American Sonnet
...American sonnet
Today is sunny with a few decorative clouds drifting idly about the sky and the mood is of optimism
When it is overcast and dull my feet scrape the pavement An old man bent to the...
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Categories:
verger, absence, allusion, angel, cinco
Form: Elegy
Church Verger Wo Was a Purger
...Church Verger Wo Was a Purger
Once upon a time there was church verger,
Who had been an encourager and an urger;
With his staff,
Would hit calf,
And of all of our sins appeared to be purger.
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Categories:
verger, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
The Manchester Ship Canal - Part One
...Glancing down from breathless heights,
Amidst climey sighs,
The looming colossus awakens from slumber
And stretches across Thelwalls linear skies.
The hot engines hissing steam -
Recalled from f...
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Categories:
verger, history, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Money Note
...The Money Note
Bad time for shipping and I had no work, slept on the sofa
in my mother’s small flat, she sat up late drinking coffee,
reading and smoking cigarettes.
I had a small unemployment...
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Categories:
verger, art, assonance, history, hope,
Form: Verse
Forced Excursion
...Dearest Vicar –
Late came the regency bells;
The voice of your acolyte:
The mezzotinted voice of the verger
Rang at last for mass extrusion.
Dearest Vicar –
We all heard the fragile peels:
A...
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Categories:
verger, satirevoice, voice,
Form: I do not know?