by Benjamin Zephaniah (b1958) I was whitemailed By a white witch, Wid white magic And white lies, Branded by a white sheep I slaved as a whitesmith Near a white spot Where I suffered whitewater fever. Whitelisted as a white leg I waz in de white book As a master of white art, It wazContinue reading “White Comedy”
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Growing Old
by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for beauty to forego her wreath? Yes, but not for this alone. Is it to feel our strength – Not our bloom only, but our strength – decay? IsContinue reading “Growing Old”
Two Lorries
by Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) It’s raining on black coal and warm, wet ashes There are tyre-marks in the yard, Agnew’s old lorry Has all its cribs down and Agnew the coalman With his Belfast accent’s sweet-talking my mother. Would she go to a film in Magherafelt? But it’s raining and he still has half hisContinue reading “Two Lorries”
Hard Luck
by Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959) Ain’t no use as I can see In sittin’ underneath a tree An’ growling that your luck is bad, An’ that your life is extry sad; Your life ain’t sadder than your neighbor’s Nor any harder are your labors; It rains on him the same as you, An’ he hasContinue reading “Hard Luck”
In Memory Of A Happy Day in February
by Anne Brontë (1820-1849) Blessed be Thou for all the joy My soul has felt today! O let its memory stay with me And never pass away! I was alone, for those I loved Were far away from me, The sun shone on the withered grass, The wind blew fresh and free. Was it theContinue reading “In Memory Of A Happy Day in February”
War Is Never Over
by Cecil L Harrison (1923-2000) War is never over Though the treaties may be signed The memories of the battles Are forever in our minds War is never over So when you welcome heroes home Remember in their minds they hold Memories known to them alone War is never over Nam veterans know this wellContinue reading “War Is Never Over”
Life
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) As late I journey’d o’er the extensive plain Where native Otter sports his scanty stream, Musing in torpid woe a Sister’s pain, The glorious prospect woke me from the dream. At every step it widen’d to my sight – Wood, Meadow, verdant Hill, and weary Steep, Following in quick successionContinue reading “Life”
Freedom
by Christal Carpenter All I want is freedom Is that too much to ask All I want is freedom To forget everything in my past All I want is freedom To take away all the tears and pain All I want is freedom To never feel that way again All I want is freedom ToContinue reading “Freedom”
Remember
by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) 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 plann’d:Continue reading “Remember”
Air And Angels
by John Donne (1572-1631) Twice or thrice had I lov’d thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us oft, and worshipp’d be; Still when, to where thou wert, I came, Some lovely glorious nothing I did see, But since my soul, whose childContinue reading “Air And Angels”
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