Submissions by lendavies (Len davies)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Introduce myself as a poet? The short answer is I can't because I don't think I am. I try to make things rhyme, and flow in a way that pleases me. If some of it pleases others along the way, then perhaps I may be learning to do things right
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2012 8:51am
2nd Jan 2012 8:51am
" JUDY "
My Whippet Cross
Poor Judy, so young and immature
the hare far too clever that’s for sure
it rose just as I slipped her lead
and she took off at quite a speed
along the mountain top they raced
the gap was closing as she chased
the hare then turned down out of sight
I ran to the edge to witness it’s flight
The dog was getting nearer still
as she chased the hare all down the hill
the hare’s short front legs caused him to lose ground
was the race over? Would he lose to the hound?
never! I thought as I watched from the hill...
Poor Judy, so young and immature
the hare far too clever that’s for sure
it rose just as I slipped her lead
and she took off at quite a speed
along the mountain top they raced
the gap was closing as she chased
the hare then turned down out of sight
I ran to the edge to witness it’s flight
The dog was getting nearer still
as she chased the hare all down the hill
the hare’s short front legs caused him to lose ground
was the race over? Would he lose to the hound?
never! I thought as I watched from the hill...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2012 9:15pm
1st Jan 2012 9:15pm
CHOICES
What do you want for food my love,” she said as we arrived
from tramping around all the shops, I don’t know how I survived
“Do you want some boiled potato’s with fish and parsley sauce”
“That will do just fine” I said “I could eat a horse”
“Or would you rather chips“ she said, “with some ham and eggs”
I ended the unpacking and took the weight off both my legs
“The potato, fish and parsley sauce will suit me just fine,
we’ve been out shopping, got home late, it’s past our dinner time”
“Or would you like faggots and peas with nice fresh bread and butter”...
from tramping around all the shops, I don’t know how I survived
“Do you want some boiled potato’s with fish and parsley sauce”
“That will do just fine” I said “I could eat a horse”
“Or would you rather chips“ she said, “with some ham and eggs”
I ended the unpacking and took the weight off both my legs
“The potato, fish and parsley sauce will suit me just fine,
we’ve been out shopping, got home late, it’s past our dinner time”
“Or would you like faggots and peas with nice fresh bread and butter”...
758 reads
5 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
30th Dec 2011 11:06pm
30th Dec 2011 11:06pm
JUST MY VIEW
Look at the woman from up the street scraping the snow off her car ”.
“I can’t see her from where I’m sitting” I replied, and 5 minutes pass.
“She’s digging it out now, or at least trying to”. 5 more minutes pass and glancing up again from reading her book near the front window, she said.
“Now a man is giving her a hand with a shovel.
“I told you I can’t see anyone from here, they are out of my view”.
“Then get up and have a look”.
5 more minutes pass, and looking up again from her vantage point came…. “She’s trying to drive it out now but her wheels are just...
“I can’t see her from where I’m sitting” I replied, and 5 minutes pass.
“She’s digging it out now, or at least trying to”. 5 more minutes pass and glancing up again from reading her book near the front window, she said.
“Now a man is giving her a hand with a shovel.
“I told you I can’t see anyone from here, they are out of my view”.
“Then get up and have a look”.
5 more minutes pass, and looking up again from her vantage point came…. “She’s trying to drive it out now but her wheels are just...
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3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Dec 2011 9:53pm
30th Dec 2011 9:53pm
Devil Woman
You were wed when I first met you, but still you drew me in
Made it easy for me to love you and enter your life of sin
The Devil made you do it
You took all I had to give, including all my love
Sucked me up and spat me out, went back to your first love
The Devil made you do it
I realize having you forever was never on the cards
Not written on the wind, nor told by heavenly stars
The Devil made you do it
But I’m leaving now, it’s time for me to go
I’ve done something I’ll regret and be sorry ever more
You ripped out my heart and left...
Made it easy for me to love you and enter your life of sin
The Devil made you do it
You took all I had to give, including all my love
Sucked me up and spat me out, went back to your first love
The Devil made you do it
I realize having you forever was never on the cards
Not written on the wind, nor told by heavenly stars
The Devil made you do it
But I’m leaving now, it’s time for me to go
I’ve done something I’ll regret and be sorry ever more
You ripped out my heart and left...
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4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Dec 2011 6:43pm
29th Dec 2011 6:43pm
LOVE, (Fof my wife)
You don’t hear me say “I love you”
Not often on that I’ll agree
The verse that’s here you still can’t hear
But it’s written down for you to see
Love can be true, love can be blind
love can be cruel, love can be kind
Love can bring joy, Love can bring sorrows
Love can bring happiness to all our tomorrows
Love unconditional is as pure as can be
And your love is everything to me
I don’t often tell you as I mean to do
So this is a message from me to you
I love you, I love you with all of my heart
And as promised I’ll love you, till death us...
Not often on that I’ll agree
The verse that’s here you still can’t hear
But it’s written down for you to see
Love can be true, love can be blind
love can be cruel, love can be kind
Love can bring joy, Love can bring sorrows
Love can bring happiness to all our tomorrows
Love unconditional is as pure as can be
And your love is everything to me
I don’t often tell you as I mean to do
So this is a message from me to you
I love you, I love you with all of my heart
And as promised I’ll love you, till death us...
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2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Dec 2011 11:08pm
28th Dec 2011 11:08pm
DODGING BULLETS.
We are in the army now, with all our training done
Fighting for Queen and country until the battles won
We’re not fighting on our shores, but in a foreign land
To protect the ones we love, we have to make a stand
I don’t fear the task ahead and neither do the others
We’re here to do our job, a trusting Band of Brothers
For months we fight, dodging bullets in a land so far away
Watching our numbers dwindle as we lose friends each day
We sit and think of family, our children, and our wives
And death sits at our shoulder as...
Fighting for Queen and country until the battles won
We’re not fighting on our shores, but in a foreign land
To protect the ones we love, we have to make a stand
I don’t fear the task ahead and neither do the others
We’re here to do our job, a trusting Band of Brothers
For months we fight, dodging bullets in a land so far away
Watching our numbers dwindle as we lose friends each day
We sit and think of family, our children, and our wives
And death sits at our shoulder as...
739 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Dec 2011 8:02pm
27th Dec 2011 8:02pm
Stepping Into Dad's Shoes.
Tears fall to his cheeks from the woman that loved him
Ill such a short time and nobody could save him
The mother of his children aged three and seven
Now has to tell them their Dad’s gone to heaven
But she’d face that tomorrow, take time to draw breath
To get over the shock of her husbands death
Time with her family while they took away machines
Then a final goodbye behind all the screens
Leaving him behind as she walked to the car
Was the hardest thing she had done by far
The long journey home was so full of sorrow
How...
Ill such a short time and nobody could save him
The mother of his children aged three and seven
Now has to tell them their Dad’s gone to heaven
But she’d face that tomorrow, take time to draw breath
To get over the shock of her husbands death
Time with her family while they took away machines
Then a final goodbye behind all the screens
Leaving him behind as she walked to the car
Was the hardest thing she had done by far
The long journey home was so full of sorrow
How...
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SELF POEM
Published
27th Dec 2011 8:46am
27th Dec 2011 8:46am
The Badger
Oh I wish I was a badger, not for his “Mallen Streak”
“After the OP you’ll be important“, but I just feel a freak
So I wish I was a badger. If you’ve watched the TV show “QI”
You wouldn’t sit there wondering, you’d know the reason why
That I wished I was a badger, and I just found it hard to hear
That important was “impotent”, which to me is now quite clear
In bed at night next to my wife with a body just like Venus
I just wish I was a badger, with a bone inside my penis.
“After the OP you’ll be important“, but I just feel a freak
So I wish I was a badger. If you’ve watched the TV show “QI”
You wouldn’t sit there wondering, you’d know the reason why
That I wished I was a badger, and I just found it hard to hear
That important was “impotent”, which to me is now quite clear
In bed at night next to my wife with a body just like Venus
I just wish I was a badger, with a bone inside my penis.
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Dec 2011 8:39pm
25th Dec 2011 8:39pm
FIGHTING BATTLES
Will Cancer cause the death of me?
Growing inside where no one can see.
For it took away my brother younger than me,
growing inside him where no one could see.
It took away my dad and his brother as well,
growing inside them where no one could tell.
Their dad’s brother too was to die the same way.
Does it live in our family tree? Who can say.
I’ve beaten it once when it threatened my life.
When it couldn’t hide from the surgeons knife.
But the threat’s always there hanging over me,
growing inside me where no one can see.
Dormant....
Growing inside where no one can see.
For it took away my brother younger than me,
growing inside him where no one could see.
It took away my dad and his brother as well,
growing inside them where no one could tell.
Their dad’s brother too was to die the same way.
Does it live in our family tree? Who can say.
I’ve beaten it once when it threatened my life.
When it couldn’t hide from the surgeons knife.
But the threat’s always there hanging over me,
growing inside me where no one can see.
Dormant....
#strength
#family
#illness
#myself
#cancer
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ANGER POEM
Published
24th Dec 2011 11:33pm
24th Dec 2011 11:33pm
To The Four Winds
I was with you when you died ………Dad
When you took your last breath
Then you left me all alone………Dad
Gave up, accepting death
Now Mam and your eight children………Dad
Are gathered around your bed
You left us far too soon………Dad
We can’t believe your dead
Perhaps we’ll awake tomorrow………Dad
To find we dreamt it all
In truth we know we won’t………Dad
Now you’ve answered God’s call
We’ll all miss you forever………Dad
You went without a fuss
Now that you’re in heaven………Dad
Watch over all of us
Over twenty years now gone...
When you took your last breath
Then you left me all alone………Dad
Gave up, accepting death
Now Mam and your eight children………Dad
Are gathered around your bed
You left us far too soon………Dad
We can’t believe your dead
Perhaps we’ll awake tomorrow………Dad
To find we dreamt it all
In truth we know we won’t………Dad
Now you’ve answered God’s call
We’ll all miss you forever………Dad
You went without a fuss
Now that you’re in heaven………Dad
Watch over all of us
Over twenty years now gone...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Dec 2011 7:32am
24th Dec 2011 7:32am
Dawn
The fresh morning air is so quiet and still
as the sun is just breaking over the hill
To glisten on our window panes
through scars that’s left by passing planes
Are the fluffy clouds all glowing red
from the blood of heaven laying dead ?
For the sky looks like its been in battle
or trampled on by stampeding cattle
Were the scars made by a giant sword
of the human race cutting the cord
that hold together Heaven and Earth
our link with God since our birth?
Then all my fears just melt away
when the sun rises further on the day...
as the sun is just breaking over the hill
To glisten on our window panes
through scars that’s left by passing planes
Are the fluffy clouds all glowing red
from the blood of heaven laying dead ?
For the sky looks like its been in battle
or trampled on by stampeding cattle
Were the scars made by a giant sword
of the human race cutting the cord
that hold together Heaven and Earth
our link with God since our birth?
Then all my fears just melt away
when the sun rises further on the day...
688 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2011 4:01pm
23rd Dec 2011 4:01pm
Pessimistic Optimism
That time of the year is near again, January 1st
Looking forward to it? Excited fit to burst?
Will it be like other years? Of nights where we can’t sleep
And days so full of tears we just can’t help but weep
Losing friends and family to fill our lives with sorrow
Feel utter disappointment and not want to see tomorrow
Then we make promises knowing when we make them
Our determinations weak and we will just forsake them
We try to give up smoking, with help, not like the past
But even with the patches we know that it won’t last
It’s the...
Looking forward to it? Excited fit to burst?
Will it be like other years? Of nights where we can’t sleep
And days so full of tears we just can’t help but weep
Losing friends and family to fill our lives with sorrow
Feel utter disappointment and not want to see tomorrow
Then we make promises knowing when we make them
Our determinations weak and we will just forsake them
We try to give up smoking, with help, not like the past
But even with the patches we know that it won’t last
It’s the...
748 reads
2 Comments
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