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.
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There - within that seaside hell,
Redeemed by that wooden Punchinelle.35 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 1 10:41 AM 2005. In Hope -
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 -
Tarot cards were once the rage
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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 -
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
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Away from the constant murmur
Of all those negative words.18 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 27 5:57 PM 2005. In Personal -
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 -
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
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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
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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
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LIFELINES or THE END OF ONE'S ROPE
A life line is read from the palm of your hand. - 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.
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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
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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
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