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Little Brown Jug from Usksider ^Pro 361 days old

All together now sing-a-long-a-Usky Me and my wife live all alone In a little log hut we call our own; She loves gin and I love rum, And don't we ...

No man is an island from Usksider ^Pro 403 days old

In reference to my last post and in an effort to even up both sides, I feel the need to point out the fact no man is an island nor is any woman. I ...

Sail Away from Usksider ^Pro 718 days old

I could live inside a tepee I could die in Penthouse thirty-five You could lose me on the freeway But I would still make it back alive. As long as ...

Down a leafy lane from Usksider ^Pro 759 days old

I took mesself off on a walk today; Well hardly a walk, more a stroll, But I wandered down yon leafy lane An' found mesself face-to-face wi' owl. So ...

Last Man Standing - a personal tribute from Usksider ^Pro 833 days old

Last Man Standing I stood and shed a tear todayFor fallen sons on foreign fieldsIn service of the crown. Those precious lads,Those bands of brothers,Who ...

Swifty revisited from Usksider ^Pro 842 days old

I thought I'd refresh one of my old odes with an image in the mode of la Spice: I make no apologies for reposting this poem since it was one of my daughter's ...

Branching Out? from Usksider ^Pro 844 days old

The Tree of Life has many boughs Some grow straight and true While others twist and curl Bent by the Three Fates Who hold our lives by silken thread Spun ...

Looking, but not seeing from Usksider ^Pro 844 days old

What lies beneath this pile of logs? Lizards? Snakes? Toads or frogs? Maybe bones would be found If we dug into the ground. Perhaps a mouse, a mole ...

There's an old mill... from Usksider ^Pro 845 days old

The Old Mill There’s an old mill by the stream Where star-crossed lovers sit to dream, Of what the future holds in store Of happy days and love and ...

Inspired by La Spice from Usksider ^Pro 848 days old

As some of you already know La Spice has been reposting some of her poems along with images provided by various blogfriends (myself included). Anyway, ...