Bill Mitton Poems

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21.
And Then You Know

In an instant I saw it clearly.
This smiling girl
was
no longer a casual date,
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22.
The Jouney Of The Magi

I have long know of their journey
learned at my mothers knee.
How the Magi travelled long and hard
To the land of Galilee
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23.
The Waves Upon The Bass Rock

The waves upon the Bass Rock
Beat mournful in the dawn
And in the Leeside of this monolith
The Cod and Mackeral spawn
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24.
Roses In A Lions Den

Across the fields where
once a bugle played
The returning echo
of the children’s laughter.
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25.
A Fool In All His Glory

If
as they say
a fool in love
is
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26.
The Scent Of God

Behind the eye
before the mind
where 'feel' and 'see'
are one.
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27.
The Memory Of A Smile

The memory of a smile long gone
returns to warm me on
this windy March morning
and in it’s swirling song
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28.
Dancing Lightly On The Wind (In Memory Of George Best)

Dancing lightly on the breeze
As any autumnal leaf would
Just ahead of that final
chasing icy winter wind.
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29.
The Eternal Circle

These terraces and pillars are pitted with
the dying screams of generations
and where I sit base instincts
grew with every final pained breath.
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30.
The Black Mountain (Brecon, An Old Adversary)

I stood in tight chested forbodeing
at the hem of your heathered dress
long years on from when
you did your best to kill me.
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