Refugee Salty tears fill vacant eyesthat have seen too manyatrocities that no childshould ever witnessCrying, followinggrown ups wherever they goSobbing in time withtheir shuffling feetWeighed down by their winter clothesand bundled belongingsGoing anywhere but here Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedBjorn is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets.Tonight he hasContinue reading “Refugee – A Quadrille”
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Song Lyric Sunday – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
The prompts for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday are provided by our friend Maggie, from Cave Walls. She has asked us to find a song that features wind instruments which includes Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) and Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons) An old World War II song,Continue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”
Banjo
Banjo It was early in the day The market street was busy An average sized crowd had gathered He played sitting on a high stool Banjo boy why are you not in school The music was amazing His talent evident He looked thirteen years of age Certainly nobody’s fool Banjo boy why are you notContinue reading “Banjo”
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