Delectation
Delectation (on The Charm of Poetry, a book by J.D. Bevington) This book is my delight, my joy!. I hope that when Old Age shall come And […]
Tempestuous Angel
Tempestuous Angel We met a few brief moments, you and I; We met, and those meetings there was born Our fated loves. The glad days soon sped by Till our commingled hearts were loathly torn Roughly asunder, leaving us to yearn Incessantly for sweets […]
Proverbs
Proverbs Unthoughtful words provoke more misery Than all the torments of life’s natural pains: So guard your tongues, that you may not inflict Unnecessary suffering on any soul. Vain creatures are we all, and our self-pride Unhinges […]
Old Age
Old Age Frail-boned, Thin-fleshed, slow-stepped; Forgetful, dull-eyed, cold: Kindness alone can cheer the heart Of one grown old.
Loving a Soldier
Loving a Soldier Loving a soldier is often not fun Since, much of the time, he must follow the gun. It often is loving with no-one to hold And feeling, in Summer, a Winter of cold. It’s sending […]
Maghera
Maghera “A man was shot in Maghera today…”. Surely some noble creed had sanctified This deed of wrath, this devastating force?. The creed, alas!, was godless Anarchy. But fear it is prevents both Prelates’ words And Politicians’ acts. Immoral fear That to resist is worse fate than to yield. […]
Unwelcome
Unwelcome Why have you come again, unasked, Back from the Limbo of the Lost?. Why have you returned to me After so long away?. Why, my remembered darling, Do […]
England, Awake!
England, Awake! England, awake!. The ambush is set. Their weapons prepared, The forces of desperate Anarchy lurk In the shades of numberless causes To strike at Democracy’s heart. England, […]
Sweet Love
Sweet Love Sweeter than all I know, Dearer than all I prize, Far, far more valuable to me Than gems or golden hoards Are the warm and gentle chords Of blissful amity Stirred by […]
Cypriot Choice
Cypriot Choice (1967) God-given, God-forsaken land of sun, Once-favoured Cyprus — island of renown Set boldly […]