Long Ouse Poems

SINS OF THE FATHER
Just a maid,just sixteen,a serving girl ,
a go-between upstairs and downstairs,
her scene 'til love was to intervene;
She,so young,he,the master' son
a web of attraction, begun one rainy 
afternon,in June;A familiar tale,oft told
of one...

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King 'Enry of The 'Ouse of Tudor ruled merrie olde England, the mighty and the meek.
'E was quite obese in 'is elder years and threw 'is weight around - so to speak!
'E governed from 1509...

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down past the cold undercurrents of 
Virginia's Woolf, and Sylvia's wrath
searching through their darkest hearts
too many writers take another path

from fulfillment, and in their cups
awash with sullen antidepressants
pondering if they'll get enough
of life to even...

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Welcome to the British isles, where cash is flowing
Where much resides, history on every side of killer
Kings and queens provide, a tapestry of style and wiles
Villan's and villein and many wreckers; rode tides; attuned to
The...

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In 1961 it’s for a weekend away

On a grey winter Friday.

Out from London, 

We drive north on

The A10 to the Wash.

 

Beyond Ely it’s flat and bleak.

It’s an impression we seek

Of a region we’ve not...

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Lost Heroines

Anna K. had her train
Virginia her river Ouse
Emma B. chose poison
And Janice heard 
and succumbed to
the false seduction 
of her lethal needle.

So many distraught, gifted souls
Lost in that far country
Unable to find the thread...

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FAMILYTREE

in circumstances 
                unknown
she left this world       alone
neath 
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Cattleman's pride
who put the bounty
on the head of the
Danger City Cowboy?
somebody said something
and those Varmitts responded to it.
Otters curiosity.
Texas Cloverleaf......
Belgian Blue, Angus Piedmontese, Salers, Barzuna, Hasserdolt, Charbracy, Senpol,Parthenaise,Maremmana,Sussex, Simmental.......
Bach-Ouse.BrineFast........Grollop,differentate between wisdom and experience.ayam,feral,asil,silkie,Bramhma



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By the Wash, the estuary of the Ouse
And three more rivers adding to the swell
We saw the seals pass murmuring the Blues

Nature opens up if we read clues;
The giant sky, the sound  of a...

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A cosmos packed of wondrous miracles sowed

Precious creations on it leave us awed
Like the sun with its own place in the making
Are appertained to the almighty's molding
Cold if not for the light after dark
Emerge the...

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JUNETEENTH—TRUE FREEDOM

J EHOVAH is Christ’s Father’s name, name He called … his God
U nthinkable from  Bibles Jehovah’s name, men have removed
N ame Christ said in John 17:3  …’He Had Made Known’ 
E very...

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Between Haven and Drain, between salt and fresh, 
youngsters delight - sacks of sand for castles -  let's!

The bags all white except two that are blue, so why this hullabaloo? 
The politicos have pounced...

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My dream shines brightly with ambitious gleam,
And in my heart, its vivid brilliance rivals even sunbeam.

I dream to be among the ranks of landowners,
To have thousands of acres and a hanseatic house,
Adorned with colorful feathered...

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In circumstances unknown
She left this world alone;
Neath the fast flowing Ouse-
Judge not nor accuse!

This lovely wife of thirty-one
Whose beauty does transfix and stun;
Dying in circumstance unknown-
Leaving Arthur bereft,alone!

Heartbroken,distraught he searched
In weather so bitter and cold;
Until...

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GRAMMAR    LESSON



Ok -   if mouse is pluralised to mice
And  louse becomes   lice

So  grouse should become  grice
Perhaps  spouse  pluralises to spice

And two girls wearing...

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A grama é verde, a tulipa é vermelha

Na vida e nos negócios
sempre, sempre
a grama é verde
a tulipa é vermelha
às vezes, você precisa que seu deus
ou Deus te mostre a simplicidade
de um simples convite, 
não uma...

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J-ust keep an eagle eye on the flock, 
O-n the twenty-fifth of November; 
S-aturday like any other day 
E-mploys unpredictable weather. 
P-lease keep an eagle eye on the flock, keenly observe every chosen sheep; 
H-ouse...

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T-here's no place like home, 
H-ouse where you began to walk; 
E-arly childhood in that place
R-ehearsed you how to talk.
E-rrors that you made there
S-ignaled the coming of knowledge; 
E-xcellence was noticed even at your formative...

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