He was known as “Doctor Death,” a serial killer,
“One of the most prolific in recorded history
While practicing medicine in Manchester, England,
He was most disagreeable and rather blustery
Poisoning elderly women with lethal injections
Over 200 victims qualified him a monster chiller.
Seems Harold “Fred” Shipman, wanted control
Over the life and death of his patients, indeed!
Showing no mercy [from early in his career]
The presiding judge said, “he must never be freed!”
Evidence against him was conclusive, of course,
The doctor, it appears, had neither heart nor soul.
In Wakefield Prison, “Fred” committed suicide
By hanging himself with his knotted bed sheet
And rather rapidly passed into horror’s history
His wife and family stood up for him, so sweet—
It seems that his murdering spree started early
In his career…sad that so many innocents died.
SIXTH PLACE WINNER
Written August 3, 2022
Submitted to "Dr. Harold Shipman" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joe Maverick
Categories:
wakefield, history, horror, murder, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
Anne Bressington Lord Christopher Monkton Rashid Buttar dr Vernon Coleman dr Sherri Tenpenny Dr Peter McCullough Dr Ben Tapper, nurse Kate Semrani nurse Shelly Tasker Deborah Conrad Jane Mikovits Del Matthew Bigtree Christine Ronald Bernard
Northrup Simone Gold Robert F Kennedy jr Suzanne Humphries Andrew Wakefield
Kelly Brogan Joseph Mercola Lee Merritt Alex Berenson Ty Bollinger Alexandra Mention
Polly Tommey Barbara Los Fisher Rocco Gelato Dennis Rancourt Alex Jones Paul A Off it
Dr Steven Hotze Dr Luc Montagnier Dr Mariano Amici Dr Jane M Orient Dr Micheal Yeadon
Father James Altman Paul Craig Roberts archbishop Vigano Maria Claire Edwards ex un official also Dr Graham Lyons 'Aus senator Malcome Roberts' president Jaier Bolsenaro Brazil Professer Francis Boyle
Ricardo Bosi Luitenant colonel Australian sas retired. Dr Ronald Kostoff ( Dr Robert Malone Msrn experimental
Vaccine builder.) Dr Mercola
Categories:
wakefield, anxiety, body, care, discrimination,
Form: Epic
Liza B of Yorkshire stock
a tinsmith'a wife
her face bears
travails of life
Lily B orphaned
in a sad manner
commissioned
'neath the army's banner
Violet O born in the great war
father Ernest
she never saw
Anne S unanswered
questions still accrue
the granma
some never knew
Frances L her tragedy
was to unfold
the exact details
remain untold
Annie O granny Mayo,
mother came to know
by the canal
at Brookside row
Susanna O a mid-victorian maid
her determination
does not fade
Ethel G's fish&chips held sway
in her wakefield take-a-way
Harriet H high cheeked,pretty&petite
of twinklig eyes&
dressed so neat
Edith G of Jewish stock
a housewife so usung
to me,her face
is ever young
Categories:
wakefield, family, nostalgia,
Form: Verse
E-xcellent
D-edication's
I-nspiration
T-ruly
H-eals
W-ounds
A-s
K-ind
E-xpression
F-abulously
I-solates
E-ach
L-ife's
D-istress
Topic: Birthday of Edith Wakefield (December 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
wakefield, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
E-arly
D-awn
I-solates
T-he
H-owling
W-ind
A-s
K-ind
E-nvironment's
F-ineness
I-s
E-ndorsing
L-ovely
D-ay
Topic: Birthday of Edith Wakefield (January 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
wakefield, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
dramatic verse
Instead of drinking coffee in the cafés of Berlin,
two years have passed; we find our Fraulein has moved once again -
Fraulein Wexler is now employed at London’s Coffee Sense.
While in Berlin she’d met a barista par excellence,
Toji, who proposed a job in the coffee industry.
Pardon the digression, while I tell you the back-story.
Toji’s dad sells coffee in the London vicinity;
he visited her often when she moved to Germany.
His stopovers, more frequent, once he met her new-found friend,
soon his proposal was marriage, her maiden state to end.
Yes, once he met Fraulein Wexler, the rest is history
London was the next big move; thanks to matchmaker Toji.
Instead of drinking coffee in the cafés of Berlin,
Our Fraulein Wexler is planning a wedding in London.
Next Tuesday, she will become Lady Wakefield of Soho,
a quiet affair in the gardens near Maison Bertaux.
Needless to say,Toji will be there for each wedding guest -
brewing a mix of Dad's own choosing – coffee at its best.
written 11 March 2016
Categories:
wakefield, dad, daughter, london, wedding,
Form: Dramatic Verse