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Here's a short poem which I found in a newspaper some years ago ...... It's somewhat yellowed over the years, but it is still readable.
Edited by - gearce on 5/08/2009 10:30
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all
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Stanley
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Posted - 16/08/2010 : 07:36
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00td4v8
Have a look at this for some wonderfully emotive stuff.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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gearce
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Posted - 26/08/2010 : 10:39
FORTY YEARS AFTER
e climbed to the top of Goat Point hill, Sweet Kitty, my sweetheart, and I; And watched the moon make stars on the waves, And the dim white ships go by, While a throne we made on a rough stone wall, And the king and the queen were we; And I sat with my arm about Kitty, And she with her arm about me.
The water was mad in the moonlight, And the sand like gold where it shone, And our hearts kept time to its music, As we sat in the splendour alone. And Kitty's dear eyes twinkled brightly, And Kitty's brown hair blew so free, While I sat with my arm about Kitty, And she with her arm about me.
Last night we drove in our carriage, To the wall at the top of the hill; And though we're forty years older, We're children and sweethearts still. And we talked again of that moonlight That danced so mad on the sea, When I sat with my arm about Kitty, And she with her arm about me.
The throne on the wall was still standing, But we sat in the carriage last night, For a wall is too high for old people Whose foreheads have linings of white. And Kitty's waist measure is forty, While mine is full fifty and three, So I can't get my arm about Kitty, Nor can she get both hers around me.
H. H. Porter.
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Posted - 07/09/2010 : 05:27
Here's a couple of Grandmas and Computers poems you might like.
Grandma's on the Internet by Dorothy Costello
randma's on the internet You won't believe the nuts she's met But what she'd really like to know Is - Where are those who quilt and sew And do the things she likes to do? She'd give them hints, and learn some too. She used to be "scared" of a wee little mouse Would scream if one ever got in the house. Now she hugs one night and day She'd rather cuddle it than stay On the couch and watch t.v. Her first love now is her P.C. She'd like to see it all unfurled So much to learn in this new world. She could explore it from her chair But mostly, she plays solitaire But that's o.k. she doesn't care About the weather in Zaire. Windows were glass she'd wash and look through Now they are programs to help us all view The earth and the sea and the beautiful sky A virus was something from which you could die Now it's a nuisance that could spoil your day, But it can be fixed and sent on it's way.
She served her time with diapers and dishes. Now she can do whatever she wishes And if that means staying up half the night To point arrows at icons-that's really alright. A bit was something you had little of. Now it takes eight bytes to make the above It's all so confusing, it makes her head ache. A byte was something you take from a cake. She's learning more about it now Her four year old grandchild showed her how.
Grandma's Connected Author Unknown
n the not too distant past I remember very well Grandmas tended to their knitting And their cookies were just swell.
They were always at the ready When you needed some advice And their sewing (I can tell you) Was available and nice.
Well, Grandma hasn't deserted you She dearly loves you still You just won't find her cooking But she's right there at the till.
She thinks about you daily You haven't been forsook Your photos are quite handy In her Pentium Notebook.
She scans your artwork now though And combines it with cool sounds To make electronic greetings She prints pictures by the pounds.
She's right there when you need her You really aren't alone She's out now with her "Puter Pals" And she has her new cell phone.
You can also leave a message On her answering machine Or page her at the fun meet She's been there since nine-fifteen.
Yes, the world's a very different place There is no doubt of that So, "E" her from your web page Or join her in a chat.
She's joined the electronic age And it really seems to suit her So don't expect the same old gal Cause Grandma's gone "computer."
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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Posted - 23/10/2010 : 03:23
I know it's spread over the internet, but this will save you a search.
The Ripples Don’t Have to be Large
The young man spoke to the elder one, "I’m just not important," he said I haven’t accomplished a notable deed to be remembered for after I’m dead."
The old man took pebbles of varying size. And one-by-one tossed in the pond. Each pebble created a splash as it hit, and the ripples spread far and beyond.
"Individual pebbles, from smallest to large, create their own ripples to send, as each capability dictates. Then finally, each ripple will end."
"Some ripples last longer than others, but finally, all disappear, leaving the pond surface tranquil. Just quiet, peaceful and clear."
"The pebbles are likened to people," he said, "And the water a symbol for earth, The ripple is each person’s presence in life. It measures not value nor worth."
"The size matters not of the ripple we make. In time all are gone from the view. Of all of the ripples that formed in the pond, don’t forget there was one caused by you."
"In the final analysis, your impact on life, be the magnitude greater or small, In the memory of someone you always will be. No one is remembered by all."
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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Posted - 01/11/2010 : 02:49
On Your Wedding Day -- by John T. Baker
While you're now celebrating your wedding And your dreams contemplate Paradise, Though you may disagree, will you please pardon me If I offer a bit of advice.
Don't expect every day to be sunny; Be prepared for occasional rain; It may start with a kiss, but connubial bliss Is a medley of pleasure and pain.
But it's great to team up with a partner, For this life is a journey for two; You may triumph or fail, come to grief or prevail, You're together whatever you do.
May you often take time to be happy, May your love grow and grow through the years; To rejoice more and more, when you add up the score, Just remember the laughs, not the tears.
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all |
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Posted - 08/11/2010 : 06:44
Owed Two A Spell Chequer:
Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew.
Author: Unknown
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Posted - 08/11/2010 : 13:11
Wonderful.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
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Posted - 08/11/2010 : 16:27
Should it have said "Author: unknoan"?
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Posted - 10/11/2010 : 02:34
The word shoe used were a mist ache My chequer tolled me sew. "Awe for: un non" bee kame ok I fought hewed like two no.
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Posted - 11/11/2010 : 08:17
THE FINAL INSPECTION > > The soldier stood and faced God, > Which must always come to pass. > He hoped his shoes were shining, > Just as brightly as his brass. > > "Step forward now, you soldier, > How shall I deal with you? > Have you always turned the other cheek? > To My Church have you been true?" > > The soldier squared his shoulders and said, > 'No, Lord, I guess I ain't. > Because those of us who carry guns, > Can't always be a saint. > > I've had to work most Sundays, > And at times my talk was tough. > And sometimes I've been violent, > Because the world is awfully rough. > > But, I never took a penny, > That wasn't mine to keep... > Though I worked a lot of overtime, > When the bills got just too steep. > > And I never passed a cry for help, > Though at times I shook with fear. > And sometimes, God, forgive me, > I've wept unmanly tears. > > I know I don't deserve a place, > Among the people here. > They never wanted me around, > Except to calm their fears. > > If you've a place for me here, Lord, > It needn't be so grand. > I never expected or had too much, > But if you don't, I'll understand. > > There was a silence all around the throne, > Where the saints had often trod. > As the soldier waited quietly, > For the judgment of his God. > > 'Step forward now, you soldier, > You've borne your burdens well.. > Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, > You've done your time in Hell.' > > Author Unknown~ >
Gus
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Posted - 12/11/2010 : 08:46
Great reading.
Whether or not what is said is true, the site below purports it to be written by an American Serviceman and who added a Part Two because, in his words, "I'm very saddened by America today, when they take credit for what others say."
This is the site
While I was at it, I did some further checking on the 'Owed Two A Spell Chequer' poem which I posted and which was by Author unknown. Again, whether or not what is said is true, the original of this was titled 'Candidate for a Pullet Surprise' and was written by Mark Eckman and Jerrold H. Zar.
Edit: Further checking reveals that by clicking on the highlighted 'Dr. Jerrold H. Zar' in the second line of the second paragraph takes you to Dr. Zar's website and clicking on 'Complete correct poem' under the heading Spelling Checker Poem opens a .pdf file which confirms the information. Something else which I found, though not about spell checking, was a poem 'THE CHAOS', by Gerard Nolst Trenité, written from the viewpoint of the foreign learner of the English language.
Edited by - gearce on 13/11/2010 14:21
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Posted - 13/11/2010 : 17:43
Very good that Gearce, thank God mine speaks English, or Swahili, or Arabic, Hebrew and ad infinitum.
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Stanley
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Posted - 20/04/2011 : 04:58
Never see that before Tiz. A poetical cook short of paper? Got this today, From the New York Literery review.The newly elected governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is outspoken. He said that after his election readers could expect to see in their newspapers, “LePage tells Obama to go to hell.” When he refused to attend a Martin Luther King Day event, he said of the NAACP, “Tell them they can kiss my butt.” Not to be outdone by other Republican governors who are attacking unions, over the weekend he ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural celebrating labor from the lobby of the state Labor Department building in Augusta, and is retitling its conference rooms to remove the names of past labor leaders. His reason? They might make businessmen uncomfortable. How many such businessmen visit the Labor Department? And how many faint with panic at the sight of a mural that depicts historical scenes from Maine’s labor movement, like women building ships during World War II, and a 1986 paper strike? Judy Taylor Studio Panels 8-11 of the Maine Labor Department mural by Judy Taylor This ranks with the most famous removal of a mural from a public building in America, when John D. and Nelson Rockefeller destroyed a large painting they had themselves commissioned in 1932 from the famous Mexican painter Diego Rivera for their new Rockefeller Center building. Rivera called the painting “Man at the Crossroads,” and he included in the choices facing workers during the Depression a portrait of Lenin. When told he must remove the portrait, he refused, saying the commissioners knew his leftist record when they asked him to do the painting. He said he would balance the portrait with one of Lincoln. After the Rockefellers destroyed his art work in 1934, he recreated it in the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, adding a portrait of John D. Rockefeller in a nightclub. The fracas inspired the best satirical poem of the century, by E. B. White. Can anyone match this for the dumb Maine governor? I Paint What I See [A Ballad of Artistic Integrity] “What do you paint, when you paint on a wall?” Said John D.’s grandson Nelson. “Do you paint just anything there at all? “Will there be any doves, or a tree in fall? “Or a hunting scene, like an English hall?” “I paint what I see,” said Rivera “What are the colors you use when you paint?” Said John D.’s grandson Nelson. “Do you use any red in the beard of a saint? “If you do, is it terribly red, or faint? “Do you use any blue? Is it Prussian?” “I paint what I paint,” said Rivera “Whose is that head that I see on my wall?” Said John D.’s grandson Nelson. “Is it anyone’s head whom we know at all? “A Rensselaer or a Saltonstall? “Is it Franklin D.? Is it Mordaunt Hall? “Or is it the head of a Russian?” “I paint what I think,” said Rivera. “I paint what I paint, I paint what I see, “I paint what I think,” said Rivera “And the thing that is dearest in life to me “In a bourgeois hall is integrity; However… “I’ll take out a couple of people drinkin’ “And put in a picture of Abraham Lincoln. “I could even give you McCormick’s reaper “And still not make my art much cheaper. “But the head of Lenin has got to stay “Or my friends will give me the bird today, “The bird, the bird, forever.” “It’s not good taste in a man like me,” Said John D.s grandson Nelson, “To question an artist’s integrity “Or mention a practical thing like a fee. “But I know what I like to a large degree. “Though art I hate to hamper, “For twenty-one thousand conservative bucks “You painted a radical. I say shucks, “I never could rent the offices— “The capitalistic offices. “For this, as you know, is a public hall, “And people want doves, or a tree in fall, “And though your art I dislike to hamper, “I owe a little to God and Gramper. “And after all, “It’s my wall.” “We’ll see if it is,” said Rivera. “I Paint What I See” is reprinted with permission of White Literary LLC.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 31/08/2011 : 05:17
Here's something I received in an email this morning from a friend and which I thought someone might like to read ...... YES I did check the internet and it is there but this will save you looking it up.
TO: God.Com
Dear Lord, Every single evening As I'm lying here in bed, This tiny little Prayer Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family Wherever they may be, Keep them warm and safe from harm For they're so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing I wish that you could do; Hope you don't mind me asking, Please bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's unusual To Bless a motherboard, But listen just a second While I explain it to you, Lord.
You see, that little metal box Holds more than odds and ends; Inside those small compartments Rest so many of my friends.
I know so much about them By the kindness that they give, And this little scrap of metal Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them Much the same as you. We share in what life brings us And from that our friendships grew..
Please take an extra minute From your duties up above, To bless those in my address book That's filled with so much love.
Wherever else this prayer may reach To each and every friend, Bless each e-mail inbox And each person who hits 'send'.
When you update your Heavenly list On your own Great CD-ROM, Bless everyone who says this prayer Sent up to GOD.Com
Amen
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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Posted - 31/08/2011 : 06:03
quote: Sue wrote: I have agood poem that my local librarian gave me , its about a group of lads, one called Widdup on a trip to Blackpool. I will have to find it and type it up here
Sue
PS I have never worked out which Widdup it is !
quote: gearce wrote: Is that the one 'Hevin' a spree at Blackpool'? ...... One day Billy Swaddles, Dick Widdup and me ...... No I don't know the poem ...... Did some cheating ...... Looking forward to reading it
Sue is this the poem to which you were referring? ...... I have only just gone back to this subject ...... Unfortunately the person who replied to my question is unable to remember it all.
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