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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Not sure if these will be readable or not, but they are from an English assignment back in high school, 1976-77

Plenty readable, very good!
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...
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here are some lyrics I am very fond of, well... anything by Peter Hamill i'm fond of...

From 'Childlike Faith in Childhood's End', the best song off of their best album (not their best track, but pretty dang close) 

"All the jokers and gaolers, all the junkies
and slavers too,
all the throng who have danced a merry tune - 
Human we can all be,
but Humanity we must rise above, 
in the name of all faith and hope and love.
There's a time for all pilgrims, 
and there's a time for the fakers too, 
there's a time when we all will stand alone 
and nude,
naked to the galaxies - 
naked, but clothed in the overview...
as we reach Childhood's End we must start anew.

And though dark is the highway, 
and the peak's distance breaks my heart, 
for I never shall see it, still I play my part, 
believing that what waits for us
is the cosmos compared to the dust of the past...
In the death of mere humans life shall start!"

Some of my favorite lyrics ever written, that and Pink Floyd's 'Time'
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Not sure if these will be readable or not, but they are from an English assignment back in high school, 1976-77
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here's the opening to a song I wrote called 'Child's Play" and some other favorite lines. Overall it might need some editing, and a bit of re-writing, but i'm happy with where most of it sits

Deep throated vocals of a time long past

Far above the melee and moral bombast

Ritualistic mornings crafted of gold

Who is our God whom you have extolled?

Though our truths will seldom align

The Child remains to play

I have yours and you have mine 

Time to sunshine the fears away,

I hold your hand while we dine.


Some night other lines:
"Scared to peak at the bodies I know, You’re scared you’ll see a face that’s your own"

"Back in the morning, there was a border for us apart, A boundary for lack of order, Where we all must look forward to start!"

"To sit out on the playground and watch, While the wise girls down whiskey and scotch"
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


You're surely not just beginners, guys. Thumbs Up

Thanks, we all try
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You're surely not just beginners, guys. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

American Boots

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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

I'll let my work speak for itself.

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American Boots

American boots on Syrian soil, kindle the cauldron to bubble and boil
Isis rises from the sand, melting into crowds, they plot to foil
American boots on Syrian soil, blending in yet unfound
Isis mix with folks in town surrounded by American soldiers all around,

Syrian cobra suicide strike, “Yikes, that’s thrice this week.
At the pub last night Joe got blown up with a girl in curls
 when the shoeshine boy blew the pub plumb down.”
American boots on Syrian soil board American boats bound for American ground

 Love-starved wives weep for lovers, cry with mothers
as they bury brothers and sons in cemetery soil.
Tank snakes shoot venom, uncoil, and spoil Middle East peace,

“At least there’s war in Syria again”,    
Said the four-star general to the congressman.

-Cindy O


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I'll let my work speak for itself.
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Let's hear it !

I prefer to hear yours. Big smile
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

With all due respect David...it doesn't seem a little self explanatory to you?

As said, I have some ideas/thoughts about it. Smile



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In Honour of This Day

Lyric (work in progress)
For This Land
© JD Dinsdale 2023

We got the call at 0500
The planes were fueling up
Our gear was stowed
And clips were tapped
Only prayer could interrupt

To take our place
Among the brave
Surrounded by the sand
A paper face to warm the heart
Love's anchor in our hand

We all march together
Good soldiers row on row
Back to flag and family
By way of Oramacto
We all march together
For a country strong and free
We all march together
Into eternity



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With all due respect David...it doesn't seem a little self explanatory to you?
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Poem
Paranoia
© JD Dinsdale 2010

Paranoia all around me
Disarray in front and back
Cadillacs and Chevy Blazers
Mounting their attack

Jagged glass and dirty pin
Protruding from the ground
Taking steps so lightly
That they barely touch the ground

Hurried siren from afar
A child screams in pain
Insanity surrounds us all
Some things you can't explain

Broken, as a wafer is
Then served up to the masses
Hold your breath and hold your thoughts
Until the feeling passes
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What kind of comments?

What is it about?
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A Ballad I suppose, a bit of ambient as well

Edited by Frets N Worries - November 11 2023 at 08:31
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Poem
Paranoia
© JD Dinsdale 2010

Actually, I find it very impressive, and I meant comments about this poem. Smile
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:


Come young children play with fire

Your fathers won’t come home

So we light a torch and burn the pyre 

Now he lives where the angels roam


‘Ere Yesterday I saw a white dove across the empty sky

And I knew blood had been spilled

The Requiem for the unknown soldier

Rings out through his mother’s cries


Now your fathers funeral pyre is burning ever brighter

We hum along and play a marching tune

Now watch the Minstrel play his flute and kettledrum

And as he tunes his harp tune ever higher


He plays a requiem for the fallen rovers

Thousands of men across the song

The Friar reads from the book of John

As the Minstrel strums his cittern


"Northern Fire" By Atmos (Me)

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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Poem
Paranoia
© JD Dinsdale 2010

Actually, I find it very impressive, and I meant comments about this poem. Smile


Edited by David_D - November 11 2023 at 03:30
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