Gosh! Oh gee! I’m an O.A.P. Oh what am I going to do, I have worked all my life, Through trouble and strife, And feel just a little bit blue I just cannot retire, I still have lots of fire, And plenty of vigour and vim, I can dance, and can sing, Do most everything [...]

I. From the dire monument of thy black roome, Wher now that vestal flame thou dost intombe, As in the inmost cell of all earths wombe. II. Sacred Lucasta, like the pow’rfull ray Of heavenly truth, passe this Cimmerian way, Whilst all the standards of your beames display. III. Arise and climbe our whitest, highest [...]

At last, it’s here Long awaited, anticipated Dreamed about and planned for And so meets two opposing emotions Elation in the joy of the moment And trepidation in the idea Of, suddenly, being Unemployed This poem was written/submitted by C R Clark.

EXULTING BEAUTY,­phantom of an hour, Whose magic spells enchain the heart, Ah ! what avails thy fascinating pow’r, Thy thrilling smile, thy witching art ? Thy lip, where balmy nectar glows; Thy cheek, where round the damask rose A thousand nameless Graces move, Thy mildly speaking azure eyes, Thy golden hair, where cunning Love In [...]

You ride six waves which are OK, the seventh is just great, you mess it up and go away, that’s life, accept your fate. But later there will come a chance, one time in forty nine, when waves are great and you enhance their greatness and define the moment as the greatest one you’ve ever [...]

Rat holes by the kitchen door And roaches crawling around the floor Home for cockroach, rat and mouse Old Dan Nash’s little house. Two hooded thieves the windows broke And smashed the table made of oak Pulled up the floor boards, broke the chairs And ransacked the cupboards and smashed the wares. But what they [...]

Mute was the marble. Mutely glimmered the glass. Mute stood the sentries, bronzed by the breeze. Thin wisps of smoke curled over the coffin. And breath seeped through the chinks as they bore him out the mausoleum doors. Slowly the coffin floated, grazing the fized bayonets. He also was mute- his embalmed fists, just pretending [...]

Quite near retirement age she is sixty three She has her plans made to grow old by the sea She looks at the real estate ads every day A one bedroom apartment would suit her okay. She dyes her hair brown for to cover her gray Her daughter has Primary School going children today For [...]

There was a time you held my hand as a child too young to understand. You repaired broken toys and shined everyone’s shoes. Regaled WWII stories at least a thousand times or two. It was you who introduced me to the University of Notre Dame, and ultimately, I realized nothing would ever be the same. [...]

Today I lost my job, but what did I really lose? I can get another one, and I can pick and choose A job is only work you do to earn a buck or two Get up early, punch the clock and work the whole day through Someone else will get the glory and the [...]