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Best Poems From
JOYCE HEMSLEY
(22.9.28)
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Winston Churchill - The Poet
'We shall fight on the beaches
We shall fight on the landing grounds
We shall fight in the fields
And in the streets.
We shall fight in the hills
But we shall never surrender.'
Churchill's speeches were so well defined
Possessing a slight touch of rhythm and rhyme.
The most apt description clould be free verse,
A style of their own ~ iniquely diverse.
How could a wartime speech be poetical
When made up of words so widely political?
But Winston loved poetry, a great writer was he;
Nobel Prize for literature, nineteen fifty three.
At Harrow School, when only fifteen, he wrote
'The Influenza' ~ published and masterly.
And one day as his daughter's dog lay whining
He wrote a few lines, to stop her from crying...
'Poor Puggy Wug'
Oh what is the matter
with poor Puggy Wug?
Pet him and kiss him
and give him a hug;
run and fetch him a
suitable drug.
Wrap him up tenderly
all in a rug ~ that is the
way to cure Puggy Wug.
AH! But what a great Orator
And War Leader
Winston Churchill became.
Joyce Hemsley
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A Bitter Pill
Terrorism can be so frightening
A Black September of our times
And 'Bali' was one of the names
added to the list of crimes.
Terrorism is often so 'sudden'
No warning sirens are heard.
1939 had sirens and shelters
But terrorism is shockingly absurd.
This bombing outrage has a history
Of factions who kidnap and kill
And raids easily gain momentum
And the resulting horror is a Bitter Pill.
Joyce Hemsley
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A Bright Glow
Michael Faraday,
great scientist,
chemist, philosopher,
studied all aspects
of electricity and
invented the motor
the dynamo and
the battery, being
famed for his unit
.....the farad.....
His magnetization
of light gave a bright
glow to a dark
English night.
Joyce Hemsley
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A New Life Will Begin
Sitting alone reminiscing, and dreaming
sweet dreams ~ must stop!
For jobs must be done immediately:
Where is the duster? Where is the mop?
Important letters need answering,
as pretty babe lies in her cot...
Make way for fresh napkins and bottles
and sort out just what is what.
Open a window, let God's sunshine in
Open your heart; a new day will begin.
Joyce Hemsley
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