A Visitor's Response to " Emerald Green"

I watched with awe the Mountain strikes below the silver bow,
Feared the giant troll who grabs the bug within his maw,
Climbed about the spiraled walk, been gnomon on the hill;
And only glimpsed a tower but half-seen.
A traveller's senses merely screen
Emerald green that short tours never fill.
Any problems ( Read more... )

Okay, here's another poem from my transhuman setting. It is, I hope, a gentle parody of Kipling's lyrical poem "Mandalay." A week or so ago I happened to listen to a CD that Tim Ryan was good enough to transfer from a tape I purchased over a decade ago, the late Bill Maraschiello's Magnetic Elixir. Bill performed Kipling's "Mandalay" and his ( Read more... )

Memorializing a spur-of-the moment parody of a famous poem:The Waterway Not Taken

Two ways diverged on a northern lake,
And sorry I could not paddle both
And be one kayaker, a look I'd take
Down the lillies as far as they'd make
Left of reeds bent in the undergrowth
...
- Dave Alway, 27 August 2006 (Revised 28 August 2006)

Now, back to your ( Read more... )

Barfy Fever
With apologies to John Masefield and peteralway

I must go barf in the seas again - damned nauseous seasick life!
With the wave sway and seaweed splay, my head's on a bloody knife!
For all I ask is a fist in the mouth of that laughing fellow-rover,
Exhausted sleep and dizzy dream: please get this migraine over!

There's a Squirrel in My House
TTTO: "There's a Monster in My Head" with apologies to Michael Longcor.

Just a garden with some flowers
I don't want no special powers;
I just want to smell the grass and feel the sun.
I can't stand the sound of cheebling;
But can't stand the sight of bleeding:
Rather not do what they say must be done.But there's a ( Read more... )

My brother, peteralway suggested that rather than fret, chirosinger should pig pillow while waiting impatiently for her beloved musicmutt to complete his immigration interview (today!). Unfortunately, the poor lady is having sleepless nights over the whole business.

This is my contribution ...'Neath a tree by a river a little sow-pig ( Read more... )

( Cut to make friend's-list safe ... )

With apologies to Alfred Noyes ...Watch! The English bowler delivers as of old
And, shattering the silence with a cry of "Howzat!" told,
Inswingers on the wicket: bails go fly about!
England in the red dusk, are the Aussies gone all out?
Seriously, I congratulate my English friends for cheering on a highly competitive cricket side, in what appears ( Read more... )

There's one for the wall that was in the flat at Gwen's
And one for the construction zone outside ...
And one for the amplifier that's set beyond TEN -
And don't forget the Blacksmith's at Brandywine!