Poems

The Rum Tum Tugger The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him […]

The Song Of The Jellicles Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright– Jellicles come to the […]

The Waste Land Part 1 – Burial of the Dead April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, […]

To Walter de la Mare The children who explored the brook and found A desert island with a sandy cove (A hiding place, but very dangerous […]

Whispers of Immortality Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward with a lipless […]

I’ve Worked Harder Than Hardest I’ve worked harder than hardest, Yet I’m no better off; I only look down at my bony hands.

Lying On The Dune Sand Lying on the dune sand this day I recall remotely the anguish of my first love.

Elegy for Geraint Before Geraint, the enemy’s scourge, I saw white horses, tensed, red, After the war cry, bitter the grave Before Geraint, the unflinching foe, […]

Elegy for Owain God, consider the soul’s need of Owain son of Urien! Rheged’s prince, secret in loam: No shallow work shall praise him. A straight […]

The Battle Of Argoed Llwyfain There was a great battle Saturday morning From when the sun rose until it grew dark. The fourfold hosts of Fflamddwyn […]