ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats

And a big 84 to everyone. About time i got on at the right time.

Why is it called "After Dark ? When it is really "After Light" ???


Robere

After the arrival of the dark, perhaps. After the fall of night. Or dark. After the advent of the darkness. After the dark has come.

But you're right in a way, I guess, because we don't refer to the day-time as 'after light'. After the arrival of light. Doesn't have the same cache, does it. Well, I guess if English was consistent, it wouldn't be English.

What about the gloaming? That's one of my favourite words. Don't hear it much these days, though.

What about 'afterglow'? First, it's one word instead of two, so that's a bit different. But it doesn't mean darkness, does it, just a different sort of light. A reduced sort of light that persists for a little while after the glow has gone. Is that right? Seems right.

'When the gloaming creeps and the wind is high.'

CJ Dennis. Glugs of Gosh. Love that line.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines!


But wait, they get worse.....

Stephen do you like gloaming because it brings to your mind the times you spent ”Just a roamin’ in the gloamin’ wi’ a lassie by ya’ side.”

TTFN

when the gloaming creeps, and the wind is nigh
ev'ryone raise their hands up high
to see in darkness what may lurk
cos many hands . . . . make light work

ahh the quality of wit crescendo's towards page 100

memo daily advice for self: shut up

No! No! No! It can't be Saturday again already!!!!! Wasn't it Saturday about three or four days ago? Oh, why does every week go so fast .....

I have kleptomania,
But when it gets bad,
I take something for it.

Heather Dear, you have out done yourself this time


That is reallly funny

Bob