Verse for Ages Quotes

“Jack and John

Jack Spratt was much too fat
John Spratt was far too lean
And so between the two of them
They made a dreadful scene.
Jack Spratt got stuck inside the door
While John fell down a drain
And what with all the noise they made
The neighbours did complain.”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages

“Gemini’s the coolest guy
With the very latest view.
He quickly loses interest though
And moves to pastures new.”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages

“Innocence, a fleeting thing
Like the blossoms of the spring
Like the pretty butterfly
Dancing now, but soon to die.
Not for long that wondering gaze
All too soon those baby days—
Are gone.”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages

“Are we goldfish in a bowl
doomed eternally
to swim around our little world and think it is the sea?
and that we are the masters?”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages

“How beautiful the universe
What little we can see
The shimmering stars
The silver moon
The timeless melody.

Are we goldfish in a bowl
Doomed eternally
To swim around our little world
And think it is the sea?
And that we are the masters?”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages

“She paid rapt attention to the carpet design
He did the same to his pint of beer.
She wished she were ten thousand miles away
He just wished she were here.

He smoked a rolled-up cigarette
She smoked a brand that was strong,
As she dreamily savoured her newly-won life,
While he wondered how things had gotten so wrong.

She whispered the words of an old favourite song
He joined – mistaking her meaning.
She shed a few reminiscent tears
He carried on – wildly dreaming.

He reached for her hand.
She snatched it away,
Brushing invisible specks from her lap
Then she endeavoured to say…

“I don’t understand why you keep up this farce
Why can’t you see there’s no way?
I cannot revive what has long since died
There’s nothing more I can say.”

He cried like a baby;
He pleaded and begged her to stay.
She hated herself like a louse
But still she got up – and walked away.”
― Bernie Morris, Verse for Ages