Best Somerset Poems

Dozy with Cider
The tavern was quiet but for old farmer John,
when the Kings rider strode in demanding a bed,
He ordered his ale and sat next...

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With her first words she mesmerized his soul,
Of rose water and lavender was her aroma,
Her tip tap of her fairy tale walk was majestic,
A woman...

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This aspect is succinctly told by, W.Somerset Maugham from an Arab tale:

The speaker is Death:

There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to...

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When I was young, an urban lass, and not gregarious,
I’d never dream of speaking to a stranger on a bus.

I’d sit, demure, my eyes downcast,...

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The artists drawing an intense picture with astral aspect
We feel it and it does deeply affect and touch us.

If the artist was balanced when he...

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While reading the delightful novels of *Maugham
My mind drifted to the enchanting streets of Paris.
Teaching the plays of Moliere, my *roamings started
Over entrancing *National theatre...

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Sanatan Dharma in Hinduism means
Universal religion, eternal truth, Ankh
Globally it means Universal law.

Religion is like the peel of banana
and spirituality is the banana.

Speak the truth...

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The land is flooded
rain that never stops
houses lay abandoned
water running through

Still the rain comes
relentless, incessant
roads are impassable
villages cut off

Army busy building
defences that are
all too soon...

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I am encapsulated by your love
Dramatized uncleaned in a soap opera
A World Apart, yet we have The Best of Everything
You are my Guiding Light
You are...

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For my wife Marcia,

I have always loved you

I have always loved you
Before there was a way 
After there was no way
I have always loved you

Before...

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There once was a boy
The size of your toe.
He was nice as could be,
But he couldn’t grow.

The years just passed
And his friends all grew tall.
But...

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(The beginning is in Part-1)

He trudged on through the woods
Barely glancing around.
Now, what was this cabin?
And what was that sound?

Someone was crying
“Help! Please set me...

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My  cider comes from Somerset,
I likes it coz it's strong.
Tis made from apples good and sweet,
wiv flavours thats a real treat.
What's more I likes...

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Strolling by the River Avon, I found somebody,
     Strolling to nowhere, I found a person.
I looked at the river, I followed...

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I heard a voice across the road
A girl from class I hardly knew
Not just “Hello”
But “Hello Chris”
Two words where maybe
Just one would do

It was Joy...

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