I sat next to a duchess at tea It was just as I feared it would be. Her rumblings abdominal Were simply phenomenal And everyone thought it was me! Anon . Saturday 1st June 2024 Wigan & District Amateur League Laithwaite Shield FINAL Leigh Foundry 4 Ormskirk 1 Referee: Brian Power. […]
In the bleak midwinter In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. . Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes […]
Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped […]
Football is my favorite game I love to watch them play – Those tightly muscled butts and legs On an awesome autumn day; How fluidly and gracefully They dance across the green – Such elegant contenders play The best I’ve ever seen; Some people think I’m crazy The way I love the game – But […]
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen […]
Let No One Steal Your Dreams Let no-one steal your dreams Let no-one tear apart The burning of ambition That fires the drive inside your heart . Let no-one steal your dreams Let no-one tell you that you can’t Let no-one hold you back Let no-one tell you that you won’t . Set your sights […]
Thursday 1st April 2021 Grafham Water: A day of cycling, this time with daughter, Claire and grand daughter Lydia (6) on the nine mile circuit of Grafham Water. The weather was considerably cooler than the previous day, but we managed to get round without too much difficulty! Good day out! Very impressed with Lydia’s stamina! […]
Although Although I had . butterflies in my stomach . and ants in my pants . and a bee in my bonnet . and a flea in my ear – . I had a whale of a time. by Tony Langham . . . Saturday 6th March 2021 Cloudy and dull, still and mild, with […]
To see a World in a Grain of Sand To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour by William Blake (1757 – 1827) . . . Tuesday February 2nd 2021 This morning, I was […]
Remember Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land, When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you […]
