Nearing womanhood she stands In the shadow of a great tree Her clothes are rather fine Silk Green fair and Gold   The mysteries of her innocence Are now running quite freely From her liquid blue eyes     From Portrait of a Girl by Sir Peter Lely

I was being chased By the ignorant villagers I found myself in front Of the bottomless pool I had always been told To wait and so I did The rest is history my friend And this is the reason That I am selling flowers and ribbons Here on the Wimbledon Worth Road I had been…

Julie was stomping around her apartment She was in the mood of all moods And hated everybody and everything But most of all she hated herself And her impossible reflection It was not much fun being a vampire As people no longer believed in vampires It was like the power of the full moon Both…

It was the day of my flu jab 20212 on the dot next to the sea   Would I like a pneumonia vaccine Yes What are the side effects Irritability and fussiness I would not notice these/neither would you Book it in a few days/or come back next week   For the rest of the…

Dawn went out with her girlfriend They went to the cinema in Bare Ware The movie was about world weather patterns   She later caught a night bus home It was an uneventful journey Dawn lives opposite the bus garage  

Many consider that blue is a burial colour But I dispute this as it is a soft colour It is the colour of the summer skies And of the star hung winter nights   It has the subtle voice of a beautiful woman And the velvet touch of her perfumed skin   This is the…

I read today That capitalism Does not work   Neither does the chap Down the road But at least he has an excuse As he has no legs   Funny Man Funny Man Stan   Caged Birds  Caged birds do not know That they are imprisoned As they have no concept Of what a cage…

I have thought about this line for many years I am trying to gather the meaning Who said it Hamlet What was his meaning I believe he was speaking of total annihilation He considers that death offers him the relief he craves He stops speaking and contemplates his approaching death What kills him Poison Claudius…

I first met Arthur at a military fair He was looking at books There is no glory in war  Yet these youngsters flock here  And buy the detritus of war  It is only an interest and a way of remembering  Not in my book Sir Many of them would run a mile  If a war…

The garage on the hill has views towards the sea It is owned by John Lewis Palmer James   The tree lined road which is really an avenue Hides a hidden path that leads towards the beach   The castle cafe boasts a gift shop selling mead It is managed by Len Lewis Palmer James…