Poems of LIVING AND LOVING WINNING AND LOSING

By Errol Henderson

It is said that every person has at least one book in them. This must be my attempt at fulfilling this aspiration. This book has been brewing for many years and I am thankful that I inculcated the discipline of writing, polishing and saving each poem over the years.

This anthology of poems represents snapshots from my life over many decades. It is also a tribute to the girls and women who have passed through my life. But it is not all autobiographical; much of my poetry has been conjured up from keen observation and a fertile imagination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Oct 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781982298173

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Balboa Press rev. date:  02/28/2024

Contents

I Care No More

I Wish You

Leave Your Resentments Behind

Indifference

Blonde Bombshell

A Love That Once Was

Spring Fever

For Old Times’ Sake

Other Roads Other Seasons

When the Night Comes

The Morning After

Great Expectations

Manhattan

Homespun Philosophy

Eden and Beyond

Goodbye Girl

For Carol V

Reminiscing

Melbourne

Sweat of the Sun Tears of the Moon

Keppels Lookout

Back to Me

That Girl

True Love

Memories from Midnight

Mandy on My Mind

Lover Come Back

Venus

First Love

I Have Love Enough

Where Love has Gone

Another Morning After

The Eternal Battle

Affairs in the Wind

Looks Can Be Deceptive

Blind Desire

For Yvonne

The Jogger

First Love

A Time for Love

Seventeen

Rhode Island

Song for Vijay

Dedication to Javed

Time for Reflecting

Without You

Then You Came Along

Good-bye

Vivika Jade Touches Down

Insincere

Valentine

The Birds

Contentment

Sunday Breakfast

The Quest

That August Evening

Winter Night

The Girls of St Kilda Road

Ode to the Father

On Loving and Making Love

Caution to the Winds

No Explanations Necessary

Musings of a Troubled Man

Spring Fever

Midnight Meditation

She’s Restless for Other Pastures

Autumn Re-lived

Tribute to Earl Klugh

Rainy Days

Angry Words

The Way I Feel Tonight

Come Fly with Me

Song for A Lady

Memories of the Beach

I Believe in Love

Taking Too Long to Make that Move

Winter Blues

Indifference

The Last Open Door

Loneliness

Pondering The Past

Content

Fantasy

No More Lies

Sweet Music

Spending My Love

Soliloquy

Goodbye on Your Mind

The Last Poem

Epitaph

I Care No More

                              I care no more

                              that you may not care

                              tomorrow

                              or next month

                              or next year.

                              I am prepared

                              to accept

                              that loving is

                              for here and now.

                              And only

                              maybe

                              for forever.

I Wish You

I wish you

shelter from the rain,

A log fire

to keep you warm,

and my old jumpers

to hold you close

when I am gone.

Leave Your Resentments Behind

                            Take my hand,

                            Lean gently