Bernard’s Comments (group member since Dec 30, 2018)

Bernard’s comments from the G.N.A. Publishing░N░e░w░ ░A░u░t░h░o░r░s░ group.

It certainly is! He wrote a lot of limericks. But why are they named after the city?

A poem by Edward Lear

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...

Thanks. His name is actually Gerald. We lost touch after school, but made contact again three years ago, so I have some new memories as well as the old ones.

RIP

Farewell
To Gel.
Friend of my school days,
We listened to jazz and blues
And discussed sci-fi books
And sometimes
We did some school work.

We even formed a band
On paper anyway.
You named it:
Ebony Ned and the Sodah Men.
A great name!
But who was going to be Ned?
And why Sodah and not Soda?
Now I will never know.

A poem by John Donne

https://yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.js...

Hmm .... How about "Thoughts of an Englishman" ?

If it does happen, I hope some other lifeform can make good use of my atoms.

If I should be hit
By a Satan missile,
Think only this of me:
In a leafless corner of England
There are some scattered atoms
Which I once
Called mine.

It certainly is. Stop the world, I want to get off!

They are inviting the obvious response.

Hooray! Well done to those researchers.

Damn! That's too far away.

Thanks. UNESCO has given me inspiration.

Bad Boris!

Jazz

The powerful pulse of the walking bass.
The drummer's hands are a blur
As his sticks thrash the kit,
The drums,
The shimmering cymbals ring.

The pianist sits
Hunched over the keys
His fingers stab out the chords
Haunting harmonies
Then rippling runs
Sweeping the octaves.

As the music churns
The bright sound of the trumpet
Rings out across the room.
The player with eyes closed
His cheeks inflated
As he pours his soul into the brass.
The group are locked
Into an ecstasy of creation.
The jazzmen
Are testifying.

UNESCO celebrates jazz day

As the great Nina Simone said, "Jazz is not just music, it is a way of life, it is a way of being, a way of thinking". The story of Jazz is written into the quest for human dignity, democracy and civil rights. It has given strength to the struggle against discrimination and racism. UNESCO believes in the power of Jazz as a force for peace, dialogue and mutual understanding and this is why in November 2011, the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed 30 April as "International Jazz Day".

Well, the Cold War never actually got hot.

Moi? I was just notifying the members.

Elon strikes again !!!

A poem for World Book Day

Open a book
And take a look.
You will find
Many interesting characters,
Like Captain Hook,
And Long John Silver,
The pirate cook.

Jane? Companion of Tarzan???