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    Poems and Verses By Sheila Poddie
    Poems and Verses By Sheila Poddie
    Poems and Verses By Sheila Poddie
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    Poems and Verses By Sheila Poddie

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    This is a collection of poems and verses compiled over some 50 years. It covers life events and moods of the author during this period. Writing these enabled her some release from the feelings at the time.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherron pod
    Release dateDec 21, 2015
    ISBN2344523445671
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      Poems and Verses By Sheila Poddie - ron pod

      Poems and Verse

      By

      Sheila Poddie

      Life Events

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      Table of Contents

      Copyright

      WI

      A Lovely Eclipse

      A New Dawn

      A Smart Suit

      A Special Friend

      A Stoney Seat

      A Summer Storm

      Aaron's Smile

      Adrian To You

      Adventurous Harley

      Against the odds

      Awesome Autumn

      Bowls

      No Regrets

      Carbooting

      Changing Trees

      Christmas Long Ago

      Don’t Lose It

      Reg

      Springs Unique!

      Fifty Golden Years

      From My Window

      From Suzie The Puppy To Harley The Kitten

      Garden Party

      Get By The Boulder

      Grown Away

      Here’s To You and the Future

      Helping Dad

      Human Contact

      I Managed Before

      I Opened My Eyes

      Denham

      Jackie

      Lost Soul

      Lost Your Dad

      Margaret

      Grandson’s Trophy

      Mum

      My Angel

      My Brummy Friend

      My Guiding Light

      My Old Bra

      To Vee With Love

      Night

      Ode To Midge

      On A Daisy Patch

      My Favourite Toy

      Our Beautiful Harley

      Dad

      From My Window

      Our Cottage In The Country

      Reunited

      Seasons Of Life

      Senses

      She Smiles Now

      Small Boys Love

      So What Is Christmas

      Stephanie

      Social Insect

      Stephanie’s Award

      Suzie Chased A Squirrel Up A Tree

      Test Of Time

      That’s My Boy

      The Lane

      The Best Is Yet To Come

      The Conservatory

      The Friendly Café

      The New Born Snow

      The Spark Plugs

      The Things You Say

      Time To Pause

      Tinky

      To Margaret

      To Our Dennis

      Today - Enjoy It

      Time Is Now

      Tommie’s Home

      Toopee The Stray

      Toopee Has Gone

      Determination

      No Valentine Card

      W I On TV

      War And Peace

      Where We Played Long Ago

      Reunited

      Pensioned Off

      Unflinching

      WI

      A lot of ladies at W I

      Make cakes, jam, and apple pies,

      But ask them to dance

      They’d say ‘no’, not a chance.

      At limericks they are cleaver and wise

      ………………

      A Lovely Eclipse

      Millions look skywards

      Through dark shaded filters,

      We watched and we waited

      At a curtain, the clouds created.

      Then a peep through the dark cloud

      At the suns show of

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