Fun day yesterday, but Sunday today
Nevertheless I read the Istanbul
Guide book I took out from the library
Along with the Berlin book. What a fool
I felt as I read. It contained the rules
On haggling in Turkey I wish I'd known
When I was there a year ago and fell
Victim to the carpet 'bait and switch' men
Still, enjoyed reading about it again
Intiklal and Taksim, the memory
Still burns bright, and Orhan Pamuk as well
Walked to town for my dose of tattoo pain
The Berlin bear's now on my arm - he's a
Cutie, and I learned some Greek too - how cool!!!
Sun 31 July
Sunday, 31 July 2011
1790 - The Ancient Mariners of Ashton
Spending a night in the Indian Ocean
Is not suitable for the faint-hearted
The rise and fall of your expectation
Of being served leaves you disappointed
We all turned up at the time appointed
The restaurant of that name made us seasick
Tossed aside, crossly discussed, debated
Were our options, rescue unrealistic
Dashed hopes, plate-smashing wishes, as fish-like
Waiters with bright teeth dished up for someone
Else, while stood on deck, now heavy-hearted
Dry-lipped, albatrosses around each neck
We waited for the end, for night to come
To be ancient mariners of Ashton fated
Sat 30 July
Is not suitable for the faint-hearted
The rise and fall of your expectation
Of being served leaves you disappointed
We all turned up at the time appointed
The restaurant of that name made us seasick
Tossed aside, crossly discussed, debated
Were our options, rescue unrealistic
Dashed hopes, plate-smashing wishes, as fish-like
Waiters with bright teeth dished up for someone
Else, while stood on deck, now heavy-hearted
Dry-lipped, albatrosses around each neck
We waited for the end, for night to come
To be ancient mariners of Ashton fated
Sat 30 July
Saturday, 30 July 2011
1789 - The times they were a changin'
The year 1789's the year
That's remembered for historic events
There certainly was something in the air
Back then in revolutionary France
The English had already tried these things
But felt they'd gone too far and then backtracked
The French upheavel, more like the Soviets
Sought a brave new world, old order hijacked
And ground to dust to the sound of heads cracked
Centuries of oppression breeding fear
Among the oppressors of violence
Calendars restarted, clocks once more ticked
Then blood-red dawns fade into light more clear
If greyer, where we once more start the dance
Fri 29 July
That's remembered for historic events
There certainly was something in the air
Back then in revolutionary France
The English had already tried these things
But felt they'd gone too far and then backtracked
The French upheavel, more like the Soviets
Sought a brave new world, old order hijacked
And ground to dust to the sound of heads cracked
Centuries of oppression breeding fear
Among the oppressors of violence
Calendars restarted, clocks once more ticked
Then blood-red dawns fade into light more clear
If greyer, where we once more start the dance
Fri 29 July
Thursday, 28 July 2011
1788 - Travels in Salford and Liscard
I've tried to sort out emails and Facebook
At least is working, but I can't publish
On Blogger. Next, I must take a quick look
At Kodak Gallery, try to finish
The uploading of pictures. How I wish
It would all work! Today I walked along
The Irwell in Salford and saw the pix
Hanging in Salford's Gallery, liking
To get out in the sun but not spending!!
Last night by the way, had a bit of luck
Won the prize for the favourite poem which
Was chosen by Stella! Thanks dear! Singing
Was Jo Bywater, who played with great pluck
Like last time. Liscard rocked to some great licks!
Thur 28 July
At least is working, but I can't publish
On Blogger. Next, I must take a quick look
At Kodak Gallery, try to finish
The uploading of pictures. How I wish
It would all work! Today I walked along
The Irwell in Salford and saw the pix
Hanging in Salford's Gallery, liking
To get out in the sun but not spending!!
Last night by the way, had a bit of luck
Won the prize for the favourite poem which
Was chosen by Stella! Thanks dear! Singing
Was Jo Bywater, who played with great pluck
Like last time. Liscard rocked to some great licks!
Thur 28 July
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
1787 - Email travails
My email's not working at all right now
But never mind, no time to fix the thing
Tonight, no, because time doesn't allow
And also, this chair on which I'm sitting
Is approaching the end of its innings
And about to collapse through overuse
Not only can I not do uploading
Or emailing, for which there's no excuse
But any minute now I won't refuse
The laws of gravity and I'll crash low
On the floor, accompanied by bruising
It's hurting my back because it's not used
To sitting in a twisted shape just so
I stay on this broken chair while typing
Wed 27 July
But never mind, no time to fix the thing
Tonight, no, because time doesn't allow
And also, this chair on which I'm sitting
Is approaching the end of its innings
And about to collapse through overuse
Not only can I not do uploading
Or emailing, for which there's no excuse
But any minute now I won't refuse
The laws of gravity and I'll crash low
On the floor, accompanied by bruising
It's hurting my back because it's not used
To sitting in a twisted shape just so
I stay on this broken chair while typing
Wed 27 July
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
1786 - Fuck-ups incorporated
Off work and at least I can now upload
Pictures from my phone to the computer
However, the computer can't upload
Anything or publish on the inter-
Net, yet. I think it's an email matter
Too many accounts, getting tangled up
Passwords, settings, using the wrong server
But I can't sort it, not today. Fucked up
Or what? So much for new phone, new laptop
Strolled down town in the sunshine to the post
Office, changed euros back to pounds, then the
Tattoo parlour. I arranged that I'd drop
In on Sunday for the bear that I could
Have inked in Berlin - no tattoo shops there
Tue 26 July
Pictures from my phone to the computer
However, the computer can't upload
Anything or publish on the inter-
Net, yet. I think it's an email matter
Too many accounts, getting tangled up
Passwords, settings, using the wrong server
But I can't sort it, not today. Fucked up
Or what? So much for new phone, new laptop
Strolled down town in the sunshine to the post
Office, changed euros back to pounds, then the
Tattoo parlour. I arranged that I'd drop
In on Sunday for the bear that I could
Have inked in Berlin - no tattoo shops there
Tue 26 July
1785 - You are now leaving the German sector
Breakfasting at the Meininger Hotel
For the second morning spent in Berlin
No eggs today - quite why we couldn't tell
Got the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate seen
We walked east down the Unter den Linden
Right onto Friedrichstrasse to Checkpoint
Charlie, sitting in deckchairs on some sand
Alexanderplatz didn't disappoint
The Rathaus, TV Tower, Neptune, a pint
Caught the S-Bahn train back to the hotel
Then Schonefeld Airport, flight to England
Lots of euros left to change into pounds
When I got back here, straightaway I felt
The weather warmer than where we had been
Mon 25 July
For the second morning spent in Berlin
No eggs today - quite why we couldn't tell
Got the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate seen
We walked east down the Unter den Linden
Right onto Friedrichstrasse to Checkpoint
Charlie, sitting in deckchairs on some sand
Alexanderplatz didn't disappoint
The Rathaus, TV Tower, Neptune, a pint
Caught the S-Bahn train back to the hotel
Then Schonefeld Airport, flight to England
Lots of euros left to change into pounds
When I got back here, straightaway I felt
The weather warmer than where we had been
Mon 25 July
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