mattygroves

📍 Londonish, United Kingdom

Member since March 2006

Time flies! I had a bit here about welcoming my granddaughter - Matilda is now 5 and she has a little brother, Alfie, 3. They are doing brilliantly in the Land Down Under - a happy, healthy family.

Fan of science fiction, folk music, fantasy (Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch, Stephen King...etc. I have a lot of books).



"anyone lived in a pretty how town". by ee cummings, just for the the heck of it:

anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did.

Women and men (both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain

children guessed (but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her

someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)

one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was

all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
with by spirit and if by yes.

Women and men (both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain


I have been in the UK for 30 years - I grew up on Long Gisland (as the locals say). Still rubbish at this game...

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