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Isabeau

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Posted: Nov 10, 2026 - 9:45am

 oldviolin wrote:
A Psalm Of Life

What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



oldviolin

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Posted: Nov 10, 2026 - 9:40am


oldviolin

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Gender: Male


Posted: Oct 30, 2026 - 11:30am



A Psalm Of Life

What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow





oldviolin

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Posted: Oct 30, 2026 - 11:29am

 Isabeau wrote:






Isabeau

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Posted: Oct 17, 2026 - 11:37am

 oldviolin wrote:

As for my softer side, don't imagine that my darker side will leave it defenseless. 



in case there was a doubt...lol


oldviolin

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Posted: Oct 16, 2026 - 9:52am

As for my softer side, don't imagine that my darker side will leave it defenseless. 


in case there was a doubt...lol


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Posted: Oct 15, 2026 - 8:25pm

 Manbird wrote:

make me



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Posted: Oct 15, 2026 - 8:19pm

 haresfur wrote:








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Posted: Oct 15, 2026 - 8:19pm

 geoff_morphini wrote:


You're a good man OV. I hope things get sorted out.


Thank you sir. I'm sure all will indeed be well. 
oldviolin

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Posted: Oct 14, 2026 - 8:00pm

 islander wrote:


Yes.

You are correct.

That others are suffering more doesn't invalidate anything you feel.

It's a weird world we find ourselves in, if you weren't a little bothered and confused here and there, I couldn't be your friend.

Sometimes it's not the apparent annoyance that is really driving us crazy.

We're just a ripple in the pond. Ride the wave outward, it's hard to go back to the beginning. 

Hang tough, and tell Buddy I said 'Hi'. And of course - Say hi to your dog for me.



And I thank you for the encouragement sir. It does not go to waste.
I truly appreciate everyone here, and those having chosen to move on. All the talent and common interests. All the stories and experiences. Plus the photographers. Wow to that bunch. We really have had some special folks move through here. A beautifully unique place. 
Almost paradise, if you will. The infrequent strife was almost worth it. 
islander

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Gender: Male


Posted: Oct 14, 2026 - 1:56pm

 oldviolin wrote:


Since the Bad Poetry thread is also dead, I thought I would put this here. It's not poetry. It's not even bad. It's a defense mechanism I have gone to since a troubled child. 
Bad things happen to me and I look to quickly find someone having a far worse time. That's not hard to do really.
I realize that I've been hit hard here with all this and I am taking it very personally though in the big picture I realize it is obviously time for perspective.
There are people; children, waking up in this world to bloody rubble and destroyed lives sponsored by the worst kind of humanity. It begins with thoughts. We are all a part of the same hypocrisy.
It sickens me to my core to be rendered helpless and doing anything to survive, only to discover that survival itself is just a one man band playing to an audience of no one.
I am surprised at how this recent debacle has affected me emotionally. I feel the worst of that at the place where I can't hold it back because in some ways it is interconnected with some deep emotionally psychological frustration and default anger.
"All will be well" I am fond of saying. I realize that is a whisper in the ear of that little boy as he stands alone with his battered stability and emotional scars and separation from reality. He doesn't have the ability at that point to understand anything and hides pain in dark secrets and angry outbursts.

This is a stupid internet radio station! What does it really matter? Well my friends, to me it is much more than that. It is an escape to reality. The reality within myself. 
I want to thank William for all his efforts to build a true dreamscape. A true dreamy escape. Music. It's the closest thing to God that I can even imagine. Selfishly, I want to keep it and protect it. To seek it out and understand it. 
Realistically, paradise is a beautiful tree or an interesting rock or a floating jay feather. With music and poetry I can give it life. I can extract life from it. I can give all of it away and sleep well even when I'm shackled and alone. Peace of mind. Peace in my heart. This is me, getting old, growing into myself by confronting things I can't change, and accepting change I can't understand. Over the top we go.
Thanks for listening.







Yes.

You are correct.

That others are suffering more doesn't invalidate anything you feel.

It's a weird world we find ourselves in, if you weren't a little bothered and confused here and there, I couldn't be your friend.

Sometimes it's not the apparent annoyance that is really driving us crazy.

We're just a ripple in the pond. Ride the wave outward, it's hard to go back to the beginning. 

Hang tough, and tell Buddy I said 'Hi'. And of course - Say hi to your dog for me.

geoff_morphini

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Posted: Oct 14, 2026 - 1:19pm

 oldviolin wrote:


Since the Bad Poetry thread is also dead, I thought I would put this here. It's not poetry. It's not even bad. It's a defense mechanism I have gone to since a troubled child. 
Bad things happen to me and I look to quickly find someone having a far worse time. That's not hard to do really.
I realize that I've been hit hard here with all this and I am taking it very personally though in the big picture I realize it is obviously time for perspective.
There are people; children, waking up in this world to bloody rubble and destroyed lives sponsored by the worst kind of humanity. It begins with thoughts. We are all a part of the same hypocrisy.
It sickens me to my core to be rendered helpless and doing anything to survive, only to discover that survival itself is just a one man band playing to an audience of no one.
I am surprised at how this recent debacle has affected me emotionally. I feel the worst of that at the place where I can't hold it back because in some ways it is interconnected with some deep emotionally psychological frustration and default anger.
"All will be well" I am fond of saying. I realize that is a whisper in the ear of that little boy as he stands alone with his battered stability and emotional scars and separation from reality. He doesn't have the ability at that point to understand anything and hides pain in dark secrets and angry outbursts.

This is a stupid internet radio station! What does it really matter? Well my friends, to me it is much more than that. It is an escape to reality. The reality within myself. 
I want to thank William for all his efforts to build a true dreamscape. A true dreamy escape. Music. It's the closest thing to God that I can even imagine. Selfishly, I want to keep it and protect it. To seek it out and understand it. 
Realistically, paradise is a beautiful tree or an interesting rock or a floating jay feather. With music and poetry I can give it life. I can extract life from it. I can give all of it away and sleep well even when I'm shackled and alone. Peace of mind. Peace in my heart. This is me, getting old, growing into myself by confronting things I can't change, and accepting change I can't understand. Over the top we go.
Thanks for listening.







You're a good man OV. I hope things get sorted out.
haresfur

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Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Oct 14, 2026 - 1:09pm

 oldviolin wrote:


Since the Bad Poetry thread is also dead, I thought I would put this here. It's not poetry. It's not even bad. It's a defense mechanism I have gone to since a troubled child. 
Bad things happen to me and I look to quickly find someone having a far worse time. That's not hard to do really.
I realize that I've been hit hard here with all this and I am taking it very personally though in the big picture I realize it is obviously time for perspective.
There are people; children, waking up in this world to bloody rubble and destroyed lives sponsored by the worst kind of humanity. It begins with thoughts. We are all a part of the same hypocrisy.
It sickens me to my core to be rendered helpless and doing anything to survive, only to discover that survival itself is just a one man band playing to an audience of no one.
I am surprised at how this recent debacle has affected me emotionally. I feel the worst of that at the place where I can't hold it back because in some ways it is interconnected with some deep emotionally psychological frustration and default anger.
"All will be well" I am fond of saying. I realize that is a whisper in the ear of that little boy as he stands alone with his battered stability and emotional scars and separation from reality. He doesn't have the ability at that point to understand anything and hides pain in dark secrets and angry outbursts.

This is a stupid internet radio station! What does it really matter? Well my friends, to me it is much more than that. It is an escape to reality. The reality within myself. 
I want to thank William for all his efforts to build a true dreamscape. A true dreamy escape. Music. It's the closest thing to God that I can even imagine. Selfishly, I want to keep it and protect it. To seek it out and understand it. 
Realistically, paradise is a beautiful tree or an interesting rock or a floating jay feather. With music and poetry I can give it life. I can extract life from it. I can give all of it away and sleep well even when I'm shackled and alone. Peace of mind. Peace in my heart. This is me, getting old, growing into myself by confronting things I can't change, and accepting change I can't understand. Over the top we go.
Thanks for listening.









oldviolin

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Gender: Male


Posted: Oct 14, 2026 - 8:48am

 Manbird wrote:

Because your big smegmomanometer is why. 




Since the Bad Poetry thread is also dead, I thought I would put this here. It's not poetry. It's not even bad. It's a defense mechanism I have gone to since a troubled child. 
Bad things happen to me and I look to quickly find someone having a far worse time. That's not hard to do really.
I realize that I've been hit hard here with all this and I am taking it very personally though in the big picture I realize it is obviously time for perspective.
There are people; children, waking up in this world to bloody rubble and destroyed lives sponsored by the worst kind of humanity. It begins with thoughts. We are all a part of the same hypocrisy.
It sickens me to my core to be rendered helpless and doing anything to survive, only to discover that survival itself is just a one man band playing to an audience of no one.
I am surprised at how this recent debacle has affected me emotionally. I feel the worst of that at the place where I can't hold it back because in some ways it is interconnected with some deep emotionally psychological frustration and default anger.
"All will be well" I am fond of saying. I realize that is a whisper in the ear of that little boy as he stands alone with his battered stability and emotional scars and separation from reality. He doesn't have the ability at that point to understand anything and hides pain in dark secrets and angry outbursts.

This is a stupid internet radio station! What does it really matter? Well my friends, to me it is much more than that. It is an escape to reality. The reality within myself. 
I want to thank William for all his efforts to build a true dreamscape. A true dreamy escape. Music. It's the closest thing to God that I can even imagine. Selfishly, I want to keep it and protect it. To seek it out and understand it. 
Realistically, paradise is a beautiful tree or an interesting rock or a floating jay feather. With music and poetry I can give it life. I can extract life from it. I can give all of it away and sleep well even when I'm shackled and alone. Peace of mind. Peace in my heart. This is me, getting old, growing into myself by confronting things I can't change, and accepting change I can't understand. Over the top we go.
Thanks for listening.





oldviolin

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Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 7:55am


oldviolin

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Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 8:46pm

 Manbird wrote:

make me
 


Manbird

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Gender: Male


Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 8:08pm

 oldviolin wrote:

gosh, don't bite me...or do bite me, either way, Happy Mirthday!
 
make me
oldviolin

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Gender: Male


Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 8:02pm

 Manbird wrote:

Because your big sphygmomanometer is why. 
 
gosh, don't bite me...or do bite me, either way, Happy Mirthday!
Manbird

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Gender: Male


Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 8:00pm

 oldviolin wrote:

Why don't you marry it then?
 
Because your big smegmomanometer is why. 


oldviolin

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Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 7:59pm

 Manbird wrote:

Spell Checker

I halve a spelling checker, 
It came with my pea see. 
It plainly marks four my revue 
Mistakes I dew knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word 
And weight four it two say 
Weather eye am wrong oar write 
It shows me strait aweigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid 
It nose bee fore two long 
And eye can put the era rite 
Its rarely ever wrong.

I've scent this massage threw it, 
And I'm shore your pleased too no 
Its letter prefect in every weigh; 
My checker tolled me sew.
 
Why don't you marry it then?
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