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Just as an aside, I am cricketjeff because I know of seven different Jeff Greens and usually when I get to a website someone has beaten me to the gun, but Jeff is who I am!

 

  A Happy Git

I for one am glad to have known
A poet named Jeff for I have grown
He's taught me ways to write my words
And how to rhyme with things like birds

A lovely man in waistcoats bright
His rhyming words are pure delight
He'll always be a friend so true
And cheer me up when I feel blue

Upon his gravestone should be writ
"Here lies our Jeff, a happy git"
Have a smile, don't shed a tear
He'll be back with more, I fear!
 
Sue Cardwell
 
 

I have found on this site some wonderful friends and great poets, have a look in on them:-

 

PassionsPromise, the queen of erotic writing, and a marvellous poet in many other genre, she can put more emotion into a few lines than anyone else I know.

Eusebius, writes Petrachan sonnets to die for and in many other forms, all with pluperfect rhyme and meter

Amera, writes forms, all forms now even including free verse! And she writes them all well. Her writing showed me it was worth exploring classical forms not just writing what sounded OK, I shall always be grateful for that!

Dalaney The best free verse poet alive.

 

 

My Lists

Poems I'm focused on

  • All I have
    When the sun comes up in Winter over frost-kissed leafless trees
    I remember how you warmed me in the biting Northern breeze
    36 lines, 120 comments, December 2, 2009. In Sad, Love
  • Two seasons
    As I walked beside the water feeding ducks and skimming stones
    I was whistling to the weather and the winter wind that moans
    28 lines, 105 comments, February 11, 2009. In Love, Thoughts, aaaah
  • Reasons
    The rivalries of men of state
    The pride of petty Kings
    42 lines, 42 comments, November 10, 2008
  • Two minutes
    Stand in silence out of duty and for love for all the brave
    Stand in silence in the memory of all who fought and died
    35 lines, 38 comments, November 4, 2008
  • A faded leather notebook
    A faded leather notebook filled with lines he'd never read
    Was never far away from where he slept
    32 lines, 137 comments, September 20, 2008. In Sad, Love, death
  • Heartbroken
    triple Kyrielle sonnet
    49 lines, 77 comments, August 8, 2008. In Dark, Fantasy
  • The Tridents of the Tritons
    The tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
    And behind them ride the swordfish who can spit you like a spear
    35 lines, 65 comments, July 21, 2008. In Fantasy, mermaids
  • Only you and me
    The garden curled around us as we sat beneath the stars
    In the silver silver shine of Venus and the rust red glow of Mars
    31 lines, 95 comments, May 26, 2008. In Love
  • Changing
    There are some words that change the way I see
    I can't explain the way they make me feel
    18 lines, 35 comments, May 24, 2008. In Personal, Thoughts
  • Yearning
    The silver spears that shatter in the garden of my heart
    Play tattoos of painful pleasure on my skin
    15 lines, 47 comments, May 9, 2008. In Love
  • The moon pours white wine
    At a table in a garden on a soft sweet summer's night
    Two friends are sitting talking by the moon's reflected light
    16 lines, 574 comments, March 10, 2008. In Love, romance, moon
  • And talk all night of rhyme
    I want to sit and sip a drink
    And talk of poetry
    34 lines, 47 comments, March 9, 2008. In Love, Life, Thoughts
  • Just Because
    Why can't I have Tuesday
    It's only a day you know
    23 lines, 39 comments, February 19, 2008. In Personal, Sad, free verse, Angst
  • A river of words
    Every word that you write is the start of a river
    Tumbling and fumbling its way to the sea
    21 lines, 116 comments, February 1, 2008. In Thoughts, poetry, words, rhyme, lyric inspired
  • Why a waistcoat?
    I can never understand it.
    Some men go out half dressed.
    10 lines, 47 comments, August 23, 2007

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  • Column: The poems that we like at allpoetry
    We are running a large series of contests for rhyming poetry, since many of our entrants, and there have been a lot of entrants! Have queried their placement and the winners I thought I would write about the poetry that we like, and so what is likely to w

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  • Ellis on February 10
    Definitely a most fascinating "Home Page" you've got:
    www.nicewaistcoat.com ------ Jeff
  • bahar on January 30
    nice poem u have at the begining.
  • Sabin wilfred : HI on January 25
    hi cricket jeff,my name is sabin. im from india.very much interested by your profile.one thing connect us is that im also a huge fan of cricket.
  • schoolsable on January 3
    heya! you may not know me but how are you doing? i really like your page and your poem "all I have" very beautiful.. So hopefully i will visit your page soon again...

    ~SAmm

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