The memory of the setting summer Sun, Of warm and happy Life under his gaze, Has given way to Autumn’s dark and dun, And Winter’s icy dark and shortened days. Now Winter thinks himself to be the god, T’whom all must t’appease and supplicate, While he destroy Life’s happiness by rod Of punishment called, “Loneliness” …
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Are there better men than I?
Are there better men than I, who’ve sought your love: So rich and powerful, or smooth of tongue, Or handsome, fun or otherwise above, Or more successful on life’s ladder’s rung? Have they taken you to dine at the right place, And given you a thrill, a moment’s smile, And made you like and want …
Since I’s a boy
Since I’s a boy I’ve always loved to fight, To prove myself that I’m the better man, To take his power away from him is right! To show my strength and goodness that I can; But fight a master warrior like you, So understrength and ill-prepared was I, My mind and body traitors, my heart …
But who are you to me?
But who are you to me or I to you? We didn’t know each other half a year; It was only business – nothing more ado; And barely business friends were we, it’s clear! You merely drove me home conveniently, A simple act of friendship, nothing more; A mere two automata acting free, But why …
If I’ve had a better Time…
If I’ve had a better time in all my life, Than writing loving poetry for you, Than making feelings thoughts – emotions rife, To be inspired in everything I do, Than putting down on paper all my love, For the most deserving woman that I know, To think of you alone yet all above, It …
Grammar’s the Science of Speech
Grammar’s the science of Speech, The know-how of words thus to teach; Composed of two facts, Accidence and syntax, Of the eight parts of Speech, all and each. Copyright, John Justice, 2019
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