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          Booking a Holiday on-line?
          What does it feel like to be a by-passed road?
          How do you beat the blues?
          Is it worth winning the Lotto?
          The sweet sound of the goldfinch
          What should we eat? 

These are just some of the topics covered in this book.

Contents:

Internet Holidays,    Walking,    The Village Shopkeeper,    A Sonnet of a Demoted National Road,    Beating  the Blues,    The Rambling House,    The Harp,    The Teeth,    The Now       Takeaway,     The Lotto Ticket,    The Good and the Bad,    Healthy Food,    Let My Candle Shine,    The Shopping Mall,    Jenny,    A Sonnet for Every Wish,    A Million Years,    Tina,    The Mess,    The Goldfinch,    Get Out or Go Under,    Poles Apart,    The Curate.

 (Poems first published 2009)

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SAMPLE  VERSES  

 

INTERNET HOLIDAYS

It’s time to unravel
This new way to travel
And do all the bookings on-line,
With hotels and planes
And shuttles and trains
With everything working out fine;
They say that the prices are lower
But unless you’re a bit of a geek,
The low ones all seem to be hidden,
And I don’t seem to have the technique. ……(continued)

 

WALKING

Some people just walk for the good of their health,
They say that it’s splendid and better than wealth,  
It’s good for the body and all types of ills,
It’s better than medicine, better than pills. …..(continued) 

 

THE GOLDFINCH

As I strode out on winding paths
To meet the springtime breeze,
Bright shafts of sunlight shone out through,
The ash and elder trees. ..............................(continued)

 

THE TEETH

The moussaka and rice
Was tasting so nice
‘Til a small grain went under my teeth,
Then the tongue has adventures
Exploring the dentures
But couldn’t probe right undereath;
This called for a trip to the bathroom,
I’m sure that you’ll all understand,
That whilst I was washing my dentures
They suddenly slipped from my hand. …….......(continued)

 

 

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