This high, half-hidden, churchyard
Where coldness and rain find a home
And the nightfall is welcomed at twilight's... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The desert wind fares wild and true
O'er a petaled face
Then scurries round with much ado
And roils from place to place.
Here where sunshine bakes the sand
And dries the dusty air
Here where legends roam the land ,
Where mortals would not... – by Alan S Jeeves | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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My love walked in the garden air
Around the turn of light.
The early morning lingered there
A while, as well it might.
She stole her way across the lawn,
Her dew-steps in her wake;
Silently she faced the dawn
And watched it start to... – by Alan S Jeeves | 3 Views added 3 years ago
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I saw a ghost out on the land
By the light of day.
Holding out a guiding hand
With just one hour to stay.
I had no fear to walk with him
The quiet waters by;
As calmly traipsing, on a whim,
We talking, he and... – by Alan S Jeeves | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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A gentle hand upon my skin
To balm my sleeping soul within
A fragile brushing 'gainst my face
Adorns my soul with air and grace.
The kindest, mildest, tender touch
Subdues my soul to mind too much
The quaver of my joyful heart
As all my... – by Alan S Jeeves | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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I recall a day, a sky-blue day,
Still in my head, yet far away.
When first you led my mind astray
And left me vanquished, come what may,
The day I saw you cool, serene;
When you were simply sweet... – by Alan S Jeeves | 3 Views added 3 years ago
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He, lying cold, this lonely night
Far from his home - some distant land,
The soldier lad who came to fight.
And marching tall, a-left, a-right,
A Queen's cadet at her command,
He, lying cold, this lonely... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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As the day rides o'er the hillside,
A violet-primrose, subtle plash;
Galloping, gleaming, glowing day-tide
In gilded sunlit charging dash.
Wherein the light soaked early morn
Sun streaks blissly dance at will;
A single cloud, detached, forlorn,... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Amongst the quiet of our moorland peace,
In the misty still softness, therein found;
There is, over eeriness, heard a sound,
A feint cantata of sonant release.
No lamb of god draped in her woollen fleece,
No canine whimper of a monster... – by Alan S Jeeves | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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A golden leaf falls to the ground,
As she, the tree, now sheds a tear;
It tumbles down with ne'er a sound.
A lifeless frond, now crisp and browned,
No longer green this time of year;
A golden leaf falls to the... – by Alan S Jeeves | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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The closure of the day draws near;
The sultry suns slips into hiding.
And lost, the gleeful glow now
Which only seems to show now
The bright of daylight is subsiding.
The evening of the day draws near;
Nightfall shades the primrose way.
And... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The bravest of the brave
Will rise to meet the foe
And fear not who they well may be
As marching on they go.
They stand before the fierce
And find the faith to put
Their trust in God, yet still they take
A bullet in the... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The bee may kiss the petaled face
Of any bloom bathed in the sun
As every rose smiles in her place.
Nectar gathered, left not a trace,
So, every honey drop is won;
The bee may kiss the petaled... – by Alan S Jeeves | 3 Views added 3 years ago
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Just as the year is ending
(As winter snows the leaves)
The autumn glow pretending ~
The winter chill deceives.
As squirrels start defending
Their caches underground,
December's shiver pending,
And swallows southward... – by Alan S Jeeves | 3 Views added 3 years ago
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Here is where you find me
As the coastal gales blow;
Gazing o'er the fierce sea.
And where I long to be,
This salted fuming show,
Here is where you find me.
Upon a cliff top free,
Above the ebbing flow,
Gazing o'er the fierce... – by Alan S Jeeves | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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I look up to skyward
In the blue of the night
There, silvery spangles I see;
Hovered and distant
Glowing and bright,
Performing a show just for... – by Alan S Jeeves | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Blood red blooms with foliage green,
Dancing, bowing in the air.
Paint an image so serene
The sweetest scarlet lady fair.
Meadows, fields of floral show
To the landscape, briefly lent;
Come to me where here I grow ~
Lie with me amongst my... – by Alan S Jeeves | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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When I was but a baby
My parents told a tale;
I listened, and just maybe,
There was a holy grail.
They said as I was sleeping
Upon a Christmas eve,
A gentleman came creeping
To children who... – by Alan S Jeeves | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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I wept all day, my love is gone,
She went away and tarried none;
It teared my eyes as daylight broke
With no goodbyes, she never... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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No longer the leaves show their full summer green,
As this cool autumn day
Takes their own youth away
As it once did with me a long time ago...
As forty short years have now seen
(But are the leaves still... – by Alan S Jeeves | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Bert the blacksmith tends his coals
In hobnail boots with leather soles;
Oxhide apron draped around
This portly figure, forearms... – by Alan S Jeeves | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Whereas the evening filters through
To bring the darkness seeping down.
The daylight's leave now overdue
High above a slumbering... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Well I recall, when I was young,
(Much younger than I am today).
My life, thus far, remained unsung...
When all I did was sleep and play.
I saw a horse, afore me stood,
Coat of chestnut, mane of black;
Most dazzling sight of my childhood
With... – by Alan S Jeeves | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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This poem is dedicated to
75580 Pte. Frank Stanley Jeeves (1894-1961)
Tank Corps (Machine Gun Corps)
who survived the 1914-18 conflict, and also to his
51/2 million comrades who, alas, did not.
... – by Alan S Jeeves | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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When the morning first is born
With darkness on the run.
Warmth and light then greet the morn'
And make the way for... – by Alan S Jeeves | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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As a boy I applauded her magnificent figure;
As a boy I watched her fly, in the sky, so high.
As a boy I admired her almighty vigour;
As a boy I watched her deftly swoop and swirl.
As a boy my intransigent senses she was able to... – by Alan S Jeeves | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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As I was out, about, one day
I met the strangest man;
We talked of things, of wax and kings
As he, his tale, began.
He said he was a carpenter
But looked so fine and grand,
Sporting walrus whiskers
And walking cane to... – by Alan S Jeeves | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Waves pound wild 'gainst coastal rocks,
The night is black as coal;
Covert, away from mooring docks
Ten smugglers give their... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Your budgie loves you dearly,
He loves his gilt abode;
He really loves you, clearly,
Abounding love is owed.
You perch-ased him a lovely swing,
He loves to flit to roost,
He loves to swing and do his thing ~
His boredom is... – by Alan S Jeeves | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Take a drink o' grog boys
Your home is far away;
Midst the gales and stormy noise
Close your eyes and pray.
Pray God not desert your soul
And leave you here forlorn;
His time has come to test you all
You're 'bout to round The... – by Alan S Jeeves | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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