tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post9186200031656108488..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: It being National Poetry Day....jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-19447145972476579992009-10-09T08:16:21.822+01:002009-10-09T08:16:21.822+01:00I thank you all but now to lurk:
No internet for m...I thank you all but now to lurk:<br />No internet for me at work<br />I will be back, I will return:<br />poet stomachs again will turn!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-58630747243926569422009-10-09T05:32:01.972+01:002009-10-09T05:32:01.972+01:00Ach! Tis a wonderful piece of poetry!Ach! Tis a wonderful piece of poetry!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-45889206667635125132009-10-09T03:29:26.198+01:002009-10-09T03:29:26.198+01:00Returning to my nest,
in much need of a rest,
I cl...Returning to my nest,<br />in much need of a rest,<br />I click, as everyday,<br />The Poor Mouth sans delay.<br /><br />And what, what do I see?<br />It's time for poetry!<br />Jams and Sean, manfully<br />outdoing dear Willie.<br /><br />I just truly admire<br />so much talent and fire.<br />It's exhilarating!<br />Greatness, we're witnessing.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307495672130972111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-34628170369965507182009-10-08T23:29:48.318+01:002009-10-08T23:29:48.318+01:00Just not to confuse:
to reach the peak of the zeni...Just not to confuse:<br />to reach the peak of the zenith<br />the muse's name has not to be Edith.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-34971471020721678362009-10-08T23:22:31.513+01:002009-10-08T23:22:31.513+01:00Haha Stephanie, sit back and enjoy a cavalcade of ...Haha Stephanie, sit back and enjoy a cavalcade of awfulness. I can keep the rubbish coming!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-26685347368181883012009-10-08T23:20:34.284+01:002009-10-08T23:20:34.284+01:00A fine woman and a case of wine
From Brugundy,the ...A fine woman and a case of wine<br />From Brugundy,the Rhone or Rhine<br />will lead to great verse in due course<br />than adams ale and wing'ed horsejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-77071044806542038882009-10-08T23:20:05.295+01:002009-10-08T23:20:05.295+01:00I totally can't keep up!
LOL!!
And, yes, t...I totally can't keep up! <br /><br />LOL!!<br /><br />And, yes, the poetry is SO BAD, but it's the tradition I admire!Stephanie, Mama Dramatisthttp://blogs.chron.com/mamadramanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-68268851436223745512009-10-08T23:06:18.678+01:002009-10-08T23:06:18.678+01:00Guideline for great poets
To become a fine poet
m...<b>Guideline for great poets</b><br /><br />To become a fine poet<br />much better than the Elliot was<br />it needs a muse plus a bottle of Moët<br />and not aheming* a horse.<br /><br />* choose your verb<br /><br />PS: Sensitive souls who wish to defang the last verse, might put the <i>aheming</i> behind the <i>a</i>.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-32563718182669983742009-10-08T22:39:57.929+01:002009-10-08T22:39:57.929+01:00Elliot I say sans fear
it poetry at its nadir
For ...Elliot I say sans fear<br />it poetry at its nadir<br />For verses of a mighty force<br />you ride a muse and not a horse!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-56365944257765017552009-10-08T22:29:50.926+01:002009-10-08T22:29:50.926+01:00Ah, Jams, now is that right?
Elliot saddled Pegasu...Ah, Jams, now is that right?<br />Elliot saddled Pegasus at night<br />while McGonagall rode on Edith<br />until he fully reached the zenith?Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-30369967165970155412009-10-08T22:05:47.912+01:002009-10-08T22:05:47.912+01:00Ah Sean can I top that great work
With a muse who...Ah Sean can I top that great work<br /><br />With a muse whose name was Edith<br />McGonagall was at his zenith<br />Creating poems with such style<br />beat Eliott;s by a good mile<br /><br />O hear o hear that which I say<br />on this national poetry day<br />McGonagall was king of verse<br />All other poets are much worsejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-30367833615141749452009-10-08T22:00:06.254+01:002009-10-08T22:00:06.254+01:00Haha James.. how much an I lend you!Haha James.. how much an I lend you!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-16680317961481934692009-10-08T21:58:16.615+01:002009-10-08T21:58:16.615+01:00My favourite poet is Ewen McTeagle.My favourite poet is Ewen McTeagle.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-88501011334439028862009-10-08T21:26:34.180+01:002009-10-08T21:26:34.180+01:00That's why I called it a shame,
and great an a...That's why I called it a shame,<br />and great an affront<br />to mention the word-waster along <br />with the great poet's name.<br /><br />In case you got me wrong<br />please hear my second song, dear Jams,<br />in which I praise the Topaz's gems:<br /><br />Poetry at its peak,<br />each word of praise<br />would be too weak.<br /><br />A statue for McGonagall<br />demandeth thus McSeanagall.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1494983319624838502009-10-08T19:59:35.877+01:002009-10-08T19:59:35.877+01:00Who can love a thing as bland
as the doggerel cal...Who can love a thing as bland <br />as the doggerel called the Wasteland<br />It did come as some surprise <br />when he won the Nobel Prizejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-72604158748374237462009-10-08T19:46:31.994+01:002009-10-08T19:46:31.994+01:00Ah Snoopy you shuld shut of the brane and let his ...Ah Snoopy you shuld shut of the brane and let his words carry you!<br /><br />Ah he was Stephanie but he has a reputation as being one of the world's worst poets. Me, I love the great McGonagall!<br /><br />Ah James, Stephanie annot me at work and hear me blaspheme!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-26056687806254412392009-10-08T19:32:36.078+01:002009-10-08T19:32:36.078+01:00James Higham, that's every day here in the Sta...James Higham, that's every day here in the States.<br /><br />*SIGH*Stephanie, Mama Dramatisthttp://blogs.chron.com/mamadramanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-21534586926225218912009-10-08T17:49:32.728+01:002009-10-08T17:49:32.728+01:00lol. Well it is in the tradition of the minstrels...lol. Well it is in the tradition of the minstrels I guess. <br /><br />Thanks for reminding me, even though I am not in the UK I chose to commemorate it too.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-45271052633730371452009-10-08T17:33:01.778+01:002009-10-08T17:33:01.778+01:00I thought it was national blasphemy day.I thought it was national blasphemy day.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-49855823916187932222009-10-08T13:48:58.990+01:002009-10-08T13:48:58.990+01:00You speak to my heart!!
Words fail me, but I must...You speak to my heart!!<br /><br />Words fail me, but I must somehow express that this piece reminds me of so many traditional Irish and Scottish songs that tell tales of great battles won and lost, songs that I love and that bring tears to my eyes and make my heart swell...<br /><br />What a lost art.Stephanie, Mama Dramatisthttp://blogs.chron.com/mamadramanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-67603549102109395922009-10-08T11:23:37.543+01:002009-10-08T11:23:37.543+01:00Alone to mention Elliot along
with the master'...Alone to mention Elliot along<br />with the master's name,<br />is a ghastly affront,<br />moreover, an utterly shame.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-49183474228135624212009-10-08T09:23:56.973+01:002009-10-08T09:23:56.973+01:00..."six Companies of the 91st Regiment with s......"six Companies of the 91st Regiment with spirits light and gay,<br />And forming the Second Battalion..."<br /><br />The sheer beauty of this passage almost stopped my heart. It did succeed to stop my brain, though.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com