You are viewing the category: Biographical
Sixth June 1944
Sixth June 1944 (D-Day) I tell a child’s tale with the words An adult uses, to describe Impressions from the distant past, Responding to recalled events More recently experienced. Four o’clock in […]
Like You?
Like You? For many years he sought her To make his dreams come true; But, if he’d had a daughter, She would have been like you; So all the love he brought her Would be a father’s due, With blessings […]
More Than A Score
More Than a Score (Cossonay CC –14/7/1996) i. […]
Sacrificial Obsession
Sacrificial Obsession (Mem: 10 Sept 1989) Quite casual it was!. I said: “Goodbye!”. You answered with a silent nod. Then I Departed. At your […]
My Destiny
My Destiny I shall not always be The slave of circumstance. I have a promised destiny That guides me to the ranks Of those whose names prevail Across the years of fame. […]
The Giant's Ransom
The Giant’s Ransom You promised you would pay, if I would free You from your bondage near Coolmela‘s wood Some twenty ago. So, with my magic Mantra, I made plea To elemental Noumena who could Release you from your woe. I am now bound in debt’s extremity, (With urgent […]
As Moth to Flame
As Moth to Flame As moth to flame, so I to you Although I knew such fateful game Should best be spurned. Yet my […]
The Long Way Round
The Long Way Round (For my sons) Your lives’ ambitious targets can be traced […]
The Promise
The Promise There bloomed a halo round the moon last night; A paley circle of unbroken light Some twenty moon-diameters across At least and glowing in my startled sight. […]