Long Derbyshire Poems

My mother's name was Seraphine
A sadder child was never seen 
Her duty was to serve the table
Of newly widowed Mrs. Grable

Her husband Mr. Grable died
To keep the British gratified
For which the lady, born and bred
Was...

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Earth
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Coying the myth .. 

One day for you will unfold the status qou of what Earth was all about. 
Birth will deliver you here.
The adventure starts when you roll up your sleeves either as...

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Imagine they find your bones
in a boggy field -
it happens all the time,
speaking of which,

time is your pocket handkerchief,
your wristwatch,
and your best evening pants
all reduced to insect dust.

Only a fragment
(a rust-addled skimpy second hand)
remains to...

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The year was sixteen-sixty-four
A comet crossed the sky,
And Londoners looked on in fear
Convinced the end was nigh.

The streets which once were paved with gold
Were now awash with waste.
A swarm of flies and scourge of rats
Foretold...

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I once told a story about my 
Ex-girlfriend Gormless Sue
Well that was part one
And this is part two

Gormless Sue had a farm
She lived in a cosy warm house
But she made me sleep in an old...

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Ides of Brussels
Rapport
Lionel Derbyshire

“Lennon asked the world to live as one ..
There is a harmony of birdsongs in his song. 
Jackson made a change when he looked in the mirror ..
Steven’s rejoiced .. My Sweet...

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Chant Jesus
A psalm
Lionel Derbyshire

Jesus Jesus saviour of souls
Jesus Jesus
Lift us
Lift me high
In the spirit God
Strengthen us
Restore my loss
Redeem us Lord of God
Jesus Jesus saviour of our souls
Jesus Jesus
Heal our ill
Keep us healthy
No more pain Lord
Will...

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Millicent 
My Lady Darling Dear.
Lionel Derbyshire

I could not say goodbye
I did not want to ..
There will be no more
Hello dear's ..
My lady darling dear.

A pale winter morning in May
Came passing by
To lift you higher
At GOD'...

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My name is Zariyia Bradshaw;

I am a princess, a Daughter of the Most High God;
His child a little girl;
Surname: Bradshaw;
Distinguished;
Child of promised Little Daughter of God;
Old English name from century Lancashire-Yorkshire and Derbyshire;
From form of...

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Key to life
The poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Let us sway away from end of life
And poem about life key's
We lookout for prom
And see a sun ball
Up in the middle of sky
Vivid a gift of clouds
Puffed like white palaces
The...

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A SPRING DAY IN DERBYSHIRE DALES

Sit with me a while, here on the soft green grass, that hides the Gentian Violet and the Daisy peeping through and watch how the soft cool wind lifts the...

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The Merry Minstrel of Mickleover

I strike this chord without a sword
For I am not so brave
Whence came a knight with armour bright
Who vowed princess to save

The wicked sire of the shire
Had seen well to kidnap
The...

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Soulmendilian
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

The field is far away with mystery bounce in emerald hills 
My bonny maiden Catherine captive in a stadium.
O we come from ove seas and over hills in agony panting faintly to rescue our...

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Blossom
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Road trip to Blossom
My growing up home
It is a farm place
In sunshine and
Fresh ozone
Lush and green.
I'm heading there
I'm going there.

Driving on 
Like running wonder
I'm going home,
I'm comin home
Run wonder.

Onward hill's break past
Heading on ..
Bouncing...

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(Apologies to any cowboys in Derbyshire)

The telegraph came through, but just in time
before my coach had passed the county line
mah girl wuz all alone and in distress
and only one guy could go save her- well,...

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Phil embraced his disability when he acquired it, 
And took up the disability sport of para-triathlon, 
Where you swim, cycle and race a set distance:
He broke his back in 1991 in a cycling incident. 

His...

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Applicant's
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Destiny is a walk
Which never steps backwards%
The day I became an applicant
I feared the blank holes
To insert and answer on
Ice cold I frozen hoped
To complete the form.
This is the forward1% step
My foot is in...

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The Head's
A narrative poem
Lionel Derbyshire

My grandpa like the mountain
I strive to scribe.

Around a Indian ocean
Of her flat mountain
Twains a head and peak
Of lion and devil
Left and right.
Heft steady her burden.
It weighs rhino strong
Like my grandpa...

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This was the year that I Iost all my flab,
Met so many people
Ì'm really quite glad
That i put on my shoes
And took to the floor,
Watch out 2020,
I'll be back for more!

This time last year you...

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Letterman
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Write Letterman 
One hundred lines 
In your letter
Write it better
Word's wayward may miss their mark's
And disconnect our rooftop moment's.
Pick and nick at everything you have seen.
Writing plenty can be empty.
Love lost I cannot win...

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Funny Numbers
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Numb I have suffered
And by God done I am
Lord.. 
So many characters 
Too many teachers
Yell and try to tell
How to sauce 
The spice of life
And I am just a day old.
Two you fall in...

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Abuse
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Abuse
Lord this reader ..
Blessings be upon her
In the suffering
Of male abuse..

Mummy mummy !!
The baby yells until yellow
He bashes her 
Behind the door close
Her beauty
His jealous prize.

Daily she prays
The narc to cease
His abuse.
Down on her...

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The Promised Land
poem
Lionel Derbyshire

In the dark I glance a silhouette
I see ..
A formation in arrangement from neck to toe
I see ..
A face creation I cannot makeout ..
constructed with neck and toe;
Like a whispering it politely...

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And then ..
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

And then..
Escort the gent..
That annoy
Man about a woman
On the long wait
Of her dress up
But then..
The afterward will
Be splendid
When the deal is done
The beauty of her
Smart on your arm.

Before then ..
She vexes and...

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Dark skies lurked to press upon 'em
To Autumn they succumbed
Trying to change was superfluous
By twilight, the hills were overcome

Fingertips of trees reached upward
Hoping to prick the clouds
Windy spirits then flew upward
It was heartfelt and profound

A...

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