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

I think in actual fact that "Albion" refers to England, though in Welsh "yr Alban" is Scotland! but regardless of the English connection, I thought it a lovely piece, I liked the little Fraze's you popped in here and there, it's always nice to have a starting point. let us know when it's done my old friend.

da bo i ti

phill

hi kenny,

i cant believe you dont think your up to the piano part...dont forget i've heard your playing before, and i was well impressed!
i dont normally play the songs, as i cant hear it the way it's meant, but i gave this a go and it came out all bluesy?
tell you what, send me it with just voice and guitar [or whatever] so i can hear it, the words are so strong it needs to be played and listened to.

your friend
phill

hi eagleeye

no musical thoughts on it at all, and i've got too much on at the moment to even consider it, and i'm having one of those writer thingies where i think everything i do is sounding the same...so maybe you'd like a go at putting some dylan-esque melody to it, please feel free. let me know when you've done it, i'd like to hear it

hi lena,

yes it always seems that whenever you think things are settling down, they turn around and bight you on the back-side!
that's all i'm hearing lately here in llanelli, is about knifings and people being beaten to a pulp, there was even an attempted robbery in a newsagents shop just down from me, where some guys held a sword to the assistant's throat, he cut her and beat her! and worst part of all is he comes from a well to do family...but it was drug related, so they'll probably get away with it!

sorry i didnt mean to make a sermon.

hi kenny,

good to hear from you, how you keeping?
if i had my way; all guns and offensive weapons would be destroyed. why is it always ex-students or ex-employees? we all get a little miffed at being bullied at school, or being fired from work...but we dont go shoot everyone?...do we??

thanks for all your kind comments

phill

I'm sorry yet again, this should have gone to the poems section, as I don't intend to put music to it, unless someone else fancies the job?

Phill

hi lena,

nice work young lady!

i'm so glad gitaardocphil put this quest up for people to wax lyrical over their locale. as you say ireland is a big place, so just talking about dublin can keep it on the page...so to speak. i once visited dublin on a rugby trip to watch our two great countries. you won of course, but that night we found a bar, and we had a great craic sing-songing with the locals...brill!

just as a coincidence; linn is pool as in welsh llyn is pool or pond...both languages came from the same foundation i guess.

phill

hi jeff
all i can do is agree with daddy and kenny, i feel the exact same way, your words say it my friend

phill