A Girl From Cherbourg
...A girl in Cherbourg
We sat in a bar in Cherbourg a town still struggling after a war
to become just another French coastal town
Sitting with mates from the ship can be tedious, and if you
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Categories:
cherbourg, absence, blessing, confidence, depression,
Form: Blank verse
Needless Deaths That Needle Still
...Twas in September 2021, Cherbourg lost an uncle, and a country its son.'
Bevan Costello, who worked for better, took a dose following advice to the letter'
Trying the trust he'd built on for years,...
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Categories:
cherbourg, addiction, allusion, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
See You At the Movies
...In Memory of my close, good friend, Roger Ebert, international movie critic from Chicago, whose wisdom and warmth…. left us far too soon!
Some made me howl, some put me in tears.
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Categories:
cherbourg, appreciation, how i feel,
Form: List
RMS Titanic
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Built by Harland and Wolff in the shipyards of Belfast
A luxurious gigantic cruise ship that they built to last
She was an Olympic class liner of the White Star Line
No expense was spared ...
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Categories:
cherbourg, natural disasters, new york,
Form: Narrative
Maiden Voyage
...She leaves Southampton
This Titanic ship
Her maiden voyage
New York trip
Channel crossings to Cherbourg, France
To Queenstown in Ireland
Where passengers dance
To some, a new life awaits
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Categories:
cherbourg, history, life, loss, sea
Form: Rhyme