by Jan Hedger | Jan 24, 2008 | Poetry
Jonathon Dandy had long white hair A long white beard and eyebrows fair He walked quite quick with a lickety lick A pack on his back and a walking stick He’d set off at dawn to follow his dream Over mountain and meadow, river and stream With a song in his heart and...
by Jan Hedger | Jan 20, 2008 | Poetry
Please Sir, don’t make me do this He’s my mate, he’s only young Sir He broke the rules lad And sentence is passed Now come on soldier Move along there But, me legs won’t move Sir I’m shaking, look What are you soldier Man or mouse? I’m neither man nor mouse Sir I am...
by Jan Hedger | Jan 20, 2008 | Poetry
Beside the babbling brook lay I Ears cocked to hear his cry Then I heard it, keen and long The dog fox answer, my mating song From yonder field beyond the glen He answered thrice, I chose him then For it was time Beside the babbling brook lay we Content within our...
by Jan Hedger | Jan 18, 2008 | Poetry
A secret told to earnest ears Striving to catch, each, Whispered word Eyes wide open in surprise Breath – drawn in and held To exhaled in a tumble Of excitement Through cupped hands Shielding a receptive ear And so it goes on Until the secret Is no longer, a secret...
by Jan Hedger | Jan 18, 2008 | Poetry
They call this a pass, a pass to where? When there is no door for the one’s issued in orange I was too old for a blue, to young for a green And not disabled in body for a yellow The twenty to thirty year olds, they said Were strong, needed to stay and defend Defend...
