richard.daish

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  August 2021     2 years ago

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On meeting a successful poet.

I bow before your wondrous talent
Which can but make the language shine
How I envy that prodigious knowledge
Which makes those words of yours, not mine
For I am mere, a humble wordsmith
Who waits, for inspiration vain,
Who cannot write a single...

– by Richard Daish

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I fell asleep

I fell asleep, and I dreamt of you and of our perfect life
Of how I met and married you, to be my perfect wife

And how our children grew and thrived oh, how the years had flown
How proud we were when our children had children of their...

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Short

This was inspired by an oil-carrier moored in the North Sea:
A tanker
At anchor

Inspired by having a large book in my living room:
A tome
At...

– by Richard Daish

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Born in Torment

A poet’s words are born in torment
And a love that’s unrequite.
Sadness grips the unformed verses
In the darkness of the...

– by Richard Daish

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The Grand Duchess of York

The Grand Duchess of York
She had ten thousand men
She marched them up to the top of the hill
Then she had them all...

– by Richard Daish

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