Category Archives: Self compositions

When we first saw the old ruin

it just seemed ideal

but on the night we moved in

it started to feel

that we may have done the wrong thing

for in the dark of the night

our fears turned out to be right

we were dead by daylight

Minnie had a secret which she swore she’d never tell

but when she met Ena she thought oh what the hell

but Ena said to Minnie that she already knew

and that she was on her way over to tell you

On this day

Born in 1904, Graham Greene, novelist, playwright and journalist, whose novels include ,”Our Man in Havana and Brighton Rock,” the latter being made into a highly successful film.

Faith in the good Lord

becomes a lamp for your path

the light and the way

There was once a dog I know

whose stomach always seemed to glow

asking his owner why he should radiate

answering me he said he ate

his watch and he’s waiting for him to go

Sitting thinking of these three chairs

I know you may be unaware

of the village where they are preserved

in memory of the cause they served

when townsfolk in religious zeal

who on Sundays before the altar kneel

then look for those who still relied

on portents by nature prophesied

the expected harvest, weather warm or cool

would be subject to, “The ducking stool.”

There was once a man who said

there’s quite a maelstrom in my head

I’m trying to do all the best things

I sort my bottles and my tins

into their separate bins I throw

but I’m not convinced that they go

to the proper place when they’re sorted

back to the factories where they started

We walked along the beach one day

when my companion said look there

like ivory upon the shingle lay

a sun bleached star, but such a star

as one would see when day is done

and nightfall cloaks the earth once more

to await again the rising sun,

but this star sits upon the shore

and there on the harsh sand lingers

till reclaimed by the tide’s long fingers

Unusually for this author we are looking back to the birthday on

21-9-1866 of H.G. Wells, pioneer of Science Fiction with his first novel, “The Time Machine,” later followed by, “The War of the Worlds,”