David J Lindsay
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I used to start by saying sorry
For my choice of verse
For the words I was about to speak
It was really quite a curse
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Brave was our fight, just to survive
To hunt, to gather, then farm.
Our numbers so small, survival so special,
Don't press pause now, or you'll cause us harm.
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At the side of the van with a window
In the park
I've a decision to make
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There's Blackberry, Blueberry,
Northern, Bog and simple Bilberry
Lowbush, Highbush and Mountain Cranberry,
Chokeberry, Dewberry, Elderberry, Guavaberry
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Most of us find life difficult to avoid, in a way that I find quite curious
Choosing the right path to follow at speed, makes some us quite furious
The answers aren't easy, but O-U-S might just be a key
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It's a magical connection
It's a greeting, a sweet hello
It's an acknowlegement of friendship
Which says 'we're good, you know'
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Would you not prefer a chair Mrs Atwood?
I'm sure we have one going spare
You see that pink sofa that you brought with you
Just won't quite fit up our stairs
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When I'm out walking and hiking free
A milestone is often a friend to me
They're solid reminders of where you are
And t’ next point of interest, they tell you how far
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David J Lindsay Biography
I am a big fan of many types of poetry and monologues. Started learning one a week as a 2011 New Years Resolution and currently know 165 or so. Thought I'd try my hand at writing some too - just managed 11 so far, but would be great to see some feedback or hear from you I would also be interested to know if anyone has written on the same themes or using the same title - would be great to read them and see what other minds can come up with! I can be found online at www.monologuedave.co.uk)
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I Used To Start By Saying 'sorry'
I used to start by saying sorry
For my choice of verse
For the words I was about to speak
It was really quite a curse
I used to start by saying sorry
That maybe I'd recited this before
Or that another voice had spoken it
And that I could add no more
I used to start by saying sorry
That maybe I was wasting your time
With my attempts to declaim or utter
Some prose, or monologue, or rhyme
I used to start by saying sorry
If I slipped up on a word or two
Or even forgot my place completely
As I'm sometimes prone to do
I used to start by saying sorry
Before the first stanza had begun
And that somehow left the poem ungrounded,
Lost. Untethered. Too easily undone.
There's a place for an apology
If careless words cause pain
If they whip and wound without context
Or hunt. Or hurt. Or shame.
But I take pride in the words I craft
When I get them to work out-loud
When they trickle together off the tongue
With form and meaning. And proud.
You see, I like reciting Shakespeare
And Burns, and Owen, and Keats
And Barker, Causley, Dahl and Eliott
And sweet scores between them and Yeats
And I love listening to contrasting voices
Of creative spoken word
Of singers and musicians in folk clubs
To talent that is largely unheard
This won't bring fame and fortune
Won't see me at the Albert Hall
But with like-minded folk, like those in this room
It has meaning. So to repeat my call…
I used to start by saying sorry
For my choice of verse
For the words I was about to speak
It used to be a curse
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David J Lindsay is a very talented and powerful poet of imagination. We love reading his poems. The poet has a sharp vision and excellent expression skill of his perception. His poems are truly motivational poems. Readers get wonderful essence from his each poem. He is just like a rare sun out of many in literary sky. I am wishing David all the best. May God bring happiness for him!
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