Time Time is the clock up on the wall Time is short and time is tall Time is the future Time is the past Time is slow and time is fast Time is the sun upon the dial Time is a short time and time is a while
Category: Other writing and poems
A Good Friend
I think I was about 14 when I wrote this. I must to my embarrassment admit that I had fallen in love with a guy friend of my French penfriend’s older sister. From what I remember though, Stéphane was rather good looking! ’Tis hard to find a friend as good as you A friend to… Continue reading A Good Friend
A Selection of My Earliest Poems (at Age 7)
From an early age, I felt the need to rhyme things – I think poetry is in my blood as my great-uncle Harry also enjoyed writing poems and many of my family have or had a way with words. My mother worked as a secretary and I remember asking her to type out these poems… Continue reading A Selection of My Earliest Poems (at Age 7)
Flowers
This one was published in the Sheffield Journal, a local newspaper, as the winner of the “Poet’s Corner” on 27 August 1992. I vaguely remember winning either a fiver or a tenner – I was quite happy at the time. I was 14. Red is the poppy Which dances all day In fields of corn… Continue reading Flowers
Joys of the Sun
I wrote this on Sunday 22 May 1988, at the age of 10. Because we were going to Sunday School at the time, some of this is a bit religious although these days I am more of an Agnostic. Oh golden ball shining from above You are a ball that people love You are big… Continue reading Joys of the Sun