A House

What stories a house could tell
Of people big and small
Of times when it was an empty shell
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Love Songs

Love songs on the radio
Are they for us
Do we sing the words we know
When on the train or the bus


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I Saw you Smile

I saw you smile
And sunbeams danced
It’s been a while
Since you entranced


Living can have a cruel master
At times each day
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Broken and Dying

The Nissan huts stand
Broken and dying
In long forgotten woodland
Where all you hear are trees sighing


Yet those huts stood tall
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A Stitch In Time

A stitch in time
Always works wonders
It can make a pattern rhyme
And it may even cover up blunders


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Once In a While

It’s only once in a while
We can spare our time
But it always, always makes me smile
And every moment is sublime


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An Old Photograph

I found an old photograph
In a battered briefcase
It made me cry; it made me laugh
As I recognised the face


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Wisdom

Wisdom comes from memories
Yet so many in us all
You can forget the best stories
So, stop and hear the call


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A Stately Ghost

The ghost stood behind the curtains
Listening to happiness ringing out
And recalling his life he is hurting
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