the ballad of barry and clare ( an initial fragment)

I love traditional ballads eg scottish border ballads. This is a fragment of a modern one I thought up in 1992 ...I added the bit in brackets recently.
Cherry

A Declaration

For my Jerry.

Unfinished

When will it end?

A BABY'S ABC (I.P.)

A is for Amazement That I can suck my toes, B's for Bouncing Baby And for my Button nose. C is for the Crawling I'll do quite soon (with luck), D is for the Dummy I Diligently suck.

Sleight of Hand

“No-one can confidently say he will be alive tomorrow.” Euripides
Cherry

Days like These...

‘The Chaos Theory’ personified – you and your room...

Misjudgement

A story about truth and perception - how can you tell which is which?

dog on pavement

dog on the pavement becomes a hydrant night dancers in the garden dissolve in moon shadows seaweed in high tide crawl out as mermaids how will I know what is and isn’t?
Cherry

Even this

Inspired by William Carlos Williams.

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