Best Sixpence Poems

Our Christmas dinner was served,
With traditional veggies and meat,
It’s a roast with the usual crackle,
Plus gravy to make it complete.

And then it is time for the sweets,
It’s a pudding with personal pride
From a recipe of our grandmother,
With money that’s hidden inside.

Now each and all hope...

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On a cold frosty night the moon hung in the dark sky like a silver sixpence,
Waiting for a bus that seemed to be hours late, wind dried my face I was cold,
While leaning on the stop sign I could see into rooms through lighted windows,
All...

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 Ask yer mother for sixpence,
 to see the Jerry Giraffe,
freckles on his eyebrows,
 and big ones on his, Ask
yer momma for sixpence 

...by dunno whozit 1950...

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"This is believed to be a version that I'd furthered a bit more," ... by Poet

Sing a song of gone-byes,
A pocket golden watch.
Four and twenty hours
Staked as top-notch.

When the time had entered,
The Cuckoo Clock did sing.
Wasn't that a dandyish,
As sunset be the king.

The king in...

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When words were once enough,
To make the difference;
And took me somewhere high.

As if I had heard someone say…
“soft landings are not free”

How I remember the winter to be an honest season
In which I might become a bit more of who I am.
Another thin minute to...

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