Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

He returned penitent. Not sure that would do it for me.

Me neither. What a jerk. Fatted calf? Get outta here again please.

 

[Ribh]

One if the things I would like to do more of when I retire (in NINE days time!) is read more poetry.
Maybe I should start with Coleridge.

Hmmmm....I'm not sure I'd start there. He also did Rime of the Ancient Mariner ~ which goes on forever! Do you prefer classical or modern poetry?

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh dear. You really didn’t have a theological upbringing!
Neither did I, so I will be going way out over my skis here and say that it is all about showing the unconditional love that the father has for the son and by analogy I assume God has for mankind. Something like that.

Ohhhh a forgiveness allegory.

 

[MaryJanet]

The time difference will confuse me. Do I retire a day earlier in Australia? I think I do!

No, it's the other way. By the time you retire, Australia has moved on to the next day.

Unless you were in Australia, when yes, you'd be a day earlier than new jersey you.

 

[Ribh]

Ohhhh a forgiveness allegory.

 

[RoyalChick]

Hmmmm....I'm not sure I'd start there. He also did Rime of the Ancient Mariner ~ which goes on forever! Do you prefer classical or modern poetry?

Oh I loved the Ancient Mariner. We studied it at school I think. I used to remember great chunks of it. The only thing that comes to mind now is the imagery of the becalmed ship something about a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
Then I fell in love with Under Milk Wood.
As a teenager I loved a number of Paul Dehn’s anti nuclear war poems.
And for a giggle there is always Ogden Nash.
I am a big Shakespeare fan but weirdly have never read the sonnets.
So, as you can tell, I could very easily spend my afternoons sitting with the chickens reading poetry to them!

 

[RoyalChick]

Ohhhh a forgiveness allegory.

Oh don’t take my word for it. I was brought up sort of ‘anti-religion’ so I am not a reliable witness on this one!

 

[RoyalChick]

No, it's the other way. By the time you retire, Australia has moved on to the next day.

Unless you were in Australia, when yes, you'd be a day earlier than new jersey you.

I think I like the Australian version better.

 

[MaryJanet]

I think I like the Australian version better.

Eight claps then. You've had your first.

Seven to go.

 

[MaryJanet]