My father was a working man who wrote poems for many years. The context of these, though often introspective, are concerned with his take on life and the activities of people, and his view of his home country as an exile. He died last year and I thought it fitting, as a mark of respect, and also because I enjoy his poems, that others should have the chance to share them.
If the memory I have of you
Were small enough to fill a thimble
I would fill a thimble,
And keep it in my sight.
...
Small Scottish seaside towns,
Turning inwards to face the hills;
As if embarrassed by the unholy
Juxtaposition of church, and pub,
...
It seemed that there were
As many cameras as faces
In the streets around Trafalgar Square.
...
A dying sun will
Finally succumb
To a night's whittling blade,
And I, blunt-faced
...