A little boy chopped down a piece of unique history A beautiful sycamore tree Another piece of history chipped away It cannot be replaced

The human touch pulls my heart free From the very first heartbeat To the very last People from my present, future and past

Time passes fast As we turn the clock back Old ideas have made their way back They should be put back

Transmission tower or an electric pylon Electricity has moved swiftly on You have been forgotten Left to decay and wither slowly away

As I ponder life as a bird Life is absurd I look deeply at myself I find my inner self

I know I’ll be famous when I die My words will live gracefully on Long after I am gone My reflective contemporary poems

As the candle burns bright Friends and family shine Feeling their warmth and welcoming arms In the fun and difficult times Memories are

The gramophone plays As flappers dance the night away The big jukebox of their day As the music paints on the poetic walls

A moonlight sea Brings treasures on the surreal beach Within my reach Perfect shells complement the pearls of the sea

Our wedding day is now in the past Many happy wedded years we have had

The mirror of my soul As I follow my own shadow home

Many years, I have travelled Many air miles I have flown Over bridges Over oceans and seas

As we paint the world red Before bed we paint it black As we live in shades of grey and green As we close our eyes to the unforeseen

I feel like I’m back in a 1970’s film I don’t want to lose my flow Zooming in my own spaceship Sitting next to C3PO and Hans Solo

In the midnight hour I receive my secret power A poem whizzing in my head I must write it down before bed I can’t get it out of my head

Teddy on his travels around the world He such has a long way to go Down the rocky path Across the stream Following the road to his dream

Keep calm and hug your bear Every day your dependable bear will be there Through thick and thin Laughter and tears

Writers block As the corridor of my mind Springs open wide In the vast wilderness I try to find the words Every lost verse

As Teddy reads his history book A book about Teddy Bears From the very beginning To the present

If only I knew what words to say Fiddlesticks the ink and the paper just ran away