The Bushman or San are peoples of southern Africa who traditionally lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and speak languages with many click consonants...
Say little but say it well; the mouth that speaks not is sweet to hear A soft answer turns away anger; a shut mouth is a whole mouth Drunkenness and...
Sorry Di I honestly did not mean to criticise your work at all and I don't recall that I ever have. It is a great poem. But please keep in mind any good teacher knows one often learns more from your mistakes and by the way I'm also out of a job....
Those old magic photos Jenny! I think they call them kodak moments. Something like that. These days people have so many photos they're hard to find Hey? What strikes me how happy we are me & my brother on all of them there are hundreds codac...
Yes. Beautiful ending, man's best friend. Heartbreaking sometimes we feel a duty for mourning. And indeed, it is much more noble to live for someone than to die for someone, sometimes living takes great courage.
No doubt inspired by Jules Verne's classic scifi novel 20,000 leagues under the sea. Also makes one think of Jacques C. and the research ship the Calypso.
Good work, original too! We are in, looking out, man and fish roles reversed! Who's...
eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Posted on Fri, 09 Jan 2026
An eye for an eye only makes things worse ever, revenge achieves nothing, and it never brings healing, as the Lord says, "vengeance is mine".
Rhiannon do you know the poem "The poison tree" by William Blake?"
All the best! Tom
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Lovit!
Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2025
Lovit! " and I can't sleep right so I had a pillow fight" she knows what she's talking about!
- Tom
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Sorry Di I honestly did not mean
Posted on Sun, 06 Feb 2022
Sorry Di I honestly did not mean to criticise your work at all and I don't recall that I ever have. It is a great poem. But please keep in mind any good teacher knows one often learns more from your mistakes and by the way I'm also out of a job....
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Those old magic photos
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
Those old magic photos Jenny! I think they call them kodak moments. Something like that. These days people have so many photos they're hard to find Hey? What strikes me how happy we are me & my brother on all of them there are hundreds codac...
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enough
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
You never know what is enough, untill you know what is too much / The road excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
I read these in poems of William Blake, in the proverbs of hell.
Good luck! Tom
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The elephant and ant
Posted on Tue, 25 Jun 2024
The elephant and ant were walking together over the bridge, the ant said "We make this bridge shake hey?!"
We usually say an elephant "trumpets" or such, but you can say "roar" if you like why not?
Keep well, greetings from Africa!...
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Yes
Posted on Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Yes. Beautiful ending, man's best friend. Heartbreaking sometimes we feel a duty for mourning. And indeed, it is much more noble to live for someone than to die for someone, sometimes living takes great courage.
Keep well Paul! Tom
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No doubt inspired
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
No doubt inspired by Jules Verne's classic scifi novel 20,000 leagues under the sea. Also makes one think of Jacques C. and the research ship the Calypso.
Good work, original too! We are in, looking out, man and fish roles reversed! Who's...
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it's good to be young
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
It's good to be young and insane.
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yes
Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2026
Thanks Rhiannon, yes, that was what I meant with a guttural "g", pronounced as in "loch" but with a bit more force.
Guttural means "formed in the throat".
Keep well!
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