis, obviously it is far, far too strenuous for the feminine physiology. Much too difficult a sport for the delicate little dears! By way of proof, let me refer you to the following web site: CLICKY Women just aren't capable of developing the necessary upper body strength. SEE? And what can I say but DUCK!!!?? Don Firth |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:15 PM (#2362677) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Dennis is a menace with his "Anyone for tennis?" and he's always begging me to keep the score Maude say's "Oh Lord! I'm so terribly bored, and I really can't stand it anymore So.......... Those Weak Women At Wimbledon |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:21 PM (#2362685) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Then there's the List of French Open Women's Singles champions |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:28 PM (#2362696) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard and, of course, they have and do all play better than you, so, WAV, YOU are the weakest link. :-D |
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10 Jun 08 - 07:29 PM (#2362771) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse The top female players probably are a bit better than me, DS, but that's not the point - have a look at all the strapping, bulging muscles and veins of some of the top players you've listed; also, I've heard a well known English ex-player say she often played with pain killing injections in her racket-arm...as I say, table tennis is a better sport for females, as netball is a better team sport than rugby for females. Most of the coaches on the women's tour are men whose main job, nowadays, it seems to me, is to grind away femininity - not my cup of tea, and I disagree with the modern slogan - "women can do anything". Having said that, I would like to quickly add that I have no problem at all with the next Archbishop of Canterbury, e.g., being a female, whereas many others still do. |
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10 Jun 08 - 07:45 PM (#2362783) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: TheSnail A Subaltern's Love Song Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Furnish'd and burnish'd by Aldershot sun, What strenuous singles we played after tea, We in the tournament - you against me! Love-thirty, love-forty, oh! weakness of joy, The speed of a swallow, the grace of a boy, With carefullest carelessness, gaily you won, I am weak from your loveliness, Joan Hunter Dunn. Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, How mad I am, sad I am, glad that you won, The warm-handled racket is back in its press, But my shock-headed victor, she loves me no less. Her father's euonymus shines as we walk, And swing past the summer-house, buried in talk, And cool the verandah that welcomes us in To the six-o'clock news and a lime-juice and gin. The scent of the conifers, sound of the bath, The view from my bedroom of moss-dappled path, As I struggle with double-end evening tie, For we dance at the Golf Club, my victor and I. On the floor of her bedroom lie blazer and shorts, And the cream-coloured walls are be-trophied with sports, And westering, questioning settles the sun, On your low-leaded window, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn. The Hillman is waiting, the light's in the hall, The pictures of Egypt are bright on the wall, My sweet, I am standing beside the oak stair And there on the landing's the light on your hair. By roads "not adopted", by woodlanded ways, She drove to the club in the late summer haze, Into nine-o'clock Camberley, heavy with bells And mushroomy, pine-woody, evergreen smells. Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, I can hear from the car park the dance has begun, Oh! Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand! Around us are Rovers and Austins afar, Above us the intimate roof of the car, And here on my right is the girl of my choice, With the tilt of her nose and the chime of her voice. And the scent of her wrap, and the words never said, And the ominous, ominous dancing ahead. We sat in the car park till twenty to one And now I'm engaged to Miss Joan Hunter Dunn. -- John Betjeman |
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10 Jun 08 - 08:10 PM (#2362802) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 WalkUponCrap.......LMAOLMAOLMAO......Geeziz Man.....or whatever it is you are, you are FUBAR as all hell ain'tcha? I love it! When was the last time your head popped out of your ass and you saw daylight? What a fuckin' jadrool........ I have a feeling you may be right about women not being able to do everything. For instance, I can't think of any who would have any form of sex with you on the worst day she ever had.........Not even Chongo's girlfriend! Even when you resort to Ma Thumb and her four daughters, three are left out of the action and Ma is bored to death. Spaw |
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10 Jun 08 - 08:12 PM (#2362805) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos AH, how lovely, clubby, palsy-walsy, Empire-epical!! A |
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10 Jun 08 - 08:41 PM (#2362826) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Sweet mother of Zeus!! Re: women and tennis, I believe Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King had a little disagreement about this a few decades back. They put it to the test on the tennis court and Billie Jean chewed him up, spit him out, and tap-danced on his remains, hardly working up a sweat in the process. Bobby was duly chastened and managed to keep his silly, male-chauvinist piggy mouth more-or-less closed after that. There are many, of course, who seem incapable of learning from history. Nevertheless, we must, of course, keep the delicate little dears barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. Don Firth I think i see a throwback WAVing to us from the Victorian era. . . . |
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11 Jun 08 - 03:42 AM (#2362966) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon I thought male tennis players needed pain-killing injections too. |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:52 AM (#2363015) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To Snail - thanks for the John Betjeman and, for what it's worth, I do agree with him on quite a lot, but any other Miss out there for TABLE tennis? To Catspaw - once again, please get back to your kittie litter. To Amos and the blue (is that from our umpire?) - I hate imperialism, be it Victorian or any other, frankly. Dear Don - I admitted most top females would probalbly do a BJK on me, but that's not the point; the point is, rather, Volgadon, that I don't like members of the fairer sex belting tennis balls with a pain-killing-injected tennis arm. And further... Poem 211 of 230: AT FRONT LINES I can't suckle a baby - God planned on some divisions; Women are with war-weapons - We have fallen morally. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:58 AM (#2363042) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon My point is that at any professional level, both males and females will need pain killers. Playing tennis, for fun, as a hobby, is perfectly fine. |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:59 AM (#2363043) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon I have an unrelated question, WAV. Could you include a full list of the 40 countries you said you visited? |
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11 Jun 08 - 06:37 AM (#2363056) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Can we just settle on about 40, Volgadon - to be more precise would be very difficult, as boundaries have changed considerably; e.g., tensions were just beginning to rise as I travelled through what was Yugoslavia (and this is a statement of fact, not a judgement on the matter), and there were two Germanys at this time... Poem 17 of 230: THROUGH WHAT WAS During Europe's summer, '88, At a wall my bag was checked: A brief smile at what gave it weight; Sun-cream lid back - mood unwrecked. I walked past plain buildings and cars, And entered a small food-store. Its goods were plain, also: no sweet bars; The essentials - not much more. As I bought crispbread, with money changed, A row began, at counter, Between two, it seemed, Germans estranged - Clothes, to me, the sole pointer. I headed back through the wall that was, Then signed a reunion book. Reflecting, I'm happy/sad because The Left-cause, too, has been shook. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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11 Jun 08 - 07:34 AM (#2363081) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon I would really be interested in knowing which. Surely, it can't be that hard to write them down. |
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11 Jun 08 - 08:54 AM (#2363122) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Republic of Ireland The UK or 3/4 nations? Australia New Zealand/Aotearoa Fiji USA Mexico Hong Kong (now China)? Macau (now China)? Portugal Spain France Monaco Italy Turkey Hungary Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now 6 nations)? GDR (now Germany)? West Germany (now Germany)? Austria Switzerland Holland/Netherlands Belgium Greece Denmark Sweden Finland Norway Kingdom of Nepal (now Republic of Nepal :-) India Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Kenya (passed through a couple of others, and took in the scenery, without alighting the train) |
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11 Jun 08 - 08:57 AM (#2363126) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Stu ". . . but I've never been to me . . ." |
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11 Jun 08 - 09:13 AM (#2363147) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Probably at least 38 or so that you can't return to Walkswithoutballs. I figure many sent you packing for boring everyone to death and the others simply becasue you're a pea-brained stupid shit. Spaw |
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11 Jun 08 - 09:59 AM (#2363195) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer I've been to most of those. But i don't go on about it. And I didn't travel on a shoestring, either. |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:07 AM (#2363202) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Technically, on a shoe-sole. A plastic replacement for the natural organ, mayhap. A |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:09 AM (#2363206) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 I think he has a lot of real tiny natural organs Amos........ Spaw |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:31 AM (#2363235) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Look, Ruth - I was repeatedly asked. |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:41 AM (#2363245) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon Well, I asked because you are always going on about them. Thanks for the answer. How long, on average, did you spend in them? |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:58 AM (#2363257) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer And I responded as I did because you are always going on about them, as if it makes you extraordinary or gives you some special anthropological insight. You should understand that, as with your qualifications, it may be the case that people around you are equally well or even better travelled - they just don't feel compelled to drop it into every sentence as a badge of honour. |
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11 Jun 08 - 10:58 AM (#2363258) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse About 40 counries divided by about a year, Miss - but more time visiting places in Aus. and England, of course. |
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11 Jun 08 - 11:43 AM (#2363294) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse That should be about 52 weeks divided by about 40 countries, sorry - so, say, 8-9 days per country, on average, Volgadon. |
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11 Jun 08 - 12:39 PM (#2363338) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk What about Liechtenstein, the world's next superpower in waiting? Have you been there yet? I want to hear some poetry about Liechtenstein. Pay no attention to Catspaw! The man is slipping into his third childhood and cannot be considered to really exist in the realms of sentient life any longer. ;-) |
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11 Jun 08 - 12:57 PM (#2363350) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Never been there, LH, but you've reminded me of steep-sloped Luxembourg, where I enjoyed a day's walkabout, although I didn't pen any verses about it. |
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11 Jun 08 - 01:36 PM (#2363386) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard WAV says, " I disagree with the modern slogan - "women can do anything". I don't and I would take great pleasure, me a 61 year old female, laying your sorry rear end all over any given tennis court, which, most assuredly I would do, make no mistake about it. You are the weakest link. |
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11 Jun 08 - 01:40 PM (#2363391) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard I also don't have a problem with women in combat, if that's what they want to do, something I doubt you've ever had the nerve to do, which, with all your patriotic posturing makes you a complete hypocrite |
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11 Jun 08 - 01:42 PM (#2363395) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer "where I enjoyed a day's walkabout, although I didn't pen any verses about it." Thank god for small mercies. |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:03 PM (#2363413) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Goodness sakes! All this vitriolic vituperation, spite, and unearned hostility! Come now, ladies! The man is doing nothing harmful here. He is merely traipsing about the planet and penning heartfelt verses about the things and places he encounters, much like a latter day McGonagall or Wordsworth. Methinks you should take your ire elsewhere. You could, for instance, kick that nasty little yapping dog that follows you about everywhere. Do it now. You'll feel much better, even if the dog won't. |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:09 PM (#2363422) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Big Mick Thanks, Hawk, for saying what I have been feeling. Since its inception, this thread has bugged me, but my response has been to simply ignore it. This fellow certainly takes his craft serious, and though it didn't interests me, I don't begrudge him his platform. It is exactly what the old barn is supposed to house. I have been bothered lately much more by the nasty, judgemental comments than I have been by the verse. What's the point, folks??? One thing we know about the art we create is that it will appeal to some and not to others. Perhaps a dose of nasty judgement on your collective posts, lyrics, tunes, and demeanors would help you to understand how that feels? Write and post on, Walkaboutsverse. |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:13 PM (#2363428) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard sorry "Big Mick", did you say something? :-D I don't kick small or anyother sort of dog, though apparently, "Little Hawk" you have some experience in this area |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:29 PM (#2363445) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse TABLE tennis at dawn, then, DS! |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:36 PM (#2363456) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Obviously you're incapable of anyting other than a child's game, just as ! thought, a braggart. WAV either put up or shut up, Personally I doubt you can play tennis. |
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11 Jun 08 - 02:50 PM (#2363474) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...joking apart, DS, born with a clubfoot, frankly, I'm too slow, but I did manage to play A-grade juniors for Bill Gilmour's (ex-Australian Open referee) tennis school (Tod Woodbridge was also there), in Sydney, Australia - long before I repatriated in 1997. Nowdays, I just hit a few balls, every other Saturday, to keep fit. |
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11 Jun 08 - 03:19 PM (#2363498) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Did I say I was joking, boy? I don't believe I did. I don't want to see another word about how "weak" women are on the court, or anywhere else., I called your bluff, you blinked first, now run along. |
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11 Jun 08 - 03:52 PM (#2363548) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Hey, DS, you never know till you try, right? I'm just suggesting handy ways you can blow off steam that would make a lot more sense than coming to another person's poetry thread and repeatedly subjecting him to personal abuse because you don't like his poetry. ;-) But perhaps you have made the error of taking my comments more seriously than they were intended... No nasty little yapping dog to kick? Well, then, you could fight with your neighbours over something or you could yell at the man on the TV screen because he just gave a bad weather report. Either of those activities would serve equally well to spend a little of your bile in a relatively harmless manner and they wouldn't take up unnecessary bandwidth on WAV's poetry thread, right? So think about it. ;-D |
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11 Jun 08 - 03:59 PM (#2363553) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Big Mick Right dead on, LH. I guess I would feel different if this person had been around more than 12 seconds, and had shown the courage to post some of his/her work for us to examine and critique. It's way easy to just be critical when you don't have to worry about someone doing the same to you. Write on, WAV Mick |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:16 PM (#2363572) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard and maybe BM and LH should read other entries on other threads, by WAV, you'll see what sort of person he is, other's have noticed as well, and I've been around alot longer than 12 seconds. : |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:36 PM (#2363616) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos As the world soes often frown On all but the most common nouns, Use them wisely; do not choose Phrases not extremely used. Better tired words in hand, Than some notion, free or grand, Which some lady (old, and fearful) Might deem much too bright or cheerful. Ponder much, then, to avoid Terms by which folks get annoyed; And select for people's reading Thoughts that don't require breeding. Nothing new, awake, disarming, Unfamilar thoughts alarming, To be safe, you'll find it true -- it Always serves to serve up suet. Guidelines For the Meretricious Winston Smith Brothers "Rhymes for the Very Correct" Orwelll Dot Endzwell Dot Comm London, 1984 |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:45 PM (#2363624) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Big Mick Well, DS, I actually went back and read through most of the thread before I posted. I have been doing so for several days, because I noticed the tenor the thread had taken a negative turn. And my comments were more intended for good friends that are making comments that I found troubling. Not you, whom I don't know, and whom I didn't have any opinion on. But you shot your mouth off and got all smart assed. Fair enough, hot dog, but you put a target on yourself. Now let it lie, if you are smart. I will say it again. Go ahead and put an example of your work out here for others to evaluate and critique. Until then, you are just another two bit critic with an opinion. Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has them and they often stink. Mick |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:11 PM (#2363647) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard BM,Let it lie sounds like a threat, In order for a "target" to be on me, as you so quaintly put it, I'd have to care what you think. There are those here, whose opinions I do value, you're not one of them |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:18 PM (#2363652) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Big Mick Actually, dim wit, it was a statement of fact. You are the one who made the comment that invited response. If what I say didn't matter, you wouldn't respond at all. OK, I am out of this one as far as responding to the ignorant one goes. To LH, sorry for the side track, the mosquitoes distracted me. I support your position on this one and go with my original response. Mick |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:19 PM (#2363655) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Gene Burton I agree with Mick's post of 02:09PM. |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:19 PM (#2363657) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Oh dear :-D some people do take things way too seriously, :-D |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:28 PM (#2363671) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth A little parable for us to read while we all calm down: A few centuries back, an actress by the name of Antoinette de Maupin was attending a soiree in the manor house of a French aristocrat. At the time, actresses were regarded as little better than prostitutes, and despite the fact that her escort was at the top of the social structure, several aristocratic but ill-mannered young men fell to making loud, rude comments about her. They were way out of line. When none of the assembled "gentlemen"—including the man who had brought her—would speak up in her behalf, she stepped forward and challenged these loudmouthed louts in powdered wigs—all six of them—to meet her in the garden, immediately, sword in hand. Thus challenged by this small and slender young woman, they could not demur without leaving a major blot on both their honor and their manhood. She borrowed a smallsword (the elegant, lightweight sword with a slender 34 or 35 inch blade worn by "gentlemen of quality" during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) and stepped through the French windows into the garden. The six "gentlemen" followed her into the garden. All trained in fencing, as young gentlemen of the era were as a matter of course, they were confident that the first one up would quickly "pink" her on the forearm and that would be the end of that. They found the whole thing quite amusing Little did they know that one of Antoinette's paramours had been a fencing master, and he had taught her the art of the sword. Taking them on one by one, she killed three of them. It took the other three this long for it to sink in that the young woman was most formidable with a sword in her hand. Stammering in awe and bewilderment, they proceeded to tender abject apologies to her for their egregious and ungentlemanly behavior. She accepted their apologies with good grace, returned the borrowed sword to its owner, and rejoined the party. Needless to say, everyone was very polite to her after that. ### Both of my sisters were athletes with national championships to their credit. I learned early on not to underestimate the prowess of the female sex in any endeavor in which they chose to engage. Don Firth |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:34 PM (#2363678) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard The American athlete, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson comes to mind. She achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball and track and field. Not bad for the so-called "weaker" sex |
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11 Jun 08 - 06:27 PM (#2363744) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I love that story about Antoinette de Maupin, Don! Simply marvelous. DS, I have never considered women to be the "weaker" sex. Never at any moment in my life. Matter of fact, I consider men to be the weaker sex overall, despite the macho posturing that so many of them have engaged in since time immemorial. I have no sympathy with that approach at all, and have never engaged in it. I despise traditionally patriarchal authority systems. I admire women tremendously. In my opinion they are, on average, more mature and more responsible than men, they are the glue that holds society together, and when they take up traditionally male roles they usually do them every bit as well as men...if not better. They also are often better songwriters, in my opinion...on average. I've seen individual exceptions to everything I said above...but speaking in general terms? Women are formidable and anyone who thinks they are not has much to learn. ;-) Ever read about Tomoe Gozen? She was a legendary female Samurai in ancient Japan, and she was the greatest warrior of her age. I would rather read stories about her than about any male Samurai that ever lived. Of my greatest heroes (musical or otherwise)...you would be surprised how many are women. |
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11 Jun 08 - 07:15 PM (#2363795) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Gene - you forgot to include a link to your Myspace. I can only assume this was an oversight. |
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12 Jun 08 - 04:38 AM (#2364007) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 96 of 230: PARADIGMS "Thirty-all" is, in effect, "deuce"; Nobody has seen an "atom": An atom remains a model; "Thirty-all" an umpire's call. "They we just simply had to bomb"; And there are other given "truths"... If we humans evolved from apes, Why on earth are there living apes? From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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12 Jun 08 - 05:59 AM (#2364041) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Paul Burke Thank god for small mercies. Thank god for small verses. Or small nurses for that matter. |
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12 Jun 08 - 07:09 AM (#2364081) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Joe Can you explain what, in your view, is a paradigm? And therefore, what is the relevance of the apes? |
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12 Jun 08 - 08:12 AM (#2364118) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Hi Joe: thinking WITHIN a model/framework; accepting/taking things for granted, rather than challenging - be it, e.g., evolution (above) or capitalism (below): "ENDS Within the broader music industry, and beyond, what some get for their hour's work compared with others is ridiculous and inhumane; hence, many relatively competent musicians within the folk-scene are really struggling to make ends meet; so, if we like fair competition, we don't like capitalism. A better way, as I've suggested in verse, is to accept that humans are competitive, and have strong regulations (partly via nationalisation) to make that competition as fair as possible – whilst also providing 'safety-net' support" (from here). |
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12 Jun 08 - 08:53 AM (#2364142) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Volgadon I haven't posted any examples of my poetry, because they are excerable. I did myself (and others) the favour of binning them. Unimaginative, poor rhythm, no feeling, simply put. I'm not very good at writing it, but I love poetry and feel competent that I can judge when it simply isn't very good. WAV put up his work on a forum, so he ought to expect criticism. |
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12 Jun 08 - 09:45 AM (#2364178) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Joe I'm sure there is room in the evolutionary model for apes. I dont think things necessarily evolve into something better, more something different, usually by accident - creating the huge (but sadly ever decreasing) number of species we find today. To suggest that humans would evolve and therefore make apes obsolete implies that evolution is some sort of grand plan, which I dont think it is. Are you implying some sort of creationist theory in your poem? Your point about capitalism is fine, but when it comes to musicians, it is a little flawed, otherwise I would become a pro tomorrow, providing the safety nets were in place. Noone may choose to listen to me, but there we go. The creative types in the arts world usually find a way to subvert (or transcend?) the capitalist system, but I suppose we all need to put bread on the table somehow. |
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12 Jun 08 - 09:46 AM (#2364181) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Okay Volga......good point. WAV.......Your "poetry" is pathetic and the few messages which are understandable at all are racist, bigoted, and generally just plain, fucking moronic. Even your explanations (like this last one) make no sense whatsoever. But feel free to keep posting the shit. Dumbfucks make me laugh and you're a riot!!! Spaw |
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12 Jun 08 - 10:36 AM (#2364216) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse I wish a (Mud)cat would get your tongue, Catspaw. |
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12 Jun 08 - 11:15 AM (#2364242) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Paul Burke If we humans evolved from apes, Why on earth are there living apes? Because we specialised differently from them. Their evolutionary line was just as viable as ours- that's why they still exist. Look at it another way- if apes evolved from bacteria, why are there still bacteria? The answer is simple- because they can find something to live on. And the first eukaryotes that evolved from bacteria* could also find something to live on, so they survived (until they died out, but not before they'd evolved into the something else that eventially evolved into the next thing that.... led to apes). Get over the idea that evolution is a linear thing, that it's going somewhere. It certainly WENT somewhere, but that's another thing entirely. * Actually, it's probably truer to say that bacteria and eukaryotes (i=ncluding apes and people) shared a common ancestor. DNA analysis is throwing up some remarkable results, including that many assumtions about lineages are being challenged. |
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12 Jun 08 - 11:17 AM (#2364244) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Hey great Walky!!! Glad to know I'm getting to you. Of course it also means your entertainment value has lessened so I'll probably be posting less to you. Enjoy your thread....... Spaw |
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12 Jun 08 - 12:49 PM (#2364310) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Science has found the "missing link" between primitive apes and civilized man. He is us. Don Firth |
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12 Jun 08 - 01:57 PM (#2364373) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos To walk from here to past Land's End; And then, to turn toward home again; To think my thoughts, just as I please, The kind that come with careless ease; To blend them up, like half-made dreams Blended with cheap vanilla cream, Two nightmare shades, a tear, a joke, A squirt of concentrate of Coke; Sprinkle with apathy refined, And insight from a sightless mind, Stir until rattled, chill 'til dull And harder on hands than taffy pull. Then to shove all this down your throat With all the grace of a three-legged stoat This is my most insidious scheme! This is my hope, my deepest dream. And should you hope my hand to stay, I'm going to publish, anyway. Myra Pizallim Pourtant Ranting Incantations and Mumbles World Ineptitude and Impotency Council Publication (WIICP) New York, NY, 2001 |
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12 Jun 08 - 02:01 PM (#2364381) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Poetry Lover I doubt that WalkaboutsVerse will be winning the Forward Prize, the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, or the T. S. Eliot Prize any time soon, if ever, but his poems will certainly be of interest to scatologists. |
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12 Jun 08 - 03:15 PM (#2364455) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: irishenglish I posted this on another thread regarding WAV: With apologies to Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick: Walkabout, Walkabout Walkabout with me The more we walkaboutsverse together love The lesser we'll agree, we'll agree.... |
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12 Jun 08 - 03:23 PM (#2364461) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard One foot in his mouth, one finger in his eye Undertakers bow their heads as WAV goes walking by... Ohhhhh... (see above for the chorus) |
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13 Jun 08 - 06:08 AM (#2364871) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Whilst warbling, a folky's finger may, rather, DS, go in his or her ear. |
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13 Jun 08 - 12:45 PM (#2365164) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard errrr...alright, whatever you say. Oh dear! I believe I said elsewhere that this person is definitely suffering from hA!ha! deficiency |
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13 Jun 08 - 04:29 PM (#2365353) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Yeah Shep, he's humor impaired along with everything else. And, while his finger goes to his ear, his head goes up his ass. Spaw |
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13 Jun 08 - 05:28 PM (#2365395) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 146 of 230: HORSES FOR COURSES? To some, in income-anticipation, Horse-balking at gates is a small debase; To me, it seems a memory/fear case Over the coming whip-castigation. To some, the winning jockey's elation Is the highlight of an ended horserace; To me, the horse's bulged veins and scared face Undermine the winners' celebration. I can't condone a punter's desire To gamble rather than earn a living, But can acknowledge a jockey's courage; I can't see and think as a raced sire, Nor feel the scrapes hedges are giving, But find horses choiceless in their bondage. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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13 Jun 08 - 06:03 PM (#2365415) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman have you written a poem about the rejection of the lisbon treaty? |
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13 Jun 08 - 06:18 PM (#2365425) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Are you jealous, Spaw? After all, very few people are limber enough to get their head anywhere near their own ass, let alone up it! I think you're just jealous. It's becoming more obvious with your every post. |
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13 Jun 08 - 08:39 PM (#2365523) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth But it is incredible how many people actually manage it! I may start up a business with a plastic surgeon of my acqauitance to install Plexiglas abdominal inserts so these limber folks won't have to keep bumping into things. Don Firth |
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13 Jun 08 - 08:52 PM (#2365530) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Nope. Scratch that idea! The plastic surgeon and I talked it over and checked out the preliminary sketches, and discovered an obvious design flaw. It's a closed loop. The only view the patient would get through the Plexiglas window would be of his or her own chest. Oh, well. . . . (But so many potential customers!!) Don Firth |
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13 Jun 08 - 08:58 PM (#2365536) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Unless, of course, it involved bending back, around, and. . . . (Hurts to even think about it!) Time for potential customer survey. Don Firth |
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13 Jun 08 - 09:09 PM (#2365547) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Only yoga masters can do it. |
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13 Jun 08 - 11:44 PM (#2365608) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk But...they generally choose not to. |
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14 Jun 08 - 04:06 AM (#2365668) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse (From ASSes to horse racing to "Trooping the Colour"...if you have access to the BBC, please note how much the horses hate having a bit in their mouth, and imagine being pulled via pressure on your lips and gums for half a day.) THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. Poem 204 of 230: ON FISHING REGULATION It's not just what's taken That needs regulation: Alive, caught fish suffer - Sometimes, right till supper; And, when some fish are farmed, Homing instincts are harmed. But to most it's insane To fret over such pain - Though as much to a dog Would leave many agog. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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14 Jun 08 - 07:21 AM (#2365732) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Clare Balding, of the BBC, just commented on "Tooping the Colour" that her favourite horse almost seemed to be mouthing the commands of it's mount...no, no, no - it was, rather, trying to get the damn bit, by which it was being steered, out of it's mouth! |
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14 Jun 08 - 10:41 AM (#2365796) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST Genuine English fishhooks and horsebits are designed to cause no discomfort. Unlike some nations. Stu |
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14 Jun 08 - 11:08 AM (#2365805) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse But when horses are free in the field, Stu, they are NOT constantly moving and frothing at the mouth in the stressed manner of those horses on "Trooping the Colour" parade. |
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14 Jun 08 - 11:39 AM (#2365823) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Stu said, "Genuine English fishhooks and horsebits are designed to cause no discomfort. Unlike some nations." and some people in those nations, I might add :-D |
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14 Jun 08 - 11:53 AM (#2365832) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I don't think anyone has designed people who cause no discomfort. Even babies. What is this, some covert creationism movement? A |
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15 Jun 08 - 05:16 AM (#2366222) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To Amos - rather than keeping fish alive for freshness, we kill the pain and freeze them quick. |
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15 Jun 08 - 09:18 AM (#2366308) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Dear WalksWithHeadUp Ass, That was a perfect example of why so many here think you're an asshole. Your response to Amos makes no sense and suggests you're on some kind of narcotic that has rendered whatever was left of your brain into the consistency of runny oatmeal. Try to at least respond on topic or a mod might consider this thread too is going nowhere (which I believe is the case). Perhaps it is you that needs a quick freeze......... Spaw |
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15 Jun 08 - 09:38 AM (#2366317) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Where, Catspaw, does the rain in Spain tend to fall..? |
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15 Jun 08 - 11:25 AM (#2366349) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Are you implying, Spaw, that there is no cruelty to fish in Ohio? |
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15 Jun 08 - 11:49 AM (#2366367) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 So Hawk.....I see you have been ingesting some of WalksHoldingTinyBalls' drugs............You mainlining some of that NonSequiturium are ya'? BTW, we are cruel to many fish here as we eat them a lot.....mercury and all! Spaw |
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15 Jun 08 - 06:04 PM (#2366514) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Better to eat tuna full of mercury, than to drive a Mercury full of tuna, I always say. Haven't I always said that, Hawk? You know its true. It's one of the few things you can safely say I have always said, about the mercury and the tuna. It's a little joke, about cars and food, you see... A |
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15 Jun 08 - 07:27 PM (#2366563) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Your wit and your sagacity are without peer, Amos, as ever. ;-) Spaw, you have reminded me that there was a halfbreed scout working for General Custer to whom the Lakota had given that same name: Walks Holding Tiny Balls After the Battle of the Little Big Horn, though, they changed his name to Used To Walk Holding Tiny Balls. |
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15 Jun 08 - 07:56 PM (#2366577) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Didn't the Lakota call Custer RidesIntoHellWithNoBrains? I think I read that somewhere or another. This was before LBH as a matter of fact as a Lakotan Wise Man had heard about Custer's exploits in other situations during and before the Civil War. Didja' know Custer was from Ohio? Same town that later would be the birthplace of Clark Gable. Ohio produced some fine Generals back then like Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan.....and then there was Custer. Very sad. Rosecrans was no prize either. Hey.....We try..... Spaw |
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15 Jun 08 - 08:15 PM (#2366584) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Well, yeah, Custer had a simplified notion of how to fight a battle...arrive early (when they're still mostly asleep), take 'em totally by surprise, freak 'em out by having the band play "Garry Owen", and launch the irresistible charge!!!!! Hurrah!!!! Only problem was...at LBH he arrived around midday, he did NOT succeed in taking them totally by surprise (although they were certainly surprised when Reno made his initial attack at the far end of the village, but they just got really mad about that), the marching band did not come along that time, and the irrestible charge never got across the river. ;-) Let's see...what else could have gone wrong? Oh yeah, and he was very badly outnumbered, and the Indians were very confident too, having whipped Crook's larger column at the Rosebud only a few days earlier. Hmmm. And then there was Crazy Horse, an even more capable practitioner of the irresistible charge technique... Well, it was a bad day for Custer and an equally bad day for Walks Holding Tiny Balls, lemme tell ya. Perhaps one day WAV will tour Montana and the Dakotas and write us some poetry about his observations of the Custer battlefield and other such historic locations in that area. If we're lucky, that is. |
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15 Jun 08 - 08:35 PM (#2366591) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Wow.....Wouldn't that be really keen? I can only hope and pray it will happen! Imagine having such a fine poet as WalksWithTurdCaughtCrosswise writing original works about about Fargo perhaps. Until then maybe he could do a few on the great live webcam bringing us the everchanging sculpting of Crazy Horse and his steed.......... Spaw |
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15 Jun 08 - 08:43 PM (#2366595) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Great minds think alike. ;-) The very same thought had occurred to me, Spaw. I have been just rivetted to the Crazy Horse webcam for weeks now, watching as the work goes ahead by leaps and bounds there. I cannot let a day go by without checking in at least 8 or 10 times through the day, because I know if I don't that I will miss out on something really special. Those people do not rest on their laurels, man, they move! If only we had such bold and decisive management in Washington, why, we could turn this whole country around! |
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16 Jun 08 - 01:41 AM (#2366676) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil To Little Hawk: (I put this on another thread, just in case you were in that one) Remember me? I'm from the Hillary thread, who was posting, when you and Guest from Sanity, were posting. Well, we made contact, (he was the composer, if you remember), and he played for us live, online with his web cam, we had our computer hooked through our entertainment center, and through, great speakers. As we listened, tears flowed down our eyes, then he took us all sorts of places in the music. Never heard anything like it before!! He's a friggin' genius!!! About the most beautiful sounds and music, I've (we've) ever heard!! He actually said he was still working on it..UNBELIEVABLE!!! Just Thought I'd tell you. If this ever hit the airwaves....(as it is instantly likable), Lord knows where it will take him, (probably be an influence in music) We could see, 'emotional images(if you will) and it told a complete story, USING NO WORDS! No wonder he was in a music forum, and no wonder now, why he thinks the way he does!!!. I went back and re-read his posts, and some of the stuff he said about creativity, and attitudes, make complete sense. He lives on a higher place..can see why all this political stuff is not his cup of tea!.. ok..Just thought I's let you know!! |
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16 Jun 08 - 08:29 AM (#2366860) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Thanks for that Crazy Horse link; and, if you'd like to hear some fine Amerindian music, you'll find 3 links on my myspace Top Friends, just next to Eva Cassidy. |
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16 Jun 08 - 11:36 AM (#2366978) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Hey, Cecil, thanks for the message. How would I get to hear some of that music? Got a link I can go to? |
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16 Jun 08 - 01:43 PM (#2367069) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Another none to subtle direct to Walswithheaduphisarse's scribblings, I see |
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16 Jun 08 - 01:50 PM (#2367075) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk As the hounddog said when he abandoned the trail, DS, I don't follow you. |
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16 Jun 08 - 01:59 PM (#2367085) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard "Thanks for that Crazy Horse link; and, if you'd like to hear some fine Amerindian music, you'll find 3 links on my myspace Top Friends, just next to Eva Cassidy." There, is that better? |
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16 Jun 08 - 02:06 PM (#2367095) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil LH: No link that he has. If you catch him, he'll probably play it live for you, unless you can hook up to him, and he make arrangements. He said he wanted to finish it,all the way before he shows too many people. What a blessed treat you're in for!! I just can't describe adequately what this stuff is. Sorta like a soundtrack to your inner soul, as it takes you to emotional, spiritual, playful, longing and magnificent places in us. When we heard it, there were four of us listening..all with tears,(mostly from the beauty), hope, and power, all while a definite soaring melody was going on. Afterwards, we found ourselves humming parts, all night long, and smiling at each other! It stays with you, and leaves a thirst to hear more the next day. Left other music we heard, sounding so cheesy, and cheap we weren't even interested in hearing any more of it!! |
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16 Jun 08 - 02:46 PM (#2367129) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Okay, DS, I've got it... ;-) Cecil - How did you contact him? |
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16 Jun 08 - 02:52 PM (#2367137) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Cecil, you sound like a [proxy identity or finger-puppet of GfS. A |
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16 Jun 08 - 05:13 PM (#2367306) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Peace I don't think Custer was a General at the time of the Little Big Horn. |
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16 Jun 08 - 05:33 PM (#2367328) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Peace said, "I don't think Custer was a General at the time of the Little Big Horn. I believe he was actually a Lt. Colonel. |
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16 Jun 08 - 06:31 PM (#2367408) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk You're right, Peace, he wasn't. Still, he is often referred to as General Custer for some reason. I think he was a general or a major general briefly at around the end of the Civil War, but he got demoted at some point after that. Custer figured that a big, dramatic victory over Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse would be his last chance to parlay his military reputation into a successful political career...with maybe a shot at the presidency. It was go for broke time, because the Indian wars were clearly in their final days, so he risked all to be the first to trap and defeat the Lakota and Cheyenne. As it turned out, he risked too much. Boy, just think what it would have been like if George Armstrong Custer had become the president of the USA sometime in the 1880s or 1890s! It would have been like having George Bush in the Oval Office a hundred and ten years ahead of schedule. ;-) |
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16 Jun 08 - 06:36 PM (#2367412) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Peace Thank you both. My memory which was always the sh#ts anyway is getting worse with age. Who was it that led the riders that sucked the Custer unit of the Seventh Cav in to the ambush? Anyone know? |
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16 Jun 08 - 07:03 PM (#2367434) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Some good info on the Last Stand HERE...... Spaw |
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16 Jun 08 - 07:27 PM (#2367460) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I wouldn't say they were sucked into any ambush, Peace. Rather, they arrived unexpectedly as unwanted "guests" at the biggest Indian village ever seen in that region and were refused entrance (to put it mildly), swarmed upon, and annihilated...but not without putting up a courageous fight. If by "ambush" you mean the few Indians who stopped Custer from making the river crossing...well, that's one of many conflicting stories from many different eyewitnesses of the action, and I don't think anyone will ever know for sure exactly what happened. One story suggests that Custer himself was seriously injured by a rifle shot from those few warriors just at the beginning of the fight, and that this injury aborted his unit's attempt to cross the river. Other stories suggest that in uninjured Custer led some of his men in a retreat to "Last Stand Hill" while other small groups of soldiers got scattered in various different directions. The group on the hill attempted to make a defensive position behind their dead horses and engaged in volley fire for some time but were eventually overwhelmed and all killed, as were all the other troopers and scouts in Custer's immediate forces (as opposed to those others under the command of Reno and Benteen). |
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16 Jun 08 - 07:32 PM (#2367467) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth When it comes to "last stands," might I suggest. . . . CLICKY? Don Firth |
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16 Jun 08 - 10:56 PM (#2367545) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil Just got home from work, and opened the forum, and once again, Amos is attacking any, and everybody who has a nice thing to say about anything or anyone else. What gives? You had a bad life, or something?? Do you dislike white people, or what? This is suppose to be a friendly place to exchange ideas, thoughts, and musical or political ideas. Now get a grip. I heard what I heard, and saw what I saw, and it was great. Get a life, and LET IT GO! |
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16 Jun 08 - 11:14 PM (#2367556) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Ah, yes. Quite so. Thanks, Cecil, for setting me straight; I really needed a good admonishment. I'd love to hear the tantalizing music you are talking about, truly. A |
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17 Jun 08 - 01:16 AM (#2367566) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil I just read several other threads, and I really can't see why you think you need ANOTHER admonishment..you've got plenty of them! As for contacting GfS, if you look, you'll find how. You can let him tell you how, but like I said, you can find it. Personally, I'd let him invite you,(as he did with me), as I haven't seen much of him on here recently. On the other hand, as he said, the other night, "There really is life, outside of blogs and chat rooms" |
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17 Jun 08 - 05:18 AM (#2367633) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...and, at 800, I just ate breakfast. |
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17 Jun 08 - 08:53 AM (#2367740) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk You mean 0800, WAV? Hey, Cecil, Amos is actually a good guy, but he decided to lock horns with you awhile back on the basis of some suspicion he had about you being "a troll"...and you know how the human mind works? It decides "This guy (or gal) is no good!" and then it sets about fighting a war whenever it spots "that guy" from that point on. The usual thing that happens is that the other person reacts back in the same fashion. You now have 2 people who get more and more pissed off every time they read anything the other one says, and they react to it, and they post a sarcastic, contemptuous retort, and explain what a jerk they think the other person is. The reaction sets off a counter-reaction. This is exactly how feuds get started and how they grow worse over time. It's also how wars work. At the beginning of the war both sides are thinking in terms of holding to tradition, being honorable, only attacking the other side's combatants, not bombing any civilian targets...and so on...but by the end of the war they are both bombing the hell out of every civilian target they can find, massacring innocent people wholesale, executing and starving their prisoners, shooting up fishing boats because there are no big ships left to torpedo, and dropping A-bombs on helpless cities full of noncombatants. And they both feel justified in committing every horrendous act, because they have lost all respect for the "rotten bastards" on the other side!!! That's how it works. A nasty process. Now, I know Amos personally, and he's actually a very nice guy, but very nice guys can get caught up in these feuds too. I bet you are also a nice guy, Cecil. See what I mean? |
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17 Jun 08 - 10:20 AM (#2367810) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil How FAR back?? |
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17 Jun 08 - 10:48 AM (#2367834) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Yes, LH, it was around 0800 hours I had my cereal with soya, and my toast with peanut butter and raspberry jam, washed down with coffee - also with soya. |
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17 Jun 08 - 10:58 AM (#2367845) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Peace Gentlemen: If you need seconds, Little Hawk and I will be happy to help in that regard. I dislike rising before the sun, and at my age staying awake after sundown is a chore. Perhaps we could agree to high noon as determined by the vernal equinox or Mr Timex, whatever is easier. I'd prefer the Timex because at noon I like to nap, and sometimes noon on the watch is not noon in the vernal equinox. Also, I have NO idea what the vernal equinox really is. Venereal equinox: that I would understand. Crabs, no problem. But Vernal? Nope. So, to clarify, what say we all meet at the corner of two agreed upon streets. Come bringing your preferred weapons--I have a distaste for LOUD NOISES, so anything over ten kilotons is a no-no, and we'll let nature take it from there. Lemme know. (LH, we are gonna capture this on film. The flash from the weapon might over expose the final frame, so bring really dark filters.) |
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17 Jun 08 - 11:04 AM (#2367853) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Peace As a BTW, Amos is one of the best friends a guy ever had. I am fortunate to have him in my life. FYI. |
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17 Jun 08 - 12:15 PM (#2367892) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Polite Guest Little Hawk, you are one very wise man. x |
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17 Jun 08 - 02:06 PM (#2367988) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Little Hawk is indeed terribly wise; he is also a wise guy. But in one small detail, he hath erred. I try to be polite, and I try to also say what I mean, a neat balancing act. I never decided that Cecil was no good. I did feel that the quality of his cybercommunications looked decidedly similatr to certain other entities known and unknown who have been snufflopping around these parts over the last couple of years, even though his handle appears to be of quite recent date. This may be a correct intuitive decision, or it may be wrong. If wrong, he has my apologies. |
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17 Jun 08 - 05:06 PM (#2368185) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Well, you had your suspicions, right? Suspicion itself colors the way one sees and interprets things. For example, my dog is suspicious of the dog across the way. The dog across the way feels the same about him. Their mutual suspicion grows day by day. Resentment builds and festers. Raucous insults and idle threats are daily exchanged across the property line. You can see where this is going, right? ;-) The problem is, those dogs just started off on the wrong foot way back at the beginning. |
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17 Jun 08 - 05:21 PM (#2368197) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Hear, hear - enough DOGma, and barking up the wrong tree! |
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17 Jun 08 - 06:30 PM (#2368265) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Little Hawk: Ceci n'est pas un chien, mon vieux. A |
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17 Jun 08 - 08:18 PM (#2368354) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I am sorry to say my karma just flattened your dogma... A |
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17 Jun 08 - 11:56 PM (#2368439) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil To Amos, LH, and anyone concerned: GfS, is a mutual friend of another friend, who is on this blog. That friend, told me about this blog, and I believe I've only been on here about two weeks(perhaps less, but about that long). There is another 'cecil' Who spells his name in the lower case. That is not me. I only 'met' GfS, on here, and recently, via IM, and web cam, and that was by way of the other friend, aforementioned. Sheesh, now I know how Iraq feels, in regards to WMDs, and Bush's 'intelligence'....even though our government was right, ..Saddam did have them..we know, because we have the sales receipts! In as so far, as all this ganging up, well(in reading some posts from GfS), he said, 'Just because we have freedom of speech, doesn't mean we have to shoot our mouths off'....!(Right he was) In any event, Have a really great night!! |
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18 Jun 08 - 12:33 AM (#2368445) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos OK, Cec. Got you wrong. Sorry. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 01:02 PM (#2368977) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman Yes, LH, it was around 0800 hours I had my cereal with soya, and my toast with peanut butter and raspberry jam, washed down with coffee - also with soya on the 17 day of june in the year of 08 I got up out of my bed rather late I had my cereal with soya,Then pootered in my foyer an epistle send to mudcat,about englishness and all that. peanut butter and raspberry jam,much healthier than eggs and spam. washed down with coffee,but alas no toffee, but healthy soya,while i sing the song the lawyer on the 17 day of june 2008. |
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18 Jun 08 - 01:11 PM (#2368997) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Thought for the day, from Dorothy Parker who was asked if she could come up with 'something clever' using the word horticulture Mrs. Parker replied "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't necessarily make her think" |
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18 Jun 08 - 01:35 PM (#2369020) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Between flights of ricocheting irrelevancy and intensely focused triviality, this thread should be awarded the Head Spin of the Year Award. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 03:11 PM (#2369153) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...Poem 191 of 230: WEATHERED PIPES...SOMEWHERE - WINTER 2001/2 As we spun slowly through a warmer winter-night Some birds sung sweetly - out of my sight; And then, finally returned to the waiting sun, The turned bathtub-taps soon ceased to run. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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18 Jun 08 - 03:40 PM (#2369183) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard There was a young woman named Plunnery, who was practiced in the art of gunnery, one day, unobservant, she blew up a servant, and had to retire to a nunnery. makes about as much sense :-D |
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18 Jun 08 - 04:12 PM (#2369228) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos The very air is rich with words Describing faeces from said birds; And as the red sun slowly lowers, I hear the song of two lawnmowers. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 04:23 PM (#2369238) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk A Chinese bricklayer named Fong Had a "tool" so incredibly long A professor named Blake Mistook it for a snake. Now it's in a glass case in Hong Kong. |
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18 Jun 08 - 04:34 PM (#2369249) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard A lady, who signs herself "Vexed" Writes to say she believes she's been hexed: "I don't mind my shins Being stuck full of pins, But I feel I am coming unsexed." |
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18 Jun 08 - 05:46 PM (#2369309) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman as we run fast through a cold summers night. those prunes __+ caused me to shite. and then, finally my diaorrhea ceased to come. which turned my kilt to a colour of dun |
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18 Jun 08 - 06:03 PM (#2369322) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman viewing sex over a thicket: hole in one,for once well timed. viewing a man having sex with a bike. an english tradition enshrined |
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18 Jun 08 - 06:14 PM (#2369334) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST My breakfast, plated, fried and greasy with beans and peanut butter toast (borrowed from the colonies but none the worse for that) I ate in a Bewleys in Dublin Described as full Irish Stu |
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18 Jun 08 - 06:29 PM (#2369348) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk People who can't write good limericks Should not turn to sad, feeble gimericks With 4 lines that don't rhyme And are lacking good time With no meter and no sense of trimericks And you call yourselves "poets"? Ha! I've seen better poetry in highway rest stop cubicles. |
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18 Jun 08 - 06:53 PM (#2369369) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Little Hawk: There are no such things as trimericks. Unless you are referring to trimeric molecules. which is built of three monomers. Your scanning also sucks. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 08:12 PM (#2369439) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos ANd the reason you claim to have seen better poetry in rest-rooms is because, sir, you spend much more time in them than any normal human would. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 08:40 PM (#2369459) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Oh, what a world Of woe and sin! My head grows bald, But not my chin. —BurmaShave Don Firth |
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18 Jun 08 - 08:50 PM (#2369463) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk You do me a disservice, Amos, to criticize my obviously whimsical and satirical limerick, which quite deliberately employs the use of blatantly fictional words in order to strike a humorous note. But then, what else would I expect from a man who stuffs anchovies in his underwear on public holidays and has been seen sprinting down Hollywood Boulevard late at night dressed only in a beanie cap and a set of dayglo green pasties? ;-) |
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18 Jun 08 - 08:51 PM (#2369464) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth This is not a clever verse; I tried and tried, but it just got worse! Don Firth |
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18 Jun 08 - 08:58 PM (#2369473) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Was told where everyone went to........................ Roses are red Violets are blue I'm a schizophrenic And so am I |
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18 Jun 08 - 11:23 PM (#2369531) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Oh, Hawk, you are a true friend, a good friend,a blue friend, a longlasting companion. As such, I am sure you are willing to overlook a little disservice. It's kind of a two-way street, I would suggest. It would not be up to your usual spiritual standards to condescend to shmorking the unflattable just to cater to some dishamulate array of conceits. A |
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18 Jun 08 - 11:41 PM (#2369538) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk You put that persuasively, Amos. Let us agree then to petriculate the incontrovertable, to masticate the undigestible, and to thereby establish a fitting and lasting concordance of mutually amicable dispensations. |
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19 Jun 08 - 12:24 AM (#2369553) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity It sounds as if Hekyll and Jekyll are waxing poetic Just came up for another break..stay a couple of minutes before I submerge into the land, beneath the foundation, to continue my journey into the central nervous system, directly to the heart, of spiritual conversations. The first time I heard an angel, her words fell like teardrops upon my scars....... V V V V V MIGHT NOT BE BACK SOON........... |
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19 Jun 08 - 12:11 PM (#2369901) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard As tourists inspected the aspe, An ominous series of raps Came from under the alter Which caused some to falter And others to shriek and collapse. --------------------------------- Each day WAV fills me with dread As he sits on the end of a bed; I don't mind that he speaks In gibbers and squeaks But for seventeen years he's been dead. :-D with profound apologies to Edward Gorey |
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19 Jun 08 - 01:08 PM (#2369962) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 That's sad DS........and even sadder that his wife never noticed. When asked if he was dead she replied she didn't know for sure as their sex life was about the same and maybe a trifle better but the lawn was completely overgrown. Spaw |
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19 Jun 08 - 01:11 PM (#2369966) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Spaw, wasn't it Dorothy Parker who made the observation, on hearing of Calvin Coolidge's death. How could they tell? :-D |
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19 Jun 08 - 01:23 PM (#2369982) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk That's how it was with Ed Sullivan too. |
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19 Jun 08 - 01:57 PM (#2370009) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse 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. The beats through us of a drum; Winter's sun felt through closed glass; Handing in the last exam; Awakenings – alarmless! 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. Viewing set-over cricket; A golf ball, for once, well struck; Viewing velodrome cycling; From net-chord, levelling luck! Sticks, chants, didgeridoo, Haunting harps, and all bagpipes; Clog, flamenco, tamure, Hula, and other dance types. Out, by a cast, being told; In - taking tea and T.V.; Highland views that command rest; The buildings of Italy. Thrifty plant-propagation; By a wave one's body hit; Upstream of camp - with paddle; By a fire - strongly lit. Forest spent-leaves under foot; Tasting a host-nation's fare; Alcedo atthis at work; Just bills being brought to bear. Allegros when feeling low; An andante to wind down; Spoken French and chorused song; The quiet when out of town. A stroll through a kept garden, Before Sunday's roast dinner; A pub game, drink and meal; One's team a comeback winner. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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19 Jun 08 - 02:02 PM (#2370016) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Yowsa! Now THAT is poetry. Ye Gods. How do you do it, man? I can just see DS writhing in the grip of envy over that one. I bet she will pretend she thinks it's no good, that's my guess. Yup, and then there's Spaw. He could just die when he reads that stuff, knowing it has attained a height of perfection that he will never reach. I mean, hell, the man owns Weimaraners. Weimaraners! That tells you a lot. |
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19 Jun 08 - 02:19 PM (#2370053) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Actually more like complete indifference. Like others who have found out before, WAV is beginning to bore the arse off me. |
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19 Jun 08 - 02:25 PM (#2370065) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos FIrst comes A. Then, B. Then again A, Then B, you see. New! A C. Matched by a D. If possible, again a C. And another D, you see. Now, start with an E!! Followed by F! Repeat wtih an E Also followed by F. Then march on the G With H right after. Another G (ignoring the laughter). And so in pairs, And couplets marching, Poetry, much like laundry In need of starching. |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:04 PM (#2370112) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk So you're saying that too much familiarity has bred contempt, DS? (sigh) That so often happens. Specially in those intimate relationships we all place such high hopes upon when we are young and fresh and untried. |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:28 PM (#2370149) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard You must philosophise, But why must you bore us to tears? You're wet bhind the ears, You tell us things no one else hears. You spend all your time quoting, Versing the hours into years. with profound apologies to Richard Thompson |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:33 PM (#2370162) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Specially in those intimate relationships we all place such high hopes upon when we are young and fresh and untried. None of which, I hasten to point out, are currently applicable to WAV or LH either. A |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:36 PM (#2370167) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk What would you know about my intimate relationships, sir? Are you suggesting that I have not scaled the dizzying heights of romance and faced the rigors of love lost and affection spurned in my time? |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:38 PM (#2370169) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Oh, Oh, looks like pistols at dawn, AGAIN! :-D |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:48 PM (#2370182) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: catspaw49 Just admit it Hawk......the one time you had a chance with Winona Ryder she said your now advancing years made you a poor risk in bed....................Of course it could be worse. I doubt WalksAboutWithShriveledBalls hasn't had sex in this century and probably not the last either. Spaw |
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19 Jun 08 - 03:51 PM (#2370184) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard I'm sure Richard would have witty reply to that. I've seen and heard him shoot down hecklers in magnificant style |
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19 Jun 08 - 04:01 PM (#2370189) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk You're a nasty bugger, Spaw. ;-) I plan to woo Winona using my deft conversational skills and my naturally gallant nature...but I have not yet had the chance to put my theories to the test. That Johnny Depp. Man, he has lived. Lived, I tell you! |
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19 Jun 08 - 07:27 PM (#2370301) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Actually, Hawk, I was merely pointing out that you are not young, you are not untried (my god--the number of times you've tried!), and you are certainly are not fresh; more like a mackerel, twinkling in the moonlight, on the back lawn of civilization. There was a course once in diagramming sentences and working out which part modified what, which you must have missed. Perhaps you were absent that particular day after day after day. Otherwise, my meaning woudl have been clear. A |
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19 Jun 08 - 07:39 PM (#2370312) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Stilly River Sage The beats through us of a drum; Winter's sun felt through closed glass; Handing in the last exam; Awakenings – alarmless! Glass and alarmless. Who knew? |
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19 Jun 08 - 09:20 PM (#2370372) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Yes, Amos, but it's so much more fun misinterpreting what you say and pretending to get upset about it. Ah, well. I suspect I would not be able to keep up with Winona for long. Matter of fact, I'm sure of it. Thus I am envisioning a strictly part time and friendly relationship based on mutual freedom that would not tie down or restrict either participant or demand any type of exclusive committments, if you follow me. Anyway, she smokes, and I can't take a whole lot of that. I don't care how attractive the other person is. |
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19 Jun 08 - 09:33 PM (#2370377) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Peace It's the friction that causes that, LH. |
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19 Jun 08 - 09:52 PM (#2370385) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Oh, I see. Well, some lubricants could help, then. |
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19 Jun 08 - 10:47 PM (#2370404) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Unless she still smokes afterwards... A |
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20 Jun 08 - 12:49 AM (#2370445) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Y-a-a-a-a-a-a-wwwnnnnn |
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20 Jun 08 - 04:38 AM (#2370501) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 88 of 230: FROM 20TH-CENTURY SEXUALITY From One Lover to Free Lover to Fee Lover, For children's sakes, let's fashion back to One Lover: In public-life there are - guess what - women and men; Thus, upbringing's best by a woman AND a man - Not by one or two men, or one or two women, And not in a tug-of-war of women and men. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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20 Jun 08 - 03:31 PM (#2370964) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth When something is Its own parody, It's difficult to tell Whether or not It's intentional. Don Firth |
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20 Jun 08 - 05:34 PM (#2371035) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard From Number Nine, Penwiper Mews There is really abominable news: They've discovered a head In the box for the bread And nobody seems to know whose. -Edward Gorey |
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20 Jun 08 - 06:19 PM (#2371064) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk LOL! I love it. Keep 'em coming. |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:44 AM (#2371262) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. Poem 195 of 230: MUSING ON WIMBLEDON - SUMMER 2002 2001 got somewhat cheeky, So, on my T.V., I was pleased to see Old-fashioned etiquette about the net... But oh! to get among the coaching set. Thus, here is a feature that I'd teach: Two-hands each side – either off when can't reach. And, as for thoughts on pay, I do not say "Amateur play" but "spread-out the outlay." From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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21 Jun 08 - 05:15 AM (#2371275) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity The man in the tree is staring at me All of the blood dripping down He says: where are you bound? Said: I'm going to town to pawn my crown And never come back here again My lady in waiting is weaving a robe Of silk and moonlight and now And she never asks how So pleasant a task she never asks And she only listens to friends The man at the store he looks at my crown Listens to my sad tale He says it never fails If the crown is for sale, I'll give you some nails But you can only use them on friends The man in the tree was staring at me As I passed by again on that day He said I'd got in his way Said: nails aren't the way to be free to stay So I traded them all for the end Went back to my lady in waiting and all of her friends |
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21 Jun 08 - 02:09 PM (#2371512) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Jesus on a ]Rubber Cross From One Lover to Free Lover to Fee Lover, For children's sakes, let's fashion back to One Lover: In public-life there are - guess what - women and men; Thus, upbringing's best by a woman AND a man - Not by one or two men, or one or two women, And not in a tug-of-war of women and men. |
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21 Jun 08 - 02:28 PM (#2371524) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" and you can't say fairer than that :-D huge thanks to Lewis Carroll (very English 'e was) |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:33 PM (#2371545) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Is madness contagious when communicated typographically? A |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:37 PM (#2371551) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard I was hoping fun might be, but I hope in vain :-D |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:38 PM (#2371552) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Is that a rhetorical question?? |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:42 PM (#2371554) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Is the question, Is that a rhetorical question?? a rhetorical question? :-D |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:48 PM (#2371559) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Is the question, "Is the question, 'Is that a rhetorical question??' a rhetorical question?" a rhetorical question? (Well, someone had to do it. . . .) Don Firth |
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21 Jun 08 - 03:59 PM (#2371563) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Yes, it was. But now it isn't, as it is no longer in question. A |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:05 PM (#2371570) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Is the question, "Is the question, 'Is that a rhetorical question??' a rhetorical question?" a rhetorical question? I will not, repat I will not........ :-D |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:14 PM (#2371576) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Hey!..It was my question...Do I get a say in it??? |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:25 PM (#2371581) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Your question was answered when I said "Yes it was". My question was rhetorical, until the later posts removed all doubt. A |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:32 PM (#2371585) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard And here's me thinking this was an attempt at humour...silly me :-D |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:36 PM (#2371589) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Was that a rhettorical remark ,Scarlett? A |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:40 PM (#2371592) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Like I said..... |
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21 Jun 08 - 04:48 PM (#2371597) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse What about Wimbledon, Wanderers?! |
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21 Jun 08 - 05:49 PM (#2371629) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Speaking of things rhetorical, I am reminded of THIS. (This isn't as long, but I believe it ranks right up there with Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?") Don Firth |
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21 Jun 08 - 07:02 PM (#2371658) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Thank you, Don!!!...After the one you posted, I went to some others, of that series...Laughed my ass off!..Till my lungs hurt!!..Thank you! |
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22 Jun 08 - 02:11 AM (#2371734) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos That is a genuine crackup, Don. Thanks. A |
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22 Jun 08 - 08:29 PM (#2372205) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk LOL! I can't bloody well believe it either! Really...I can't. |
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23 Jun 08 - 11:12 AM (#2372516) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity There was a Persian king Who wanted to know What he could say on Every occasion That always would be so Illusions, circles and changes Illusions, always changing Like the wind and the rain He summoned three wise men From his eternal throne One from each border Gave them his order To write words always true The wise men thought so hard For a night and day Found these words to say on Every occasion These things too shall pass away |
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23 Jun 08 - 11:52 AM (#2372549) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 14 of 230: NIGHT OR DAY?! In the far north of Sweden, A "Land of the Midnight Sun," A strange thing chanced upon me - And I'll tell you, just for fun.
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23 Jun 08 - 01:20 PM (#2372598) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard errrr...yeah. alright, whateveryousay :-D |
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23 Jun 08 - 05:44 PM (#2372783) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...I thought it was quite closely tied to the "night and day" of the previous post by Sanity, Def Shepard. |
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23 Jun 08 - 05:55 PM (#2372788) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity HUH??? What did you mean by that?? |
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23 Jun 08 - 06:08 PM (#2372798) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity In her eyes, centuries are Hair as black and straight as lonely streets are Look into her eyes Look into her eyes Have you ever been there You wander lost along the sea shore Ask the reason why All the villains always live And all the heroes always die She dissolves your words in acid Nothing is the same First she throws away the rules Then she throws away the game She says she's not immune to knowledge She's not afraid of clouds Then you wander hand in hand Among imaginary crowds There's nothing you can do about it Nothing you can change Seems like only yesterday Lost inside a picture frame |
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23 Jun 08 - 06:20 PM (#2372804) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard My reaction was simply an externalisation of what I generally feel about your so called verse WAV, that's all, no more, no less. |
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23 Jun 08 - 07:30 PM (#2372861) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos GFS: Yours? Excellent! A |
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23 Jun 08 - 08:19 PM (#2372893) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity I have just come back from the land beyond the mountain This is not a story I was told When all the people are made out of wood They build their houses of bones Sail away, Oh sail away The edge of the world is near Sail away, Oh sail away from here I have just come back from the land beyond the mountain All the cigarettes are hand rolled Nothing is bought and nobody is sold And everything's made of gold I have just come back from the land beyond the mountain There a man with wounds I did see Said: I do not want to escape from reality I want reality to escape from me |
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23 Jun 08 - 08:30 PM (#2372899) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos GfS: Would you mind adding those two to the Mudcat Poetry Corner? Thanks. A |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:30 PM (#2372929) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST There was a man came to our town He wore a suit of red He memorized with secret eyes That he hid away in his head He had a scar upon his head Where there used to be a crown But he sold his robes at the five and ten And lived on the edge of town That fall he showed us a magic leaf That he could change to snow He bought it partly with his grief And partly with his soul He scattered seeds in the alley way He never seemed to rest And when you went to ask him why All he ever said was yes He made a swan from waving grass Beside a crystal shore And a sunrise spun from broken glass And many things wondrous more But then his hands began to burn When he heard the news from the war When we cannot find each other he said Then we can't run away any more Next day with tears along his face He passed us on the hill No one thought to ask him to stay And he knows that we never will There was a man came to our town He wore a suit of red He memorized with secret eyes That he hid away in his head |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:32 PM (#2372931) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity ooops the last one was me...but I hit 'enter' instead of 'shift'..so it came out as 'guest'...sorry... |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:35 PM (#2372933) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Everything you see all around you Will roll away on wheels of tomorrow Down misty willow rivers of because Into the land of was You know you only have to be my friend The world outside can teach and astound you Build a wall it will only surround you Walls were only built to fall, my friend They'll never shelter anyone you've been Just enjoy the spell that you're under Look around, sunshine's around you It has always had to hide But it's just been waiting there inside you Be strong as love, soft as flowers Walk like the wind walks when it walks through flowers My friend, you don't have to hold back the sea You only have to be |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:38 PM (#2372934) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Ok..sorry for the 'self-indulgence' during my break....back down to the studio................( hey, this things is taking on monster dimensions of 'hot')!!! |
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23 Jun 08 - 11:16 PM (#2372980) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Good stuff, GfS. A |
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23 Jun 08 - 11:27 PM (#2372985) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk That is really wonderful poetry, GFS. It makes me all the more eager to hear some of your music too. |
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24 Jun 08 - 12:08 AM (#2372997) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity The wind winds the platform Blows through your suit creases You want us To crucify the enemy for Jesus With your chamber-of-commerce soul You talk of war so bold God is on our side, but He's lost in your wallet-fold And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying, Uncle John You pull out your Sunday God And hold him up so proud And say he is with us To the Applauding crowd But the burn-blackened place The shredded disfigured face Don't say that God is Love They say that you are Hate And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying, tell me true You stand up on the platform With the flag wrapped all around you And tell us that the Bible says To fight for it we're bound to But the Red's for the blood we lose The White's for the gauze they use To cover burned-out blackened men The rest is for the bodies numb and Blue And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying,listen to you. |
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24 Jun 08 - 12:50 AM (#2373010) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity What is the poetry corner..? I thought it was this Walkaboutsverse is a person? I did not know Its a good name for a thread What else did I miss?? When I first came to the forum Voiced opinion, and posted no song Spoke distrust about stereo politicians Speaking out both sides of their mouth Tis simple, I'm right,you're wrong! As to posting in a corner Where poets congregate I thought I'd limit it here Take it but no where else Making it all fodder, food for hate So now I understand And now you must realize Lift it from here, To place anywhere, save your heart Copyrighted stuff would be plagerized! If all the world is a stage...where does the audience sit? |
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24 Jun 08 - 03:59 AM (#2373046) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Hurrah - it's Poetry Corner! AND we've got to Edward Gorey: The first child of Mrs Keats-Shelley Was born with its face in its belly; The second was born With a hump and a horn And the third was nothing but jelly. |
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24 Jun 08 - 11:59 AM (#2373314) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard I think I'll join Ruth in the Edward Gorey Corner :-D From Number Nine, Penwiper Mews There is really abominable news: They've discovered a head In the box for the bread And nobody seems to know whose. and... From the bathing-machine came a din As of jollification within; It was heard far and wide And the incomming tide Had a definite flavor of gin. Oh and memo to GUEST,Spinu,Spinu,Spinu: respect is to be earned not demanded |
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24 Jun 08 - 12:14 PM (#2373332) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: s&r Isn't spinu offering respect? That's how I read it Stu |
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24 Jun 08 - 12:58 PM (#2373362) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos No, he's offering spam or a probing effort to see if he can capture the serverm, I expect. The content of the message is of no bearing in this case. A |
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24 Jun 08 - 01:05 PM (#2373370) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard And you would know this how, exactly.....? hmmmmmmm |
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24 Jun 08 - 01:08 PM (#2373374) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Sounds to me like just a general wish for respect and an offering of same. Ever seen the Ali G show? He always does this little hand gesture at the end of the show, touching his fist to the guest's fist, and says "Respec'". ;-) I think it's kind of like that. A wish for mutual respec'. Well, I'm all for that. |
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24 Jun 08 - 01:15 PM (#2373378) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard All I've ever seen from GUEST,Spinu,Spinu,Spinu is that one word and nothing more..and Ali G...wasn't that creation of one Sacha Baron Cohen, an English comedian, taking the piss out of American culture, and very nicely too :-D |
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24 Jun 08 - 01:26 PM (#2373387) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity If you want 'respect'..turn on some Aretha!.Actually I never knew what he meant, either....Hi all.....! |
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24 Jun 08 - 01:26 PM (#2373389) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Oh, yes, absolutely! There are some hilarious Ali G episodes on Youtube. I like the one where he interviews Noam Chomsky. |
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24 Jun 08 - 02:18 PM (#2373420) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity So.....should I quit? Is this it?? Poetry no longer fit? Passion no longer lit? Finish this one, as you sit Disappointed, Ahhh Sh_t!! |
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24 Jun 08 - 02:37 PM (#2373433) Subject: Lyr Add: SEVEN YEARS OLD From: GUEST,Sedayne (Astray) Poetry corner eh? Well, as a lifelong fan of Edward Gorey, here's my personal tribute: Seven Years Old The scariest story that's ever been told, is about the young boy, only seven years old old; for he never got hungry or even grew old; he never got tired, nor ever grew cold; but stayed all forever only seven years old. He was seven years old when their house was a new-un; he was seven years old when it fell into ruin. He was seven years old was Robert was ten; he was seven years old when Bob was an old man. He was seven years old when Sonia was born, and seven years old when her vows they were sworn; he was seven years old when Ruth came along; he was seven years old when poor Ruth was undone. He was seven years old when Ruth had Melissa; and seven years old when Melissa had Tricia. He was seven years old when Trish killed the old clown; and he was seven years old when they sent Tricia down. He was seven years old when his parents were hale, he was seven years old when they grew old and frail. He was seven years old when at last they turned grey; he was seven years old when they lay in the clay. He was seven years old when he saw the seed fall; he was seven years old when the tree grew up tall; he was seven years old when the tree touched the sky; he was seven years old when it rotted and died. He was seven years old when there were plenty about; he was seven years old when there was no-one in sight. He was seven years old when the earth it was young; he was seven years old when it crashed into the sun. He was seven years old when it came to and end; he was seven years old when it started again. |
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24 Jun 08 - 02:54 PM (#2373445) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer An incautious woman called Venn Was seen with the wrong sort of men; She vanished one day But the following May Her legs were retrieved from a fen. |
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24 Jun 08 - 02:58 PM (#2373449) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer And not forgetting, of course, that A is for Amy who fell down the stairs... |
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24 Jun 08 - 03:50 PM (#2373476) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos You guys are being Maroons!! The Mudcat Poetry is a separate thread, long establsihed for this exact kind of rompery. But, you know what they say--when herding wet cats, relax and enjoy it or go mad int he process. A |
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24 Jun 08 - 04:20 PM (#2373500) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard B is for Basil assaulted by bears |
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24 Jun 08 - 04:55 PM (#2373525) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Well...EXCU-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-SE ME!!! |
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24 Jun 08 - 04:58 PM (#2373529) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Guest from Sanity, is it me or is Amos the party guest who stands in the corner with the lamp shade on his/her head? :-D |
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24 Jun 08 - 05:20 PM (#2373548) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk He's a poltroon. He should be escorted to the door and ejected by means of a swift boot to the posterior, methinks. ;-) |
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24 Jun 08 - 07:28 PM (#2373633) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Which one? #### Algie saw the bear. The bear saw Algie. The bear was bulgy The bulge was Algie. —Red Skelton Don Firth |
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24 Jun 08 - 07:33 PM (#2373640) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth By the way, C is for Clara who wasted away. . . . Don Firth |
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24 Jun 08 - 07:41 PM (#2373645) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh. |
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24 Jun 08 - 07:59 PM (#2373655) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos Sigh. I was paying you a compliment, sweetie; but I guess it got missed in the confusion. A |
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24 Jun 08 - 09:31 PM (#2373691) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity I think its me with the lampshade over his head. You got something against lampshades?...We.who are brighter, need them to keep the 'vision impaired', from hurting their little peepers! Oh well, poetry was more fun......(besides, I think this lampshade is downright becoming on me.... |
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24 Jun 08 - 10:40 PM (#2373713) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST When I am dead And over me bright April Shakes out her rain-drenched hair Though you should lean Above me broken-hearted I shall not care Words that were not said Songs that were not sung Tears that were not shed Deeds that were not done I was not I was I am not I do not care Words that were not said Songs that were not sung Tears that were not shed Deeds that were not done I shall have peace As leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down the bow And I shall be More silent and cold-hearted Than you are now |
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24 Jun 08 - 10:43 PM (#2373717) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity ....oooops, hit the 'enter' key, AGAIN, instead of the 'shift' key(When I going to put my name) . The last poem, I submitted. |
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24 Jun 08 - 10:45 PM (#2373719) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos ANother solid hit, kid. Never mind which thread. A |
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24 Jun 08 - 11:06 PM (#2373735) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity knew a man, he always dressed in rags I travelled with him when I was still a child His constant companion, I always did ride The good book went with him, thru devil wind and sage The pages were yellowed and tumbled-down with age The mark of his fingers was on every page In desert dry country towns, the people would come From sin and confusion, to him they would run And wait by the river for the spirit of God He would lead them into the river while old hymns were sung And heaving and lashing and speaking in tongues He'd drown that old devil before he was done He would listen to the river and talk with the crowd And grace rose above them like a shining white cloud He'd say catch you some magic and you got hold of God I was much older when the desert set in He couldn't hear the river and it couldn't hear him His faith and his money and he, they grew thin He traded the good book for some road maps and then All of those highways they just spread up around him like nets And I guess that he got lost and he got tangled up in them He lost hold of magic, people laugh, the say he lost the call But every day I see old men like mountains and they just crumble and they fall And I don't know what these days are doing to us all |
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25 Jun 08 - 03:42 AM (#2373808) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem-come-song, or lay, 2 of 230: WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans. I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: "Hey, You go walkabout with your pen." Request or question, I don't know - Assured voices, elderly men. That's now several years ago, And I've seen the world - with my pen. From walkaboutsverse.741.com Or hear it chanted at myspace |
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25 Jun 08 - 04:48 AM (#2373826) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer E is for Ernest who choked on a peach. |
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25 Jun 08 - 04:58 AM (#2373832) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse F is for Folkie - the timbre he'd reach. |
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25 Jun 08 - 05:29 AM (#2373841) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech. |
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25 Jun 08 - 06:26 AM (#2373854) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse ...or F is for Far - the note Fanny did reach. |
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25 Jun 08 - 06:29 AM (#2373857) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer G is for George smothered under a rug. |
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25 Jun 08 - 06:32 AM (#2373860) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer H is for Hector done in by a thug. |
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25 Jun 08 - 10:17 AM (#2373950) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I is for imbecile, babbling daily. |
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25 Jun 08 - 10:22 AM (#2373956) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer no, Amos: I is for Ida who drowned in a lake. J,of course, is for James who took lye by mistake. |
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25 Jun 08 - 10:52 AM (#2373969) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Are you guys making all those lines up as you go along or is it from some existing poem or song? |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:12 AM (#2373982) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard LH, do ay you didn't ask :-D This is the source of the rather ummmm..... tasteful limericks The Gashlycrumb Tinies authored by Mr. Edward Gorey Esq. N is for Neville who died of ennui O is for Olve run through with an awl P is for Prue trampled flt in a brawl |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:13 AM (#2373983) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman once I drove a rolls royce down south from john o groats to lands end then to the sciilys I went forth and mulitplied. and met Harold wilson as he strolled round a bend he treated me to a glass of Wincarnis as I wrote him some verse untarnished oh what a jolly good egg what shame hes now dead. some youngsters they mock my rhymes it must be a sign of the times for an england long gone I yearn AND the school matron,with a visage so stern. |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:13 AM (#2373984) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity I want to meet somebody, That I can talk to. I want to meet somebody, I can make love with, not to. Bodies on bodies Like sacks upon shelves. People are using each other, To make love to themselves. And we all use our bodies As a place to hide And meet all the other bodies With people hiding inside. If all that is touching, Is just what you wear, I guess that not sharing, Is the only thing we share, Somewhere. Somewhere we lost real love, Somewhere along the line. They say get it while you can, Get it while you can, But don't get left behind. And if you don't love The one that you're with Why don't you just Wait for the one that you love? And she'll love you, too. Today I met somebody That I can talk to. Today I met somebody I can make love with, not to. She says love will get you Through times of no sex Better than sex will get you Through times of no love. We wrote that on the wall, We wrote that on the wall, We wrote that on the wall, And why don't you Write that on your wall, too. |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:23 AM (#2373993) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Amen to that. DS - I missed that one somehow. I guess maybe it's an English thing, is it? |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:28 AM (#2373997) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard LH, Edward Gorey is in fact an American :-D |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:32 AM (#2374001) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard or was infact an American (shock, horror, scandal, he WASN'T English :-D) :-D Edward Gorey Too 1925 - 2000 |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:34 AM (#2374003) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Gad! Next you'll be telling me you can't even get Red Rose tea in Great Britain! (GASP!) It's "only available in Canada", you know... ;-) |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:49 AM (#2374020) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Red Rose Shock Horror Scandal It's British owned!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:54 AM (#2374023) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk I'm not sure I can live with that information, DS. ;-) I am shaken to the very core of my being. I am now considering various ways of ending my futile existence in a suitably dramatic fashion. Perhaps death by consuming vast numbers of anchovies? Or...hmmm...perhaps I can talk Winona Ryder into helping me out on this through another method that comes to mind... |
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25 Jun 08 - 12:29 PM (#2374041) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity The jeweler has a shop on the corner of the boulevard In the night, in small spectacles, he polishes old coins He uses spit and cloth and ashes He makes them shine with ashes He knows the use of ashes He worships God with ashes The coins are often very old by the time they reach the jeweler With his hands and ashes he will try the best he can He knows that he can only shine them Cannot repair the scratches He knows that even new coins have scars so he just smiles He knows the use of ashes He worships God with ashes In the darkest of the night both his hands will blister badly They will often open painfully and the blood flows from his hands He works to take from black coin faces the thumbprints from so many ages He wishes he could cure the scars When he forgets he sometimes cries He knows the use of ashes He worships God with ashes |
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25 Jun 08 - 01:10 PM (#2374068) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin. |
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25 Jun 08 - 01:14 PM (#2374071) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard It was the gin wot dun 'er in :-D |
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25 Jun 08 - 01:26 PM (#2374081) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Once upon a time there were three little sisters called Elsie, Lacy and Tilly and they lived at the bottom of a well... |
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25 Jun 08 - 01:28 PM (#2374085) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Very good poem about the jeweller. |
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25 Jun 08 - 01:36 PM (#2374090) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking. |
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25 Jun 08 - 02:04 PM (#2374117) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer They lived on treacle. |
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25 Jun 08 - 02:08 PM (#2374120) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard They couldn't have done that, you know,' Alice gently remarked; `they'd have been ill.' Treacle Mining in the UK |
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25 Jun 08 - 02:32 PM (#2374130) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer So they were. VERY ill. |
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25 Jun 08 - 02:38 PM (#2374137) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: `But why did they live at the bottom of a well?' |
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25 Jun 08 - 03:07 PM (#2374165) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer It was a treacle well. |
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25 Jun 08 - 03:55 PM (#2374208) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 206 of 230: MY DIET Chasing breads, nuts, bananas, Red sauce, apples, sultanas, Pickles, porridge, pottages - Lemon barley, Or cups of tea. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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25 Jun 08 - 04:04 PM (#2374210) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Meanwhile back at The Mad Hatters Tea Party..... `There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went `Sh! sh!' and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, `If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself.' |
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25 Jun 08 - 04:51 PM (#2374250) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: The Sandman Chasing bread,I must be nuts,I am bananas, materialstic possessions in seeking mamman. bread, dough,what a way to go, what a life hey ho. said Christopher Robin. and is there honey still for tea....... |
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25 Jun 08 - 05:36 PM (#2374271) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Edward Gorey did the animation at the beginning of the long-lived PBS series, Mystery, featuring mostly British mystery series' such as "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (American aurthor, British production), Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple," "Sherlock Holmes" with the late Jeremy Brett, "Rumpole of the Bailey," etc. The series used to be hosted by that most delicious of all British actresses, Diana Rigg. I'm not sure if he also wrote the accompanying music, but it was certainly inspired by his work. It's called "The Gorey Tango." Don Firth |
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25 Jun 08 - 05:45 PM (#2374279) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Sing ho! For the life of a bear. |
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25 Jun 08 - 05:47 PM (#2374283) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Def Shepard Gorey also designed the sets for a New York stage presentation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Frank Langella, it was later filmed. |
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25 Jun 08 - 07:23 PM (#2374367) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer "Gorey also designed the sets for a New York stage presentation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Frank Langella" I went to see that. The more it snows (tiddly pom) The more it goes (tiddly pom) The more it goes (tiddly pom) On snowing... |
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25 Jun 08 - 07:23 PM (#2374368) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Did he tremble? Did he blinch? No, no! He struggled inch by inch. Through letters only, as I know Because I saw him go. |
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25 Jun 08 - 08:13 PM (#2374400) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos No such word as bblinch, codswalophead. I do gotta say, though, it is purely amazing what this thread turned into. A |
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25 Jun 08 - 09:16 PM (#2374447) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Amos, you need to reread your old copies of "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". My lines, including the world "blinch", were taken directly from some verses in one of those books, said verses composed by Pooh and celebrating Piglet's rescue of Owl and Pooh after Owl's tree fell down in the storm. |
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25 Jun 08 - 10:22 PM (#2374475) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Amos I am ashamed, disgruntled, and most highly irritated at your display of juvenile superiority. Obviously you make a better 6-year-old nor I do, so I doff my hat to you for it. A |
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25 Jun 08 - 11:48 PM (#2374523) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Don Firth Just so neither of you are manic-depressive. Don Firth |
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26 Jun 08 - 04:07 AM (#2374605) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Cecil GfS:, Turn on your IM!. You must be barricaded in your hole in the ground. Message me when you can. thread is getting stupid. Love to hear your stuff, again! |
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26 Jun 08 - 04:38 AM (#2374618) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer and nobody knows (tiddly pom) how cold my toes(tiddly pom) how cold my toes(tiddly pom) are growing |
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26 Jun 08 - 12:01 PM (#2374874) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Can I speak to you I can see that you don't smile Can I please see you Won't you come on over here And talk to me a while Can't you see Everything that wants to be must be Tomorrow isn't yesterday for long If you don't hide Yes, I can almost see the wall Can you see Thru the wall around you Are you afraid that They will crumble You will stumble They will tumble Down on you People only die when they've got nothing else to do So can I please stay here with you? |
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26 Jun 08 - 12:44 PM (#2374916) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem 17 of 230: THROUGH WHAT WAS During Europe's summer, '88, At a wall my bag was checked: A brief smile at what gave it weight; Sun-cream lid back - mood unwrecked. As I bought crispbread, with money changed, A row began, at counter, Between two, it seemed, Germans estranged - Clothes, to me, the sole pointer. I headed back through the wall that was, Then signed a reunion book. Reflecting, I'm happy/sad because The Left-cause, too, has been shook. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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26 Jun 08 - 01:09 PM (#2374941) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk "People only die when they've got nothing else to do" Well put. |
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26 Jun 08 - 01:45 PM (#2374966) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great care of his mother Though he was only 3. James James said to his mother, "Mother," he said, said he, "You must NEVER go down to the end of the town If you don't go down with me." |
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26 Jun 08 - 03:51 PM (#2375048) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,The Village Green Preservation Society Ray Davies has said it so much better, WAV, and HE truly believes unlike certain bandwagon jumpers! We are the village green preservation society God save donald duck, vaudeville and variety We are the desperate dan appreciation society God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties Preserving the old ways from being abused Protecting the new ways for me and for you What more can we do We are the draught beer preservation society God save mrs. mopp and good old mother riley We are the custard pie appreciation consortium God save the george cross and all those who were awarded them We are the sherlock holmes english speaking vernacular Help save fu manchu, moriarty and dracula We are the office block persecution affinity God save little shops, china cups and virginity We are the skyscraper condemnation affiliate God save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards Preserving the old ways from being abused Protecting the new ways for me and for you What more can we do God save the village green. |
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26 Jun 08 - 04:02 PM (#2375062) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk Cool! I like it. Let's hear it for Fu Manchu and Moriarty and the good old days. |
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26 Jun 08 - 05:01 PM (#2375099) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer funnily enough, I had that song on my iPod last weekend and it was reminding me of WAV... James James Morrison's Mother Put on a golden gown. James James Morrison's mother Drove to the end of the town. James James Morrison's mother Said to herself, said she: "I can get right down to the end of the town and be back in time for tea." |
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26 Jun 08 - 05:04 PM (#2375101) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity When you're nobody, 'Til somebody else comes along. When you're nobody, 'Til somebody else sings your song. I know you, I know you, I know you. And you've got, Someplace to belong. Known you were coming, I'd have written this song long ago. Someplace to belong, Known you were a coming, I'd have written this song long ago. You think you're such a hero, For doing your act so well and yet, Don't you know deep inside, You're doing your act without a net. And you've got, Someplace to belong. Known you were coming, I'd have written this song long ago. Someplace to belong, Known you were leaving, I'd have written this song long ago. And you're afraid of the dark, At both ends of your life. Just because they're not at your fingertips, All those thing you can't see. They say, "It's alright, it's alright, It's alright, it's alright." You got someplace to belong, Known you were coming, I'd have written this song long ago. Someplace to belong, Known you were coming, I'd have written this song long ago. It's alright, it's alright, It's alright, it's alright. |
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26 Jun 08 - 05:42 PM (#2375123) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse Thanks, GFS; and, to The Village Green Preservation Society, God save out Hortense, who managed to find a way to sing those lines of verse! |
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26 Jun 08 - 06:45 PM (#2375171) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer King John Put up a notice, "LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED! JAMES JAMES MORRISON'S MOTHER SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN LAID. LAST SEEN WANDERING VAGUELY: QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD, SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE TOWN - FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!" |
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26 Jun 08 - 08:38 PM (#2375229) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Which lines of verse???? |
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26 Jun 08 - 09:51 PM (#2375269) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Here's one I posted before...better re-read the last verse carefully, before you start putting music to it!!!!! Besides, if the music is as bad as some of the 'poetry' in here,..well, I think you should think twice,..(or even once) Jeez, can't even share something with anyone, without some no-brain clown wanting to short-step, and use it!..Write your own stuff!!!! What is the poetry corner..? I thought it was this Walkaboutsverse is a person? I did not know Its a good name for a thread What else did I miss?? When I first came to the forum Voiced opinion, and posted no song Spoke distrust about stereo politicians Speaking out both sides of their mouth Tis simple, I'm right,you're wrong! As to posting in a corner Where poets congregate I thought I'd limit it here Take it but no where else Making it all fodder, food for hate So now I understand And now you must realize Lift it from here, To place anywhere, save your heart Copyrighted stuff would be plagerized! If all the world is a stage...where does the audience sit? |
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26 Jun 08 - 10:12 PM (#2375281) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Little Hawk It's the one play where the entire audience gets to also be part of the cast. |
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26 Jun 08 - 10:41 PM (#2375286) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity I meant the whole last verse..not the tag line at the end! |
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27 Jun 08 - 04:41 AM (#2375384) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: Ruth Archer Who'sbeen plagiarising you, GfS? James James Morrison Morrison (Commonly known as Jim) Told his Other relations Not to go blaming him. James James Said to his Mother, "Mother," he said, said he: "You must never go down to the end of the town without consulting me." |
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27 Jun 08 - 08:07 AM (#2375470) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse To GfS - I was referring to Ray Davies's verse, posted by a Guest, above, which Kate Rusby has sung. |
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27 Jun 08 - 01:14 PM (#2375674) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: WalkaboutsVerse THE WEEKLY WALKABOUT, E.G. (A tad early this week, as I'm off to the Durham Traditional Music Festival tomorrow) Poem 136 of 230: LANCASHIRE SUNG SIMPLY Lancashire: Cut by rivers, met by sea; Patched by farmland, Mills and other industry. Lancashire: With your Penile boundary; Steeped in hist'ry, Through your buildings, there to see. Lancashire: Where, through Graces, moorlands be; Wooded parklands, Flowered gardens - kept neatly. Lancashire: Red Rose County, God's blessed thee. From walkaboutsverse.741.com |
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27 Jun 08 - 10:16 PM (#2375964) Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Hey, I post these to 'enrich' (hopefully) your moment, while reading them, and hopefully to give you something to take with you in life(where applicable). If you are a writer, of songs or poems and want some input...just ask me..I'm so easy, you'd fall over!
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