Re: Angling poetry and art
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:31 am
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Good luck at Hay. A favourite book hunting venue for me also.Pallenpool wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:57 am Thankyou for posting these lovely interludes of calm, thoughtful insight. As you say there is not a whole lot that separates us from them so to speak. The posts have made me start to look for the older book as well as old plates - a lot of which I hope to find when I go to Hay later.
Many thanks.
Peter
I think it was the ale that did it!
G.B, yes, I think you may well be right about the second boy in the "Soar" illustration. The illustrator obviously knew his stuff.Mitch300 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:11 am Nice illustration.
I would guess that the artist is conveying that the gentleman anglers are buying bait from the boy. In those days, it
might have been worms, grasshoppers, a small amphibian, or anything else Izaak Walton might have mentioned in his treatise.
G. B.
I look forward to seeing your next book of poems at Romsey. That one made me smileLea Dweller wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:29 am By way of a contrast to some of the lovely poetry, here is a little bit of fun!
( I can think these up at any time, is it a talent? In a way I suppose )
On a cold and frosty winter morn while trying to catch a pike,
I had a chance encounter with a maiden on a bike
We got on like a house on fire, so now I’m pleased to say
I much prefer her company to piking any day!
From here in Oz I wish you all the very best for Christmas and the coming year, I am looking forward to enjoying a Christmas Day morning on the beach. It is not for everyone, but it suits me, as I prefer the warmth to our winter weather at home. I will raise a glass to toast you all, in fact I will make several toasts, why not!
Have a lovely Christmas Ted and think of us left hereLea Dweller wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:29 am By way of a contrast to some of the lovely poetry, here is a little bit of fun!
( I can think these up at any time, is it a talent? In a way I suppose )
On a cold and frosty winter morn while trying to catch a pike,
I had a chance encounter with a maiden on a bike
We got on like a house on fire, so now I’m pleased to say
I much prefer her company to piking any day!
From here in Oz I wish you all the very best for Christmas and the coming year, I am looking forward to enjoying a Christmas Day morning on the beach. It is not for everyone, but it suits me, as I prefer the warmth to our winter weather at home. I will raise a glass to toast you all, in fact I will make several toasts, why not!