Turk Thrust Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 My favourite couplet is by Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate, lover of buildings and railways, voyeur, and fetishist. Sounds unlikely but true "I often think that I would like, to be the saddle on your bike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I like the old classics, such as Dante's Divine Comedy, Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Ulysses. This is an interesting link: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/20-best-poems/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Try this out,it beats that betjemen and Mr Kipling crap hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Let's have some love for John Cooper Clarke! The best punk poet. Here's one of my favourites Quote Hire Car Double park – don’t lock the door Push the pedals through the floor Give it loads and then some more It’s a hire car baby Grip the stick – grind the gears Watch that distance disappear Never yours in a thousand years It’s a hire car baby Hire-car, hire-car Why would anybody buy a car? Bang it, prang it, say ta ta It’s a hire car baby Bad behaviour on the street Save yourself a couple of sheets Collision rate keeps it sweet It’s a hire car baby Show this motor no respect Bump it, dump it, call collect What else do the firm expect It’s a hire car baby Drive the ducker anywhere Just like you don’t care Put it down to wear and tear It’s a hire car baby Pray the person who hired it last Didn’t drive it quite so fast This dakarum dodgem doesn’t last It’s a hire car baby Try not to kill yourself Or injure anybody else Don’t forget to fasten your belts Rent it, dent it, bang it, prang it Bump it, dump it, scorch it, torch it Crash and burn it, don’t return it Lost deposit, let ’em earn it Who cares, it’s on the firm It’s a hire car baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Spike Milligan every time: Look at all those monkeys Jumping in their cage. Why don't they all go out to work And earn a decent wage? How can you say such silly things, And you a son of mine? Imagine monkeys travelling on The Morden-Edgware line! But what about the Pekinese! They have an allocation. 'Don't travel during Peke hour', It says on every station. My Gosh, you're right, my clever boy, I never thought of that! And so they left the monkey house, While an elephant raised his hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Turk Thrust said: e e cummings for me. I can get lost in his works. Love the way he writes even to refusing to use capital letters And here's a challenge for anyone who thinks they have some poetical bent. Pen the next line to this:- ( as far as I know there is only one possibility) "There was a young girl from Aberystwyth... "There was a young girl from Aberystwyth, Who was stung on the arm by a bee. When asked "Did it hurt?", She said "No, It didn't" "But thank God it wasn't a hornet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Proud moment alert: I actually had a poem published in the DET Letters page, all those years ago when everyone with an Oakwood postcode saw fit to tell DCFC to eff off with their plans to relocate to Moor Farm. I hasten to add my poem was pro the plans, not against them! I don't have a transcript that I can copy and paste onto here... but joy behold... I do believe there's a dusty old framed version still hanging in the hall at home! I'll see if I can photograph it when I get home, and post the result on here*! *Warning: I'm a big softy at heart, so be warned... it will bring tears to your eyes! LOL! #realmenhavefeelings ...But yeah... generally speaking... Poetry is a bit girly, innit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 18 hours ago, AmericanRam said: Anyone else a fan of poetry? Have a favorite poem or poet?Wrote some?Always have liked reading it and gaining something meaningful from it. My personal favorite poem of all time is 'Do not go Gentle into that good night' by Dylan Thomas,just so poignant and brilliant.Favorite poet overall is Robert Frost. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Oakwood was built on the green belt that was previously my playground. Many residents then kicked off when DCFC wanted to build Moor Farm, and objections were strong. This was my own thoughts, which was published on the letters page of the DET. (My son re-typed it out and printed it off on one of those fancy compooter things, so we framed it, and hung it in the hall. Sad, I know, but it’s the only works I’ve ever had published! LOL!) (EDIT: Our first grandchild was on the way at the time, hence the reference... She was 18 on Tuesday! How time flies!!) hope this works... a bit tech for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 18 hours ago, AmericanRam said: As a matter of fact...?? It was 40 years ago that a beauty was born That the world paused to celebrate This fair lady was unique and beloved by all And even the angels wished to know her fate. And then when the beauty was grown and so fair Men would try and show off their might In the hopes that they could get to hold her tight. Yet one man was lucky, so fortunate so blessed, That she chose him as better than all the rest He still can’t believe that this angel is his girl That man is me, you are the angel, my world. I hope to God that wasn't for her 39th birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 18 hours ago, Turk Thrust said: e e cummings for me. I can get lost in his works. Love the way he writes even to refusing to use capital letters And here's a challenge for anyone who thinks they have some poetical bent. Pen the next line to this:- ( as far as I know there is only one possibility) "There was a young girl from Aberystwyth... ...who had a prominent cyst with scabs on the outer, and pus deep within But I still gave her one Round the back..., near the bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The boy stood on the deck eating eating red hot scallops One fell down his leg and burnt him on his ankle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Saw a humorous film about a ghost who haunts his wife out of jealousy and from that this poem sprung Spirit Is Willing Said that I had left sang me a mass Wouldn't get any more of your ass Maybe they're right maybe I'm dead Still I can't get you out of my head So here I am hon just hanging around Read your thoughts hear every sound See you sleep am there as you shower Am really enjoying having this power Now I want you to get rid of that guy No explanations just tell him goodbye But I forgive you baby you didn't know Whereas now you do so tell him to go I told you before I gave you my word Maybe it's time that you finally heard Not leaving you baby I am here to stay You know I always get my own way Pour us a drink I'll sip it through you While I'm figuring out how to do you Hold on a second call him back in We may yet have some use for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 18 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: Oakwood was built on the green belt that was previously my playground. Many residents then kicked off when DCFC wanted to build Moor Farm, and objections were strong. This was my own thoughts, which was published on the letters page of the DET. (My son re-typed it out and printed it off on one of those fancy compooter things, so we framed it, and hung it in the hall. Sad, I know, but it’s the only works I’ve ever had published! LOL!) (EDIT: Our first grandchild was on the way at the time, hence the reference... She was 18 on Tuesday! How time flies!!) hope this works... a bit tech for me.... You noticed the typo on the 4th line of the right hand column before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 24 minutes ago, JoetheRam said: You noticed the typo on the 4th line of the right hand column before? There were a couple of grammatical errors that I pulled my lad up on at the time (He re-typed my original), but no, I don't recall ever noticing the word "Scence" before, so very well spotted! A well earned "like" to you! In my defence, I must have some form of word blindness, along with other members of my family, as not one of the four of us noticed that, upon turning up for our very first Tenpin bowling league match many years ago, wearing our nice new team shirts, the supposedly professional embroidery on the back declared our team name, and the fact that we were "sposered by..."! Doh! (We did of course send them back to be replaced, but that didn't help our first night embarrassment, nor the endless ribbing thereafter!) ... The plus point, of course, is that I can fully understand every one of B4's posts. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I love poetry me, here are a few. Roses are red Violets are blue I knew that, did you? The brain we all love It's so grey and soft Without it, our arms and legs would fall off. Toilet seat, sweet toilet seat It's the one thing every day, we must all meet. One from Mr Milligan:- Doctor O'Dell fell down a well and broke his collar bone. Doctors should attent the sick....and leave the well alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Proud purchase last night. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 15 hours ago, Smyth_18 said: Proud purchase last night. ? Where from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 21 March 2019 at 20:25, David said: It does in my head, comes down to accents I guess There was a young girl from Aberystwyth Who liked to nibble a biscwyth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, RamNut said: There was a young girl from Aberystwyth Who liked to nibble a biscwyth She had a lisp, I bought her a wispa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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