razzmaster
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Great poem until the last line
I would have gone with
Is it too late
To rain on this parade
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Great poem until the last line
I would have gone with
Is it too late
To rain on this parade
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Is just a charade
allpaths
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The rhyme scheme
AABB is a little outdated
ABAB is more sophisticated.
But it's a start
and gives us something to work on.
allpaths
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fee fie fo fum fret
participating in this slam
do not make me regret
i dont give a damn
Don't give up the day job.
Poetry Corner
Now isn't this more interesting
and dare I say 'fun'
than speculating on foreign 'aces'
who few have heard of
and who won't be coming anyway.
It occurs to me
that there is a vacancy
for a Poet Laureate at the moment
following the end of Carol Ann Duffy's
the first woman in 340 years,
ten year term.
The Job Description is as follows
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureates) is a poet officially appointed by a government
or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems
for special events and occasions.
Benjamin Zephaniah is not applying
so an opportunity for someone on SC
I, like Bejamin, won't be up for it
as a 10 year stint is probably outside
my eta at the Pearly gates.
The following is a list of Poets Laureate
sine Dryden held the first post.
As you can see it's a bit of rag-bag
so don't be afraid to apply.
I am happy to help.
Just send your application to me
with the 25 pound fee.
and I will pull strings
with my poetry colleagues.
The pay is in excess of 5000 pounds a year
and a barrel of Sherry.
I repeat
don't give up the day job
Sorry to disappoint all those
expecting to read
the latest non signing.
Now isn't this more interesting
and dare I say 'fun'
than speculating on foreign 'aces'
who few have heard of
and who won't be coming anyway.
It occurs to me
that there is a vacancy
for a Poet Laureate at the moment
following the end of Carol Ann Duffy's
the first woman in 340 years,
ten year term.
The Job Description is as follows
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureates) is a poet officially appointed by a government
or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems
for special events and occasions.
Benjamin Zephaniah is not applying
so an opportunity for someone on SC
I, like Bejamin, won't be up for it
as a 10 year stint is probably outside
my eta at the Pearly gates.
The following is a list of Poets Laureate
sine Dryden held the first post.
As you can see it's a bit of rag-bag
so don't be afraid to apply.
I am happy to help.
Just send your application to me
with the 25 pound fee.
and I will pull strings
with my poetry colleagues.
- John Dryden (1668–89)
- Thomas Shadwell (1689–92)
- Nahum Tate (1692–1715)
- Nicholas Rowe (1715–18)
- Laurence Eusden (1718–30)
- Colley Cibber (1730–57)
- William Whitehead (1757–85)
- Thomas Warton (1785–90)
- Henry James Pye (1790–1813)
- Robert Southey (1813–43)
- William Wordsworth (1843–50)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850–92)
- Alfred Austin (1896–1913)
- Robert Bridges (1913–30)
- John Masefield (1930–67)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1968–72)
- Sir John Betjeman (1972–84)
- Ted Hughes (1984–98)
- Andrew Motion (1999–2009)
- Carol Ann Duffy (2009– )
The pay is in excess of 5000 pounds a year
and a barrel of Sherry.
I repeat
don't give up the day job
Sorry to disappoint all those
expecting to read
the latest non signing.
dontcallme
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If we cut out the nonsense bollocks there won’t be a forum.
Shadydan
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doctor stefan Freud
the tired tread of sad biology
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Jimmy be migrating out of the poetry closet right now
am_yisrael_chai
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I’d like us to trade players if we won’t net spend. If HG is critical then after watching yesterday I’d like us to try and sign Wan Bissaka and fund it by selling Trippier. He looks ike someone who genuinely could be an upgrade on Walker, pace, strength and calm in the final third.
tommyt
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FYP ?
rabbikeane
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Reckon the bids for Trippier will be at 25m, while Palace will ask for 70m for their best player Bissaka
Ghost Hardware
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Just had a fantastic game against Barca. Scored a lucky goal and was the centre of everything good going forward for Betis who won 4-3.
am_yisrael_chai
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I disagree, Trippier is a current international who had a great tournament and has made a load of assists this season. His price should be similar to Walker. Palace can ask what they like but the right price for a player with lots of potential but only 6 months league experience isn’t above 35m and they desperately need funds to buy a forward or they are going down, in which case they will have to fire sell everyone in the summer.
dontcallme
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Not sure about that. The cost of a player is largely determined by the quality of the team interested.
Trippier was at a premium after the World Cup but none of the top four or European elite would be interested. The best that could be interested is Everton so his Price wouldn’t be so high.
If we make Bissaka a priority signing Palace will be looking for a premium sum.
rabbikeane
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Agree with the post above, there was a chance that one of the very top teams would have bought Trippier off the World Cup hype, but that has cooled down already.
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