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Courage,
Struggle and
Inspiration
None but the Brave Deserve
the Fair ... John Dryden
It is impossible to love
and to be wise
.... Francis Bacon
Poetry allows us to express our deeper feelings
without appearing trite ...... Keith Scott
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WHAT I WOULD DARE FOR THEE
When dragons roared and men did hide
And women drew their kin inside,
Then did he alone stand tall,
Fearing neither fight nor fall.
For his love, took up his sword
And on his charger rode abroad
To face the foe and claim his bride.
Mile past mile he still must ride.
Death and danger would not part
His resolve to win her heart.
His very soul he’d risk to gain
The one he loved and bear the pain.
“For love and honour”, he shouted loud,
Hoping thus to part the cloud
That kept him from her loving arms
And sweet repose within her charms.
When at last there came the day,
Right gladly at her feet he lay
His sword and every single part
Of bloodied armour … and his heart.
And in her tremulous, tearing smile
Knew it worth every aching mile.
For the two must ne’er again be ‘part
But joined as one ... heart unto heart.
A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE
I remember the hot Summer’s day
And breezes filled with smells of hay,
Skipping through my life with glee,
Never thinking of the time to be
And now I look back to my past
And know what was just couldn’t last.
Why were those days so happy then
With work and worry beyond my ken?
It seems to me that in between
This harried woman that I’ve been
And the girl that’s from my past
Is ‘Duty’ and a lost enthusiast.
Maybe now that I have done
And my children all are gone,
I might again leave cares behind
And, once more, joy and beauty find.
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