My Poetry – Page 30 – George Ruddock

A New Head of State

The armed forces will march
Bands will play
Ermine and mink will be worn
As it’s a coronation on Saturday

Pomp and ceremony for all … Read the rest

Life has highs, life has lows
But there is an in-between
Where living and learning grows
Where, for a moment, you can be a king … Read the rest

See, understand, translate
Analyse and recommend
Give us a solution on a plate
But is A1 our friend?

AI thinks what we can’t
It is … Read the rest

The rain caught us in the park
Just an ordinary spring day
So, we ran under the trees
And waited for the rain to go … Read the rest

The morning is dull
Rain has fallen
Birds in the trees
Hold back their song

Today is a holiday
But nothing is stirring
Will clouds … Read the rest

That old dirt road
Never leaves my mind
That old dirt road
Where love was blind

That old dirt road
Where we played for hours… Read the rest

My life is full
I go where I want, and I am never blue
But if I close my eyes
I see you

So many mountains stand
In the way
But don’t linger in the sand
Today might be the day

Find the words that lie
Unsaid in … Read the rest

The voice in our head
Says no never no
But are we being misled
Doesn’t our heart know

Heart over head must always win
As … Read the rest

I wrote you a song
When you said goodbye
But I can’t sing it
As I would start to cry

I wrote you a song… Read the rest