Village Childhood
...He was the village blacksmith
To us children he was known
As our adopted Uncle Wilf
They’d no children of their own.
Six days a week he worked,
His hours long and physically hard.
Our cottage b...
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Categories:
wilf, childhood, growing up, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Mary Murray
...mary murray would smile at me
as we took a drink or two or three
sometimes maybe we’d just touch hands
we were only friends you understand
she had her loves and I had mine as well
sometimes we’d...
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Categories:
wilf, friendship love, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Wagoll and Wilf Rap
...Hey kids – Listen up!
Look out for WAGOLL and WILF around our school
Follow their advice and your work will turn out cool
When you go to your lesson the teacher will show you
‘W...
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Categories:
wilf, education, encouraging, fun, school,
Form: Rhyme
A WORD WITH WILF
...Were yer looking down, Wilf, were yer with me Dad
Sitting with John Widdowfield and Harry, his brave lad
Weren't the fans terrific, did you hear them roar
Didn't Boro start well and what a time...
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Categories:
wilf, celebrity, football,
Form: Ballad
The Great Bell of Bow
...The Great Bell of Bow
I feel such a Steam Tug and no Porkies
Some Tea Leaf Half Inched me Jam jar
In me local Nuclear Sub you wouldn’t Christmas Eve it
Almost totally Boracic on the way to the Pope...
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Categories:
wilf, funny, me, eve, me,
Form: Classicism
The Silence of War
...The Silence of War
Behind the Curtains of a church window
Men in Prayer, orchestrated by sweat and Lice
Find relief from snipers gaze
Beside the cross sits the last candle
Flickering precariously, ...
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Categories:
wilf, history, war, words, war,
Form: Free verse
The Great Bell of Bow
...The Great Bell of Bow
I feel such a Steam Tug and no Porkies
Some Tea Leaf Half Inched me Jam jar
In me local Nuclear Sub you wouldn’t Christmas Eve it
Almost totally Boracic on the way to me...
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Categories:
wilf, funnyme, eve, me,
Form: I do not know?