<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163724053732463007</id><updated>2011-07-28T04:13:54.730-07:00</updated><category term='The Highlands'/><category term='Disappointment'/><category term='Eternity'/><category term='A winters Morning'/><category term='what joy RAIN'/><category term='windscale and eternity'/><category term='Remote Control'/><title type='text'>Mels Poems</title><subtitle type='html'>This is my blog where i would like to share with you all my poems i write as i travel around in my old converted bus here in the Scottish highlands</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;.......................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a beautiful day the rain is here&lt;br /&gt;Watering the plant's in the gardens&lt;br /&gt;The flowers are lowering their petal's for more drink&lt;br /&gt;The frog's are hopping mad&lt;br /&gt;The grass on the ground and hill's are looking very lush&lt;br /&gt;What a wondrful day&lt;br /&gt;The streams are rising and churning boulders away&lt;br /&gt;And the birds are having a feast&lt;br /&gt;My dog's are in the stream barking in disbelieve&lt;br /&gt;The sky is getting darker now&lt;br /&gt;And the dropplet's are getting bigger&lt;br /&gt;The waterfall i can see is roaring down the glen&lt;br /&gt;Such a pretty day when raining&lt;br /&gt;There is a rainbow near the waterfall&lt;br /&gt;And the colours are glisening&lt;br /&gt;The wildlife enjoys it to as they preen there feathers&lt;br /&gt;While watching you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by m.m.lowe&lt;div 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RAIN'/><author><name>Dafthermit</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXSTGD2qzD8/TeULYkvpnzI/AAAAAAAAH8c/eaXHIEYuNus/s220/2010-03-64.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163724053732463007.post-6683849573250182249</id><published>2010-04-28T17:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T17:09:43.260-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Disappointment'/><title type='text'>Disappointment</title><content type='html'>disappointment&lt;br /&gt;Disappointment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..............................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am a disappointment my mum said to me&lt;br /&gt;She meant it too with that face she pulls&lt;br /&gt;The twisted one i always get to see&lt;br /&gt;Nom matter what i do&lt;br /&gt;There's no pleasing her&lt;br /&gt;Mum really has nothing to say to me&lt;br /&gt;As i am the DISAPPOINTMENT&lt;br /&gt;From here to etenity&lt;br /&gt;No warm sayings&lt;br /&gt;No words of love&lt;br /&gt;All i get is that face that says it all&lt;br /&gt;I AM THE DISAPPOINTMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your no son of mine&lt;br /&gt;your a disappointment to all of us&lt;br /&gt;My mum has often said&lt;br /&gt;that hurt me worse than anything&lt;br /&gt;I got myself a job&lt;br /&gt;A good one at that&lt;br /&gt;But not to her&lt;br /&gt;I joined the army and learned the hard way&lt;br /&gt;That didn't put a smile on my mum's face&lt;br /&gt;Job after job i got and enjoyed&lt;br /&gt;But even that wasn't good enough&lt;br /&gt;I started to write a book&lt;br /&gt;OH he's a bloody autho now she'd say&lt;br /&gt;Who do you think you are my mum said to me one day&lt;br /&gt;I got so upset that no matter what i tried to do&lt;br /&gt;Mum was there with her sarcastic comments and that face&lt;br /&gt;I can't take no more of her selfish antics&lt;br /&gt;I wouldn't mind if i'd hurt her in anyway&lt;br /&gt;But all i have ever done is to try and show her LOVE xxx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;poem by m.m.lowe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/163724053732463007-6683849573250182249?l=poetrybymel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetrybymel.blogspot.com/feeds/6683849573250182249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=163724053732463007&amp;postID=6683849573250182249&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/163724053732463007/posts/default/6683849573250182249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/163724053732463007/posts/default/6683849573250182249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybymel.blogspot.com/2010/04/disappointment.html' title='Disappointment'/><author><name>Dafthermit</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXSTGD2qzD8/TeULYkvpnzI/AAAAAAAAH8c/eaXHIEYuNus/s220/2010-03-64.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163724053732463007.post-5484349351529263583</id><published>2010-04-28T16:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T16:58:17.587-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Remote Control'/><title type='text'>Remote Control</title><content type='html'>REMOTE CONTROL &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.......................................... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He HOLDS it tightly in his hand &lt;br /&gt;And rarely lets it go &lt;br /&gt;I guarantee yours does it too &lt;br /&gt;The greedy so and so &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's ITV,then BBC &lt;br /&gt;oh no it's channel 4 &lt;br /&gt;And i don't know anymore &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it's just a man's thing &lt;br /&gt;So i'll sit and do some puzzles &lt;br /&gt;Read a book right through the night &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So come on girls lets fight this fight &lt;br /&gt;Let's start our own patrols &lt;br /&gt;We'll march with pride &lt;br /&gt;And grab them: &lt;br /&gt;THOSE TV REMOTE CONTROLS &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;poem by M.M.LOWE&lt;br /&gt;_________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/163724053732463007-5484349351529263583?l=poetrybymel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetrybymel.blogspot.com/feeds/5484349351529263583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXSTGD2qzD8/TeULYkvpnzI/AAAAAAAAH8c/eaXHIEYuNus/s220/2010-03-64.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163724053732463007.post-7429907055600615671</id><published>2010-04-28T16:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T16:55:24.047-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Highlands'/><title type='text'>The Highlands</title><content type='html'>Highlands&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                          …………………………………………….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colours explode in the early light of day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stand to let my eyes caress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The curves and contours of a world through air so clear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This clean and noiseless land&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Save the shushing of the sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The quiet calling of the gulls as if to you and me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here to me ,questions come you know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just what are we within all things ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps some answers in these lands of space&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and time and light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lost highland clans more wild,more FREE…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/163724053732463007-7429907055600615671?l=poetrybymel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetrybymel.blogspot.com/feeds/7429907055600615671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=163724053732463007&amp;postID=7429907055600615671&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/163724053732463007/posts/default/7429907055600615671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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voicing her poems i hope you enjoy them as much as i do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                              Winter Mornings&lt;br /&gt;                                          …………………………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When i wake up in the morning&lt;br /&gt;It’s cold and dark outside&lt;br /&gt;I’m not sure i can face the day&lt;br /&gt;I’ll stay in bed and hide&lt;br /&gt;I wonder just what time it is&lt;br /&gt;And also what’s today&lt;br /&gt;It takes a while to work it out&lt;br /&gt;The weeks all slip away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I listen to the wind and rain&lt;br /&gt;and then it’s plain to see&lt;br /&gt;the only way to face the day&lt;br /&gt;is with a cup of tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But day’s will soon be lengthening&lt;br /&gt;The black birds start to sing&lt;br /&gt;and i’ll get up more cheerful&lt;br /&gt;To welcome in the SPRING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mel xx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coming of spring to the highlands&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;................ 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