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ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
By P B Taylor
I
She remained a fading memory
Thought of with a loss unforgettably
Its constant tick-tock of time
As irritating snows which scurry
And thought will never make me forget
II
Our time so gentle, so lovely
With sorrowful present goodbyes
Sadly, said no longer with worry
As I would love you forever
In our own special simple way
III
I hope you did not really cry
To see our brief encounter die
For a future, and a past
Or even that unfortunate today
A revanchist way of answering
The quotidian question “why”
We had all the time
Our insouciant world would offer
You are you, to me faultless
An elegance forever lovely
IV
With an embarrassed complexion
Long hair such a sharp feature
Mixtures of casual simplicity
A shrewdness, kindness expediency
Our girl as graceful in comfort
My thoughts of human creatures
I know when I kiss her
That she will always kiss me
Amersham. 19th April 1973
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
By P B Taylor
I
She remained a fading memory
Thought of with a loss unforgettably
Its constant tick-tock of time
As irritating snows which scurry
And thought will never make me forget
II
Our time so gentle, so lovely
With sorrowful present goodbyes
Sadly, said no longer with worry
As I would love you forever
In our own special simple way
III
I hope you did not really cry
To see our brief encounter die
For a future, and a past
Or even that unfortunate today
A revanchist way of answering
The quotidian question “why”
We had all the time
Our insouciant world would offer
You are you, to me faultless
An elegance forever lovely
IV
With an embarrassed complexion
Long hair such a sharp feature
Mixtures of casual simplicity
A shrewdness, kindness expediency
Our girl as graceful in comfort
My thoughts of human creatures
I know when I kiss her
That she will always kiss me
Amersham. 19th April 1973
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
