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by Gyppo
Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Knob-Handled Pot
Replies: 4
Views: 1306

Re: Knob-Handled Pot

Pleasingly visual, Jackie.

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: improvised
Replies: 1
Views: 771

Re: improvised

Dave, Very nice seasonal poem. You had me at fledgling year.  I would never have thought to describe a year with that word, but, having seen it, it's perfect. Enjoyed the fresh-faced squirrels too.  They've been particularly busy this last week, and I saw a very small one, still learning just how fa...
by Gyppo
Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Means
Replies: 4
Views: 982

Re: Means

Strange people.  I've met two in my life.  Charming but cold.  Very cold.  For some reason neither of them liked me.   One of them had a local reputation as a scary dude.  Took him about five seconds at our first meeting to realise it simply didn't work on me. Each to his own, as long as he didn't i...
by Gyppo
Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Cousins' Gathering.
Replies: 3
Views: 1033

Re: Cousins' Gathering.

First proper gathering since Covid.  Some caught it and survived, most of us managed to avoid it.  Our Ex-Pat cousin nearly decided to live full-time in Thailand with his wife, but after six months there has retired 'back home'.

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Cousins' Gathering.
Replies: 3
Views: 1033

Cousins' Gathering.

Cousins' Gathering The blood tie counts, bringing easy familiarity despite long absences. Conversation flows easily, dipping in and out, picking out disparate threads hearing all or one as the hours pass. Favourite old stories retold, new adventures added, re-compiling the family narrative. Burnish...
by Gyppo
Tue Jan 17, 2023 2:17 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Day Donald Died
Replies: 1
Views: 664

The Day Donald Died

Tracy's piece about Kennedy, triggered a recollection of my own. ===== The Day Donald Died (Coniston Water, January 4th, 1967) When Bluebird flipped on Lake Coniston, and stopped his life, his relentless pursuit of world records, it seemed impossible. I remember seeing a picture, his wife stood on t...
by Gyppo
Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Rootbound
Replies: 8
Views: 1539

Re: Rootbound

I love the image of your boisterous garden, the volunteer plants 'muscling in' and making a mockery of the planned tidiness and order. Had to smile at 'the sacred vagaries of cosmic happenstance'.  Life is full of these, no matter what we may have planned ;-) Thoroughly enjoyed. One query:  Tomato c...
by Gyppo
Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: It's not really a poem, but...
Replies: 3
Views: 1001

Re: It's not really a poem, but...

Tracy and Dave, This was one of those odd little bits which forced itself into my life recently, and I'll admit I'm not 100% sure where it was taking me.  But it wouldn't go away ;-) I guess there's a wry recognition of the fact that we are all a flickering flame.  Sometimes we burn strong and brigh...
by Gyppo
Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: sorrows to come
Replies: 3
Views: 980

Re: sorrows to come

Dave, I understand the sentiment, know the feeling.  If I'm lucky I may see my Grandaughter grow up, but statistically I'm unlikely to ever see any great grandchildren. Tracy may have a point about the relationship of the first line to the rest.  I tried reading it aloud and it doesn't quite gel for...
by Gyppo
Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: It's not really a poem, but...
Replies: 3
Views: 1001

It's not really a poem, but...

...I think the poets may 'get' this ...      The Flickering Flame .     I occasionally light a small candle to mark the passing of  someone I respected or admired, even if I never met them in everyday  life.  Mum used to do this, and it seems I've inherited the habit.     It's a strange and eclectic...