Long Hastings Poems

I.
Carmen Hastings had lived with her father
ever since she was just two months old,
they resided outside Nashville, where her dad
made a living with used cars, bought and sold.

Carmen did not look much like her dad,...

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I dress the way I do on stage
To transport you to another age
Where wild women of the west
Proved they stood among the best
They rode boot to boot along side the men
Riding broncs to hell &...

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Figures of immense reputation and popularity they were
Attracting public attention and admiration in the pursuit of their great works
Leaving behind them a legacy of some kind
But going with them their unique characters.

Wasn’t the explosion of...

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The cold wind north, fate took its course
As fate is fain to do
For kings fall down, that bloody crown!
And still the eagle flew.

The time had come, to cross the chasm
To stop the king untrue.
From France...

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Since the bloody Battle of Hastings
When 'Arold got killed by French Bill
We've seen an endless invasion of French
And I've just about had my fill

Don't we have enough words of our own
In this wonderful language of...

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February 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Numbers 33-36

Key Verse – Numbers 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the...

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To Brexit or not to Brexit
by Bob Moore

One thousand years, it’s almost been
since William came to this island green
defeated Harold on Hastings Hill
to the English it was a bitter pill

He was the last the world...

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The Other Battle of 1066
                              ...

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HERCULE’S LAST CASE?

My name is Captain Hastings,
Well, ex-Captain to be precise.
And I sometimes give Hercule Poirot
Some help and sage advice.

We’ve been to another house party
And guess what? There’s been a crime.
A man’s been killed in...

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Of European descent, from whence they came

Across the borders to settle, re-establishment

Angles, Saxons and Jutes – Anglo-Saxon be known

Conquered lands, such roads have served, that of the Roman Empire

Yet under attack, strong order we lack

Helpless...

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Gather ‘round younguns, there is a story to be told
About some renegade cowgirls & their ride for the gold
They made it look so easy, feathers, flowers & a smile.
Guts & grace, they had plenty, quitting...

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With all the world waiting, we turned our eyes skyward. 
Remember that day when we all looked through 
Our electric windows on the universe, 
Seeing old spheres from a new point of view? 

Three times...

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Assembly. 
  Disassembly. 
    Reassembly.

When the bell tolls 
  it tolls for me. 
Alone I walk in crowded 
  concrete corridors; 
    feet, doom-laden, 
 ...

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If I touched the lid on the  candy dish in the living room                     ...

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Uncle Mike's news from the past - - - Sometimes the News Bugs Me

July “57, in Hasting Minnesota
Fish flies flew in way over their quota
They covered the roadways
They covered the bridges
They covered the lowlands
They covered...

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1066 and all that by 
Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015

King Harold and his army, marched all through the night
William the Bastard, was looking for a fight
He had landed close to Hastings, with at least 10000...

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The Vikings surviving
Travelling fighting 
All were uniting  
Ending enlightened

invasion surprising 
England arriving 
Provided a King 
Fought and did win

The Normandy Vikings 
My family were tied in
aligned with the timings 
Madness my mind thinks

Extraordinary findings...

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Here he comes
That little man
Nattily dressed
Spick and span

His funny accent
A dead giveaway
He won't get me
No, not today! 

He's clever though
But not more than I 
He does not know
How much I lie 

I've tricked him well...

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