Hi Des, Anya, Po, Lisa and thanks for reading and liking.
Ray
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"The Young Ones" I laughed at that David. I was a bit of a loose canon back then. Maybe we all were as you say. They were good times though.
Comment is about 68 Grafton St 1977 (blog)
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Sun 10th Feb 2019 11:11
thank you for your comments on my poem Jason.
wish i could have done better.
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I like this.
I wonder if there's a problem with writing it in longer (dare I say more 'natural') lines, something like this:
You found your soul mate?
I’m genuinely happy for you!
Mermaids and unicorns
are more common than soulmates.
Please do the lost and lonely among us
a favor of great significance,
Make her your muse so we can feel love too.
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Thanks too to Desmond and Lisa for the”likes”.
Comment is about ALAN ON THE MORROW (blog)
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Thanks Tim and David. I always try to start with the premise that the problem is Me. Rather than the others.
And I confess the poem owes hugely (the tune is virtually a copy) to Tom Paxton’s far superior “On the Road from Srebenica”.
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Hear, hear, Lisa. Couldn't have made a better comment.
(That's why he's on my favourites list, too, Lisa.)
Well done, again, Jason.
Comment is about Yesterdays Kiss (blog)
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Very well written... love the lesson here, Jason.
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Thanks Brian, Keith and Jason.
I half wrote this (in my head) one morning last week. Before I actually put pen to paper we were given a nice cuppa at each of our next jobs in Bessecarr. That should have cancelled out the mornings tea-drought, but as the idea was already formulated I went ahead with it anyway.
Cheers Kevin
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Hugely sad and poignant, John. We who were born in the UK all forget how privileged we are.
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Thanks Po. I agree on both counts, faith and self-love are so important to weather the inevitable storms of life. ??
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"Tongue like a yak dealers thong!" ??
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Great times though Ray. Thank you for seeing the story for the irrelevance it was. We all have stories to tell and maybe we should tell them. I'd love to hear some of your stories too.
Comment is about 68 Grafton St 1977 (blog)
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Kevin,
Another gem for the repertoire. I use tea bags for a quick cuppa but nothing can surpass getting out the tea pot, a touch of hot wáter to give some warmth before adding a few spoonfuls of loose tea. Perfect for dunking.I am a Little concerned about Clarabelle. Deprive her of biscuuits. That might make her sit up.
Great as ever.
Thank you
Keith
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Sat 9th Feb 2019 22:41
It's the satellite dishes I can't stand. I've never had one. Good poem Keith.
Po you've got me really worried now but I trust you implicitly to come up with the solution.
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Sat 9th Feb 2019 22:33
That's retirement for you Ray...I expect you had enough practise to embrace it by now.
Comment is about WAITING (blog)
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Sat 9th Feb 2019 22:30
That Clarabelle...she's a selfish cow and that's a fact!
Comment is about The Bessecarr Teabag Famine (blog)
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Ray,
An Ode to Inertia. I often find myself in such moments of suspensión. You are not alone..
I enjoyed this. Thank you
Keith
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I'm afraid my comment is a little stunted next to Po's, and while that is a serious assessment, I just wanted to say it was an enjoyable poem, and reminded me that I had to have a new aerial pointing away from Crystal Palace and down to Midhurst, whereby I have lost London news on BBC and have to put up with what happens in the southern towns Just as depressing I have to say .
All the best to you. Ray
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You rogue Phil. Another fine mess you got yourself in. I do like this kind of romp from the 70s , and you tell it with finesse. My 77 experiences were well salted and preposterous , but not so out there. I was a muso then actively, and I drove to Scarborough to be with a dancer aged 19 in a show with Bert Weedon and Frank Ifield. Busted flush though.
Ray
Comment is about 68 Grafton St 1977 (blog)
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Awhhh shucks!!!
Thank you very much, what a well played game it was..
So much fun, you had me blind sided numerous time's, it took time to think quick. Well played my friend x
Comment is about Ms.Donohoe Poetry Tennis Champion. (blog)
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Great stuff! "Retire and never learn anything again". I can relate.
Thank you ?
Mae
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Thanks- will post something!
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Thanks for the comments. I just transcribe these things as soon as the fall into my head....
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My voice is not ideal for reciting, too husky, but a girl has to try something new once in a while!
Comment is about GR (In the South) (blog)
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? Yes! Brava!
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Mothers are irreplaceable; that's why even damaged ones are precious beyond all measure. The uphill struggle is a labour of love. My heart goes out to you Lisa.
Dave
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Thank you Lisa! Although I don't quite look like that, nor do I in my previous one! I never look like myself in photos,I'm seriously unphotogenic! So I'm either prettier in life or the photographic lense don't lie and I'm just going la-la-la with my eyes and ears closed for the sake of peace of mind! Hahaha! ?
Again, lovely piece!
Mae
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My first watercolor
God creating Salvador Dali
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Thank you mae ?
Beautiful photo by the way ?
Comment is about I just want my mum (blog)
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Beautiful in all its sadness!
I sypathise.
Brave and bright Lisa?
Thank you
Mae
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The young have always been part of Mother Nature's very own
form of "consumer obsolescence" plan, designed to take over from
their predecessors and improve (?) on what was achieved before.
Wasn't it Shaw who wrote that youth is wasted on the young? But
back in the day, the young from a wide range of backgrounds
faced early maturity through necessity and the alternative left them
few options if they were to survive to a complaining old age. These
paved the way for the youth of today who seem unwilling to set foot
beyond their home street, let alone their town, in the quest for a future meaningful adult life. Has the "get-up-and go" just "got up and went"? ?
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Very true MC. Thank you for taking the time to read ?
Comment is about I just want my mum (blog)
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The ways in which people seek refuge from a reality they seem unable to face - and their causes - can be so damaging to those
around them, most especially in a family context. These lines poignantly express the predicament and its ripple effect on others,
and most hurtful, those closest to them.
Comment is about I just want my mum (blog)
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I feel your pain brother!?
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Thanks Jason! You guys are all too kind!?
Comment is about GR (In the South) (blog)
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Oh Mae that's stunning! I have no other word than stunning!
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thank you
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Funny we're just discussing the fate of a cow over in discussions with a game of Poetry Tennis. Love it mate
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steven arthur
Sat 9th Feb 2019 14:29
Thanks Vauthaw! It can be cruel but it is beautiful! I don't know what got into me today, I don't usually do this! I'm glad you like it!???
Thank you
Mae
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Stunning lyrics Mae. I want to bask there all day! ?
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Thank you Jason
No one has broken my heart quite like my mam..
One can only hope she conquers this disease ?
Comment is about I just want my mum (blog)
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I'm just speechless, I actually had a year in my eye, and what a beautiful switch and rise and fall of tempo. So sad but so beautiful Lisa. X
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raypool
Sun 10th Feb 2019 11:30
Hi folks. Thanks for your congrats. It's a long hard climb, believe me, but now on the peaks I've got time to put thoughts down.
Thanks Vautaw, there you go!
Good to here from you Tim. You made my day!
Hi Brian. Guilty as charged. !!
Thanks Po. I can handle the candles, but can the planet? More concerned with the breath to blow them out to be honest. I had small my mantelpiece full of cards....
Appreciate that Kevin thanks.
Splendid greetings Anya - I've given it away now havn't I !
Moving on into the stratosphere now.....
Ray
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