Expect significant changes on this site regularly - at least once a week.

This original home page first opened November 23rd 1996
But in its present form December 12th 1998
And last updated March 21st 1999

While prose may carry all the facts, the voice of verse is sweeter
For poetry transports the soul on lilting rhyme and meter.
Frank Halliwell
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GUERNSEY'S poetry presence on the WEB
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Limerick #128 (a & b)
anon but - From New Scientist 27-2-99

Bill Gates once said - rather stroppily-
"I tell you it's NOT a monopoly!
We fight to survive
And for freedom to thrive
As free men fought once at Thermopylae".

Said Janet "It is a monopoly
The proof? You program so sloppily
Your software's a pain
You have to restrain
The people who could do it properly".

If you liked this limerick (of course you did) then take a quick look at our first limerick archive page where the 'Limericks of the week' are laid to rest.

Alternatively - if you wish to send one of your own (or just send us a message) then feel free to try the competion page right here.

And yet again, a treat for all limerick lover's, a few of James Drinards Limericks.
The full singing & dancing version at about 140Kb is here (though it does include his delightful line drawings) or try the text only page (an easy download at only some 20Kb).
Science is for those who learn;
poetry for those who know.       JosephRoux

INTRODUCTION
                                   What this is all about.

                           
A life long love of poetry and a desire to share what I like with you.
As a rough guide, I tend to prefer rhyming and well metered poetry, but that is by no means the end of the story.

I certainly don't like all - even nearly all -rhymed and metered works and certainly a lot of free verse of various sorts leaves me staggered with the skill and artistry of word smiths that I like.

A favourite poet among the well known greats? I don't really like the term 'favourite' in this context, but he who pleases me most consistently is Edgar Alan Poe - though don't ask me to justify this choice.

And for light relief - I really enjoy a well turned out Limerick- though it must be well done. There are plenty of those for your consideration on other pages on this site.

Anyway I hope you enjoy what's presented in these accompanying pages.

Joe G.
                                   

                     Firstly -
An Untitled poem from the "brain jammer"
by Barry R Clarke
(as featured in the Daily Telegraph for October 31st 1998)

                     "Hey daddy" said Jill. "I'm feeling quite ill,
Today, I'm not a well daughter."
So he bent to her will and went up a hill
To fetch five units of water.

On reaching the well, he suddenly fell,
And shattered his pail on the road,
But spying two lasses with cylindrical glasses,
He saw how to carry his load.

They're negligibly thick, he saw rather quick,
Praising himself for sagacity,
What made it right was that both had same height,
Though obviously different capacity.

Sixteen and four were their volumes to pour
And Dad filled the first up with water,
The second had none but purely for fun
He still took it back to his daughter

"Just tell me" snarled Jill, going in for the kill,
"How we measure out five with these glasses
Five from sixteen, that's a bit of a dream!"
Dad wished he'd eloped with the lasses.

And poor old Dad had done his best - and of course it was good enough.

If you find how he did it please don't let me know.
However if you can't and you would like to know
please ask and I'll e-mail you the solution as offered by
the Daily Telegraph on November 7th.
(The answer includes a 22Kb .jpg file).

                     

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon
and waiting to hear the echo.

Don Marquis

AND now,        some works from far afield.

AND

For some significant poetry sites (other than this one)
try some of these.

Though make sure you come back here!!