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carm wrote:[quote
Perhaps there's a "You" poem on the horizon?

Carm this is the best I can do for YOU
You
You is not me for I am myself
And you is not he or him
The wife is herself as always
So the chances for her are slim
You on your own could never be them
Because you are alone until
One or two people join you
Who together desire the will
To be themselves not someone else
To each other ourselves they become
A group by itself not anyone else
Each other is where they are from
Now it is a different story
Because it is all on it's own
It can never be you I fear
For it is not flesh and bone
So you see what you ask is difficult
And very hard to achieve
That is why the word you as a pronoun
Is best left alone I believe

Yorkshire Lad wrote:The wife is herself as always

'The wife' ??
I used that phrase once ..... just the once, mind you. My wife gently reminded me not to refer to her as 'the wife' and then I gently nursed my bruises.

pete

Here's one from February 1973.....

My mind is alive.
I can hear it
but I can't see it.
You can't see it
and you can't hear it.
That's one to me.


Pete

liverpoolken wrote:you will notice that besides never having mastered the art of poem making i am as usual taking jean's side …..

ta ken

Ken, I didn't know we were taking sides

Oops!

Pete wrote " The wife?? "

You
You is not me for I am myself
And you is not he or him
She is herself as always
So the chances for her are slim
You on your own could never be them
Because you are alone until
One or two people join you
Who together desire the will
To be themselves not someone else
To each other ourselves they become
A group by itself not anyone else
Each other is where they are from
Now it is a different story
Because it is all on it's own
It can never be you I fear
For it is not flesh and bone
So you see what you ask is difficult
And very hard to achieve
That is why the word you as a pronoun
Is best left alone I believe

You have to be very careful what you say or write these days and to any " wives " who might have taken offence to the original I sincerely apologise . I have only the one wife and she was stood behind me when I first posted the poem and she was very supportive but then we have both led very sheltered lives

I enjoyed your bit of fun, Yorkshire Lad.
She is so lucky to have such a "me" as you.
You have taken me back to some of my own self-centred fun.

me, me selfish !

I do the things that I enjoy
and not the things I "should",
I try to live life every day
the way we wish we could;
play sport with all my heart,
laugh all I can,
avoiding doing funless chores
that make a boy a man.

To Eternity, I'm just a blink
a spark not worth a fuss
yet Eternity, Life and Me
were all born ano'me'mous.

MatbbgJ

(It is not as old as yours Ken, 80's.)

You
You is not me for I am myself
And you is not he or him
Jean is herself as always
So the chances for her are slim
You on your own could never be them
Because you are alone until
One or two people join you
Who together desire the will
To be themselves not someone else
To each other ourselves they become
A group by itself not anyone else
Each other is where they are from
Now it is a different story
Because it is all on it's own
It can never be you I fear
For it is not flesh and bone
So you see what you ask is difficult
And very hard to achieve
That is why the word you as a pronoun
Is best left alone I believe

Yorkshire Lad: I really enjoyed your "You" poem, especially the way in which you so easily managed to imbue it with a joyful sense of humour. It's entertaining and very original. Perhaps it reflects "You" in some way?

To "You".
by Walt Whitman

STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you
not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?

carm wrote:

Perhaps it reflects "You" in some way?

To "You".
by Walt Whitman

STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you
not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?

Carm
I think you are right and that every poem written has a small part of the poet in it .The secret is to be able to detect exactly what that is although I don't think I want to go there because some of my poems are quite dark and deep ! I prefer to let them do their theraputic work on me and then move on to the next .

mat james wrote:I enjoyed your bit of fun, Yorkshire Lad.
She is so lucky to have such a "me" as you.
You have taken me back to some of my own self-centred fun.

me, me selfish !

I do the things that I enjoy
and not the things I "should",
I try to live life every day
the way we wish we could;
play sport with all my heart,
laugh all I can,
avoiding doing funless chores
that make a boy a man.

To Eternity, I'm just a blink
a spark not worth a fuss
yet Eternity, Life and Me
were all born ano'me'mous.

MatbbgJ

(It is not as old as yours Ken, 80's.)

Hi matjames
I seem to have tapped into to some nostalgic poetry from one or two people which is great . Poems should not be hidden away gathering dust they should be shared . This poem I really like especially the last four lines as they are so so true !!

He let me be
He let you be
He let us be

We let Him be
us and me
you and me

We are Him
He is us
Let us be we three.

Byron wrote:He let me be
He let you be
He let us be

We let Him be
us and me
you and me

We are Him
He is us
Let us be we three.

Two be we three or not two be we three that is the question ?