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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 […]
Paranoid Prism
Paranoid Prism Everybody’s spying On me, on them, on you!. Everybody’s spying Because that’s what they do. We […]
Verse Competitions
Verse Competitions Verse competitions are a frightful curse. They make you wrack your brains to find fit lines Drawn from experience whilst pressured by Limits of […]
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. […]
By Gum!
By Gum! “I see”, said the blind man, (shutting his eye), “That purple elephants can fly”. “I hear”, spoke the deaf man, (stopping his ears), “That marmalade is bad for bears”. “I say”, signed the dumb man, (with folded arms), “You can’t catch blue whales without tharms”. As these three […]
Sparks of Hope
Sparks of Hope (for Marcel and Susie) From the flames and through the smoke Of your past experience, Dancing, shining sparks of hope Make their warm appearances. Let the ruins of the past Not oppress your sentiments; Nor the present troubles blast Love’s wise sense of innocence. […]