Tony Jolley Poems

Old One (01.07 Bruebach)

The Old One stood, stock still and staring,
Somewhere between
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Not Silent but Screaming (02.04.07 - Island View & Bruebach)

“The War to end all Wars”….
“Dulce et decorum est” …
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You were the background music and accompaniment
To my first, and as history would have it, only real love.
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We got more poetry than we bargained for:
Poetry as per the programme;
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There’s this old guy, you see,
And he’s sitting in his back garden with his back against the wall.
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No where you are not there
No moment you are not present
No time you are not mine
No thought where you’re not sought
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Esther had a word for them in the 70s:
‘Jobsworths’..
As in: “More than my job’s worth.”: -
Petty-minded, embittered ‘desk-jockeys’
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Still can’t believe it.
Still reeling from the six-word shock
From a future, former friend who was never a father:
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Left no stone unturned, fighting to be the father I am,
Though frankly, it feels more like ‘no turn unstoned’.
Pray God, may the years be kind.
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This middle-aged Man o’ the Bay
Wasn’t so much Starting out
As already sailing, full-steam for France,
Arms spread wide in greeting
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