Best Hols Poems

So your youth has long gone and you’re feeling your age
And you squint at the print on the optician’s page
Hallway mirrors are banned cos you know they tell lies
And there isn’t a laptop that comes in your size
 
And the back of your wardrobe is...

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Was a calm and uneventful day on  a family holiday  
what can we do next, how about taking that boat out to sea

We begged some sandwiches cans of coke to drink
Borrowing a fishing rod, off we went Into the brink.

Sea was like a...

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Wobbly jiggle
Bit squidgy in the middle
Get trim for the hols!...

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My first experience in the water
when my dad threw me in
at the tender age of five I was
from then water fear hit my chin

I never learned to swim for years
till in my late twenties I took a dip
taking lessons at local swim pool
struggled at first...

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The day my mother died
It was approaching Christmas tide.
A morning in December I remember it well.
She had a dicky heart
And a check up they thought smart
Before they booked there hols in NZ for next year.

The results eased their fear.
She was ok to travel next year
And...

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Being adopted living in the country
an only child but knew sweet contentment
although had beginnings of a stammer
life was happy feeling no resentment

At the age of 12 there on my own
watching my football team for the first time
being given freedom at Kilmarnock F.C
felt good just there...

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The Complete Nick Armbrister Poetry Collection Volume 3 1996 - 2013
Copyright 2014 Nick Armbrister
ISBN - 978-1-326-06538-6

my poem based on true events, out of my book

Beware
Brit gal went on hols to Thailand, wanted a good time. What she got was hell. Riding a moped down a...

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Leftovers

Don’t let Christmas come in too much of a hurry
I really can’t handle one more turkey curry
The kids now want something else for their teas
So it’s six pigs in blankets and biscuits for cheese

Faced with leftovers for the rest of the hols
Anyone want anymore sausage...

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We are thirteenish.
We meet.
I know.
She does not.
We meet at times
When home for hols.
Then I’m at varsity,
She’s a student nurse.
We meet more often.
Deep down I still know,
It’s clear she does not.
We qualify.
We split.
She’s in London,
I am not.
I’m in London,
She’s in Scotland.
She’s back in London,
I’m near Brighton.
We...

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My life's been fine without you -- really has. 
A Belgian bar has opened in the square, 
and weekends, we do beer and tapas there, 
then Malcolm and Elaine's place, for some jazz 
and Jamieson's. May in Cortes -- what a blast! 
Right now, I'm...

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Lord my God blessed indeed I am
for your ever wondrous kindness
when I look back since came to Christ
received your imputed righteousness

You have kept me in the faith
planted real desire for your truth
granting enlightenment to my mind
brings assurance as grace doeth

For this year so many blessings...

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It took fifty-seven paces to the end of the track
But for some strange reason, only fifty-six back.
I tried it again, for something to do
While constantly phoning for breakdown rescue.

The ants were enormous, the grasshoppers blue
Inside of their wings only showed when they flew.
Thistles and lavender,...

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Hail, snow, ice cold sleet,
Fur lined wellies,cosy feet.

Wind gusting,like an arctic blast,
Wayward brollies, flying past.

Hot sun shining,ice cone treat,
Sand so hot, burning feet.

All this weather,in one day,
One thing more,left to say.

Enjoy your hols,
Your in the UK.

31/3/2022...

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So many of us have been through so much
in these recent years of covid, its been so hard
personally been horrendous with my stammer
so difficult not getting out feeling so barred

It seemed I was stuck in a rut
even when restrictions lifted, words block
but continue to seek...

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This year has seen God very near
working His providence through many a turn
giving real opportunities to newly speak
no matter how often others would spurn

Much enjoyment was given to me
spending time alone loving to walk
among God's created nature jewel
interspersed with coffee/cake in stock

Many splendid hours spent...

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