The school is open again
The old building leans in over the playground
It needs repair and the builder is on leave
We gather in the corner
away from the biting wind
It has been a hard winter
no writings on the lavatory walls
No scribblings of despair
sexual innuendo absent
No biting ripostes
No flattering comments
We visited from time to time
to see the empty yard
our poetic pals scattered
like autumn leaves to the four quarters
from whence they came
Siva, the Indian girl, who told us poems full of colour
of her native land, so rich a tapestry we felt we were there
with the smells of the perfumeries and the tinkling temple bells
huddles next to the wall to hide from the sleet of despair
Billy is there with his scientific knowledge of the body
the oldest boy some say, the longest pupil in short trousers
The headmaster is there with his three-line poms
forever checking our work, tut-tut he mutters his habit
Bobby is there with his eclectic poms, so many wins
we can't count, no dunce's hat for Bobby, our star pupil
And our new pupil, Caleb, the new boy who is fitting in
Frank turns up late as usual, the Welsh miner's son
covered in black dust and smelling of horse manure.
All we need now is dear old Bernie to make our coven
complete.
How nice to be here in the play ground, how nice to tap
on the keyboard uttering any old rubbish and yet it's not
The brain working again, thoughts turned into action
and read and commented on.
So nice to see you all.
Writing Again After Christmas Break
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Good poem, Ieuan…. Enjoyed it all
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Good poem, Leuan.
Yes, Bob, has many wins at IBPC I think 25. I have 23. He had a runner up for best poem of decade, I was first honorary mention. I'm just a little behind him. It's just I get a little tired of not being considered a poet. There's a guy at Waters who said a few months ago, something to the effect, that I was becoming maybe becoming a poet.Ha! Oh well, I know I'm not a terrific poet, but I've written a few not too shabby poems. The description you've written of me just appeared to be another slight even if you didn't mean to.
Yes, Bob, has many wins at IBPC I think 25. I have 23. He had a runner up for best poem of decade, I was first honorary mention. I'm just a little behind him. It's just I get a little tired of not being considered a poet. There's a guy at Waters who said a few months ago, something to the effect, that I was becoming maybe becoming a poet.Ha! Oh well, I know I'm not a terrific poet, but I've written a few not too shabby poems. The description you've written of me just appeared to be another slight even if you didn't mean to.
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Billy, you and Christine Potters are and have been for a long time the best poets at Waters.
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I don’t think Ieuan meant any slight. I don’t see anything to suggest that.
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We’re all equal, unknown to the outside world. That’s the way I see it…All I know is that I’ve loved specific poems from everyone here.
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Sorry, Leuan, I was just in a foul mood that had little to do with you. Thanks for including me in your poem.
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I thought I was becoming a poet. I still don't believe it some days.
I do feel appreciating poetry is subjective. I read some of Kipling's' and he is terrible with many
and yet he has written fantastic engineering poems, I read him with awe about India. Some say
Kipling isn't really a poet. Some of Dylan Thomas' poems leave me cold. It's just that I like Bob's poems,
and I do critique him heavily at times. I feel it's all about identifying with the poem at the time of reading.
I lean more to liking a poem than analysing technique.
I do feel appreciating poetry is subjective. I read some of Kipling's' and he is terrible with many
and yet he has written fantastic engineering poems, I read him with awe about India. Some say
Kipling isn't really a poet. Some of Dylan Thomas' poems leave me cold. It's just that I like Bob's poems,
and I do critique him heavily at times. I feel it's all about identifying with the poem at the time of reading.
I lean more to liking a poem than analysing technique.