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FOR MARY
By P B Taylor
The one I loved forever, and an extra day
Flew by so fluid fast, then stole away
Then she stared but she still did not see
It was merely a passing lost vision of me
Turning to you sadly with my eyes ablaze
Always possibly a touching kiss a longing gaze
Yet woke again to feel you near my hand
See you floating drifting through the sand
The one I loved forever, and an extra day
We loved you both in our own small way
But when we looked, I saw you were not there
And confused we cried and shouted “where”?
I said we loved you as men turned another way
“Go home” they cooed with a stiff bow “Goodbye”
To the one I loved forever, and an extra day
As you flew by so fluid fast then stole silently away
Oxford Summer 1980
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.
FOR MARY
By P B Taylor
The one I loved forever, and an extra day
Flew by so fluid fast, then stole away
Then she stared but she still did not see
It was merely a passing lost vision of me
Turning to you sadly with my eyes ablaze
Always possibly a touching kiss a longing gaze
Yet woke again to feel you near my hand
See you floating drifting through the sand
The one I loved forever, and an extra day
We loved you both in our own small way
But when we looked, I saw you were not there
And confused we cried and shouted “where”?
I said we loved you as men turned another way
“Go home” they cooed with a stiff bow “Goodbye”
To the one I loved forever, and an extra day
As you flew by so fluid fast then stole silently away
Oxford Summer 1980
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.
