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taffy posted a new Poem titled The Cup and Saucer Tree. Prologue. 22 years ago
Insects humming to green sun-speckled leaves, Rays of bright sunshine dancing with flitting shadows, All tuned to the touch of the summer br...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled untitled_05:05:2001:07:11:07 22 years ago

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taffy posted a new Poem titled Gobowen 1927. 22 years ago
Snow flakes fell on the foot of the bed, The children lay staill,wide eyed,black rimmed, Coughing,crying,young faces contorted in fright. Th...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled First Kiss by the River. 22 years ago
The river in shallows murmured and chattered, In deep pools,sighing,swishing and swirling. The sun blazing down on great patches of gold. Th...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled The Cup and Saucer Tree . Epilogue. 22 years ago
Dark clouds scurrying across the sad sky, Rushing together,to be darker still. Bonded in blackness,to start a big storm. A message od doom!...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled The Brothers. 22 years ago
In the middle of a'brew',reinforcements arrive. Just twelve young men,we expected more, For casualties had bee many that day. They drank the...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled A GENTLE MAN. 22 years ago
He is a country man,a quiet,simple man: and more-he has seen the Red Kites at play, High in the sky,whirling,diving in aerobatic flight. And...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled DUNKIRK DISASTER. 22 years ago
Beat the drums louder,pipe the pipes faster, That is the way to drown out disaster. The soldiers all huddles on sand dunes. They had been f...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled Lovers Dreams 22 years ago
To roller blade on moon beams, Freefall on a summer breeze, To land in a field of apple blossom, And dance to meet the dawn. To stand naked...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled Silly Me. 22 years ago
The fly on the window Buzzed,bumped and crawled. Is it on the outside, Trying to get in? Is it on the inside Trying to get out? I picked up...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled Pit Ponies and Fireflies. 22 years ago
I crept out of bed quietly,when the house was asleep. Then out of the back door,and up into my tree. This was the way to watch the fireflie...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled The Threshers Lament. 22 years ago
Up the blutty ladder, start work on the thresher. My guts are all on fire. Down the blutty ladder. Crouch behind the shed. Up the blutty la...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled So Many Dawns. 22 years ago
Childhood dawns frosted and sparkled, To be gazed at in wonder, Through windows closed,and spider web patterned. When the cold could be endu...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled Growing Older. 22 years ago
How does one grow old "gracefully"?, We are told that we should! Buit why,and how should we? We no longer tell our families how to behave, T...
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taffy posted a new Poem titled All Life Sacred. 22 years ago
Laying in bed thinking, finally sleeping. Dreaming of Refugees hands outstretched, weeping. In lines of homeless, dispossessed humans. Broke...
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