when i joined chordie, i joined as a songwriter, but i saw that some offerings were largely poems with a chord symbol or two thrown in to make it look like a song! so i posted some of my poems. then the poem section opened so the poems went there and the closet poets also posted there which is a good thing i think? because it outed them so to speak.

then we come to poems being songs without music, like i said on the poem section elton john and bernie taupin got together by luck, and there's nothing to say that it couldn't happen here, after all there is probably truck loads of composers out there looking for a good verse to get them going.

i don't mind what the section is called but lyrics/poems sounds quite descriptive and gets my vote.

i really dont believe that song writers are abandoning ship because of the poem section, and i'd rather have my two main interests under one roof, i've also written short stories, but they wont get posted here...honest!

when your a writer your a writer, songs poems books...your a writer

phill

aw russel you old animal lover you...i'm still smiling, i laughed aloud thanks for that cos i've been very depressed lately...turkey "your stupid but tasty" i dare say there are some veggies out there who have wiped you off their christmas list

brill

phill

thanks to you all,

lena, i like to surprise when i can

ark, glad you liked them

selso,  it's nice to have a change occasionally.

i've just heard roger's take on this song, before he's heard mine and it's great, it's got a very country feel and i'm truly surprised how a song can be so different in another persons interpretation. i really hope he'll post it so everyone can hear it.

phill

hi alan,

what a beautiful song and the images were also fab! notice that they took it when the sun was shining, it always rains when i'm in ireland, but next time i'm gonna visit your temple.

i liked the way you put a little twist in the tale, "the boat touching the sand means i must take away my hand from your hand" priceless. well done and thanks for sharing.

phill

thanks russ, you can find this on myspace now, let me know what you think

Hi Lena,

yes it just came to me as I wrote my reply, but I liked it so much my-self that I'm thinking of writing a song around it, thank you for your appreciation

phill

oooh lena,

what a very sensual little poem. it describes how i feel perfectly for my wife. so thank you for allowing me to read it.

all this and summer too, it's been a gorgeous day, what a lovely way for it to end.

no bullets just a kiss
no pain but the ache in my heart
no loneliness but to be alone with you
no fear, but that this day would end

phill

hi doc,

your english may not be to her majesty's standard, but you get your point across very well, your life story in a 2 minute poem? sounds like a good thread to me, i'll get my thinking cap on tomorrow as i have a gig to get to tonight.

nice one doc

phill

Hi Russ,

A little word of warning here; Scotch is a drink, the people are Scottish!  Don't want the hit squads roaming the streets of Buffalo[?] looking for you

Yes Alan, we were all Celts together, before the Romans brought Christianity here, then came the Norse, then the Saxons then the Normans...talk about mongrels?

I'm Welsh, but the Welsh trait is short and dark haired.  I'm tall and blond [ish] [Norse] with green eyes,[?] Roman nose and a lovely temperement. my only Welsh trait is my accent [accident?]
and the fact that I love singing!

Phill

it's so nice to see solidarity from two beautiful irish folk. i dont think anyone [in their right minds] want to return to the "bad old days" i always ask myself; "what pleasure do they get from killing and maiming other humans?", [i dont understand hunting either!] so lets hope this can be quashed before it begins.

alan, nicely written my friend, very heartfelt and emotional, let us know when you've put music to it and it's up on your web.

good work

phill