A Blackbird Came Calling: Romantic Poems by Freddie Scott (Robert Pickering)

By Freddie Scott

This collection of poems is the result of past events in my life, some good others not so. From childhood, teenage rebellion and into adult life, after all it is the events and encounters that shape our future whether good or bad. Memories have always refused to remain idle in the far reaches of my mind, for they always seem to pop up at various times, as does the imagery and emotions that accompany them. Dreams also have played their part, as a child I loved the stories of ancient Greece, especially that of Orpheus in the underworld and Perseus, add a pinch of fairy-tale, Celtic and Nordic legends, together with old films and TV shows.

The final ingredient that made an impact was poetry, especially the works of POE, KEATS, BYRON, and my favourite PERCY SHELLEY, who throughout my teenage years made such an impact upon my working-class mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Feb 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781543486919

Freddie Scott

FREDDIE SCOTT {ROBERT PICKERING} was born in the market town of Spalding Lincolnshire, Into a working-class family, as a child he suffered from kidney trouble and spent considerable time in the royal French hospital Shaftsbury Ave, where he underwent a series of operations, as a result he missed a great deal of school which hampered him through his educational years. At a time when if you could not keep up then you were given a label i.e. backward/ slow/ dim and all the other tags that remained with you until leaving school at the age of 15. His school reports often read THIS BOY IS A DREAMER, or IF HE SPENT AS MOUCH TIME CONCENTRATING ON HIS WORK INSTEAD OF LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW HE MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING, what he did learn was how to rebel, which he did! It was not until much later {2014} that he was diagnosed with dyslexia which explained a great deal. Growing up in the 60s and 70s in a working-class environment meant that once you got a label a lot of doors were shut to you. Living in a county that as a two-tier educational system meant that if you failed the 11 plus some of society marked you as a failure and they felt you were only fit for either factory, land work or the armed forces for which I was medically unfit, hence I got a trade as I decorator. I always wanted to write but because of my label I was often told why? or that’s not for you! But write I did and I haven't stopped!! 'For my eyes are drawn towards drifting skies, and upon such a scene I shall dream of forest green.' Freddie Scott.

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CONTENTS

A Blackbird Came Calling

A Poet’s Dream

Swan’s Flight

Tiger, Tiger

Cradle Of Morpheus

Beneath The Sprawling Cherry Tree

Old Jack

Mockingbirds Cry

Bobbins Of Scarlet

Empty Space

Beautiful Valentine

Castle Walls

Mermaids Lagoon

Beneath Star Filled Skies

Gothic

Nightingale Song

Deeds Of Folly

Sweet Maiden Fair

Last Days Of Eden

Still Waters

Ghost Of York

Clandestine Hideaway

The Silent Sentinel Of Hastings

Awakening

Clifford’s Tower, York

Vault Of The Dead

Night Skies

Mirrors

Thief Of Stolen Hearts

Until Dawn

The Voice

Morgana The May Queen

Empty Words

Voices Shared

Ghosts Of Twilight Past

Sweet Suzanne

Silent Voice Of Love

Butterfly Dreams

Don’t Go

Islands

Shadows Of Yesterday

Emptyness

Vanity Of Youth

For What Of A Promise

Loves Folly

Tall Grass

Last Flicker Of Love

For Sale

Parley

Windows

In Fields Of Gold

Silouettes

The Bye And Bye

Valentne

Unknown

Nightingale

Forest Green

Writing Poerty By Moonlight

A Poem For Eileen

Opium, The Poets Friend

The Last Farewll

Old Raggie Mildew

Tides Of Fate

Morpheus

Shipwrecked

Bohemian In Blue

Orpheus

Einticing Flame

Rose

Raven

Foolish Pride

If,

Fly By Moonlight

Bonnie Prince

A Spoken Wish

Sanctuary

Poppy

Sunrise

Faerie Flight

Wind Swept Heath

Wishing Well

Yesterdays Ghost

Ripples Of The Sea

To Ponder

Prying Moon

Distant Shores

Walled Marble Stone

A BLACKBIRD CAME CALLING

A blackbird came calling

on turning threshold of night

serenading approaching harmonies

of dawns first light,

with a song beautiful and charming

wooing the muse that resides in my heart

blackbird please stay

pray never depart.

A POET’S DREAM

Oh sweet maiden of beauty

dark raven of the night

away from my side you flee

as daybreak enters my sight,

In the mist of sleep I search for you

beyond the realm of dreams

to find you waiting and wanting