From a newspaper but I can’t remember.Now laugh

 

Please come to my thinner party this week.Water provided
When we lose weight we can eat a chocolate biscuit twice a year.Is it worth it?
What can we eat while fasting? Nothing! I say, that’s a bit steep.How about  bread and water? Or even just water?
Do your roast beside  your husband? Buy our nightwear, cool and invisible and thrill him to  a  near death experience while you sleep in our tiny bikini like pyjamas.
I plead guilty to kissing my husband before and after he died.I don’t care if it was a  crime; it wasn’t a sin.That is what matters,
I doubt if I would marry again as men don’t like  me laughing  while I am asleep.They take it personally.Always a  mistake.I  admit my husband’s  rubber face gave me hysterics in a dream.Is that bad? Was he to blame?What is blame? To assume everything has a cause and it might be me [I]  or you.

“When you talk about prayer in Judeo-Christian terms, prayer is usually construed as a kind of dualistic act. You’re praying to somebody else for something. Prayer in the Western sense is usually construed as making a connection. I don’t think that connection has to be made; it’s already there. Poetry probably has to do with the recognizing of that connection, rather than trying to create something that isn’t there.”

W S Merwin

Can you come round for a feel on Sunday?
Can I bring my flamingo?
Sartre is smarter
Are you showing any resistance on Saturday?
What do you make for sinners  on Sundays ?
His food is defectable and his drinks are on tap
Do you like  whips and flesh on  Fridays?
Shall we sin together in the choir?
How many lovers have you broken even with?
Shall I bring a DVD or is it DIY only?
What music do you lark to?
How barge is your TV?
I felt a surge of hatred when Enoch Powell  appeared in a dream,Is it a sin?
What is a sin now ? Anything or nothing?

I have been making a shorter edition of my book so I can sell it cheaply. That is £6.99 instead of £39.99.It’s all about page sizes and the price of printing.I will only get 38 pence per copy so I shall raise tzhe price in a week or two as I am not a Charity yet,Unlike Eton

I lie back in the weather-proofed green chair
To gaze up at the flowering maple tree.
Now, touched by sun,lungs full of scented air
I embrace with joy the beauty I now see.

Old celandine show brightly by my feet
Neglected currant bushes straggle round the path
There is no birdsong yet a silence sweet
Soothes my heart and quietens my wrath.

For my heart's sore and anguished is my mind
Yet in this little wood I feel deep calm.
My eyes are shadowed and my face is lined.
May this green spring bring me a gentle balm.

For even in depression and deep grief,
The mind makes healing medicine of a leaf.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/p-as_docs/PoetryandProse.pdf

An extract

“Poetry and Prose: What’s the Difference?
Nearly all writing shares the goal of communicating a message to an
audience, but how that message is communicated can differ greatly.
The divisions between poetry and prose aren’t clear-cut, but here are some
generally accepted differences.
Prose
Most everyday writing is in prose
form.
The language of prose is typically
straightforward without much
decoration.
Ideas are contained in sentences that
are arranged into paragraphs.
There are no line breaks. Sentences
run to the right margin.
The first word of each sentence is
capitalized.
Prose looks like large blocks of
words.

 
Poetry
Poetry is typically reserved for
expressing something special in an
artistic way.
The language of poetry tends to be
more expressive or decorated, with
comparisons, rhyme, and rhythm
contributing to a different sound and
feel.
Ideas are contained in lines that may
or may not be sentences. Lines are
arranged in stanzas.
Poetry uses line breaks for various
reasons—to follow a formatted
rhythm or to emphasize an idea.
Lines can run extremely long or be as
short as one word or letter.”