Poems

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Song Lyrics

1940’s Lyrics: I saw you with her last night

Many of these songs are very wistful; many about love affairs gone wrong. This is one of them. Jools has set this to music, beautifully;...

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Song Lyrics

1940’s Lyrics: It would be lovely

At one point Jools and I had the idea of writing songs for a library which specialised in supplying songs for advertising and films that...

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calendar_today January 15, 2016 schedule 1 min read

Song Lyrics

Atom

We are beginning our journey into space for the next Children's song cycle for the Abbey in May with the Atom. Eventually, I worked out...

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The World

Shakespeare Under Ground

My lovely son Paul, whose mission is to enrich the culture of TFL, has asked me to try my hand at writing a poem conflating...

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Poems about Childhood

World War 3: Earth 2016

When my grandchildren have a dispute over something - they both want the same pen; Inigo wants to sit on Tilly's head and she would...

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Poems about Childhood

Earthed

Jools and I are starting to write a song cycle on Space for the children's choir at the Abbey. I wrote this while I was...

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The World

Rise and Fall!

Tendring District Council in Essex has been criticised over proposed changes to its Careline service that will see pensioners charged around £26 to be picked...

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The World

Jackie

I'm spending too much time on trains these days....   Hallo, there! I'm Jackie Jackie. Won't you come and join me in my buffet car?...

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calendar_today November 8, 2015 schedule 1 min read

The World

Remembrance Sunday

Love yearning to curve its comfort round the world, warming the living and the dead, trapped in a narrow cage of bones tight with sorrow,...

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calendar_today October 17, 2015 schedule 3 min read

Life and Work

Climbing the Stairs

When we first arrived back in England from South Africa, we had two small children and a plan. My husband was going to stop work...

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