David Threadgold Poems

Champagne party popping corks
People meeting having talks
Moonlight shining having walks
On her dance card names she chalks
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When I walked into a fish bar
I fancied fish and fries
But when I got inside the bar
I couldn’t believe my eyes
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I placed five bob on the favourite
It should have not been past
He sat still in the starting stalls
And came a dismal last
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Through tall trees
The sun invades
To highlight leaves
In different shades
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In green meadow grasses
Small daises will grow
Chain links to come
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Amber lights what do they do
Will drivers ever know?
Not many think they mean to stop
Most think they mean to go
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Acid rain that burns the trees
The leaves of green turn brown
Their bark has turned a whitish grey
From water running down
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You shine in the darkness
I made you my wife
Now we glow together
Oh light of my life
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I remember in the fifties, I stayed for my school dinners
At six sided tables, with six chairs to match
I remember on walls, having all the art class winners
Whilst the dinner ladies served our food by batch
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I remember in the fifties we didn’t have a lot
We were always pleased with everything we had
I remember how we utilised the things that we had got
Making things we knew would make each other glad
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