tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409727653262609472024-03-13T14:18:07.972-07:00Poems by an Old ReprobatePoetry of L. E. Ashton, 1926 - 2016Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-66445994746048386952022-12-08T19:17:00.006-08:002022-12-09T03:54:31.332-08:00Ode to a Dead Mouse<p style="text-align: left;"></p><i>Dedicated to the fair Eufemia, who said it couldn't be done</i><br /><br /> <div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Squashed, repugnant, verminous mouse<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> that did unauthorized ransack my house<br /> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">your territorial rights were nil<br /> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> you trespassed and now foot the bill<br /> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">for damages accrued while tasting<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> my best Gruyere acquired on Hasting's<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">at great expense: you are a dunce<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> the Cheddar i’d have happily stood for<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">and shown you, compensation-wise, the door<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> it is by choice, not chance <br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">you are the victim of a circumstan- <br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">tial boot, that crushed you flat<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> while full of loot – i cried, “Take that!”<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Valedictory<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">You squirm no more, in state you lie<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> with spatula i had to pry<br /> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">and drape you with the newsprint shroud<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> don’t worry, mouse, i’ll do you proud<br /></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">this moral text i shall recite<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> in homage due for your last rite:<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> a gourmand i respect as such<br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> but Gruyere cheese costs far too much! <br /><br /><br /> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">‘98</span></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-83700044075756187832022-12-02T16:40:00.001-08:002022-12-03T09:57:27.416-08:00who the hell am i<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">who
the hell am i lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">who
the hell am i</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">turned
around whos looking back</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">wind
the winding track</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">mind
when looking back</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">beside
your great self lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">who
the hell am i</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">nobuddy's
more my weal lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">'fore
i wuz born</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">'fore
i wuz born lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">look
at the hell you went thru</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">what
do i mean</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">what
do i call your woe</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">tis
behind me afore you</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">the
hellish path you went lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">who
damn cheers now</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">when
you gave your entire best</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">devoted
to your own</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">your
own of one i am lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">the
last to top the story</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">story
never got told</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">into
green bed you folded</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">tired
to the end</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">when
your kids deserted</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">who
is now your friend</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">settles
in my gall lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">hurts
where it sticks</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">you
served we took</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">was
it worthy of a loving look</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">coming
past your memory's grave</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">oh
humbling never bent your knees</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt;">say
no long-gone bye lass</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">with
tears that wet this page</span></span><br />
<span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>mmxiv</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-54206977071395353932022-11-29T14:27:00.001-08:002022-12-09T03:57:41.983-08:00Mud Bay, October<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">M</span></b></span>ud Bay, you'll stay as you were</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> in our weather eye this day</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> dank desolate late october</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> heavy drizzle wind tilts umbrellas</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and cameras sprayed with rain</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> high tide featurless unmoved</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> such pounding on grass and reeds</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> clumps of heavy-headed flowers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> saturated and subdued like us</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> no we didn't shout in confrontation</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> nothing dramatic too busy coping</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> by mutual support tangle of togs and gear</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> elements aim breath-taking shots at us</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">lone great blue heron empties locality</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> at our substitution and elects distant post</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> marching legs of railroad trestle dwindling</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> like our comfort zone</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">blown away and had enough</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> we seek alleviations of car</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> content to be present and in companionable spirits</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> when earth and weather conjoin</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> treating us to spectacular visitation
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
mmix</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-51447938266647735342022-11-25T18:32:00.000-08:002022-11-26T22:21:52.024-08:00Scatter seed<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br />S</b></span>catter seed for peckish juncos<br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>among fallen maple leaves<br />
and dormant plants<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>where they happily stop scurry<br />
pick pick pick<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>eager to feed<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>back after summer migration<br />
and i retire to feed with eyes<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>eager to eat it up<br />
<br />
snowbirds entertaining<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>long restover till spring<br />
populate bare garden<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>stripped of cheery flowers and fresh greenery<br />
winters order to fall:<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>i like it desolate<br />
<br />
hard to imagine buried roots<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>under earth devotedly<br />
storing strength for renewal: sapience<br />
<br />
constancy in absence<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>task of growth not entered lightly<br />
no flighty pledges of bosom love<br />
oh wringing of high-handed heart<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>you may yet<br />
versed in comings-and-goings<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>discover trust<br />
<br />
presence of mind in absence<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>remaining steadfast<br />
see what lodges in-between places<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>found hither-thither and yon<br />
gathering through spaces of whirling swirling<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>what's to do being done<br />
<br />
oh safely cherished<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>vital proof<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>persistence<br />
urge to confirm what's called natural behaviour<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in recognition of constancy met
<br />
<br />
november mmxiiSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-90563356588950501892022-11-24T22:39:00.000-08:002022-11-25T19:39:58.148-08:00i wuz listnin t radio<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>i </b></span>wuz listnin t radio<br />
oh hum oh hum<br />
i wuz listnin t radio<br />
oh hum oh hum<br />
dratted news it cum<br />
dratted news it cum<br />
oh hum oh hum<br />
<br />
nary smile nor laff nor song<br />
nary smile nor laff nor song<br />
dry az mud an crackt frum sun<br />
dratted news it cum ho hum<br />
<br />
orlz daid it sed orlz daid<br />
oh hum orlz daid n gone<br />
an more t cum oh hum<br />
datz orl ...<br />
<br />
hey wotz dis ... i xclaim<br />
hey wotz dis ... i xclaim<br />
<br />
... t'aint fit i sez<br />
... t'aint fit i sez<br />
no weepin no outcry silent az morgue<br />
<br />
... here i be adrift bulgin wid tears<br />
<br />
so youze free i thot<br />
free freed by necessitee<br />
freed frum barkin o fiery muzzles<br />
free frum breath t protest<br />
free frum breath t protest u'd be<br />
ifn u had voices ... !<br />
<br />
soz i wuz listnin t radio<br />
hoho hum<br />
<br />
<br />
nov mmxivSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-30720873437621299852014-11-19T03:26:00.000-08:002014-11-19T03:26:00.537-08:00i cud swear<u>tich backhouse hiz thorts</u><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>i</b></span> cud swear<br />
<br />
jest caint 'member wot peoplez call 'm such<br />
on tip o' me<br />
damn beyond gettin at<br />
aint seen heerd<br />
outta touch lately<br />
don' blame me cos ize senile<br />
muss be summat don' matter much 'cept<br />
sunpun cute 'n cuddly-like<br />
naw thin 'n scraggly like unto skinflintz beard<br />
neider wun close t'<br />
un-comp-promisin big wurd serry-ee-bral<br />
'normous round zero wid halo<br />
yus like oh forever<br />
no buts more importink<br />
most importink<br />
gosh oughta luke this up<br />
on everwunz tongue seems like<br />
seems like luminates wotz sed<br />
'n dont soz i lose track<br />
<br />
oh sorry nurse beggin yr pardin<br />
jest thunkin out loud<br />
talkin to missen silly ord duffer yus<br />
'bout wotz ober me haid<br />
summat t' do wid rite 'n wrung<br />
i wert clebber wuncet<br />
seems capital letters allus were wot i tuke me hat orf t'<br />
not outta respeck cos twere axpected<br />
same az don' go i'd nearly got it s'trooth<br />
thatz it wurd i fergit<br />
supper up yit?<br />
<br />
<br />
dec mmxSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-3477533246772434002014-11-16T03:21:00.000-08:002014-11-16T03:21:00.111-08:00tipple-tale blues<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>w</b></span>han u got a wumman<br />
whan u got a wumman<br />
sturdy an strong<br />
hey keep dat sweetheart wumman<br />
hey keep dat sweetheart wumman<br />
she dont do u no wrong<br />
hey keep dat sweetheart wumman<br />
hey be sure dat sweetheart wumman<br />
she won nebber do u wrong<br />
<br />
oh yeah allus keep her happy<br />
yus allus treat her good<br />
oh allus keep her happy<br />
allus keep her wooed<br />
aint no joy meant like it<br />
alike dis tipple-tale blues<br />
cos nite n day u trust her<br />
oh allus keep her wooed<br />
oh allus i sez oh allus keep her wooed<br />
<br />
nov mmxivSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-81695949190239740252014-11-13T03:14:00.000-08:002014-11-13T03:14:00.234-08:00Old man, old man<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>o</b></span>ld man old man<br />
where do you go<br />
over t'hill my dear<br />
to be laid low<br />
<br />
old man old man<br />
how long i wonder<br />
six feet my dear<br />
and ditto under<br />
<br />
old man old man<br />
i wonder why<br />
reasons like seasons<br />
come and go by<br />
<br />
old man old man<br />
shall i be told<br />
too soon you'll be wiser<br />
oh you too shall grow old<br />
<br />
<br />
aug mmxiv while laid up with sore hipSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-45958271854033626952014-10-30T10:13:00.000-07:002014-10-30T10:13:00.754-07:00when there's no words<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">w</span>hen there's no words left<br />
your mind's adrift<br />
exhaustion threatens<br />
better rest easy<br />
shut off the world<br />
questions left unaddressed<br />
may sunlight flit through high leaves<br />
quirk any fancies<br />
and grounded shadows<br />
cease to fall across<br />
eyes blinking with tiny dust flecks afloat<br />
comes happy surrender<br />
void of inquiry<br />
settles on breast<br />
nothing enabled existsSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-10140883715883623092014-10-27T10:09:00.000-07:002014-10-27T10:09:00.673-07:00I've got icycles<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">i</span>'ve got icycles in my brain<br />
let them fall like warm rain<br />
from bosom's heat held and<br />
commiserated with gentle hugs<br />
to fold up the pain lesions unfreezing<br />
and when i can regain<br />
my original composure sure<br />
i'll be off easing<br />
tight-lipped aporia's door open<br />
no doubts to explain<br />
<br />
<br />
The aporetic method: raising of puzzles without offering solutions.<br />
i.e. intellectual state of perplexity<br />
<br />
<br />
mmxivSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-56171941482501322732014-10-24T10:05:00.000-07:002014-10-24T10:05:00.372-07:00Of its own mind<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">b</span>etter than half lies<br />
half to be heard<br />
and half winked at<br />
for you to figure<br />
better than half truths<br />
living out their half lives<br />
like impotent sparks<br />
of a damped fire<br />
better than non sequitur<br />
led by the nose<br />
none knows where<br />
what we should stand for<br />
is what we are<br />
resolute in choosing<br />
or letting go<br />
how schooling heart<br />
half understanding<br />
sui generis says<br />
in fathomed approval<br />
despite your honorific<br />
shall and shoulds<br />
might and mays<br />
<br />
<br />
jan, mmviiiSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-11051021526861640532014-10-21T10:01:00.000-07:002014-10-21T10:01:49.532-07:00Grinds y down<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">i</span>t grinds y down<br />
i tells yer<br />
it grinds y down<br />
wearworn careworn<br />
beaten battered<br />
b day by day<br />
endurin<br />
it grinds y sum<br />
it grinds agin<br />
wot kin i do<br />
wot i ask kin i do<br />
sore an mizerabble<br />
haid an joints perticklar<br />
o haid suffers<br />
well u know u know<br />
wut goez on inside<br />
and t stretch<br />
breathe deep<br />
is luxury fair<br />
u know<br />
ifn yer course crosses<br />
wid hex<br />
b day by day<br />
soonz yer hup<br />
so soonz yer down<br />
not funny<br />
taint alike clownz anticks<br />
tiz shape of fortune<br />
grindz yer darn<br />
<br />
<br />
sept, mmxivSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-82520818183614689332014-08-23T00:38:00.001-07:002014-08-23T00:38:59.364-07:00if only<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>i</b></span>f only what impended<br />
if only it descended<br />
if only singly singing<br />
if only you and i yes<br />
if only we did<br />
if only what would<br />
if only hoped for should<br />
a plague on this only if<br />
<br />Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-13331107850992992492014-07-14T12:47:00.000-07:002014-07-14T12:47:00.215-07:00Bring along your babies oh<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>B</b></span>ring along your babies oh<br />
mother dear! never fear<br />
the worst for when the petals burst<br />
the bud will quicken the blood<br />
red eye of the sun to shine fiercely<br />
down down down until . . . thistledown<br />
puff gone flown<br />
to seed again mother dear<br />
dear earth mother<br />
so never fear the worst<br />
bring along your babies oh!<br />
<br />
<br />
mmlxxxSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-69143571831196645162014-07-11T12:35:00.002-07:002014-07-11T12:35:48.284-07:00Fragments II<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>a</b></span>s the peony bud<br />
bends on a slender<br />
stalk<br />
my heart's opening<br />
awareness<br />
bends in deference<br />
<br />
<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">b</span></b>ecause you're an open book<br />
i've not read between the lines<br />
<br />
<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">s</span></b>tripped of my masks<br />
faceless<br />
down to the psyche's buff<br />
ego-less<br />
sloughed of fancies<br />
i arise<br />
and walk on water<br />
and imitate the skies<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>w</b>ith a right royal gesture<br />
i'll disinter the cadaver of our affair<br />
overturn the headstone<br />
and declare<br />
an amnesty for mortified lovers<br />
<br />
<br />
mmlxxxviSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-81827077112822154282014-03-10T07:55:00.000-07:002014-08-23T01:44:22.125-07:00dying to qualify<br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">M</span></b>atter is evil<br />
trump card for membership<br />
in this vicarious game of opposites<br />
cleaves body from soul<br />
we mortals guilty of human nature<br />
and sentenced before quickening<br />
which means flesh blood bone nerves<br />
and above all sensible mind<br />
damned as devil's work<br />
reasoning from elementary either-or<br />
decides who takes charge of our will<br />
our right to reason freely<br />
conscience blown<br />
caring and compassion for world corporeal<br />
tis all swept away like litter in wind's ken<br />
this earth we inhabit<br />
source of being and doing<br />
manifold of elements compounded<br />
folded into many and many beyond compare<br />
no arbitrary division<br />
as if words could choose affinity<br />
that owes no relation to its originall<br />
what do we deny<br />
complicit with idle proof<br />
that matters a damn<br />
<br />
<i>feb mmxiv</i>Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-54444605855269371642014-03-08T08:08:00.001-08:002014-03-08T08:08:08.364-08:00hey hey<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">H</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">ey
hey ize a sick ol man</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> ain
no use to pout n frown</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">whan
ize daid to frum ize cum</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> then
hey hey tiz ho nonny none</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ho
nonny none whan ize feelin sore</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> hurtin
bad n wurse in store</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">taint
az if ize young no more</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> hey
hey tiz whoz t' care</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">hey
nonny no wotz up soonz down</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> skinny
az rope an wun end gone</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">cheeks
sucked in an teeth undun</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> then
hey ize fettle as a skeleton</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">hey
di ho meanz summatz up</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> sky
is fallin vexed wi snow</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">summerz
went n autumn flew</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and
hey tiz next t stars cum thru</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">whan
hey hey me toes turn up</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> t'aint
mort o' matter whar ize dug</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">spent
me gains on booze n fun</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> herez
t hey ho n hey nonny none</span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">wid
hey ho then upend me mug</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">feb mmxiv</span></span></span></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-34713303277049871712014-03-08T07:49:00.001-08:002014-03-08T14:10:22.578-08:00iz it here ... izit thar ... ho tiz hot air<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">B</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ah
meister barmbrackt</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tich
sticks his end in</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">thoo
pontificates frum on hi</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">calls
yersen seeker o trooth</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">better
don wings</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">u
haz far to go</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">wid
yer airy haspirayshuns</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">wharz
dis elevated plan u sites</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">belike
pole-sitter</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">beggin
scraps o numinus mannah</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">let
fall frum upper firmament</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">absolomon
verity</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">yer
wurds git longer less eligibull</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">fer
unnerstanding more youse prates</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">till
u flies off hintoxicated</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">dasnt
u stan huprite on urthz gravitas</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">bag
o intestinal niftytude</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">trooth
darn here must enjoy qualifier</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">or
it stanz alone</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">similar
to maiden aunt last o tribe</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">gotta
hab relations</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">watch
tich see me barry</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">makes
no sense stannin forlorn</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">here
goes</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">i
pick up handles o ditto</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">an
push den off i trots</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">now
tis has meanin</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tip
o me cap yer honner</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">thanx
fer pleasant natter</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">big
i am per pro tich* wid haid ache</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">mar mmxiv</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: MV Boli;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*<a href="http://poemsbyanoldreprobate.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tich%20Backhouse">Tich Backhouse</a> hiz sayso</span></span></span></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-76368089325615612852014-02-14T16:57:00.000-08:002014-02-14T16:57:00.079-08:00i think incessantly of those<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">after
Stephen Spender's poem:</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"> “i
think continually of those who were truly great</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"> who
left the vivid air signed with their honour”</span></span></blockquote>
<div align="CENTER" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">i
think incessantly of those who were truly great</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">who
left the vivid wind signed with their honour</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">because
i am disconsolate about my life's mean history</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">i
want to torture strength ascend invade the brave air</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">slay
dragons fight wild beasts with my hands</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">unstain
the world of its dishonour</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">instead
i sink in the gutter of my need</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">and
leave the unrecognizing stare empty of my gesture</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">i
think continually of how i'd rather walk with those</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">astride
like a colossus where little men peep between my knees</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">though
i sense deceit the trickery of fate</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">the
truly great become a mockery</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">when
i measure stars which shine beyond their death</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">saying
nothing bitterly</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">brilliantly
signing the midnight air with their blue humour</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">and
the bare rounds of earth's orbit</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">memorably
assign the beating rhythm of the gravid seasons</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">citing
no authorities or poets intent on glorification</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">or
teachers of good rollicking reasons we incredulously perpetuate</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">i
wear my honour like a mantle of cloud cover</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">rain
and snow lower my brow and the frost steams from my breath</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">uphill
work this desire to survive beyond life</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">descending
to death without tragedy or comedy to humour my posterity</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">and
i thank continually those who wrote across the atmosphere</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">with
trails of glory in their honour</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">curving
across the deep wide blue of who i am</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">with
visions of what i might be</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">an
awesome prospect if i could forget the might-be as a should</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">that
draws a cloud over the bountiful sun</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">i
wear my honour like a mantle of cloud cover</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">thinking
continually of who i am this day</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">immeasurably
greater for the beating bounty of my frosted breath</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">writing
the bare round rhythm of this winter season with my white signature</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>mmxiv </i></span></span><i style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', monospace; font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">(edited: probably
1960's)</i></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-11088407364832930702014-02-12T16:52:00.000-08:002014-02-12T16:52:00.767-08:00stands by quod libet hey<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff3366;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>i
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;">warn
you</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> do
not tease</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">thisaway
and thataway</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> as
we may</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">straight
to learn</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">wholly
to play</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> tis
neither bent</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">not
curiously bidden</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">whichever
whatever</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">sense
we make</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> of
the matter</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">leaving
mine privily</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">whose
business you argue</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">shall
we not moot point</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">so
quod libet not to belabour</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">take
our affairs</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> without
waiver</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">we'll
agree then</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">none
certain</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> eye
to eye you'n me</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">inexplicably
can affirm or deny</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', monospace; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> as
canny raccoon will exhibit</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">wash
hands await events up a tree</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>mmxiv</i></span></span></span></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-85249510368938914542014-02-10T16:47:00.000-08:002014-02-10T16:47:00.434-08:00slang who's who<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="color: #ff3366;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>T</b></span></span>here's
not a god-fearing bone in his body</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"> yes ever-ready to embark on a lark</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">take
up a dare come fire and brimstone</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">hurled tackle his corner of the world</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">straight
on bold to go to never shy never shirk</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"> succeed
or fall short tis all one</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">come
sun dance march stumble</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">wale
like trough of sea wash of storm</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">falling
to lee beached blunder on</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">eyes
blinded bloody hurt hop to it</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">here
mate hold yer end up cain't drop</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">oppo
in slough enough ain't never</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">till
you're through this remember what's what</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">find
how when where duty dandy does</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">when
well-met again chum did he though</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;">snuff
it tis bye bye one last call cheers</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"> so
reads his epitaph so reads his years</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><i>mmxiv</i></span></div>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-75380782224024910692014-01-13T18:30:00.002-08:002014-01-13T18:32:49.005-08:00Mind your letters<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Lucida Console, monospace;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>M</b></span>ind your letters - so<br />let meaning go<br />where it sweet william<br />as long as decency<br />covers what's tut-tut<br />manners maketh all proper<br />ladies curtsey to courtesy<br />and gentlemen suck a lemon<br /><br />mmxivSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-76035107142088099022014-01-04T11:17:00.002-08:002014-01-04T11:19:39.963-08:00Can i be what i am<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>C</b></span>an i be what i am<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>an old man<br />
and relinquish<br />
the weight of the world<br />
<br />
neither here nor there<br />
station stars themselves?<br />
so with this perplexed dodderer<br />
insisting he is what he was<br />
<br />
bent age has its niche<br />
not in line of fire<br />
'cept nodding off<br />
snug by cosy chimney corner<br />
and hearth's reward<br />
<br />
yeah <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>haha <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>damn your clichéd<br />
quote from minor poet<br />
who with six good men and true<br />
was lowered out of this question<br />
which seeks with verse erratic<br />
to square armchair with dump of<br />
clogging white wet gleaming teeming<br />
whad y know wintry snow<br />
through benefit of window's charity<br />
<br />
clarity belongs as i do<br />
between neither nor of argy-bargy<br />
feet up neglecting felt duty<br />
household ministrations<br />
recline<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>holding comfort of pen<br />
dabbing at blank paper<br />
to no resolution<br />
beside the point<br />
to hell with agitating<br />
vexed brow<br />
<br />
sup your tea <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>lad<br />
as snow goes<br />
so do you<br />
<br />
mmxiiiSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-78758690422406151912013-12-10T20:56:00.002-08:002013-12-10T21:06:29.041-08:00Apropos sue's crab: sadly expired anon<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><b>T</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">he
more i'm aware</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> the less i'm sure</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">that
what's extempore</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> can
by apriori</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">conniving
endure</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> in
form bewildering</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">beyond
my powers</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> interpretive
and rare</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">neither
through insight</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> nor
imagining how</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">metaphor
can pull us</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> through
this nameless to wit:</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">we
ineluctably expire</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and
interpenetrate</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">another
sphere</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> like
potential drawn</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">from
what's not there</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and
certainly conserve our ego</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">by
repair through unfathomed elements</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> from
here to </span>
</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">oh
where o where</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br />dec
10th mmxiii</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">** reference: christopher marlowe</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">"dr faustus" act v scene ii lines 1926-82</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">"all beasts are happy, for when they die,</span></span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">their soules are soone dissov'd in elements"</span></span></blockquote>
Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340972765326260947.post-72136065339609923212013-09-08T13:19:00.003-07:002013-09-08T13:20:52.274-07:00tich,hiz sez so<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>t</b></span>harz no izms<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>nor no ortaz<br />
handed darn frum wharebber<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>bein wurdz o whizdumb<br />
atellin youse how t direck<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>n vex yore hexisthence<br />
dat bares luckin at<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>nor no rulez neider drawin line<br />
bout wotz wot n wotz nut<br />
<br />
naw youz free t gratifie<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>yer owen sussposes<br />
dey nebber thort on<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>n stop dis botherin yr napper<br />
wid endless rashnull argymeantz<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>n luke darz plentyus ohriginal happensense<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>whar wot iz wot iz nebber twice<br />
<br />
jest lissen up<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>cos thoos thissen<br />
nut sumbuddy else out thar<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>swych twist o lojik splitz yer resolve<br />
same az how izms hurds wurds t market<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>an yer ortaz fullathinkless tasks<br />
<br />
pull thissen thgither<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>thoo iz hidentitie o wun<br />
singular bein<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>do wot iz t be dun<br />
no messin up<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>plain tiz an wellcum<br />
cheer up ebrywun<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>tich seez aye t aye wid youse<br />
gib m hell<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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