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.

A family together

Finally, the family together, five months since the start. T’was difficult to imagine and Too many ticks on the chart. But we’re finally together It’s us and the boys.

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