A Poem for Thursday.

We have a broadcaster who can be heard regularly on BBC radio 4...Melvyn Bragg...

... an academic and an intellectual...but very interesting and often not so difficult that I don't  get the gist of the meaning of his subject!...well almost anyway!

Recently we listened to a discussion about Aristotle....this great word was used...

...Aristotilian Theology...!

I think that the joy was just the sound of this intellectual term!

It inspired me to write this little bit of verse.

Aristotilian Theology

I 

had not thought

 of you 

as a theologian.

But 

I was assured

by Melvyn

on radio 4 of course.

That even

Arabian writers

would credit you

with that.

So,

numbers

maths

mount Olympia

and theology.

What 

do we have 

to boast about?

I'm linking as usual with dVerse Open Link Night ~ Week 55 thankyou once again for the opportunity to put some verse out there!http://dversepoets.com/2012/07/31/open-link-night-week-55/

A Poem for Thursday

Seeing that this Friday is the start of the Olympics here in Britain, I thought that this might be apt.
 I associate sports day with the cringing agonies of knowing that I will fail ...
...and there's nothing I can do about it..
....but watch the winners win!
However I have enjoyed the run up to the games ...and if anyone has a ticket for any of the sports...have fun and don't scream so loud that you lose you voice...the potter will be doing that for you!

Sports Day

They 
do not shiver
in unsightly shorts and shirts.

Nor
do they sit
dejectedly waiting for the next race.
-
Knowing
that failure 
would rear it's ugly head,

as
elegant girls
and musclebound boys
romp off with the medals
once more.
 -
Cartwheels 
on the beach,
polo in the sea.
 -
A splash 
of waves on surf boards
and loud shouts of laughter.
-
No
this cannot be
sports day - can it?

Once again the wonderful dVerse is hosting "Open link night" week 54 so I'm hurrying along to make sure that I'm in my seat for the game to begin...yes I have a ticket!!