Herald - Issue 411

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To enquire in the first instance, please email: tccsoton@gmail.com Poets Corner HERALD RECRUITMENT Who Does MyWashing? by Vic Lee A brown rat stood at the side of the road, On the other side his girl friends abode. He said to a rabbit just standing there, “To get to the other side I am just in despair. The traffic at night goes at great speed, To stop for a brown rat they pay no heed”. “Do what I tell you” the rabbit replied, “In a minute you will be the other side. When crossing the road and a car comes along, Stand in the middle of its headlights you can’t go wrong. The car will go over not harm a hair, And across the road you soon will there. I’ll show you”, said the rabbit and hopped o the grass, Stood mid the headlights and over it passed. “Now” said the rabbit with a cheery wave, “It’s your turn brown rat now come on be brave”. Brown rat started to cross then stood de ant, Little knowing it was robin reliant. It’s so hot out here, I’m taking o all me clothes. Gonna connect it to the tap And got under a cold hose. I jiggle my bits about, Which is not a pretty sight. But it is my own garden. Isn’t that alright? Out comes a morti ed hubby, Letting out an almighty groan. “Can’t you see the neighbours watching? Now they are on the phone.” He rushes in to get a towel, e biggest he can nd. He comes out with a tarpaulin Now that’s a bit unkind. en we hear the sirens Progressing up the hill. Outside they park their paddy wagon, is seems like overkill. “Come along madam Kindly move aside. It’s so hot in that wagon We all very nearly died.” One by one they came, Grabbing at me hose. A er taking o their uniforms And folding up their clothes. en ghting for the spray It turned into a brawl, Not sure if this is normal For I’ve never seen a policeman’s ball!!! Hot Hot Hot by Marlene Parmenter NEVER TRUST A RABBIT WITH A TOOTHY GRIN by Jim Dolbear Every night when I go to bed Before I go to sleep, I take o all my dirty clothes And thrown them in a heap. When I awake in the morning It’s like I am living a dream, For all my clothes have been washed And folded away all clean. I don’t know who does it A fairy leprechaun or else, I will just let them carry on Rather than have to do it all myself. Once I thought it was my mum Who done it when I lived at home, As no washing was ever done When, I lived alone. Fed up with wearing dirty clothes I said goodbye to the single life, I decided to get married And get myself a wife. But then I decided NO! It would be a safer bet To go and chat up the woman Who worked at the launderette. Circus light all around Falling tears of a fooling clown He watches his love go high on her horse She never wavers or goes of course She is so beautiful part of a team But through her eyes he is never seen He has been with the circus most of his life It has been mother father children wife But now his time has come to an end He leaves the circus without a friend. She walks a narrow pathway Twixt the ocean and the land An indecisive moment Where the devil shows his hand Her life is lled with problems She feels she can’t go on She searches for an inner strength And the right words to the song e devil smiles enticingly An evil face upon the sea He seeks her soul to be his own is lady lonely lost alone Enticed into the cold dark sea Is this what life was meant to be? Waist high now she’s almost there One last goodbye to worldly cares en strong hands guide her back to shore e devil angry wanting more But the stranger displays no disgrace Just pity that this act took place He shows her ways he feeds her soul He never tries to take control She’ll follow him where ere’ he goes Two people sand between their toes She remembers now his hands and feet e darkest scars now healed so neat He too had problems in the past He died but lives he’s unsurpassed She searched she found an inner strength And the right words to the song INDECISIVE MOMENT by David K Wilson MEMORIES by Len Owen We didn’t do much talking We didn’t make a fuss But KOREA really happened So please remember us We all just did our duty But we didn’t win or lose A victory was denied us But we never got to choose We roasted in the summer In winter we damn near froze Walking back from the Yaloo With our blackened frozen toes Like surf the Chinese kept coming With their bugles in the night We fired into their masses Praying for the morning light. We all just had to be there And so many of us died But now we are half forgotten No one remembers how we tried We grow fewer with the years now And we still don’t raise a fuss But KOREA really happened So PLEASE remember us. YESTERDAY’S DREAMS by Lee Owen Who looks to the old man as he crosses the road Who holds out a hand to carry his load Afternoons he sits cold in the park Back to his room alone in the dark Patterns on wallpaper fading and grey Yesterday’s newspaper just thrown away Memories kept in an old box No need for the keys, it’s never locked He sits and waits the phone might ring The sound of a voice, a tear could bring He sits and he waits alone in his chair Does anyone out there really care Look over my shoulder, tell me what you see Are his yesterday’s dreams following me KOREA Submitted by Beryl Hull wife of Tony Hull, Royal Signals Korean Veteran