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    Age and Experiences
    Age and Experiences
    Age and Experiences
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    Age and Experiences

    By Robert Duddle

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    This poem collection was produced in light of my philosophy of life, my love, and some indication of my varied travel experiences.

    My hope is that you, my readers, find at least some of them interesting.

    Robert Duddle
    Preston, Lancashire, England
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateSep 22, 2017
    ISBN9781546282686
    Age and Experiences
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    Robert Duddle

    Born in Preston in 1931 where I have lived all my life. As the war ended I left school to start an Auto-electrical apprenticeship when I was 14, with strict instructions from my father that I had to go to Night School. With a Higher National Certificate and further study I trained as a Further Education College Lecturer. Membership of The Institution Of Electrical Engineers followed together with a Bachelors Degree with the Open University. During my career as a College Lecturer in Electrical Engineering I had no inclination to read or write poetry whatsoever. However after losing my wife of 56 years, to brain cancer, I composed my very first poem ( Here Still ) some 8 months later at the age of 82.

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      Age and Experiences - Robert Duddle

      HERE STILL

      My dearest you left to that place

      where we’ll surely meet again.

      But you are with me here.

      The memories ease the pain

      that creeps upon me as I hear

      things which would have made you smile.

      Tears may run down my face

      more in joy than sorrow to know

      that you are with me still

      to share them anyhow.

      THE WATCH

      I have a chased case of gold, all of nine carats.

      A porcelain dial with Roman numerals around.

      Not a chip or a crack, I really am perfect.

      The loveliest watch that ever was found.

      To keep friction down, when I am working

      I have bearings of rubies, seven all told.

      Shiny steel plates hold my gears in place

      and my hairspring is beauty to behold.

      I was shown on the telly and then sold at auction

      bought by someone to put on display

      As I lay here I’ve not much to say

      I only tell the right time twice every day.

      I DID NOT KNOW

      I did not know when first we met

      that we’d start a dance of life.

      I did not know when first we

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