List: Serious Stuff

These are pieces that I like and which I think have some merit but which I would not normally share with the audiences to which I generally perform.
Audiences in folk clubs are there for a good sing around and to them my work is usually just a humerous interlude.

  • Punch in Hell
    There - within that seaside hell,
    Redeemed by that wooden Punchinelle.
    35 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 1 10:41 AM 2005. In Hope
  • A teacher
    Just a few lines of poetic prose.
    About a teacher nobody knows.
    21 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 3 10:26 AM 2005. In Personal
  • I am not a poet
    They say that Kipling was not a poet
    But merely a "writer of verse".
    27 lines, 33 comments, on Jun 4 10:50 AM 2005. In Humor
  • Fortune ? Misfortune
    Tarot cards were once the rage
    If you desired your fortune told.
    21 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 6 9:11 AM 2005. In Spiritual, Humor
  • Safety
    Our mischief was always minor
    We had no freedom to go bad.
    33 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 8 3:56 PM 2005. In Society
  • Oasis #1
    Just take your time and wander.
    19 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 12 2:01 PM 2005. In Personal, Society
  • Oasis #2
    The economy must be healthy
    38 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 12 2:29 PM 2005. In Personal, Society
  • Oasis #3
    Innocuous in the daytime
    But dangerous after dark.
    33 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 12 2:33 PM 2005. In Personal, Society
  • Little Ann
    Their friendship was forged in the fires of youth
    and tempered in the tides of time.
    43 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 16 6:15 PM 2005. In Sad
  • Waves
    Stood on the cliffs at Saltburn
    25 lines, 32 comments, on Aug 17 5:41 AM 2005. In Nature
  • A Song for Annie
    And now a special dedication on a very special day.Annie are you listening to what I have to say.Your husband he has written fro
    13 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 22 8:48 AM 2005. In Sad, Love
  • Care free zone
    Away from the constant murmur
    Of all those negative words.
    18 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 27 5:57 PM 2005. In Personal
  • Pylons
    Striding steel sentries
    Marching across the land.
    18 lines, 29 comments, on Sep 6 9:05 AM 2005. In Other
  • Poems v songs
    But if the tune not the words become master
    That's a potential shame and disgrace.
    33 lines, 35 comments, on Jan 15 4:45 PM 2006. In Other
  • Until Death Us Do Part...
    I was born in a Yorkshire mill town.A loyal subject of the British crown.I learned and absorbed the local mores.I tried to a
    53 lines, 47 comments, on Feb 16 6:40 PM 2006. In Love, Dark
  • John Pound of Portsmouth
    He fed and clothed their bodies this man so good and kind
    But more than that he planted good seeds in each young mind.
    28 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 1 10:00 AM 2006. In Society
  • Behind Closed Doors
    Why should justice hide behind doors?
    Let's publicly punish those who break our laws.
    13 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 18 3:58 PM 2006. In Society
  • The End of One's Rope
    LIFELINES or THE END OF ONE'S ROPE
    A life line is read from the palm of your hand.
    30 lines, 25 comments, on Sep 18 8:42 AM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual
  • Bluecoats
    Concrete and iron replacing the old smooth stone.
    The only familiar thing is the name.
    24 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 21 7:25 PM 2006. In Nostalgia
  • Shanties & chantys by I-Like-Rhymes
    Shanties usually bring up the image of a bunch of sailors hauling on ropes on board a sailing ship and that's not wrong, however it is not the whole story.
  • Grasp The Day
    Each day is a day like no other, / Once past it can never return. / For time is a one way boulevard / And we are not allowed a U-turn. / A blend of opportunity and obligation, / Chances to take or to shun. /
    19 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 17 4:47 PM 2007
  • Poor ?
    I’ve been poor, I know what it’s about.
    But when I was down I did not shout!
    11 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 13 10:00 AM. In Personal
  • English Pride
    There is St. Patrick’s day if you’re Irish and Burns Night if you’re a Scot
    But not much for the English even St. George’s almost been for
    22 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 16 8:12 AM. In Thoughts, Society

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