Poems
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Submit your OwnAn Gleann Mòr (The Great Glen)
O’er Lochs assailed each side by mighty Bens I’ve journeyed on through rift forged long ago Now ages past; hath form'd imposing Glens To map my course through centuries of floe In carving out such beauty to behold Both glacier and quake didst sculpt as one Where...
La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans
Whilst moulding of her form; which still impacts 'Degas' didst capture pose with palette knife An image cast in bronze from sculpted wax More treasured now; than ever was in life Young Mad’moiselle Marie – (‘tho de Belgique) Twas student of ballet in ‘Gay Paris’ Yet...
A Loner’s Odyssey
When brinkmanship at times appears surreal Collectively one Nation holds its breath How many times again to ‘fudge’ a deal Twixt neighbours who no more hath scope nor breadth What people need or want, no more relates As numbers now amass to call the tune Tis debt one...
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
The pen is mightier than the Sword It brings to all the written word Commandments, Letters, Creed or Deed Our guide in life how to proceed Our property or rights divest With Illuminated Scroll or Family Crest All that we could ever want, With Chinese Symbols or...
AWKWARD LOVE
I’m not often tempted To write about love Or walking together With stars up above How moonlight becomes you Or how honey drips From the beautiful bows Of your ruby-red lips I’m not un-romantic Not frigid or shy I still have my moments (Though most pass me by) I just...
2003 UB 313
The Americans claim to have discovered a new planet They have labelled it simply as 2003 UB 313 It might be a very exciting discovery But what effect will this have on you and me? 2003 UB 313 is just a lump of rock and ice Twice as far from the sun as the planet Pluto...
RESPECT
I often sit and ponder the mysteries of life I ask what the reason for so much unhappiness and strife After a few minutes thought the answer comes to me The answer is to be found in the decline of morality I think back to the days of my youth When life was based on...
Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
Conferred by one who was ‘French Forces’ head On those of meritorious intent "It is with baubles such, that men are led" (Known utterance Napoleon didst vent) Twas ‘Little Corp’ral’ now ‘Môn General’ Who raised from common horde, ‘Chevalier’ No longer twere exempt,...
Memories
He awoke at three this morning With confusion in his head He'd been with a lifelong friend Who since yesterday was dead Well it wasn't actually yesterday More like three years ago But the way his grieving was You'd never really know He sat there for hours In silence...
Cows Eyes…..They looked Like.
His eyes bulged, He looked down at the pain. I pulled with all my being! Then lunged, and bayoneted him again. No word we spake. No utterance he cried. I stuck em once , I stuck em twice ..... And then he died .