If old raincoats could talk (Audio)

[Keith]

Once, drunk and out dancing
I slid off a bar stool,
he didn’t even notice, I was carried home,
and left to dry out; on a chair.

We used to stride on Lakeland fells,
wind lashed lake side paths,
keeping close we kept each other warm,
I held mint cake, he had the guide map.

Now if we go walking it’s late at night,
he’s ashamed to be seen with me
and feels the cold rain passing through thin skin,
I hold dog biscuits and scented bags.

A cig in the garden if I’m lucky
never really go out any more,
when we do it always seems to rain,
anyway, that mirror in the hall makes me look tired.

Oh but one more chance to feel
sun, softening my shoulders,
thrown down in long grass,
picnic blanket pillow talk,
too hot to walk, dusty tracks,
arms wrapped round his neck,
piggyback.

[Brownlie]

Once, drunk and out dancing
I slid off a bar stool,
he didn’t even notice, I was carried home,
and left to dry out; on a chair.

We used to stride on Lakeland fells,
wind lashed lake side paths,
keeping close we kept each other warm,
I held mint cake, he had the guide map.

Now if we go walking it’s late at night,
he’s ashamed to be seen with me
and feels the cold rain passing through thin skin,
I hold dog biscuits and scented bags.

A cig in the garden if I’m lucky
never really go out any more,
when we do it always seems to rain,
anyway, that mirror in the hall makes me look tired.

Oh but one more chance to feel
sun, softening my shoulders,
thrown down in long grass,
picnic blanket pillow talk,
too hot to walk, dusty tracks,
arms wrapped round his neck,
piggyback.

Not so bad, the turn in the third stanza was good.

[milo]

Once, drunk and out dancing
I slid off a bar stool,
he didn’t even notice, I was carried home,
and left to dry out; on a chair.

We used to stride on Lakeland fells,
wind lashed lake side paths,
keeping close we kept each other warm,
I held mint cake, he had the guide map.

Now if we go walking it’s late at night,
he’s ashamed to be seen with me
and feels the cold rain passing through thin skin,
I hold dog biscuits and scented bags.

A cig in the garden if I’m lucky
never really go out any more,
when we do it always seems to rain,
anyway, that mirror in the hall makes me look tired.

Oh but one more chance to feel
sun, softening my shoulders,
thrown down in long grass,
picnic blanket pillow talk,
too hot to walk, dusty tracks,
arms wrapped round his neck,
piggyback.

Love the audio! It would be nice to see more members including them, they definitely add dimension.

[Keith]

Love the audio! It would be nice to see more members including them, they definitely add dimension.
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Thanks Milo much appreciated and I agree I really enjoy listening to the audio not enough posted in my opinion. TOMH




Not so bad, the turn in the third stanza was good.
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Thanks Brownlie and thanks for taking the time to comment. TOMH

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[cidermaid]

Hi TOMH,
also thought it was great to hear your voice and read on this. (You beat me to it i've been trying to grap an audio off my kindle without success...need to find an alternative to record on).

My fav lines : all of stanza 4 (also love the opener - It's sad when love grows disinterested!)

Thanks for the read AJ.

[UnicornRainbowCake]

That was brilliant! I love the poem in itself, but the audio heightens it so much. Put a smile on my face

[Keith]

Hi TOMH,
also thought it was great to hear your voice and read on this. (You beat me to it i've been trying to grap an audio off my kindle without success...need to find an alternative to record on).

My fav lines : all of stanza 4 (also love the opener - It's sad when love grows disinterested!)

Thanks for the read AJ.

Thank you AJ I will keep an eye out for your audio would be great to hear your take on your poetry. I didn't know you could record on a Kindle, sound interesting. TOMH

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That was brilliant! I love the poem in itself, but the audio heightens it so much. Put a smile on my face

Many thanks Amy, glad it gave you a smile, I still have the raincoat.

[milo]

Hi TOMH,
also thought it was great to hear your voice and read on this. (You beat me to it i've been trying to grap an audio off my kindle without success...need to find an alternative to record on).

My fav lines : all of stanza 4 (also love the opener - It's sad when love grows disinterested!)

Thanks for the read AJ.

Aj;

I believe you can download the google drive app to the kindle, store the recording on google drive and voila, it is on your google drive account on the internet. From there, you can do with it as you wish, either sharing directly or copying over to kiwi