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Oy Vey!

Entertaining as ever, JB

Bump :D

"Pallida Mors eaquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres" (Horace)

You left out tired of shaving... :D

Live and be well - H

Hi Auntie, thanks for stopping by. After a hiatus of several years, I was moved to write something. This was the result. It felt good to produce again. Most of my energies are devoted to survival...

Cheers, JB. And ditto.

Live and be well -H

Hi Tailor, and thank you too for reading.

live and be well - H

Your are writing very well, Tony. another enjoyable capture of a meditative moment.

LLAP - H

A worthy offering, Comrade. Or perhaps you're not a comrade if you wear a Harrods Jacket... Well, I guess you could have stolen it, so I'll stick with comrade :D Evocative and atmospheric. Thanks for...

An enjoyable helping of your characteristic bile. keep it coming comrade :D

Live long and prosper in wellness - H

Hi Pen. This is rather fun and a lot more enjoyable than the rather cloying maudlin sentimentality that oozes out of the original. You might want to pay a little attention to the scansion though....

Hi Danik. Thanks for stopping by to read the poem, and for being so good as to let me know that you enjoyed it. Sadly, I can’t admit to having any contemporary house of Agamemnon in mind when I wrote...

A choker is a tight band worn around the neck.

The House of Agamemnon

In the house of Agamemnon a corpse light burns
as he lies abed and dreams of darkness
and the thrust of flashing bronze,
the clash of spear and shield,
and gurgling...

Entreaty

Watcha, JB. Nice to see your shades of bitter cropping their unique fruit. Stay well and productive.

Live long and prosper - H

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Yes. That's the Bugger! Howdie, JB. Still alive? Plague free? The seaside isn't, might or could be. The SW is closed.

The government wants us all dead-
For Boris and...

I paddled through this licking an ice lolly. (Lots of ice about from all the hail). All hail Auntie. A triumph! Give your laurels a quick dusting, but remember, thou art mortal. :D

Live and be...

I love that first verse. But I would take issue with the second :D. Thanks for the last. :cheers2:

Live and be well - H

Hiya Auntie, figgy pudding was a Christmas pudding with figs in. Can't say I've ever tried it. Pam Ayers should be googlable. But she is a Westcountry poetess/commedienne/tv presenter, etc. She has a...

Man: hey there, matey. Thanks for stopping by to cast your eye over my festive verses, and especially for taking the time to let me know you had. As for nutty slack, the references to coal and coke,...

That is real quality, there, JB. Live and be well - H

Yup, a lot of fun. Miss the good stuff. Live and be well - H

Behind every great man, eh, Auntie :D go fir it!