Long Maud Poems

We came from the beginning, shrouded mists of time and space,
And in this vast and northern clime each found our sacred place.
We were our country’s pioneers, the people of the land,
We lit the flame and...

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God Save the King! So echoed round 
the village halls, the pubs, the streets
the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. 
Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats.

We celebrated with a rave, 
or knees-up, as my...

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Sensationally super, and Sagittarius son of John Spence
Pleasantly personable, and matriarch Maud Spence’s son
Enabling, exquisite, eloquent, evolving and enterprising
Naturally nice, no nonsense, and a nutritionist nobleman
Carrot consumer, constant comrade and cold-war veteran
Equitably enlightened, and just...

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I saw her bucket in hand, standing aside the stage
Hidden by the screen from prying eyes. Her face
Telling a story of pride and equal shame. I felt rage
For suddenly I was looking at mother again....

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I boarded as a martyr, 
not to play with scarlet sins
convinced my way was chartered, 
I'd be safe in holy folds
but patient, pregnant umbras came,
their membranes black and blue,
all bred at sea in countless numbers
just...

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MISS CLITHEROE

by Robert Davidson

And They Thought She Had Missed Out On Love.

They called her an old maid
Said Maud never had the chance to test her virtue
Said she was like a pressed flower in a book.
But...

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THE LANCASHIRE LAD 1914-18

Hello Mother, a nurse is writing this for me,
I’ve lost my arm and a bit of my leg you see,
But I’m up on crutches and hobbling about,
So this afternoon, they’re shipping me...

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Maud, the meek poverty stricken seventy year old matriarch
 of the people spoke proudly as the relief shown on her face. 
“Two weeks ago I had tests run at Sparks Medical Center in 
Fort Smith...

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Dougal Cameron 1900s
by Don Johnson
Brisbane..Australia.

Old Dougal Cameron was the man, 
the cruel red desert country crossed. 
Drove cattle cross the trackless plains, 
out where Burke and Wills were lost. 
He'd travel o'er a hundred mile...

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Dr. McNitt’s coming, we were warned. She’s old-school.
Secretly my heart was cheering, this meant strict rules.
Seasoned and sassy, I wisely kept my counsel to myself, 
I am so glad though she is coming back 6...

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POOR AUNT MAUDE

Sitting bored I sat and sighed
How inconvenient old aunt Maud had died
I wouldn’t be here if the old bat was still talking
Watching the relatives sipping and walking
Gestures of sadness filled the room
When holding...

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Delete blockages

See the red light a shining,
Red light shining, yes on you,
See it fill your mind an body 
For a minute, chakra grew,

See the orange light a shining ,
Take it in, breathe in, yes do,
See...

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blame the purblind Doomsters,
not me.
blame the ragged claws scuttling
across the floors of silent seas
for this Elusive Allusive disease.
don't waste time finding a rhyme
or making and matching a meter
a-muse yourself with the
bells, bells, bells
of the ice...

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So sensationally super; Sagittarius son of John Spence
Pleasantly personable, and matriarch Maud Spence’s son
Enabling, exquisite, eloquent, evolving and enterprising
Naturally nice, no nonsense, and a nutritionist nobleman
Carrot consumer, constant comrade and cold-war veteran
Equitably enlightened, and just...

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They say that rhyme is out of time
With what's in vogue today.
Rhythmic flow has lost its charm
And verse has lost its way.
 
I think about Maud Muller's spring:
The frenzied ride of Paul Revere.
And Poe who...

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[Where Have the Old Words Got Me?: Explications of Dylan Thomas's Collected Poems, 1934-1953] [Author: Ralph Maud] [February 2003]



Some of the rest I must use;
they are jeans and sweats; they are what we 
forget about...

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Forward... for those of you rather younger than I, Soylent Green was a movie in which overpopulation was reduced by making people into biscuits... yes really!

SOYLENT RED

It’s dark and it’s drizzling 
The burgers are sizzling...

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Maud dreamed by the fire, her blue eyes half-closed,
While a grey cat on a grey mat beside her reposed.
Then she wakened and watched as the fast-falling snow
Was whipped into drifts when the sad wind would...

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Alex couldn't stop thinking about his mess
It was just so silly and depressed
But he could never forget the pork grease

That morning, Alex encountered a spill express
He had to calm himself with an arrest
Alex couldn't stop...

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the annual fluffy Christmas dance is about to begin
We sat ourselves down next to my cousin Finn
Shhh! He said, pointing to the Christmas tree.
Be quiet if you are going to sit next to me.

So I...

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the annual fluffy Christmas dance is about to begin
We sat ourselves down next to my cousin Finn
Shhh! He said, pointing to the Christmas tree.
Be quiet if you are going to sit next to me.

So I...

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THE LOVE SONG OF MAUD GONNE
Look to my eyes and know the truth
can't you see it's deep?
But all this love I have for you
it will have to keep.

I cannot say just why this is,
but this...

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I once shocked you
by my Queen Maud Fromage poem,
remembering a time
when the good Queen Maud
choked on the heavy stuff.

Her courtiers were 
about her suddenly,
and Queen Maud was
thumped on royal back
most thoroughly...

Thoroughly, yes thoroughly...
I have it...

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