Beasts of Bodmin Moor
...in 1978 just trying to survive
newly-released pumas numbering five
attacked livestock in Cornwell
terrorizing remote farms where cattle dwell
labeled murderous beasts of Bodmin Moor
devouring ...
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Categories:
bodmin, animal,
Form: Rhyme
The Ghost of Charlotte Dymond
...Charlotte died in eighteen–forty-four,
Murdered on Cornwall’s,
On Cornwall’s, Bodmin Moor,
Those seeing the ghost are very sure,
It’s poor Charlotte,
Poor Charlotte, who still walks the moor.
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Categories:
bodmin, girl, history, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Daughter of Gibraltar
...For a few coins Melord, I'll tell a story of two that met in this place,
and here you can take your rest, and leave sumpter to graze in the tall grass.
I payed the old man his alms though pl...
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Categories:
bodmin, angst, giving, love, poverty,
Form: Epic
Charlotte Dymond
...In early eighteen-forty-four,
In Cornwall’s heart; on Bodmin Moor,
Charlotte Dymond, a young farm maid,
Had her throat slit with a steel blade,
She crossed fast streams and deadly bogs,
Found he...
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Categories:
bodmin, death, girl, grief, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Charlotte Dymond
...In early eighteen-forty-four,
In Cornwall’s heart; on Bodmin Moor,
Charlotte Dymond, a young farm maid,
Had her throat slit with a steel blade,
She crossed fast streams and deadly bogs,
Found he...
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Categories:
bodmin, evil, girl, innocence, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Beast of Bodmin Moor
...Out there are many ancient sites
And fear grows deep at the end of daylights
One hears loud scary cries
Among the primeval moor and buckeyes
To the beast identity this might be a clue
September wa...
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Categories:
bodmin, adventure, cat,
Form: Rhyme