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String Billy

String Billy

ne're met him,
He was long gone
when I heard..
The ogre down
the brick pond....

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Johann Zann ?

Johann Zann ?

Isn’t it so wonderful when just a solitary moment in one’s time, is snapped within the single second click...

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Sir David Attenborough ?

Sir David Attenborough ?

Sir David Attenborough is a wonderful man
He is a credit for his generation
His excellent...

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An English castle ?

An English castle ?

Up cobbled slopes stoney and steep, I am on the top turret of the coastline castle keep, I look at the...

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HE WOULD BE EIGHTY TODAY

Mister Lennon would have been eighty today
A crazed gunman took his life unfortunately away
...

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Farewell John

In memory of former Nobel Peace Prize laureate, John Hume

Farewell John

The cold Derry air moves gently through the Bogside
a city quiet yet scars of past remain
...

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Flight of the Earls

Flight of the Earls

Their voice still calls us 'cross the sea
though bodies do perish the spirit does wander
a...

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The Liberator

In memory of Daniel O Connell, Irish MP (1775-1847)

The Liberator

Liberator, emancipator
social warrior, O'Connell abu,
all sons of Oisin hail your presence...

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The pied piper

The pied piper

The pied piper played his tune as he pranced and he danced by the light of the moon.. and as his rasps...

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Gentle Beings

Dedicated to Cherie Leigh! She will know why ?

Gentle Beings

Gentle unearthly beings
These creatures move
With magical disposition
Their colours...

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Ode to the Old

Ode to the Old

Every time I write a sonnet

I be feelin like Im at
War
With just my nerves shakes n a...

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The heavyweight champion of...

The heavyweight champion of the world

Battered, bruised with a broken lip this boxer fights his foe.. he has stood for five ferocious rounds.....

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Sir Billy Connolly❤️

Sir Billy Connolly❤️

l love the ‘Big Yin’
Such a unique personality
As tears roll down my cheeks with laughter...

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THE FAIR NO LONGER THERE

The smell of fried burgers filled the air
That tempting smell too much to bear
A carousel...

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Bamburgh castle

Bamburgh castle

I see a Roman centurion beside the castle walls..and just above the raging sea I can hear his panic calls...

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Dirleton's Wa

There is a semiotic version of this poem, which is written in a...

Dirleton's Wa

In the year 1332, at auld Dupplin Moor,
Wi' a shimmering Dagger of War,
Ah pierced the...