Posts Tagged ‘Espana’
The Pass – By Paul Holland (Again)
Posted in Poetry, Writing, tagged "Poetry",, Belfast, Belfast Poetry, Bird Watching, Espana, Great Britain, Ireland, La Rioja, Nature, Northern Ireland, Poems, Spain, Twitchers, Twitching, USA, Writing on September 30, 2014| 6 Comments »
On Holiday With Bob On The Pot
Posted in Funny, History, Humor, Humour, Satire, tagged Basildon, Boredom, Comedy, Double Glazing, England, Espana, Essex, Funny, Holidays, Humor, Humour, Loveless Marriages, Men, Nelson, Poo, Satire, Spain, Surviving Relationships, The Battle of Trafalgar, Toilets on June 3, 2014| 28 Comments »
Ola,
We are on holiday in Spain.
Spanish plumbing really has come on leaps and bounds. It is a pleasure to ascend my throne for an hour in the morning and allow the previous night’s paella, chips, sausages, black pudding, egg, chips and leg of lamb begin its momentous journey to the sea. Why David Attenborough hasn’t done a documentary on this still bemuses me. Like that one about the salmon returning to their spawning grounds. Only this would be about turds.
Still can’t get used to the bidet though. Use it to rinse me smalls.
We went on a boat trip.
An On The Pot served as a Tar under Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Horatio On The Pot came to a sticky end. Not in the heat of battle, but sneaking a crafty snifter from the barrel of brandy that Nelson was pickled in. They say the resulting dysentery was the inspiration behind pebble dashing.
We’ve met Brian and Sandra. They are from Basildon. The posh part. He sells double glazing. What he doesn’t know about glazing isn’t worth knowing about. I know because he told me. Often. Very often.
Sandra and my lovley wife Shirley have formed a bond, giggling and glaring at Brian and me as they cane the Gordons.
All this whilst Brian advises me on developments in toughened safety glass. Give me strength. Give me melanoma. Anything but the exciting world of lead beading finishes.
Ole.
Under A Duvet Of Stars – By Paul Holland (Again!)
Posted in Art, Poetry, Spain, Writing, tagged "Poetry",, Asia, Espana, India, Ireland, Love, Love Poems, Nature, Poems, Space, Spain, Stars, The Heavens, The Universe, UK, USA, Writing on May 9, 2014| 6 Comments »
I went to sleep in the stranger’s bed
And woke needing to pee.
Not knowing where the light was
Nor wanting to wake her.
Well,
Wanting to wake her…but.
Through the curtains
Could see the stars
Sow stars
Sow that light across this universe
This brief moment of time
Across the darkness
Light my way
Be my light
Don’t let me stumble.
But she wakes
And as she watches my return
Know now
This means more to me
Than the light
Of our one lonely star.
A Snowline Of Yellow Furze (By Paul Holland Again!)
Posted in Poetry, Writing, tagged "Poetry",, Espana, Home, Mountains, Nature, Poems, Spain, The Outdoors, Walking, Writing on April 29, 2014| 18 Comments »
I’ve given up the shore for Hills
These Hills
At twilight the Lough glows yet red
Clutching the last of the Sun
I’ve given up The Shore for these hills
Hills yellow with furze
Coconut smelling
And birdsong trilling out
Below ribbons of streetlights
Show colour, a friendlier yellow
It’s the mounds that have it tho’
Dusky mounds of fecund blossom
Falling away making this
Spring’s snowline of bushes
Broad brushstrokes
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