Friday poetry corner

[threaded]

I woke early one morning,
The earth lay cool and still.
When suddenly a tiny bird,
Perch on my window sill.

He sang a song so lovely,
So carefree and so gay.
That slowly all my troubles,
Began to slip away.

He sang of far off places,
Of laughter and of fun.
It seemed his very trilling,
Brought up the morning sun.

I stirred beneath the covers,
Crept slowly out of bed.
And gently lowered the window,
And crushed his tulipy head.

[shaunbhoy]

Bravely Bold Alexei, rode forth from SKAmelot
He was not afraid to die
O brave Alexei
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways
Brave, brave, brave, brave, Alexei

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken,
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Alexei

His head smashed in and his heart cut out
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off
but he WAS afraid to do his National Service!!

[Churchill]

Last Night I Knelt
Where Hiram Knelt

Last night I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took an obligation.
Today I'm closer to my God
for I'm a Master Mason.

Though heretofore my fellow men
seemed each one like the other,
today I search each one apart.
I'm looking for my brother.

And as I feel his friendly grip
it fills my heart with pride.
I know while I am on the square
that he is by my side.

His footsteps on my errand go
if I should such require.
His prayers will lead in my behalf
if I should so desire.

My words are safe within his breast
as though within my own,
his hand forever at my back
to help me safely home.

Good counsel whispers in my ear
and warns of any danger.
By square and compass, Brother now
who once would call me stranger.

I might have lived a moral life
and risen to distinction
without my Brothers helping hand
and the fellowship of Masons.

But God, who knows how hard it is
to resist life's temptations,
knows why I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took that obligation.

Author unknown

[shaunbhoy]

Lots of "friendly grips" and "hands at the back" there Churchill. Your naval background must have stood you in good stead. I look forward to next week's follow-up where you expand on the whole "goat" thing.

[threaded]

Lots of "friendly grips" and "hands at the back" there Churchill. Your naval background must have stood you in good stead. I look forward to next week's follow-up where you expand on the whole "goat" thing.

Funny you should mention a goat: I got a bizarre message on my answering machine where someone apologized for the ?birthday? card being late but some ?child? had had it take away from them by the goat, but it was in the post now and not to mind it being a little chewed.

threaded in "wrong number?" mode

[Churchill]

Lots of "friendly grips" and "hands at the back" there Churchill. Your naval background must have stood you in good stead. I look forward to next week's follow-up where you expand on the whole "goat" thing.

Typical juvenile response from our dense scot contingent.

Btw, would you care to elaborate on wtf a goat has to do with freemasonry?

[shaunbhoy]

Typical juvenile response from our dense scot contingent.

Did the job though didn't it?

Btw, would you care to elaborate on wtf a goat has to do with freemasonry?

Thought I'd leave that to you, you are the one with the 'intimate' knowledge.

[Churchill]

Did the job though didn't it?





Thought I'd leave that to you, you are the one with the 'intimate' knowledge.

Well here's the definitive answer, nothing.

[shaunbhoy]

Well here's the definitive answer, nothing.

Come on Churchy, no need to be so secretive. You have "rode the goat" I have no doubt. What's it like?

[Churchill]

Come on Churchy, no need to be so secretive. You have "rode the goat" I have no doubt. What's it like?

There is no such practice within Freemasonry.

However while you were being buggered by your local Priest he may have imparted such superstition in your bigoted little mind.