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An ode to Gainsborough's Pooper Troopers

Monday, March 01, 2010

To some of the dog lovers who care for man's best friend,

An appeal in rhyming fashion, the objective for to end,

Your disregard for others when your pet fouls paths or road,

Those countless victims of your foul play taken back to their abode.

We...

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In the Sky at Night

Thursday, February 11, 2010

ON January 11, 1944, in the officers' mess at RAF Bardney in Lincolnshire, there was a plaque above the IX squadron crest which read: Target for...

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Don't Give Up

Friday, November 20, 2009

Stand up, and fight For what you know is right Don't let anyone fall We are members of the human race after all Stop the wars, stop the tears Stop...

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The Lincoln Potato

Monday, October 05, 2009

Potato picking here we go, Pull them out row by row, The sun is hot and the ground dry, My back aches and I could cry. Above, a hawk hovers and...

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Goodbye Common Golf

Thursday, September 24, 2009

No more the three-hole golf course Sliced from the main by a roaring road Where the smooth green altars are ring-fenced Stopping ponies from putting...

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My Hospital Bed

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Beatles sang Eleanor Rigby, But my bed was in ward Digby. The nurses in there are all ladies. Each one deserves a bouquet of dahlias. You are...

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Lincoln Cathedral

Thursday, September 24, 2009

A place of two halves up and down, As high on a hill above Lincoln town, Standing a building with soaring towers but no spire, The Cathedral, the...

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The Troubles

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

In a goldfish bowl Just needing to escape Kicking the glass Our souls being raped Fed from above Pressure from all sides But a long long memory That...

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My Place

Monday, March 30, 2009

I know my placeI won't question the rulesI can't blame my toolsI can suffer foolsI admire better schoolsI know my place. I know my placeI doff my cap...

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Coming Out

Friday, March 27, 2009

Life would be easy if I came out as gayMy old friend Bill would like it that wayI would build a love nest with a garden and gateAnd watch football on...

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