Category Archives: funeral

Last Train Journey for Dverse Poetry

Posted on September 18, 2011 by SallyJ

I just couldn’t resist this in answer to Claudia’s prompt on Dverse…   The pauper and the Spanish gentleman, a seamstress, apprentice, clerk and engineer; the builder, inn-keeper, much loved wife; a flower girl, a thief, doctor and solicitor slumber side … Continue reading →

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Dverse poetry pub – critiquing

Posted on September 2, 2011 by SallyJ

I am so sorry not to have your sessions to look forward to Luke. I have enjoyed them immensely. Here is a poem that needs work.Please pull it apart so I can put it back together and make it stronger … Continue reading →

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Wootton Bassett under a louring sky

Posted on August 20, 2011 by SallyJ

‘By honouring one, I honour them all’ This was my feeling as I approached Wootton Bassett to pay my respects to Lt Daniel Clack, the latest tragic death of a young, so very young soldier on patrol in Afghanistan. The … Continue reading →

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Still Doing his Bit

Posted on July 18, 2011 by SallyJ

Still Doing his Bit Every card and plastic flower rain-soaked soft toy, he collects with aching fingers broken heart ; this old soldier marching now on battery power fills the shopping basket on his red, mobility scooter and lurches, wide … Continue reading →

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Inspiration – at last

Posted on April 18, 2011 by SallyJ

This is my first post for two days, but I did manage three poems, ‘Love Eternal’,  ‘Isabella and Irena Wianiawski – eternally waiting in Surrey’ and ‘The Wall’. The latter was in response to a great photo prompt on One … Continue reading →

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The Necropolis

Posted on April 14, 2011 by SallyJ

Where does Dennis Wheatley rub shoulders with the writer and illustrator of the Rupert Bear cartoon, or with John Singer Sargeant? Where do hanged women murderers – or suspected murderers – lie side by side with Ladies of the Realm; … Continue reading →

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I wish we could have sung for her…

Posted on March 4, 2011 by SallyJ

It was a fitting day for it, sun shining bright and hard in a flinty sky. The bitter wind chilled hands so they could be warmed by ‘why do we only meet at funeral’ handshakes.   Gentle words spoken, memories … Continue reading →

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