
This isn't aimed at any one person in here - though some of you will recognise different bits that make sense from on/off forum comments - it's more aimed at the forum as a whole.
It rather cheekily wrote itself (it never even asked me first !) about 10mins ago and just deserved to be on here somewhere as it didn't really fit in any other thread.
Maybe, to aid others in the same dilemma, this could become a "sticky" poetry thread for original SH related works ? {subtle hint}
It'll build itself into a nice collection as theres plenty of gems written by people all round the cafe on post-it notes already. Maybe just the works themselves clear of other posts ?
Just a suggestion, of course !
To write I try and shall do more,
Stories and words of rhyme,
Ramblings enthused on subjects mixed,
Against brevity a crime.
I'm no star with music,
You'd not think my tastes too great,
Where playing of the notes concerned,
Below amateur I'd rate.
My use of chalk or brush and oil,
Is naught to make you smile,
Attempts to play with lumps of clay,
A task just not worthwhile.
Language tricks and usage tried,
A love of mine all told,
Flys past to land in barren ground,
And leave it's target cold.
What do I hold that marks me out,
From any other soul ?
What glue of magical effect,
Constrains to keep me whole ?
All I have is all I am,
No glitter strewn around,
Hugs and smiles sent freely out,
My willingness unbound.
So if you get to know me,
Then I hope you'll see my worth,
Born out of SH madness,
A friendship given birth.
Good man Carpathian! Verse is life!!
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Wow Artificer!
That was excellent. Take a bow.
Would I be in favour of a poetry thread?
.....that wasn't a serious question was it?
I mean, do oak leaves fall in autumn?
A brilliant idea Carpathian ! 
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows,
and of lending existance to
nothing...Edmund Burk
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than
history...Plato
Sounds like a great idea to me!
Owing to an accidental deletion, our old SH Poetry Corner was wiped away. However, we always run backups every night. So, I've been able to roll-back to yesterday when all was well, and I will now insert all the poems from the original thread into this one, giving credit to orginal authorship as I go. Wish me luck!
{edit by mod by - requested by the author of a poem}