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by Gyppo
Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:52 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Never grow bitter
Replies: 9
Views: 4151

Never grow bitter

Not a new one, but... Never grow bitter Bare feet, faded denims, long straight black hair turning prematurely grey. A waist-high Irish Wolfhound  stands placidly alongside. Leashed on a thick rope, with a leather bound loop around her skinny wrist, jostling for space with blue beads and a well worn ...
by Gyppo
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:53 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Legacy
Replies: 4
Views: 2317

Re: Legacy

The really worthwhile things rarely are ;-)
by Gyppo
Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:13 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Brighton
Replies: 5
Views: 2959

Re: Brighton

It would be a sad world if writers/poets had no time for 'people watching' or worse still no 'others' to watch. I last visited Brighton  20 years ago, and, despite having been a seaside resort for many many years the place had something of a Brigadoon quality about it.  It's quite easy to believe it...
by Gyppo
Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:04 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Poem for a friend
Replies: 3
Views: 2097

Re: Poem for a friend

Goodbye poems to friends aren't meant to be polished perfection.  Feelings aren't always tidy. I wrote one a few years back for my oldest friend who committed suicide and left a lot of questions.  But it helps to say goodbye in our own way. ...decades of you embedded in our DNA. Too tight to be unra...
by Gyppo
Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:55 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Alone
Replies: 5
Views: 2828

Re: Alone

Dave,  The sense of isolation is palpable, and the window stands in well for the invisible barrier of loss between the narrator and the rest of the world.  A writer could waste a thousand words trying to convey that gulf, or alternatively capture it in a few. I think the 'long'  is a useful metaphor...
by Gyppo
Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:41 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Legacy
Replies: 4
Views: 2317

Re: Legacy

I like this. It made me think about the legacy I'll be leaving.  Financially, probably not much.  Hopefully enough to put me away decently without my girls having to pay for it.  Anything beyond that  they can share out as they see fit. I think my real legacy will be the bright and curious minds of ...
by Gyppo
Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:15 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Welcome to The Colm, Dan, Dave, Dylan, Gyppo, Linda, Phil & Tracy Show
Replies: 10
Views: 5236

Re: Welcome to The Colm, Dave, Dylan and Phil Show

Hi, Chaps. I'm still around, but haven't been feeling very poetic lately.  Quite a bit of other stuff going on. ===== The neighbour's dog is so damned wet he doesn't even bark, and the rain-sodden finches in the tree are building a bloody ark. My Muse has gone canoeing slaloming through the weeds sh...
by Gyppo
Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:20 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: starting handle
Replies: 8
Views: 5014

Re: starting handle

Dad understood marine steam engines, both coal and oil fired, but didn't have the same understanding of what he cheerfully referred to as  Infernal Combustion Engines.  It sometimes really threw him when a bike which had worked perfectly the night before wouldn't start in the morning. I would say th...
by Gyppo
Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:32 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: starting handle
Replies: 8
Views: 5014

Re: starting handle

Dave, I really like this father and son moment. The father, livid that a mechanical thing is defying him.  Seeing his son is frightened by this primal outrage, then calming down enough to try again in a more civilised way. I can vividly picture the son, glad his father avoided an explosion, and the ...
by Gyppo
Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:18 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: When Eve flipped the tarot
Replies: 5
Views: 3494

Re: When Eve flipped the tarot

Phil, glad you enjoyed it.

Dave, I shall very likely give this one a little polish after it's sat for a while.  Your comments about where this might take place are appreciated.  My subconscious is working on it even as I type.

Cheers,

Gyppo