When asked about June twenty eighteen
I will always remember the scene
What I did was not being brave
Rescuing the boys who were trapped in that cave
The, “Wild Boars,” junior football team
Category Archives: Factual
Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #244 #All in a day’s work
Filed under Factual, Self compositions
Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #238 #Maybe superstition
I don’t think I’ve heard anything sillier
than the names of the so-called witches familiar
such names as Bodkin, Turncoat and Scat
now who on earth would believe that
but as we read about it the case unravels
that were brought by the man who on his travels
whose self-made credentials were quite ephemeral
Mathew Hopkins, known as The Witchfinder General
but those days are gone and I suppose
we should pray for those found guilty, now in repose
Filed under Alternative history, Factual, History, Self compositions
The Story of the Royal British Legion
Founded in 1921, the Royal British Legion has been supporting the Armed Forces ever since.
Filed under Factual, Re-blogged, Stirring the memories
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #156 “A dog’s life”
I love to go out for a walk
with my master in the park
and if no other dogs we see
he often lets me off the lead
I run around and sometimes if
I find something I have a good sniff
but best of all there’s a lot of trees
and on every one I can have a pee
Filed under Factual, Humorous, Self compositions
Ronovan writes #Decima prompt challenge #81
I once knew a sailor called Jack
loved it when the ship’s sails unfurled
and off he’d sail around the world
never knowing when he would be back
trusting the Captain to plot the track
constantly hoping for a breeze
to carry them across the seas
seeing foreign harbour lights
with all their promise of delights
to cater for the sailors needs.
Filed under Factual, Inspired emotion, Self compositions
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #154
Bowing my head I raise my eyes
in homage to the unknown men
and women who with just a pen
possessed the vision to design
these buildings reaching to the skies
where men may worship God on high
then secretly they gave their plans
to other experts in their field
for whom the blocks of stone did yield
when summoned from throughout the land
hammer and chisel in their hands.
Filed under Christian, Factual, History, Self compositions
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #152
It was time to spend more time at sea
with a tear she vowed to wait for me
but only after the second letter
she told me she’d found someone better
I suppose really I should have known
the love of my life had a heart of stone
Filed under Factual, On the lines of romance, Self compositions
Ronovan writes #Decima prompt #77 Night sky wonders
I looked up to the skies last night
and marvelled at the starry scene
but knowing much was left unseen
for if the moon is shining bright
small things are hidden from our sight
when in the moon’s reflected glow
they do seem reluctant to show
being so naturally shy
they easily avoid our eye
standing in wonder far below
Filed under Factual, Otherworldly, Self compositions
Ronovan writes Haiku poetry #374
In the dark, cold night
we witness the Northern lights
with eyes of a child
Filed under Factual, Haiku, nature inspired, Otherworldly, Self compositions
Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #221 “Olympic successes.”
Like many people in Britain I fear
who’ve all been waiting over a year
to see people on the other side of the world
who ran and jumped and bounced and twirled
but quite a few of us in the main
have watched the rowers as they strain
but have any of us ever thought
if they get sore sitting on those thwarts
Filed under Comic verse, Factual, Self compositions
When the pen takes control. 