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Last night I was feeling a little sad APRIL CLUB
As I climbed into my bed
Ann Cadwallader £20 (no.83)
So I picked up this book of poetry
Written by a man named Ted Jenny Sanders £10 (no.63)
Each poem, it told Ted’s story Sharon Wainwright £10 (no.113)
And I began to see
Ann Markwick £5 (no.8)
That someone I had never met
Had felt the same as me Jane & Tony Walton £5 (no.71)
He wrote of life as he lived it Apologies previous winners if you haven't had your
The beauty, the hopes, the fears money yet but it will be with you very soon. Promise!
And some of the tales he told made me laugh
Whilst others reduced me to tears Many thanks, Catherine
Ted was a very observant man Who is Old Herbaceous?
Who stared life full-on in the face CLUE No. 3
He had witnessed the greed, the horror and misery
Every sin, in our poor Human Race The poet’s nom de plume may reveal
something about his character.
Writing with candour Ted had put Hope
At the very top of his list Hint: Old Herb is still open to
offers from publishers so you
For he’d also seen beautiful things that were done won’t find him on Wikipedia
By the few in this world who exist
TIME FOR A NEW BOILER?
He had lived all alone for years in the bush
And I felt I could sense Ted’s reasons Save money and 10% Discount on
energy with a boiler services
It was the pure simple joy of living with nature modern fuel this month
He was one with the land and the seasons efficient boiler Quote: LN05
Sometimes old Ted would climb up on his horse FREE Quotations for Central Heating
For the occasional trip into town Installations — with up to 10 year Guarantees
To see what was new, who’d done what and to whom 1 & 2 Jehu Road, Welshpool
And to drink a few ice cold beers down Tel: 01938 552 976
But all the while Ted would be watching Email: sales@nj-evans.co.uk
Like a vigilant solider on guard Web: www.nj-evans.co.uk
What was happening with folk, how they felt, what they All Work Undertaken by Our Own
spoke Qualified Local Engineers
What was good, what was bad, what was hard
And he’d paid much attention to detail
Noting each separate small human trait
That makes us folk unique from each other
And which heralds the course of our Fate
Then off he’d go home to the bush, would Ted
Through the scrub, past the Wattle and boulders
To sit by the fire with the moon as his friend
And the wealth of the world on his shoulders
Now I picture Ted still there, writing
All that poetry so flowing and free
Each piece a story of life as it’s lived
By people like you and like me.
In memory of Ted, and old Ocker I only heard
about but felt I had known forever.
Patricia A. Checkley 1987.
Register Accredited Installer
Last night I was feeling a little sad APRIL CLUB
As I climbed into my bed
Ann Cadwallader £20 (no.83)
So I picked up this book of poetry
Written by a man named Ted Jenny Sanders £10 (no.63)
Each poem, it told Ted’s story Sharon Wainwright £10 (no.113)
And I began to see
Ann Markwick £5 (no.8)
That someone I had never met
Had felt the same as me Jane & Tony Walton £5 (no.71)
He wrote of life as he lived it Apologies previous winners if you haven't had your
The beauty, the hopes, the fears money yet but it will be with you very soon. Promise!
And some of the tales he told made me laugh
Whilst others reduced me to tears Many thanks, Catherine
Ted was a very observant man Who is Old Herbaceous?
Who stared life full-on in the face CLUE No. 3
He had witnessed the greed, the horror and misery
Every sin, in our poor Human Race The poet’s nom de plume may reveal
something about his character.
Writing with candour Ted had put Hope
At the very top of his list Hint: Old Herb is still open to
offers from publishers so you
For he’d also seen beautiful things that were done won’t find him on Wikipedia
By the few in this world who exist
TIME FOR A NEW BOILER?
He had lived all alone for years in the bush
And I felt I could sense Ted’s reasons Save money and 10% Discount on
energy with a boiler services
It was the pure simple joy of living with nature modern fuel this month
He was one with the land and the seasons efficient boiler Quote: LN05
Sometimes old Ted would climb up on his horse FREE Quotations for Central Heating
For the occasional trip into town Installations — with up to 10 year Guarantees
To see what was new, who’d done what and to whom 1 & 2 Jehu Road, Welshpool
And to drink a few ice cold beers down Tel: 01938 552 976
But all the while Ted would be watching Email: sales@nj-evans.co.uk
Like a vigilant solider on guard Web: www.nj-evans.co.uk
What was happening with folk, how they felt, what they All Work Undertaken by Our Own
spoke Qualified Local Engineers
What was good, what was bad, what was hard
And he’d paid much attention to detail
Noting each separate small human trait
That makes us folk unique from each other
And which heralds the course of our Fate
Then off he’d go home to the bush, would Ted
Through the scrub, past the Wattle and boulders
To sit by the fire with the moon as his friend
And the wealth of the world on his shoulders
Now I picture Ted still there, writing
All that poetry so flowing and free
Each piece a story of life as it’s lived
By people like you and like me.
In memory of Ted, and old Ocker I only heard
about but felt I had known forever.
Patricia A. Checkley 1987.
Register Accredited Installer
