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On Reading A Book About Poetic Craft

Birds
Render words
About poetic craft
Dull.

Am I daft
To seek
For knowledge in a book
When I could upon nature look
And hear the birds speak?

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman To Hang In The UK

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Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged here in the United Kingdom. She shot her lover who had been physically abusive towards her. (During the trial Ellis mentioned how he had punched her in the stomach which may well have contributed to the loss of the baby she was carrying).

Today Eliss would, no doubt have received a prison sentence. This would, however have (in all probability) been light in nature due to the extreme physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her lover. The Ellis ca...

At The Start

At the start
A heart
I sought.
I thought
That I caught
Delicious fish,
A dainty dish
For a sorrowing king,
But the thing
Was an eel.

The first deal
Being done
I continued to run
After fun.
The sun
Sometimes shone
(As it does today)
As I half-heartedly did play
At romance.

I still dance
From time to time
And, perchance
The false
Waltz
Is set down in rhyme.

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Are You Still Writing?

Are you still writing? I have lost count of the number of occasions on which this question has been asked of me.

My response to anyone posing the above question is always an emphatic “yes”. For me writing is an integral part of who I am. It constitutes self-expression. I could no more give up composing poetry than I could abandon an old and dear friend. At times friends can be irritating. We disagree and even argue, but true friendship survives such disagreements. Likewise, with my writing I...

There Was A Young Man Named Nile

There was a young man named Nile
Who kept a crocodile.
Nile vanished last December
O how well I remember
The smile of that crocodile …

How to Survive Two Weeks Without TV or Internet When You Uproot Your Life to Move to a New City for a Job Opportunity…

Amusing and o so tru

Lovely Curses

Step 1. Pick up a book.

Step 2. Read the book.

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There Was A Young Lady Named Suzette

There was a young lady named Suzette
With whom I made a bet.
We went for a ramble
And I took a gamble.
Now I very much regret …”.

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There was a young lady named Suzette
Who took her beast to the vet.
The vet (who was called Mole)
Said “upon my soul
That is a very strange pet!”.

Nameless Numbers

Nameless numbers,
And unquiet slumbers
His heart
Encumbers.
So he does set
Each regret
Down in art.

Each forgotten face.
The silk,
The lace.
He does hide
Inside
A rhyme,
Where the good time
Girl who
Never was … Lost her shoe

Galaxies Between Snowflakes

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The snowflakes fall,

And she steps between them,

Finding galaxies in gaps,

Hoping for the magic to touch her.

Because what’s the point,

Of finding the words,

If life doesn’t, hasn’t touched you?

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