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Marian Bironski aka Ian Biro
All work Copyright Andy Sewina (c) 2006 - 2024Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765633868539628820noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-34564961236488777412024-03-21T16:02:00.000+00:002024-03-21T16:02:06.538+00:00World Poetry Day 2024<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">WORLD POETRY DAY 2024</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">METRO MOON</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did you hear the news?
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">If not you'll hear it
soon</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a Filipino space ship
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">has landed on the moon</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tricycles and
Jeepney's
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">will follow very soon</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">from a villa in Manila
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to a capsule on the
moon</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They're going to
colonise it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">cause more are coming
soon</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they'll
plant a flag and claim it
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and call it
Metro Moon</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">21032024</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-49749758338892958552024-02-12T01:01:00.007+00:002024-02-12T01:01:58.274+00:00Haikuish...<p> </p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE TREE</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The brain of
the tree</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is in the
grain of the bark</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spring green
leaves fall brown</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">13022024</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-43151889440147312442023-12-24T10:26:00.002+00:002023-12-24T10:26:16.484+00:00Christmas poem 2 and 3 <p> </p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TO THE KING
OF KINGS</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wise men
from the East Astrologers at least come to feast their eyes upon the
King bringing gold frankincense and myrrh to the City of David at the
centre of the earth where a virgin blessed by God has given birth to
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Saviour for all sinners who
believe for He proclaimed that whosoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life for God did not send his Son into this
world to condemn the world but to save the world through him Wise men
from the east Astrologers at least come to feast their eyes upon the
King bringing gold frankincense and myrrh to the City of David at the
centre of the Earth where a virgin blessed by God has given birth to
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Saviour for all sinners who
believe
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">24122023/1/150</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">CHRISTMAS
EVE
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you believe
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's Christmas Eve
today</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mush mush and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such and such</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slush slush</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slush slush and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such and such</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mush mush</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know much about</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reindeers and snow</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I suppose that
they're</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">out there somewhere</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Christmas Eve
today</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">can you
believe?</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">24122023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-16039760966489499962023-12-19T21:16:00.001+00:002023-12-19T21:16:10.752+00:00Christmas poem one<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">ON THE CYCLICAL SCALE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Compliments of the
season to one and all</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maid Marion, Robin Hood
(and his merry men)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They tell me that
Christmas is for Kings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">donkeys wise men
shepherds and sheep</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">others say that
Christmas is for puddings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">turkeys with or without
all the trimmings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">One man said it's for
feeding the homeless</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">another said you're
either ruthless or roofless
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">these days, and no one
really cares that much</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">how cynical is that on
the cyclical scale</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We won't be giving many
presents this year</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">there'll be one or two
and they'll cost a packet</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you'll know it's yours
if the carrier bag rattles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if it doesn't it'll be
leftovers for the microwave</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maid Marion, Robin Hood
(and his merry men)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">compliments of the
season to one and all</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">19122023</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-48103457996439887792023-12-05T17:46:00.003+00:002023-12-05T17:46:35.496+00:00250 or Bust...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DREAM NINE</span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ancient bus stutters to a halt, I get out and start to run up the hill. It’s raining hard and someone’s chasing me. I hate running and I hate rain, but most of all I hate hills. I can hear a man behind me, he’s shouting and he’s catching me fast. I reach the top of the hill and jump over an old stone wall, big mistake I realise, as I reach out and grab the overhead electric railway cable to break my fall. Just then I sense a train coming towards me, without thinking I let go of the cable and land on top of the speeding locomotive. I lie flat, clinging on for dear life, I’m soaking wet now and it’s still pouring with rain. After a few minutes the train pulls into a country station and I manage to clamber down onto the platform. I make my way outside, and board a waiting bus. The driver looks familiar, but I sit down near the back and hope the heater will help me get dry. The bus starts to move, but I have no idea where we are going. It creaks and groans as it begins to wind its way up a long wooded road. We overtake a cross country runner; I know I've seen him someplace before, but when and where? The bus is making a horrible gurgling noise now, and it all comes flooding back to me as the ancient bus stutters to a halt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">051214/250</span></span>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-27175004882186972082023-10-13T16:06:00.004+01:002023-10-13T16:06:29.478+01:00From 2018...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Something I wrote in
2018...</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">PURPLE HAZE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He beats and bangs her
drums until she comes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And flaps his wings and
flies around the room</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">His winkle-pickers
tapping to the tune</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He introduces her to
rock 'n' roll</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He strips and bares his
soul and starts to sing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some people do seem to
have such strange ways</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">When she begins to weep
his guitar plays</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some people say this
world is just a maze</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He tells her that
there's nothing much to do</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And we're all living in
a purple haze</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friday like any other
Friday but</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Friday the
thirteenth and that means that</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Strange things happen
even stranger things are</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Forecast ask Hitchcock
and Castro et al</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't listen to the
things that people say</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And all the Different
Ones born on that day</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He beats and bangs her
drums until she comes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Backflips and flaps his
wings and flies away</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">130418</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-86300584365255979962023-09-07T16:41:00.003+01:002023-09-07T18:03:59.868+01:00Recent trips to Paris and Dublin...<p> <span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Dublin collection</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">BOTH BANKS OF THE
LIFFEY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dublin at first glance
the same as last time
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the time before
that that I was there
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">kicking myself now that
we didn't go
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to see the Molly Malone
sculpture this trip
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but made up for it by
discovering
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a new Oscar Wilde
figure plonked on a bench
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">outside Kennedys pub
at Trinity College</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We walked along both
banks of the Liffey
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">crossing bridges
several times in the heat</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">oh yes it was September
but it was warm</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I perhaps almost nearly
forgot
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">to mention that the weather was extra hot</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">In sight of the Phoenix Park Obelisk </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">the Wellington Monument we turned back</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Castle and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Saint Patrick's where Jonathan Swift is buried</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">The GPO on O'Connell Street and James Joyce</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">looking tired standing in the shadow of the
Spire</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Full Irish Breakfast at The Boxty House</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Guinness straight from the river Liffey</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Oyster Stout at the Temple Bar Porterhouse</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More churches than the Vatican</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more distilleries than Cognac in France</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More singers dancers thinkers and drinkers</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more writers than a library full of books</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More trinkets than Las Vegas Bonanza</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more poets musicians and song writers</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More pubs than Greene King</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">07092023</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #800180;">Paris collection</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE TRAFFIC FLOWS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">The Eiffel Tower mellows magnificently </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">lit up in red and golden yellows </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">Above the rooftops in every arrondissement </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">her searchlight sweeps the Parisian night</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Clockwise
and counter clockwise all day long</span></span></span><br />relentless
the traffic flows on the Peripherique
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">likewise on Rive Gauche
and Rive Droite
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the cars go hell for
leather hammer and tongs</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sacre Coeur
Basilica whiter than white</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">appears ivory when lit
up at night</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bateaux Mouches
cruise up and down insane</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">from Pont de L'Alma on
the river Seine
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And Paris sleeps but
doesn't sleep at all</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Croissants Brioche
Baguettes and Pain de 'Epi
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">all need to be made to
feed the morning crowd</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yawning we head for the
Metro - Airport bound
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">30082023/Paris
collection</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-27117944401290792762023-05-03T21:31:00.000+01:002023-05-03T21:31:06.304+01:00Top Dog<p> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TOP DOG</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dog that
usually comes to stay
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">belongs to the owner of
the cat
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">top that top cat, top
dog too
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the new dog that
came yesterday
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">looks like a Cavapoo or
a Shih Tzu</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">he's actually a King
Charles Spaniel</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kris will be the one to
look after him</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">feed and water him
pamper him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">walk him in the forest
twice a day</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chodź tu mała, Kris
beckons to the dog</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">WoW! Does he understand
Polish? I ask</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes replies Kris and
Latvian too</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">14042023</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TINTERNET LOST AND
FOUND</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dog that looked
like a Cavapoo
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that came to stay at
our house</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">escaped through the
back door yesterday
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We ran out after him
calling his name
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">down the garden we went
into the forest
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and all the way to the
creek</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">But he was nowhere to
be seen
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">we asked everyone we
saw down there
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and all the dog walkers
to look out for him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">everybody said that
they would</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually we went home
empty handed</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">disappointed that we
had lost somebodies
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">pedigree chum in the
deep dark forest</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe someone had taken
him to sell</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">dog snatched him like
they kitnapped our cat</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or simply took him home
to join their family</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever had happened
we would have</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to face the
consequences now emotionally</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and financially how
much does the top dog</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that we lost even cost
I asked myself</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just then the neighbour
called from over the fence</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's okay we've found
him he's across the road</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">we put him on the local
lost and found page</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">on tinternet and he was
playing in a garden there</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you I said as I
saw my wife carrying him</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">up the garden path He
went out the front not the back</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she said stroking and
tickling the priceless pup</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">turning to me she said
Don't let him out again</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if we loose him we'll
be in trouble big time</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">03052023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-56476407382737581542023-03-31T21:22:00.000+01:002023-03-31T21:22:07.030+01:0015/Intro<p><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Naprowrimo 2023</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Introduction</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my fifteenth
year of taking the napowrimo/globalwrimo challenge of writing thirty
poems in thirty days and publishing them on my Straight talking
street talking sweet... bloggage.
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what will I write
this year? Well right now, I have no clue, and very little idea of
how I want to proceed. This of course could be a good thing, for some
people, but having a little scaffolding to hold the structure up may
well be a better plan.
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm thinking that,
perhaps I could add some pieces to my Plymouth collection which I
actually started during napowrimo 2018, or maybe not. Anyway, they're
for me to write and for you to read, although, I actually stopped
soliciting comments on my blog several years ago.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">LOVE PLYMOUTH</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pity the buses don't
come on time</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">such a shame to have to
wait and wait</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then to walk in the
wind and rain
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I bet that you
won't complain</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love Plymouth hate the
hills</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">mad as Marsh Mills if
that's a thing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">maybe it is perhaps it
ain't but</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it has a good ring to
it don't you think</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">31032023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-78183579256672806332023-01-06T13:58:00.000+00:002023-01-06T13:58:08.472+00:00Christmas 1960<p> </p><p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">JOYFUL
ECSTASY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above
the Barber's shop in Timperley</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">From
the cold attic window in my bedge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
saw the real Santa on his sledge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">high
up above the rooftops and the hedge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">nineteen
sixty Christmas Eve I believe</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the
only day it snowed in the village
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
fell in disbelief from my bunk bed</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">onto
the wooden floor and hit my head</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
went downstairs to check the Christmas tree</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to
see if Santa left something for me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">One
thing I didn't get was the train set</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but
joyful ecstasy the pedal car
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that
I longed for to race around the yard</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Santa
Claus must have read the note I wrote</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">From
the cold attic window in my bedge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above
the Barber's shop in Timperley</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">06012023</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-87980614240022459432022-12-26T07:32:00.004+00:002022-12-26T07:32:41.987+00:00Christmas 2022<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">CHRISTMAS DAY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Born in Bethlehem</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Christmas day
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">let's celebrate His
birth</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He is the bread of life
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and he that comes to
him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">shall never hunger
never thirst</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Lord please I plead</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep me as the apple of
your eye</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">make me the man that's
after your own heart</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Lord please I plead</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep me as the apple of
your eye</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">make me the man that's
after your own heart</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me Lord</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't want to be seen</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">by those who seek to
devour me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow of
your wings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">from my deadly enemies
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that seek to hunt me
down</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow of
your wings</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Lord please I plead</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep me as the apple of
your eye</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">make me the man after
your own heart</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Lord please I plead</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep me as the apple of
your eye</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">make me the man after
your own heart</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow of thy
wings</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He saves them that put
their trust in Him</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He who created all
things
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">in heaven and on earth</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hide me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">under the shadow of thy
wings</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He is the bread of life
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and he that comes to
him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">shall never hunger
never thirst</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Born in Bethlehem</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Christmas day
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">let's celebrate His
birth</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">25122022</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-30810413344837525432022-12-01T14:44:00.003+00:002022-12-01T14:44:39.510+00:00Bottles...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">(What will you write?)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">MENTAL
NOTES</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big plans mental notes
for all those unfulfilled plans we all have them deep down there
somewhere at the back of our minds where we want to do so many things
in such a short space of time we really intend to do these things but
rarely do do we I've got big plans to build a glass bottle wall and
have<span style="font-style: normal;"> already collected six one ton
builders sand delivery sacks full of the fluming things it nearly
killed me drinking all that beer cider red wine and bottles of
spirits not to mention the Champagne Cava and Prosecco that I'm not
all that partial to but I do like the shape of their bottles and can
see them sitting sweet in my wall the other thing I'm planning apart
from laying the concrete foundations is building a cutting apparatus
to make and shape bottle bricks mental notes big plans</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">01122022/150</span></span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-35448299333871981472022-09-03T12:49:00.003+01:002022-09-03T12:51:30.158+01:00When the sun shines...<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Andy's 150 word daily nonsense challenge
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">(What will
you write?)</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">HIS SOLAR
ENERGY</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Closing my
eyes I try to think of ways to heat the house for free there's a
powerful sun up there maybe he
will lend me some of his solar energy so here goes I cut into the
water supply pipe to the kitchen sink and plumb it to an old central
heating radiator which I fix to the outside wall of the house I then
plumb another piece of pipe back from the radiator to the tap the
idea being that the sun heats up the water in the radiator so I can
do the washing up for free at the kitchen sink it works
when the sun shines directly however I need to think of something
smarter I join some copper pipes together attach them to a piece of
plywood I plumb the contraption the same way as the radiator it works
better but still not hot enough</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">03092022/150 </span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-43434577270718952372022-06-16T23:22:00.008+01:002022-06-16T23:22:45.034+01:00New Stuff V<p> <span style="color: #800180; font-size: xx-large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">(What will you write?)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: xx-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">GOOSEY GANDER</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Priti Patel and Rishi
Sunak
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they've dealt their way
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to the top of the pack
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jokers Jacks Kings and
Queens
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and now they want to
send
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">everybody else back
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Jesus walked across
the sea of Calais he
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">would be treated like a
refugee
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">bound hand and foot and
put
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">on an air plane to
Rwanda
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">slave trade in the
twenty first century
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">no human rights or
lawyers to fight the might
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">of the minds that rob
you blind and tax you out of sight
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's like you've won
the lottery in reverse
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">with the curse of a
free flight to Rwanda
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and there's nowhere to
hide
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">for the great and the
good that washed up with the tide
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they'll round them up
and call them Goosey Gander
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Priti and Rishi must
think that</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they've got all the
aces up their sleeve
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">in a sick card game of
make believe
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">16062022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-68401493137090233362022-04-28T07:16:00.000+01:002022-04-28T07:16:09.529+01:0014th/28<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2022 DAY #28</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">& Andy's 150 Word
Daily Nonsense Challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE WAR ON NEED</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cue camera action stop
get back start again there's more celluloid on the cutting room floor
than loaded up to this film we're going to go digital if we waste any
more and the profits will be cut by half or even more but none of
these things will matter much if we can't overcome the war on need
the war on greed the war that's banging down our door if we can't
afford the fuel to run the vehicles we have and the cooking and
heating appliances in our homes what will we do how will we cook the
food that we can ill afford how will we heat just one room in our
abode how will we find work when millions are on the dole when we
don't have the right skills to fulfil the needs of the major
employers and what happens when those same companies fold</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">28042022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-58376185488922972872022-04-08T09:58:00.002+01:002022-04-08T09:58:14.074+01:0014th/8<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2022 DAY #8</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">& Andy's 150 Word Daily Nonsense Challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">LIFE GOES ON</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like fireflies they
dart about
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the motorbikes and
tricycles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">lighting up the dark
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the Jeepney's of course
are not running yet
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">after the Chinese
infusion Asian flu it's not
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">world wide pandemic
phew get a vaccine or two and a booster
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">when they tell you to
don't step out of line and you'll be fine
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but whose counting any
more wear a mask to shop at the store
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">one each for your cats
and dogs too on public transport
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but kids under twelve
can still go skat free
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">helter skelter we all
fall down
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sideways sometimes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but life goes on
regardless
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">although it's good to
reminisce
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to say you were there
on this occasion or that
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it doesn't really
matter if you missed it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you weren't the only
one
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">so long as someone was
there
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to share and witness
that great match
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">made in heaven where
two became one flesh
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">08042022/150 </span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-69340072048269878512022-04-07T02:00:00.010+01:002022-04-07T02:08:08.385+01:0014th/7<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2022 DAY #7</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">& Andy's 150 Word Daily Nonsense Challenge</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">INTELLIGENCE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">She thought a tonne of
concrete
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">was heavier than a
tonne of feathers
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">how she worked that one
out I don't know
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but work it out she did
and forwarded it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to the board of
submissions for a grant to study
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">for an MA in the field
of intelligence and security
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">at one of the Ivy
League Universities
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">of course there wasn't
really such a course available
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if there had been she
almost definitely
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">wouldn't have been
accepted and as for the grant
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that too was a virtual
non starter however as a point
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">of fairness and with
the backing of the anti discrimination laws
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">in that country she was
granted an interview regardless
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">On arrival at the
college the chancellor sent one of his quislings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">out to the parking lot
to make a thorough investigation of the
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">candidates vehicle her
car was a total mess
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">which disqualified her
immediately</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">07042022/150</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-72383778667463158522022-04-05T01:16:00.005+01:002022-04-05T01:16:32.942+01:0014TH/5<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2022 DAY #5 & Andy's 150 Word Daily Nonsense Challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">BARTER</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We don't pay cash
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">dollars or roubles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">for anything these days
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">everything is trade
only and that means
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">barter to those that
are in the know
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you scratch my back and
I'll scratch yours
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if you know the lingo
or even if you don't
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the bottom line is I do
this for you
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you do that for me or
we can step it up a bit and
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">introduce something
like the Local Exchange Trading System
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or the tool and car
sharing programmes better still
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">we could start a
community food exchange cooperative
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and get all our
supermarket needs and wants at no charge
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">what about dentistry
and doctoring and free haircuts for all
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you shave my bonce and
I'll cut your thatch</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">pick and mix at the
buckshee gobstopper stall</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">rooms without rent bed
and breakfast at no expense</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or beer and wine by the
bucketful for the chosen few</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">05042022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-25600126486574844662022-04-04T07:35:00.005+01:002022-04-04T07:41:51.764+01:00Gluten free...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">STICKING</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">(YOU UP)</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's not the rain
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or the rice
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's the sticky rain
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if anything that kills
it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the rain that comes
down
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">bounces off the ground
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">jumps back up and
sticks
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">like wallpaper paste to
your clothes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">gluten free it's not
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">unless it's rice that's
falling out of the trees
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and sticking you up
like a highway robber
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">which makes me wonder
if Robin Hood
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and his merry men were
merry as in as high as a kite
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or if they were simply
a bunch of happy chappies
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">especially when they
were filching all those sacks of gold
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that you carried
stashed in the false bottom of your farmyard cart
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">anyway that was back in
those days and these days it's something </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">different </span><span style="font-size: large;">we call it currency or
paper money</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that is of course if
you haven't gone cashless
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">paying for everything
by chip and pin
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or with a contactless
card</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">04042022/1/150</span></p><br /><p></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-41849360148856831622022-04-01T03:32:00.004+01:002022-04-01T03:32:47.225+01:00Get rich quick...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">PAR FOR THE COURSE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Talking
nonsense gibberish and such and such who knows which way is up don't
hang around they haven't finished with you yet the gets they want to
make you buy their get rich quick scam they tell you you can sell it
on to make some dough and they already know that three percent of
readers will enquire and one of them will buy the dodgy lie but don't
invest you'll get a better return in a no interest savings account
instead start a new plan think up a new way dream a different dream
to what the punters say I wanna buy a mini bus to take the family out
in the second highest priced market for used cars they drive on the
left side of the truck of course but I guess that that is par for the
course talking nonsense gibberish and such and such who knows</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">01042022/1/150</span></span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-58175484253658440202022-03-30T04:04:00.002+01:002022-03-30T04:04:15.427+01:0014th Intro<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">INTRODUCTION</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">GLOBAL/NAPOWRIMO 2022
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">MY FOURTEENTH YEAR</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Everybody, it's that
time again already where you can take the challenge of writing thirty
poems (one each day) during the thirty days of April. As always, I
would like to take this opportunity to wish each and every
participant a very happy and creative Napowrimo. I won't be following
Napowrimo prompts this year or fishing for comments, I will simply be
posting a poem a day on my StraightTalkingStreetTalkingSweet bloggage
at sewina(dot)blogspot(dot)com
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Napowrimo,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Andy</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">MY INTRODUCTION POEM</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">WELCOME TO PARADISE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the power of love
and a sound mind</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the children can play
outside without fear</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we go again
sideways sometimes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sitting on Brown Sugar
Beach
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Watching the tide come
in
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">waiting for the two
suns to rise
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">(you have to be up
early to see that happen)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">up before daylight
out before dawn</span></i></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>it's all won or lost
by six in the morn </i>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The strawberry scented
ocean lapping the shore</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">never smelt so good as
this before</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Paradise but
some people
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">don't think that way
the grass is always greener
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">on the other side of
the pond they tell me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">however I know that I
know they don't know</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">For me this Island is
the one and only Tiny Tree
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the place where I've
always been
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the place where I will
always be</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">My here and now on
Earth taken with a pinch of salt</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a hardwood honey dipper
dripping honey
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">onto an overflowing
glass of apple wine</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">stirred and shaken
mixed with imagination
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blended into the
unreality of time an eternal past</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a present and a future
shouting bawling screaming</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the here and now from
the rooftops</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">So your children and
mine can play without fear</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">with the power of love
and a sound mind</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">30032022/Nairobics</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-89082059062602546072022-03-24T17:09:00.006+00:002022-03-24T17:09:52.330+00:00Just dreaming...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">OUR AEROPLANE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even the toy dogs are
laughing at me now
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">barking mad like the
rag dolls in her cupboard
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that haven't seen the
light of day for decades
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">snapping at my heels
they make me feel sick inside
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">with worry fear and
anxiety it's the not knowing
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">what they're going to
do next that sickens me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">will they pounce and if
so when
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everything's up in the
air except our aeroplane
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they already
kickstarted the propellers and revved up the engines
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but we're stuck on the
runway waiting to be cleared for take off
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and for the right
paperwork to be completed in this age of the computer
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The balloon's gone up
and a couple of helicopters
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">there's a drone or two
and all those cruise missiles are flying good style
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if not exactly the way
nature intended certainly the way their designers
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">had hoped but our
aeroplane is still grounded</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">24032022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-56208939274632244302022-03-20T23:36:00.003+00:002022-03-20T23:36:24.365+00:00Driving in Europe...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">MAD MAD THINGS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">To continue the Italian
theme from last week as promised I will start with a moan about
driving in Europe I must explain that in England many of us view
Europe as some foreign place where everything is different As far as
driving goes it definitely is You see we in England drive on the
right hand side of the car and on the left hand side of the road
Whereas over there in Europe they mainly drive on the left hand side
of the car and the right hand side of the road Funnily enough it has
never really bothered me that they the Europeans drive on the wrong
side of the road It's just one of those mad mad things that they do
and we don't do What does really really really bother me though is
the fact that they drive on the wrong side of the CAR
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">16102007/20032022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-50568160063923007342022-03-19T14:24:00.008+00:002022-03-19T14:27:53.518+00:00Manchester towers...<p><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"> Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Here's mine:</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">HERE'S THE
KEY</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what does
new mean to the people of Manchester is new something that happened
today or yesterday how far do we have to go back to find something
that we can describe as new the Manchester One Tower is sixty years
old that's old in most peoples books but Fraser House across the
street is a hundred years older than that so what's new everybody
says they love the old Victorian buildings but they hate the new
towers that blight the city if only they knew that many of the new
towers are not all that new look at the CIS Tower in fact many are
older than the people who claim to dislike anything new and here's
the key you see if a building for example was built before you were
born it is old in the minds of some but if built in their lifetime
it's new</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">19032022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35462930.post-37324089982661323262022-03-18T22:11:00.005+00:002022-03-18T22:11:23.844+00:00Jaw jaw...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Andy's 150 word daily
nonsense challenge</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Here's mine:</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">A NEW
FANGLED WORLD</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're all
worse off than we were before
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">There ain't
no winners in a Mickey Mouse war</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's snowing
in Beijing while bombs fall like rain upon Ukraine</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be a good
guy to Chou en Lai recall the chant</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">an' don't
forget what Nixon said that Putin's a good guy too
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Siberian
holiday camps are Khuilo's not Pontin's
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">His bullets
and bombs masked by Luzhniki Stadium songs
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're
not for us he rants you're against the special operation</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even the
Chinese have said it's a difficult situation
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">With many
strands to be untangled yet</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a
new fangled world emerging out of this war
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jaw jaw what
a bore if only lives weren't being lost</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kremlin
are playing chess and strategic games
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and they
don't give a toss they don't know the rules of cricket
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They'll only
know it's a sticky wicket when they're all caught out</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">18032022/150</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0