Les Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Mike, Where have all the Poets gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Around this time at each year's end, Ilook back and see what I have done. I think of laughs shared with a friend, and projects worked on to the end and those with whom I've had fun. I dwell on trials I have endured and smile where I've done my best, and wince with woe at wasted word that argued banal points absurd to feel the smugness of conquest. In the end, joys wrought by life are seldom found in victory. Time that I spent engaged in strife denied my children and my wife of the man I would rather be. Give thought to action, deed and word. Make life count, don't be a turd. I'll be yer huckleberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Chad, that's good stuff. I was misting up until I got to the "turd" reference. A little work on the ending, and that's publishable stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Here's one I like: Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house The neighbors' dog will not stop barking. He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark that he barks every time they leave the house. They must switch him on on their way out. The neighbors' dog will not stop barking. I close all the windows in the house and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast but I can still hear him muffled under the music, barking, barking, barking, and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra, his head raised confidently as if Beethoven had included a part for barking dog. When the record finally ends he is still barking, sitting there in the oboe section barking, his eyes fixed on the conductor who is entreating him with his baton while the other musicians listen in respectful silence to the famous barking dog solo, that endless coda that first established Beethoven as an innovative genius. --Billy Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Hmmm, Has Sir Brian of Goodman parish been dethroned? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Originally posted by kurt Chad, that's good stuff. I was misting up until I got to the "turd" reference. A little work on the ending, and that's publishable stuff. For Kurt's soft side, an alternate end. The shadow's cast by mid-day light trace man's last words; not his own. No regrets embrace death's hindsight. Let those words be just and right. Etched into that cool gray stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Well this is mine! Roses are Red Violets are Blue. I missed the shot it was not my fault. So with weak arms and legs I am singing the Blues, cause I home in bed with the flu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 What have I done? I shudda' know'd better. A little poetry reading in Austin wouldn't be a bad idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul MacLean Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Originally posted by Les What have I done? I shudda' know'd better. A little poetry reading in Austin wouldn't be a bad idea! Roses are red,violets are blue. Austin poets stay in deep do-do. Austin in January is nice and bright, and having you here will be a delight. I'll stop now before it gets worse. [:-paperba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Remas Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Oh How Whipped I Am and by the way Merry Christmas By Jeff Remas The years have passed, my love still here Growing with you each day A friendship formed, a bond strengthened A path for us to stay More familiar now than before We wonââ¬â¢t take for granted New experiences and learning Our seeds of hope are planted A Holiday upon us Some stress in the air Take time to love Take time to care I know Iââ¬â¢m where I want to be I know Iââ¬â¢m where I belong I know my love is true Iââ¬â¢ve known this all along If you guys want to steal this from me for Christmas for your loved one then it is my gift to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Still my all time favorite: When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife, Who judgement upon you must pass; The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one starring back from the glass. He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest. For he's with you clear up to the end, And you've passed the most dangerous, difficult test If the man in the glass is your friend. You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years. And get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be the heartaches and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Thomas Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Thanks Jeff, I did just that. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Change to SOP. To all that await, their gifts by the fire. We now park on the street, not allowed to go higher. Our insurer insists, we no longer walk roofs, because of the damage, inflicted by hooves. Rudolphââ¬â¢s not happy, but what can you do? Itââ¬â¢s all the damn lawyers, Too eager to sue. So this year youââ¬â¢ll find, well hidden from thieves, your toys in the crawl, or hung from the eaves. So please move the milk, and the cookies as well. outside on the porch, it saves ringing the bell. Merry Christmas to all. This will be my last year. New emission controls, are failing the deer. Santa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Very kewl Richard! OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Well Les, the poets seem to be alive & well here @ TIJ. I'm proud to know these guys; this is some good stuff. Beats hell out of talking about home inspection organizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Kurt, you are right. Poetry beat the devil out of some of the nonsense going on in the other threads. I love a good "discussion" but the attacks are getting a little boring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I'm still waiting on Goodman's, although he's gonna have to whip it to outdo Fabry's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I'm afraid nothing is forthcoming until these darned clients quit ringing my phone off the wall. I've still got lots of Christmas shopping to do yet. [:-crazy] Brian G. Poetry Don't Pay the Bills [:-mouse] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Remas Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Let it ring, let it ring, let it ring When you finally inspect tonight Oh I hate to go out in the storm But with my winter jacket on tight All the way through I'll be worm Oh my pen is finally stopping And my ladder is finaly dropping Since I have another inspection to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Brian G. said "I'm afraid nothing is forthcoming until these darned clients quit ringing my phone off the wall. I've still got lots of Christmas shopping to do yet." That was December 14th 2004. Of course anyone is welcome to submit material for our poetry enjoyment! It is just Brian made a commitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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