Now it looks more like a Book
It's Been a Good Two Years.
Been writing now a good two years, enough to fill a book,
All about our farming life, that all my life has took,
As kids what we got up to, and how we coped with life,
Living in a little village, with up's and down's of strife.
See it here all in print, on the computer screen,
Print it off and read it all, look back on where I've been,
Some of it is in a blog, and fleshed it out a bit,
With the stories of my lifetime, in verse I write and sit.
Bought me self a printer, and paper by the reams,
Get the writing all in order, a name for all my dreams,
Push the button and print it off, two hundred pages loose,
Learn to bind them all together, n' front cover must produce.
A picture of our cows and calves, grazing out at grass,
My Home, My Farm, My Village, blazoned right across,
Now it looks more like a book, I published on my own,
A book of what I've written, of what I reap and sown.
This I've done for charity, raise money for good cause,
Help for all those people, who help others without pause,
Research for head injuries', and equipment that they need,
Help them find the best tools; please help me with this deed.
Countryman
I first started selling a booklet of these poems in a booklet form at our local village fete, and as I wrote more brought another with between thirty and forty in each booklet. There are now currently six volumes and a seventh being assembled.
However I decided to produce a bound copy that included all the contents of the first five Booklets and intend eventually bring out a second bound book when time permits.
All proceeds are donated to the charity "Headway",
You can see in the blog"Second Report on the Ploughing Match" that the proceeds of that event went to the same charity. See under the Tag "Plough"
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)