Constitutional Right
...Oh, he had a combat rifle,
An Uzzi sub machine gun
A revolver and a pistol
And a TASER just for fun,
Because to bear arms
Was his God given right
One of those for which
He was prepared to fig...
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Categories:
waggon, anger, death, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
The Coal Man Cometh
...About the end of times when
Carts were hauled by Shires,
Coal was king and homes
Were heated by open fires,
A seemingly huge dark figure
From my early childhood days
As he drove his horse and c...
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Categories:
waggon, change, history, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Vagabond Romance
...romance of a Roma waggon
tinkering around the world
dreams of blissful freedom
no possessions nothing to lose
bells and whistles violin music
horses with intricate saddles
gallivanting on free ...
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Categories:
waggon, longing,
Form: Free verse
The Mirage
...“…Man serves the interests of no creature except himself…” - Middle White Boar
You came from behind, like a snitcher, and I twirled like a sunflower, as you tingled me. I smiled. The rain dove san...
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Categories:
waggon, angel, appreciation, baptism, beautiful,
Form: ABC
A Remembrance Day Poem
...Christ and the Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon (1916)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OEnXw7P60
The straggled soldier halted and clumsily went down "O blessed crucifix, I'm beat !"
C...
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Categories:
waggon, world war i, world
Form: Narrative
Moulding Allegiance
...Dino walks on the lino with a cat for a hat
A collar for colour and leash for pastiche
With a tale in his tail as he jiggles and wiggles
The flag half white with delig...
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Categories:
waggon, child,
Form: Rhyme