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Wednesday Memory

...Every Wednesday on the dot,
 off to the newsagent like a shot.
A solitary sixpence,all my wealth
picking up the Hotspur comic from the shelf.
To read of my hero W W Wilson,the wonder man,
sporti...

Categories: newsagent, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Poetry In Motion Contest Wilson

...Every Tuesday on the dot,
I would be off to the newsagent like a shot.
A solitary sixpence,all my wealth
to pick up my favourite comic from his shelf.

Not the Beano,Beezer,Dandy or Eagle...
th...

Categories: newsagent, childhood, fantasy, nostalgia,
Form: Quatrain

Old Man Walking

...The forenoon strolls


Dressed in a solid jacket the old man goes for his walk
First, he goes and buys a paper have coffee at a café
To read a bit, the woman at the newsagent smiles at
Calls hi...

Categories: newsagent, baptism, beach, best friend,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Changed

...Changed.

We see our loved ones go off to fight,
Pray they stay safe both day and night.

He marched away to go to war,
Leaving behind, his wife and more.
Met his mates along the way,
All not...

Categories: newsagent, remembrance day, war, world
Form: Rhyme

Lonely Is the Famous

...Lonely is the Famous

Once I met Cliff Richard, a sweet little man,
came into the newsagent and bought
a paper-broadsheet- perhaps that makes
him looks intellectual; what do I know?
He nodded m...

Categories: newsagent, absence, angst, anxiety, art,
Form: Blank verse

The Nerd At the Newsagent

...Doesn’t your heart just go out to the nerd when you’re at the newsagent
Y’know when he drops his wallet and the pennies fall out at the front of the queue
And his glasses slide to the tip of his sl...

Categories: newsagent, boy,
Form: Light Verse

My Childhood Hero

...Every Tuesday on the dot,
I would be off to the newsagent like a shot.
A solitary sixpence,all my wealth to pick up 
my favourite comic from his shelf.Not the 
Beano,Beezer,Dandy or Eagle...
the...

Categories: newsagent, childhood, hero,
Form: Narrative

My Sporting Inspiration

...re-post inspired by Brenda's contest

THE HERO

Every Tuesday on the dot,I would be off to the newsagent like a shot.A solitary 
sixpence,all my wealth to pick up my favourite comic from his she...

Categories: newsagent, inspirational, sports,
Form: Ballade

Searching For Words

...Take a number of letters
mix them in a box square
full of more little square boxes
making many words not just a pair

It's very popular nowadays
many a newsagent sells aplenty
wordsearch books...

Categories: newsagent, games, word play, words,
Form: Rhyme

The Hero

...Every Tuesday on the dot,I would be off to the newsagent like a shot.A solitary 
sixpence,all my wealth to pick up my favourite comic from his shelf.Not the 
Beano,Beezer,Dandy or Eagle...the Hotsp...

Categories: newsagent, childhood, nostalgia, sports, teen,
Form: Epic