72 Miles From The Sea

  When the summer evening falls The melodic nightingale calls This is also the lover’s time And the perpetrators of crime Then at th...

The most perfect drink To quench a thirst, for me On a hot summers day Is a perfect cup of tea

  Driving down country lanes Top down, wind in my hair The sun gracing the sky The wind set fair The smell of hay, Freshly mowed ...

  Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Followed by an average winter Then he had an indifferent spring Leading to the most glorious summer

  It was September 1997; and I was up in London for a meeting with a client in Young Street and I had misjudged the journey time and found m...

  When I was growing up in the sixties we lived in North London and one of the things I really loved to do was to go swimming. We were qui...

FOOTSTEPS IN THE FROST A beautiful winter’s morning When mist conceals the sunrise, And nestles between The frosty shadows of the trees...

IN THE FROST FILLED MEADOW In the frost filled meadow I watch the dawn’s first rays Beginning to melt the frost In the majesty of winte...

THE FIERCE SPRING GALES The fierce spring gales Howl all through the night Whipping up the seas And turning wave tops white The poor s...

THE FIERCE WINTER GALES The fierce winter gales Howl all through the night Whipping up the seas And turning wave tops white The poor s...

THE FIERCE SUMMER GALES The fierce summer gales Howl all through the night Whipping up the seas And turning wave tops white The poor s...

THE SUFFOLK PUNCH The Suffolk Punch Heavy draught horse Beautiful Chestnut beast Solid and dependable With energetic gait Known as “g...

BEE’S ATTENDED TO THE ROSES Bee’s attended to the Roses As Butterflies fluttered by The great artist mixed his blue And with it painted...

NORTH WESTERN MISSION BELLS The Mission bells Blooming herb Of the north western states With green-and-purple Bell-shaped flowers SO...

BLUEBELLS IN THE WOOD Bluebells in the wood Sway in the dappled shade To the tune of Spring THISTLEDOWN, IN IDLE FLIGHT Thistledown,...

UNDER A SLATE GREY SKY Under a slate grey sky Or against a back drop of blue Crossing bridges Over river and stream Thru woods and fie...

BENEATH THE FOREST CANOPY Beneath the forest canopy In the Emerald darkness Of the ancient wood It was refreshingly cool But shadow so...

HUMMINGBIRD FLY Hummingbird fly On vibrant wings Sip, iridescent beauty From trumpet blooms The nectar sweet With long slender bill ...

WEST OF KINTYRE # 1 On the Mull of Kintyre I stood atop the steep cliffs Looking out across the sea To the distant misty shores Of Ant...

WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE EAST When the wind is in the east, Is the time I like the least When the wind is in the east, Then winter has b...