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I'M STILL HANDING OUT ROSES TO THE CLEVER
posted by
Kabu
on March 13, 2007 at 5:55 AM
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Tony
Howay the lads!
posted by
ariel70
on March 10, 2007 at 12:35 PM
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Wye eye, El tel, marra! Awkee, yer ain't soft, yer a ard nut, laik!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 12:25 PM
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Tony
Why man, ah woorked fer firms oop theer in Newcastle and Durham fer years.
Ah wor a raight Geordie, ah tell ye, used ter speak Pitmatic an' ar! Bin alang the Scotswood roaad many a time an' ar.
So diven't ye gan carlin' me a damned soft sootherner, hinny! Ootherwise, ah'll set wor lass on ye!
Tark aboot Cushie Butterfield, why man, she's not in it.
This'll get the Yanks doing some head scratching, wunnit? Ha Ha!
posted by
ariel70
on March 10, 2007 at 10:02 AM
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Thanks Tamlet! To be or not to be, to eat or not to eat...!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:38 AM
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Thanks, Mike! I think it benefitted from being written in the office
when i had more time to ponder it than I do at home! Yes, I am lucky in not having a very demanding job!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:37 AM
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Hi Discom - not really - I just imagine and leave it at that!
It's cigarette and booze temptation that's stronger in reality!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:36 AM
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Hi Enigmatic - yes, I do, especially Fawlty towers.
And Monty Python's Holy Grail and Meaning of Life are great, too. But on the whole, British comedy is quite weak, because it tends to be written by one writer, while the Americans do it as a team.
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:35 AM
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Hi Kat - I'm not a great cook but I can imagine!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:34 AM
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Bhaskar - sorry to hear about that. But you'll have lost a pound/ kilo or 2
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 9:33 AM
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this is awesome!!
posted by
tamlet
on March 10, 2007 at 1:57 AM
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You have excellent views in and out of your windows Tony , one of my favourite Sonnets so far, thanks for posting!
posted by
lionladroar
on March 10, 2007 at 1:24 AM
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I see you're struggling with resisting food temptations again
posted by
Discombobulated78
on March 9, 2007 at 10:28 PM
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Tony
Nice sonnet - telling me my poem was Poe-like was the ultimate compliment you could give me! Forgive me if I'm sterotyping, but do you enjoy "Monty Python" and/or "Fawlty Towers" cause I think they're 2 of the funniest shows ever made - from any country! 
posted by
Enigmatic68
on March 9, 2007 at 10:19 PM
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Tony
This was a great idea food for some reason I have often been to your site and gotten hungery lovely job my friend
posted by
Kat02
on March 9, 2007 at 7:32 PM
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No Tony
I was in delirium last night with high fever and coughing throughout. And I'm famished for not eating the last two days. That's how I'm at the compu so early in tne morning, and saw some eateries at your blog.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on March 9, 2007 at 5:03 PM
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Hi Bhaskar - thanks. Glad you liked it - hope it filled you up
with mental nourishment and saved a few real calories being piled on!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 4:46 PM
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Hi Tony
The changing patterns of the clouds, the afternoon dessert, culminating evening - the last three lines "Of black treacle stirred by bats into paste,/While milk-white owls shake their wings, sprinkling on/The sugar crystal stars reflected in the dew", all give a sensuous colouring to the poem
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on March 9, 2007 at 4:40 PM
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Hi Chris - yes, they are - I've seen them from both sides now...
But mostly from underneath...!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:44 PM
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It be OK, Tel - ee, yer don't get Tels in Yorkshire, lad!
It's Terry oop north, tha knows. Ah don't think you've bin further north than Brum. An now in Spairn, you iz deffo a southern jessie. Ta any road.
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:42 PM
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Hi Talion - yes, I'm attracted by poetry with rules.
The reader understands what's going on better, the discipline is good for the writer to keep them within reasonable boundaries. It's like music - that sounds loose and undisciplined without regular beats, too. You don't get rap that doesn't adhere to the beat. Nuff said.
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:36 PM
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Good evvening Wiley - it's all in the mind, though - no harm in that.
I actually eat puddings and desserts quite rarely - just when i go to restaurants. I'm not fat, but I would be if I ate like this every day!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:33 PM
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Hi Fionajean - yes, all dessert - great stuff isn't it?
Who needs the earlier boring courses?
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:31 PM
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Ha ha - well yes, OTA, I have to admit that I do if things are slow there
which is often. I haven't dome much the last two days. If you're stuck at home not doing much you also spend a lot of time thinking of food, i find.
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 9, 2007 at 2:31 PM
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Clouds are wonderfull things to write about-aren't they Tony.
This is lovely.Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on March 9, 2007 at 1:04 PM
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Tony
What's oop wi' thee, eh? No boiled baby for puddin'? Tha moost be on a diet or soomat, lad. Bah bluddy 'eck, tha'll be nowt but a skillington afore tha's done.
Get soome cow 'eel an' tripe dahn thee, lad, afore tha wastes away! An' we 'ave to make anoother trip oop theer t' Ilkla moor.
Oops, wrong county ; wrong coloured rose. The sentiment holds good tho'
el ( somewhat rotund ) Tel
posted by
ariel70
on March 9, 2007 at 11:46 AM
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Tonyzonit
I must admit I'm not a poetry kind of guy (if you saw the reams of awful stuff I wrote while in college you'd see why), but on the rare occasions when I venture into these unknown waters, I prefer the "classic" rhymed and metered styles. There's nothing wrong with free-verse, but on the surface it's too easy. Often it's little more than bad prose instead of poetry. The rules involved with writing sonnets make it truly a skill. I admire that. I don't know what kept me from visiting sooner. I'll rectify this error in the future.
posted by
Talion
on March 9, 2007 at 11:46 AM
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Tonyzonit
Sheesh, and me on a diet, my weakness is gobs of ice cream and not even sprinkled as beautifuly as you had your owl do with the stars. Dang you're a great sonneteer?-;) Love your work my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 9, 2007 at 11:35 AM
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Hi
A poem about dessert - now that's my kind of sonnet.
posted by
fionajean
on March 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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Tony
you always think about food when your at the office?
posted by
Blue_feathers
on March 9, 2007 at 11:21 AM
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