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Thread: Tag Poem: the Game
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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What is the new theme Raptor's eye ?
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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Raptor Eye
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Thank you, the new theme is Water
A starter line: I found myself swimming in the water, at last!
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Ah, but we need a starter stanza. Here's one I prepared earlier.
I found myself afloat one day - but how
I came to be on this large stretch of wet
In what is possibly a ketch or scow
Is something i have not established yet.
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Jamat
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Is something I have not established yet
Like or river or the endless sea
Whatever, it's a barrier and wet
To stop my lover coming back to me
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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Jamat
Shipmate
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Sorry, the second line is lake not like
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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jacobsen
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To stop my lover coming back to me
I threatened him with a bullet.
Sadly, he is deaf, you see,
And thought I meant red mullet.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Jamat
Shipmate
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And thought I meant red mullet
When it's trout we have for dinner
But at least it isn't halibut
So everyone's a winner
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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'So everyone's a winner' - is this true?
Watching those swimmers poised above the pool
I've not seen indifference nor have you
I fear unequal glory is the rule.
Water and Sport. Go me.
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jacobsen
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I fear unequal glory is the rule
As I swim my dogged way from length to length,
And, crawling up and down the swimming pool
Can only hope I go from strength to strength.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Raptor Eye
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Can only hope I go from strength to strength
As my arms strain against the oars,
The water stretching before me, at length
As I try to ignore all my sores.
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Jamat
Shipmate
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AS I try to ignore all my sores
That scream for my attention nonetheless
The cooling water spills upon my pores
And helps relieve the stress.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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QLib
Bad Example
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And helps relieve the stress. The gentle brine
Soothes my wounds and cradles me, womb-like
I duck my head: a baptism benign
Flows over me. I turn and shorewards strike.
(Suggest the next player begins with the last five words, rather than the whole line)
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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jacobsen
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I turn and shorewards strike
For land, dry towels, and tea.
But even better, what I'd like
Is someone waiting there for me.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Is someone waiting there for me? Is that
A red fire engine parked outside my door?
And is that water pumping out? Oh drat -
Not sure I turned the tap off any more.
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Jamat
Shipmate
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Not sure I turned the tap off any more
And don't forget that when it rains it pours
The carpet will be ruined but
I paid up the insurance and the
water surely helps to clean the floor.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Come, come, you can do better than that. A moment's reflection could easily yield -
The carpet will be ruined - what a bore
But there again, water will clean the floors.
Ignoring the rules is not playing the game. Anyway, stynt of that, as they say in Chaucer. New topic.
Festivals
Whan that Auguste with his shoures sharp
Bladders the setts and makes the tourist cringe
Then throngen some to gawp and some to carp
And more to make their name upon The Fringe.
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Penny S
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And more to make their name upon The Fringe
Hand out their flyers up the Royal Mile
And visitors on endless gigs do binge
And now and then may find they crack a smile.
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jacobsen
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They now and then may find they crack a smile
Though maybe not at comics fat and thin.
It is enough upon the Golden Mile
When tourists slip on a banana skin.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Comedians and talking heads abound,
So book your tickets for the end of May.
Make sure you're kitted-out for soggy ground;
Come, wander in the pouring rain, through Hay.
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Ahem. Verses must begin with the last line of the preceding stanza. So we are still awaiting a quatrain beginning -
'When tourists slip on a banana skin'
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QLib
Bad Example
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Ooops - sorry
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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QLib
Bad Example
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When tourists slip on a banana skin,
And surf from tent to bookstall to café,
When every tent door boasts a brolly tin,
You know you're getting cultural in Hay.
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Jamat
Shipmate
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You know you're getting cultural in hay
When the fireworks turn the night into a day
And the light is all around and the market stalls abound
And the bargain hunters all come out to play.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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jacobsen
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The bargain hunters all come out to play
And gambol round the stalls in Market Square
When twice a week 'tis Banb'ry's market day
For ev'ry heart's desire's located there.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Raptor Eye
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For ev'ry heart's desire's located there:
Wellies encrusted, thick and brown;
Tent walls vibrating to the music's blare.
Glastonbury: don't ever turn it down!
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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jacobsen
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Glastonbury - don't ever turn it down
Though rain may make your mattress float away
With you upon it - who can say
By whom it may elect to set you down.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Jamat
Shipmate
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By whom it my elect to set you down
Go with a heart determined not to frown
A celebration has to be endured
Whenever cursed birthdays come around.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Whenever cursed birthdays come around
(Though was this has to do with 'Festival'
Is hard to say. But in this game we're bound
To take what's given - make the best of all.)
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Jamat
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To take what's given, make the best of all
OK, but celebration of a festival
Like Christmas, Easter, even hogmanay
Can be an interruption to your day.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Can be an interruption to your day?
You lead a life so chock-a-block with fun?
A cavalcade of drama, art, ballet
Music, poetry - just one more thing to shun?
...a, b, a, b...
[ 11. August 2014, 14:02: Message edited by: Firenze ]
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QLib
Bad Example
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Music, poetry - just one more thing to shun?
If such stuff does not set your soul a-stir,
If literature makes you reach for your gun,
Head for the flower fest at Chichester.
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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jacobsen
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Head for the flower fest at Chichister
Where, according to an ancient limerick
A nubile lassie made the Bishop's britches stir
Which shows the difference 'twixt dead and quick*.
*The quick and the dead - quick meaning alive
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Which shows the difference 'twixt dead and quick -
Is there a road and chicken joke in there?
Is this year still the 'nerdy loser' shtick?
Iraq? Update my stuff on Bush and Blair?
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jacobsen
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Iraq? Update my stuff on Bush and Blair,
Committed to the the path of violence
Whilst thousands die in freezing open air,
And rhetoric out-argues common sense.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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'And rhetoric out-argues common sense' -
The Scotsman. So, should we book or not?
It's front stalls only - bit of an expense -
Or this? Whaur's Yer Troosers Sir Walter Scott?
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jacobsen
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Waur's yer troosers, Sir Walter Scott?
Shouted a genial Glaswegian boozer.
Came the reply -Ye drunken sot-
Ah'm wearing a kilt, so wha needs a trooser?
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Jamat
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Ah'm wearing a kilt so wha needs a trooser
Especially if it's calm and still
And clothes are better looser
Though when I'm climbing up a hill
I would'na walk too close yeah?
Though at a piper's stately tread,
A kilt will sometimes turn a head
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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jacobsen
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A kilt will sometimes turn a head
When other attributes do fail.
It has a sexy swing, 'tis said
Enhancèd by the bagpipes' wail.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Enhanced by the bagpipes wail - not many
Are the things of which this could be said.
Indoor events? I cannot think of any -
Except, perhaps, to get you out of bed.
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jacobsen
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Perhaps, to get you out of bed
A mug of coffee fragrant
Held before your slumb'rous head
Would move the sluggard flagrant.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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mark_in_manchester
not waving, but...
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Ive been away for a bit...are we still on 'festivals'? Here's one for GB:
Who wouldst move the sluggard flagrant
onward t'wards a crowded field?
Futile reaching back for youth; this vagrant
lacks the will to wait home, yet has not the heart to yield.
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"We are punished by our sins, not for them" - Elbert Hubbard
(so good, I wanted to see it after my posts and not only after those of shipmate JBohn from whom I stole it)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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'Has not the heart to yield'. Marry, nuncle
And eke forsooth! Nay, verily, I'm stumped
Needs must improv some lines - any junk'll
Do until I can lean over and hiss Prompt!
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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"I can lean over and hiss 'Prompt'", he thought,
"None of my lines come to mind and I'm lost"
His last Edinburgh show ground to a halt
While the tired Festival teams count the cost.
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Jamat
Shipmate
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While the tired Festival teams count the cost.
And stalls are struck,trucks packed with all their folk;
When gypsy like they've counted all that's won and lost,
They head for the next gig amidst a cloud of diesel smoke.
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Jamat ..in utmost longditude, where Heaven
with Earth and ocean meets, the setting sun slowly descended, and with right aspect
Against the eastern gate of Paradise. (Milton Paradise Lost Bk iv)
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jacobsen
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Amidst a cloud of diesel smoke
Their vehicles they gear up.
"Come on" they cry, with bronchial croak,
"We're on our way, so cheer up!"
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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We're on our way, so cheer up - and May
Stop pulling Henry's hair - what's that I smelt?
And never mind what you heard Daddy say
Don't you keep calling it 'bloody Greenbelt'
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jacobsen
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Don't you keep calling it "Bloody Greenbelt"
We're off to save the whale,
Red squirrels, and ice caps that melt;
God help us if we fail.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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mark_in_manchester
not waving, but...
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God help us if we fail to find some humour
midst a bitter spousal meltdown wading through a sea of mud;
God help me when I fail to catch the rumour,
grace can change me in repentance, loving kindness as the flood.
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"We are punished by our sins, not for them" - Elbert Hubbard
(so good, I wanted to see it after my posts and not only after those of shipmate JBohn from whom I stole it)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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( Fifteen syllables. C'mon.)
Loving kindness as the flood of people
Trample past me to the taxi and the train
I do not feel. The clock in yon steeple
Chimes half past eleven. It starts to rain.
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jacobsen
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At half past eleven it starts to rain.
Thank God - my garden is saved from drought.
Tomorrow I hope it will rain yet again
And I'll murder the slugs when the rain brings them out.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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