artist Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! - November! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Mary had a little Lamb,It's legs where rather bent,And every where that Mary goe'd,The Lamb was sure to went. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whizwrinkly Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Mary had a little lambShe also had a bearI've often seen her little lambI've never seen her bear (bare) :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Thomas Hood, eh, Artist. I think the title is "No!" Here's another of his that's a favourite of mine...Past and Present I remember, I rememberThe house where I was born,The little window where the sunCame peeping in at morn;He never came a wink too soonNor bought too long a day;But now, I often wish the nightHad borne my breath away.I remember, I rememberThe roses, red and white,The violets, and the lily-cups,Those flowers made of light!The lilacs where the robin built,And where my brother setThe laburnum on his birthday,The tree is living yet!I remember, I rememberWhere I was used to swing,And thought the air must rush as freshTo swallows on the wing;My spirit flew in feathers thenThat is so heavy now,And summer pools could hardly coolThe fever on my brow.I remember, I rememberThe fir trees dark and high;I used to think their slender topsWere close against the sky:It was a childish ignorance,But now 'tis little joyTo know I'm farther off from HeavenThan when I was a boy.Thomas Hood(I'm ignoring the contributions of Whiz and Gandalph. ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 They wouldn't know good poetry if they fell over it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Well, poetry isn't everyone's cup-of-tea. Like your new avatar, Artist. :) Where did you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Would you all not agree that probably one of the greatest British poets of all time is Pam Ayres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moon Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 No, because she doesn't raise my consciousness to a higher plane. She just splits my sides and makes me cry :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 No, because she doesn't raise my consciousness to a higher plane. She just splits my sides and makes me cry :DThat's good enough. Just be careful that your insides don't fall out of the split sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Peter E - got the 'avatar' from an animation site, Can't remember which one.More to choose from than on the avatar sites. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Pam Ayres isn't a poet, Andsome! :D She's an entertainer (of sorts). She may be referred to as a poet sometimes - by those who know no better - but making words rhyme is not necessarily poetry. ;)In any case, she reads her "poems" out loud. Poems are meant to be read and not recited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 My tongue was in my cheek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moon Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 On the other hand, Spike Milligan did raise my consciousness to a higher plane. It must be a gender thing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 On the other hand, Spike Milligan did raise my consciousness to a higher plane. It must be a gender thing. :DAgreed, another one in the same mould as Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Like Pam a lot but spike and the whole 'goons' lot left me stone cold! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Like Pam a lot but spike and the whole 'goons' lot left me stone cold! :(THAT IS SACRILEGE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. HOW DARE YOU?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 I just thought they were STUPID! :ph34r: Mind you, Hubby likes them - even got a couple of cd's in the car. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Hubby is obviously a man of excellent tastes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong didle I poh , Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong didle I poh , didle I POAH , didle I poh...........!Left me cold too ..............But some of it was funny , More of a Monty man me...a slightly younger generation than andsome............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 But the outtakes in the lift with Peter Sellers breaking wind does it for me every time , funnier that the printed version...Whoops bit of pink , but you know what ah mean.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 I will concede that the lift incident was funny :rolleyes: Individually, the 'goons' did make a few funnies.........That's as far as I can go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Talk about degenerating. We go from serious classical poetry to Peter Sellars breaking wind in about 40 replies. Oh, well. That's life! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Ill bet Shakespeare had the same problems in his day ...Its all debased to the contempory...........But then thats art for the masses........!Incidently Pete check the rest of the Borough its a stirring story of life around the 18th century ...Crabb spent a decade on it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Actually Peter I must agree... we have a terrible habit on this forum of going way off topic......but I would like to see this thread get back on track...Do you have any more gems you would like to share with us.. I will admit I know very little about poetry but I do appreciate the beauty of the written word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Will "The life of Brian" be considered equal to the works of Shakespeare in the 24 th centuary........I think so......Think of what it questions.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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