A love in verse

St David’s Day

2009-03-01
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My daffodil, my leek, my love

My asphodel, she-dragon, you

Are green of all below, above

Including Eistedfoddau too


When, coming up inside the lift

Leaving the coalface for the day

I set my cares and woe adrift

And after showering I’m on my way


To see my Rose, my dear Welsh Rose

Queen of the valleys and my heart

I pray the pit will never close

And we will never never part

I brought a gift, my love, my soul:

A couple of hundred weight of coal! 

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What's Afoot?

Well, the weather’s fine, the grey clouds glowing,

The chilly wind has got a cheery tale

The mini-raindrops don’t care where they’re going...

Naïve?

We’re made for love and we’ve retained

That childhood dream despite the care

And hard frustrations that have rained...