Poems of Faith and Family

By Charles Wylie

This 6th eBook of nine, about Faith and Family, complements those of Love, Friends, Mystery, Nature, Parting and Grief, Fun, Heroes and Indignation, and The Sea. So many of my acquaintances have said "I couldn't possibly write poetry." I hope this book will go some way to convince you that you can. It's just a matter of jotting down some bullet points and then letting your mind just go free.

It is my hope that you will find inspiration here to write your own verses about your loved ones. If I can, so can you. Give it a whirl!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles Wylie
• Release date: Dec 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311574008

Charles Wylie

Charles Wylie is a professional British seaman and an amateur dinghy and yacht sailor. He is the luckiest man on the planet, being husband to Jean, father of four, grandfather to nine and godfather to ten. Poetry is a hobby, together with sailing, chess, Scottish Country Dancing, languages, and a variety of other pursuits. He is tickled pink to have been headhunted at the age of 78. As a seaman he had visited all the continents in ships by the age of 21 at over 50 ports and had survived his destroyer being bombed in the Korean War when only just 17 years old. He attributes a reasonable command of the English language to his education at Taunton's Grammar School in Southampton, which set him up for life in four short years. He is particularly grateful to the Royal Navy for its having been a father figure and a source of immense pride for over 65 years. The navy promoted him 10 times, but because he started as a Boy Seaman that means he achieved only the modest rank of Commander (happy with that.) His naval friends (to whom he pays equal respect) range from Able Seamen to Admirals.He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.His poetry was written for himself (and occasionally for family or friends) and is published now after many years of friendly badgering by dear ones. Self-publishing through Smashwords was chosen because he is confident that no modern publisher would want to publish his generally old-fashioned rhyming and scanning verses.Charles is a happy man, much blessed.

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Book 6 of 9 eBooks of poetry by Charles Wylie

eBooks by Charles Wylie published at Smashwords

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Sailor/Poet Series One

LOVE (23 poems)

Sailor/Poet Series Two

FRIENDS (44 poems)

MYSTERY (56 poems)

NATURE (29 poems)

PARTING AND GRIEF (29 poems)

Sailor/Poet Series Three

FAITH & FAMILY (56 poems)

FUN (40 poems)

HEROES & INDIGNATION (39 poems)

THE SEA (36 poems)

Memoires

First Words, Last Words (to be published in 2014)

What others are saying about 'Poems of Love'

(Prior to first publication)

You really should publish your poems.

-Many chums. (All my friends are kindly.)

There's should be a comma at the end of the seventh line…

-A helpful nit-picker.

Please let me know the moment you publish your books. Promise?

-Avril.

Not bad.

-My wife. (Well, she would, wouldn't she?)

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POEMS OF FAITH & FAMILY

Book 6 of 9 books of poetry by Charles Wylie

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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What others are saying about 'Poems of Faith and Family'

Introduction

Poems of Faith & Family

Charles And Jean - Nearly 40 Years

You Asked For It

Hon Sec's Grace

To Isobel - On Mother Love

HSC Hon Sec's Grace

Sapphire Sonnet

HSC Commodore's Dinner Grace

My Anxious Darling

7th July

Just To Explore

Haiku - 21 Years of Marriage

Henfrey Did Not Die

Scholarship

Grace For The WCND Dinner

The Long Hour

My Tooth's Loose

Opening Grace For HSC TND

Why The Gulls Cry At Kenton

A Hunting We Will Go

Closing Grace TND HSC

Christmas With Jean

Daily Prayer

Prayer For Moderation

Annie Deah

Opening And Closing Graces for the WCNDD 2009

The Young Can Teach The Old

Wheels

Opening Grace at Warsash RNSA Dinner 9 Oct 10

Family Grace At Armistice

Graces At WCNDD 13 Nov 10

Prayer For A Positive Attitude Of Mind

The Underground Stream

The Joys Of Spring

Calcutta Cup

Little Sister

Nigel's AIM

Sarah's Guard Of Honourr

Opening & Closing Graces for WCNDD 2011

A Father's Learning Curve

Waiting To Die

A Lot Of Guts

Adela - Space Reserved

Eleanor - Free As A Bird

I Saw My Error, Sam

I'll Bet My last Dollar, Alfie

Mrs Sarah - Modesty in Spades

Picketta-Pocketta, Jono

Speshul Imogen

What Is What, Ben?

Trafalgar Dinner, Lincoln's Inn

Amanda - Shining Light

Recall These Words, Isobel

Mia - Balkan Batting

Closing Grace, PROA Lunch

Final WCNDD Graces

Twenty Four Autumn Hours

Dilemma

Periwinkle

About the Author

Acknowledgements

A Word From The Author About You

Warning

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INTRODUCTION:

Have you tried writing poetry? It's great fun, and if I can do it, anyone can. With any luck, these verses of mine will get you going. If you want to see what an ordinary mortal can do, then read on. You don't have to be anyone special to be able to put your thoughts down in poetry. I've collected mine in categories of LOVE, FRIENDS, MYSTERY, NATURE, PARTING & GRIEF, FAITH & FAMILY, FUN, HEROES & INDIGNATION, and THE SEA (I'm a sailor/poet.

By the way, nearly all of them rhyme and scan in the good old-fashioned style.

This book by Charles Wylie holds some of over 240 poems published in 9 books in three series (1, 2 and 3). Series 1 contains just one free book (of LOVE poems) to whet your appetite. The other two series contain over 150 and 170 poems respectively. Some poems appear in more than one category. See the list of other books at the end.

The author (click on ‘About the author’ in the Table of Contents) makes no claim to literary excellence, but wrote all the poems for his own satisfaction. Charles claims that some of them have merit, but all have been included (warts and all) for the sake of completeness, at the request of family and friends. Unusually, most of the poems have a short introductory note to widen the reader’s experience. All the poems are in chronological order of composition, with the date in the 'By' line.

Here we go, then; just turn the page.

POEMS OF FAITH AND FAMILY

(Most of my poems are preceded by notes intended to enhance the reader's understanding and enjoyment of the verses.)

Note. A forty-years history of our marriage, careers and family may be of interest only to my loved-ones, but it’s included for completeness. I’ve yet to record the succeeding years. The RN’s convention is to put ships’ names in capitals. An LCT is a Tank Landing Craft. ‘Gens’ is General Service (not submarine or aviation.) A DLG is a Guided Missile Destroyer. Their Lordships are the Board of Admiralty. Two