Poems
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When the green of summer changes to an autumn glow, When the sun settles in the western skies, When the hours of sunlight get less and less each day, When the flowers of the field say their goodbyes, We can hear the music of the autumn requiem, Which reminds us that...
Fringe Benefits
Massaged, midst preparation and shampoo What bliss to feel warm water rinse away Such form of relaxation doth imbue By simple use of products to convey With hair twixt fingers, scissors will employ To trim and cut whilst keeping sides aligned As gentle hands ‘snip...
Keep Pace (with life)
As evening fades to night, I walk alone Betwixt the heaving throng that scurry by Perchance a glimpse of ‘self’ (tho time has flown) Where once had tread same path, whilst flying high To run with herd; yet straining at the leash By keeping up such pace twud leave...
No Meat Today” (PC has got its way)
Sommelier turn'd nose up at first choice A house ‘Shiraz’ to compliment one’s dish If left to him then we would have no voice Twud be no meat on menu, only fish “Try Riesling” he suggested “Or perhaps, a Chardonnay to wash down” (should be still) Tho sparkling would...
So Fair of Face
Her breath in senses caught, produced frisson Whilst dabbing of my brow with gentle touch Angelic was visage I gazed upon As I had oft (in dreams) recounted such With caring eyes protective of one’s soul No thought possessed couldst e’er in harm convey A smile so warm...
HUMAN NATURE
Upon ones thoughts both sides face war, For the pleasing mind a choice means chore, Burning flames of fear inside, One wants to fight, one wants to hide.. Incoming rounds of the emotional kind, Piercing through the gentle mind, Explosive flutters of fear within, The...
RECOVERY
The epic centre of emotion, Explodes from sober depths, Rushing to the surface, We know not what happens next. A surge of pressure far beyond, Which the complexity of mind, Could fathom in a hundred years, A tidal wave of fear we find From waters depths we found the...
Lost in Bruxelles (yet somehow won the day)
Twas Taffy’s aim to liberate ‘all France’ As troops press’d on thru Normandy, en masse In gaining ground twud push home their advance T’ward Belgium too, when orders came to pass One hundred miles to cover in one day ‘Unequalled speed for this or any war’ ‘Our Hero’...
Camels
I’ve studied the habits of beasts of burden The Oxen, Mule , Donkey and Horse But now I’ve researched on a different animal None but the Humble Camel of course Always in evidence since pre Biblical times In Asia, Africa and Australia too As beasts of burden & Human...
Yesterday’s Menu Today
“Twere four” she said, expressing train of thought As I whilst reading ‘Special’ licked my lips “Had ordered more, tho none as yet have brought” (By way of explanation; midst her quips) Upon the board, there mark’d for all to see Twas ‘Liver of the Lambs’ (to grace...