Long Andrews Poems

The late night storm rushed into the valley,
Pouring down, 
Creating the sleepy ambiance only a mountains lull can provide.  
The crisp damp air crackles to life at lights first caste over the mountain,
into the...

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It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory 
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny. 

As this place prepares to close 
When the final bell will sound 
To mark the end...

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John Howard,
No GST ever, if you vote me for Prime Minister
Remove tax from petrol
Change the word tax to levy and increase the levy to 48%
John Faye,
The average Australian should not be able
To afford a car...

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Derek runs 26 mile marathons,
With his nerve-damaged right arm
Anchored in a sling: solid sounds, 
‘Cos a truck did cause him harm.
 
The accident changed his life, 
But he can’t remember it, recall, 
It ended his...

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I love your heathered highlands,
steep cliffs and rugged islands,
hedges and gardens under
rainclouds of grey.
Old steeples rise above
those small rural towns I love;
your hillsides of sunny yellow,
rolled bales of hay.

	Pipers will play their part
	stirring each Scottish...

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Are there ghosts on Hessle Road
Do the bell bottomed boys
Slide quietly into Rayners
For the pint, the craic, the noise.
Do their pockets still jingle
Until, having spent it all
It's again through the Bullnose
To pursue the ghostly trawl.

Do...

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The mild soothing voice
Of the bald Financial Guru
Is spreading the needs of others

While the lovely bouncing
Voice of Mel, charms an interview
With gentle kindness she will
Invite you to reveal your soul
And commanding vocal manner if needed
Will...

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(Sung To The Song "A Spoonful Of Sugar" By Julie Andrews...From the film..Mary Poppins)...(1964)

A winters New Year's Day cold swim     
May seem irrational and grim
And dress-up fun is...set!   
For...

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[to the tune of Feed The Birds from the musical Mary Poppins]

[Verse]
Why do you spend on things other than bread?
On that which can not satisfy?
Listen, incline your ear to me, hear what is said,
Delight yourselves;...

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Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY THOMAS L.H. ANDREWS



Dear Marcus...it's-'nother-Sun-day...morn...horse's...feel-ing...wrong
My-sto-mache...just-hurts!
Clos-ets...full-but...noth-ing-fits!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

Daddy's...gone...and-Ma's...gone-too!
The-pretty...gold-en-circles...'round-my-bowl...don't-spin-right!
Clos-ets-fulla-clothes...but-my-heart's...just-empty!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

Round-ing-the-cor-ner...pho-tos-just-might-just-might...be-ready!
My-sto-mache...just-hurts!
Marble-d-stoney-blue-'n-green...beads-'n-reds-too...hang-too-heavy!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

A-wrist-with-out...a-flower-ed...pink-'n-white-red-or-white-rose!
Just-doesn't-feel-right-just-isn't-right...doesn't-spin-right!
Clos-ets...full-but...noth-ing-fits!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

My-slip-pers-silvery-beaded-blue...and-I'm-too!
A-gold-en-line-runs-through...sleep-less-nights!
My-vani-ties-fulla-pride-'n-his-tears...Robby's-too!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

Oh-how-the-hell...does-it-get-well?
When-tears-fall...into-Winter's-snows?
Riding-into-sun-set-pink-'n-rosen-blues...leaves-me-blue!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

Sabled-brushes-and-dif-ferent-strokes-of-pain...and-paint!
Paint-me-blue...was-he-blue-too...or-him?
My-vani-ties-fulla-pride-'n-his-tears...Robby's-too!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!

A-liquid-gold-line-round-my-glas-sen-beads...marbled-per-fection!
He-was-my...liquid-gold-line-round-my-glas-sen-beads...
Marbled-per-fection!
A-corner-run...till-clo-sing!...

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Taking a lovely morning walk along the Ness
while spending a few days at Inverness
this walk has many grand features on its way
get the winter clothing on, no need to fashion dress

We pass firstly 3 statutes...

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I could not afford a Bow Flex, costs too much 
I get diagrams to build my own from a man named Henry Clutch 
The instructions say if I build it right 
It will make me...

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Dear Brandi,  

I’m sorry you always had a hard time growing up. I’m sorry it was so confusing trying to fit in with the girls when you never were one of the girls. 

I'm...

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Have I got a deal for you?
A little island I found, and
Yer, you guessed it,
It has a price tag.

The white wash from the
Blue ocean waves is dancing on
Golden beaches, inviting your
Imagination to come and play,

The...

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I WILL ALWAYS HOLD ON TO THE MEMORIES THAT COME 2 ME AND PUT A 
SMILE ON MY FACE OUT OF NOWHERE.

SOMETIMES I SWEAR YOUR STILL HERE BECAUSE AT TIMES I HEAR YOU 
WHISPERING IN...

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NEVERTHELESS IT ALL ENDED IN 19 And 64
By Roy Merritt

(When reading it use a Cockney accent and the h is silent)

Oh alas poor Jimmy Bond 'e didn't go past sixty four
Cause you know 'is creator...

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The flags are waving brightly, 
hypnotizing the naive, 
they shimmer like carnival balloons. 

There are merry andrews waltzing, 
to the themes of marching bands, 
they’re camouflaged to blend in with the moon.

The party’s getting started,...

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THE SLIPPER FITS CINDERELLA

I could have danced all night,
I fell in love that night,
I felt it i was so right,
You held me just so tight,
I could have danced all night,
And could have begged for more,
How...

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Beautifully crafted from end to end
Made even the wealthy squill
   An ark prepared to safely swim
Captain Andrews behind the wheel

   Remarks were made, degrading God
The very one who crafted the sea
...

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Time warp
1979 2ST started to broad cast
In the Southern Highlands as AM radio
1999 2ST started to transmit in FM
Although these are land marks
The biggest gamble is yet to come
In 1982 2ST hired Graeme Day

Present day
Or...

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Three silly kids from beautiful Montana
thought there was snow in North Carolina,
and sliding down the fluffy slopes.....
they kept going for months 'till they hit rocks!


They were shocked and realized that the further
down they went, the...

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Young Albert Andrews thought he would 
Help his dad to peel the spuds
Switched on the machine just didn’t linger
To check that he had removed his finger
The machines set off at a fair old zip
Caught one...

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Never again will I travel
down the highway to go to their home,
having a cup of tea with grandma
around the garden with grandpa; I'll never roam.

My eyes are welling with tears
as I'm writing this down,
I felt...

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The club event at the Paralympics, 
Is unique only to the Paralympics, 
And is for people with cerebral palsy, 
Or for the brain injured traumatically. 

It weighs 14oz and is 5 or 6cm in width,
It...

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I got to watch the rugby game, Aussie's we were put 
To shame..' the wanna-be's did hop and skip.' And lost the
Game..Just bit; by bit.' A fumble here and forward passes
Poor Eddie Jones, should kick...

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