Best Man For All Seasons Poems

...for the Rev Eric Shirvell-Price


A blizzard of papers blanketed his desk.
His pipe rack stood like a chess piece, 
mutely waiting to be shifted.
Sepia toned photographs...

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A Man for All Seasons.

Well Barack Obama has won a last,
The Country swayed like barley grass.
We all look forward beyond today
The people now have had...

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moral tug-of-war
King Henry VIII's divorce-
Sir Thomas no more...

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...for the Rev Eric Shirvell-Price


A blizzard of papers blanketed his desk.
His pipe rack stood like a chess piece, 
mutely waiting to be shifted.
Sepia toned photographs...

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I am a man with a  reason
I am a man with life experience and lore,
I am a man of all seasons
woman! what do you...

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Is exactly who you are!
There for us all, you are a humble, 
shining star.
When feeling down, you stand there
for me?
A humble poet, dedicated first, to
God’s...

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A man for all seasons,
A well seasoned man.

Creating borders and gardens,
With a well drilled plan.

A natural flair for a detailed scheme,
Hornbeam or Box for that...

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Vivaldi man of “Four Seasons”
Played his violin for a reason
While singing the strings
Excellent music he brings
Great melody it rings

“La Primavera” sole concerto
Uplifting the spirits without...

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He gave me a strong impact,
with his gift for immemorial gestures;
he embraced the sick and handicapped
he kissed the soil of the nation on his first...

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It is an ancient ancestry;
A horse hoof and man’s hand —
A primal link back to the sea—
Blood brother to the land. 

It is spring’s end...

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"We must treat with love those whom God has placed in our path"
            ...

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The Spaniel

A Spaniel that uses its head 
Can tell when its owner’s unfed 
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck 
Will deliver...

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(for J.B.P.)

A polarizing figure
A catalyzing force
A man for all seasons 
He’s a man called Horse

A strong man in the wheelhouse
A tall man in the field...

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He was affable.
No one disliked Him.
A man for all seasons
none of which seasoned the guy,
but he was happy
just paddling along
in the shallow end of time.
Waving...

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Armchair ambassadors
Lying in wait
Have all the criteria
For the perfect state –

That Garden of Eden
That Nirvana afar
History just slaps them
So they raise up the bar

It’s so...

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