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In An English Country Garden
Sunday, 22 Jul 2018, 23:59
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Slow and Slower
Saturday, 21 Jul 2018, 22:12
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Once in a lifetime opportunity
Saturday, 21 Jul 2018, 18:23
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday, 21 Jul 2018, 22:24
I was in the hospital last week to have a small operation on my foot. A nurse guided me to the operating theatre. And she said - honestly, it's true - “Walk this way”.
All my life I'd been waiting, now there was no hesitation. Oh boy.
“If I could walk that way, I wouldn’t be here!”
A Ghost
Friday, 20 Jul 2018, 01:18
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You were tugging my wrist
It was only the wind
I heard you cry out
There are storms hereabout
You were lost in the snow
A long time ago
Where do your bones lie?
In peace, do not cry.
A Hero Speaks
Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 23:22
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“Though wars can bring adventures which stir the heart, the true nature of war is composed of innumerable personal tragedies, of grief, waste and sacrifice, wholly evil and not redeemed by glory.”
Five Characters in a Nursery Rhyme
Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 21:52
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I went to the doc and the old doc sayed
Please don't go before I'm paid
I went to the priest and the old priest blessed
Please don't go before you've confessed.
I went to the mortician who rubbed his hands
Please tell me, can I sell your glands?
I went to the lawyer, who sold me a will
Please let me help you, with my special skill.
Then honest Death and I met on the shore
And we shall play for evermore.
Summer Haiku
Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 21:30
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Summer's far from over
Yet already leaves
Are clogging my birdbath.
A Kind of Help
Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 21:08
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Feeling wobbly?
Please call our unbalance station.
One of our vehicles will pick you up.
Philosophical question
Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 02:18
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If a ship sounds its foghorn, and no-one is around to hear, is it a mist call?
A man of boundless curiosity
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2018, 21:48
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Edited by Richard Walker, Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018, 00:08
Lost Out Here in The Stars expresses a poignant view of existence in a lonely universe. But I find this quote from Richard Feynman much more inspiring.
“I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell.”
From an interview with the BBC, 1983
Seabird Identification Chart
Monday, 16 Jul 2018, 18:34
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Always prefer a simple explanation to a more complex one.
So all seabirds are Occam's Razorbills.
Downpour
Monday, 16 Jul 2018, 18:13
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Edited by Richard Walker, Monday, 16 Jul 2018, 18:35
When hard summer rain stops
All the drains burst
Into frog-throated song.
Oscar Wilde
Sunday, 15 Jul 2018, 00:39
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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday, 15 Jul 2018, 00:40
“The worst kind of mistake is an accidental one.”
— Oscar Wilde
Actually I just made that up, as far as I know, but it has the right ring. It’s an example of the figure of speech called antithesis, and Oscar was rather good at coming up with them. Here's a couple I like
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Sonnet 73
Friday, 13 Jul 2018, 21:32
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Don't Try This At Home
Friday, 13 Jul 2018, 01:23
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Sir Thomas Beecham is supposed to have said “Try everything once except incest and folk dancing.”
To this short list I'd like to add “Squirting superglue on your fingers.”
Ad Start Up Promo
Thursday, 12 Jul 2018, 22:34
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My latest startup is an ad agency, promoting fruit-flavoured spirits in a punchy way. Here's an example of the work we did for one client.
Our slogan is "sloe gin is quicker liquor".
Alla Barnen *
Thursday, 12 Jul 2018, 22:23
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All the kids loved the talk about reincarnation. Except Marmaduke.
He heaved a Karma puke.
A Dream
Thursday, 12 Jul 2018, 02:29
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Edited by Richard Walker, Thursday, 12 Jul 2018, 02:31
I thought I saw you waving
From the crest of the rainbow bridge.
But it was only a speck of dust
Making me weep.
Camouflage
Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018, 21:43
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Leopards are hard to spot, I can tell you. Before I could get my paintbrush out the silly animal ran off.
Uncooperative Stores
Monday, 9 Jul 2018, 18:21
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Evening Stretched Out Her Hand
Sunday, 8 Jul 2018, 22:53
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Snack
Sunday, 8 Jul 2018, 03:44
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I stabbed the bag. Once! Twice!
Almonds flowed out
In their tired way.
Dissected
Saturday, 7 Jul 2018, 23:28
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I loved \ being your experimental subject
Although I knew \ full well
You had no idea \ what you were doing
Urban Letters
Saturday, 7 Jul 2018, 23:03
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