Short Somerset Poems

Shoals
swirling
in the sky-
like locusts in
flight-
as
light fades
the massing
starlings roost at
night

Note.Scene on the Somerset levels...

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My  cider comes from Somerset,
I likes it coz it's strong.
Tis made from apples good and sweet,
wiv flavours thats a real treat.
What's more I likes to drink it neat.
I likes it 'cos it's  strong.

My world ish shwimming all around,
my legs is wobbly and unsound,
I think I'll sit down on the ground.
Black coffee, please.  And strong!

~



For Heather's Competition....

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As the wild wind and roaring waves batter the West Country, 

does the Glastonbury Thorn flower today to be blown at bay? 

Tis it true as Christ came to Priddy, on the Mendip hills overlooking 

the fantastically fertile grazing, now flooded land of the Somerset Levels 

that now drown our complacencies whether global warning is all to blame for our shame?



Old Christmas Day                                                         6th January 2014...

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Sailing thru those unsteady waves,
Tidal of strength running every veins,
Far waiting,she, confronting those rain,
Safe and sound for him that's not in vain.

An anchor's heart,a melody start,
An eagerly love,a somerset kiss,
A seaman's passion,a strong heart,
A man's true vow,an infinity bliss.

And these are his sayings,
" Wait for my coming back,my darling ",
" For I fought those rough waves in seven seas ",
" When I'm done,I'll bring your eternity ring".

She will....she will......

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