Jacqueline Trestrail
...On this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won best...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, mother, tribute,
Form: Prose
An English Man of Arabia
...An English man proved salvation's worth,
even in desert's unforgiving scald.
In life 'nothing is written' in the Earth,
Lawrence of Arabia he was called.
He rode alone to rescue a stranger,...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, soldier, world war i,
Form: Sonnet
Lawrence of Arabia
...Lawrence of Arabia
Was lost in Besserabia
With no camel's hump
~ He was stumped...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, confusion, silly,
Form: Clerihew
Oscar-Ku 35 -Lawrence of Arabia
...burning match jump-cut
majestic desert backdrop-
hero... guilt... legend...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, arabic, conflict, england, film,
Form: Haiku
From the Sticks
...They came from all over - Manchester, Derby
and. Connemara - icons, O'Toole, Bates and Finney,
who would believe the power of future stars,
although they spent their time fighting in bars.
RADA...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, inspirational, international, magic, stars,
Form: Prose
Pig Pen Hole
...Down in the puddle of a Pig pen hole,
Caught me a Fish with a garden Mole.
The Fish got battered by a chip shop man,
Ate it for supper watching Jackie Chan.
Chan was fighting in a Kung Fu ...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, crazy, dream, fishing, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men - Xxviii
...Unquotable quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men – XXVIII
for Colin Wilson (1931-1913)
regrets for the “provoked” faux pas
To each his own: to Colin Wilson his...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, anti bullying, black african
Form: Epigram
Come With Me To 63
...Come with me to nineteen sixty three
The year Pope John died and so did Kennedy
We saw Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O’Toole
Listened to It’s My Party and She’s a Fool
Last year for the Studebake...
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Categories:
lawrence of arabia, nostalgiababy, baby, blue, me,
Form: Rhyme