Pain
...Dartmoor in a rainy morning light
On the shoulders a well full pack
Regulation fifty six pounds hanging
On an already near breaking back
Marching on a compass bearing
No deviation allowed
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Categories:
dartmoor, adventure, humor, rain, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Treasures To Walk
...Brecon Beacons
for pony-treks
Cumbrian fells
& bubbling becks
Dartmoor
with rocks rain scarred
Lake District views
beloved of bards
Northumbria on moor & hill
where R...
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Categories:
dartmoor, nature,
Form: List
Luimneach X 5
...O'Dowd
An old hunter by the name of O'Dowd
Shooting tigers for fun made him feel proud
Had trouble with his gun
There was no time to run
Now lies covered on a slab with a shroud..
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Categories:
dartmoor, humor,
Form: Limerick
Holmes and Baskerville Both Had Vicious Hounds
...Sonnet Doubles, A Poet's Deeper Thoughts
I Will Not Fiddle To New Hollow Tunes
I will not play fiddle to hollow tune
nor beg day, be lit by pale light of moon
life to have worth, must not be...
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Categories:
dartmoor, art, creation, dark, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
A Dartmoor Pony
...a dartmoor pony
gallops into the bracken - -
an adder hisses
traditional haiku – I don’t understand the modern haiku yet…
for Sidney’s haiku contest...
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Categories:
dartmoor, animals,
Form: Haiku
Down With the Nanny State
...( The views of a grumpy old man )
I have now for certain concluded that the nanny state thinks we are fools
I have seen our society changing I am staggered at some of the rules
No longer do we h...
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Categories:
dartmoor, politicalsociety,
Form: I do not know?
National Treasures
...Brecon Beacons for pony-treks,Cumbrian fells and bubbling becks;Dartmoor
with rocks rain scarred ,Lake District views beloved of bards.Northumbria, above
on moor and hill,where Roman echoes linge...
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Categories:
dartmoor, nature, places,
Form: Prose Poetry