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THE SEA AND ME
By P B Taylor
I
We walked silent across the windswept land
Always wondering whether it would work
I dropped you at that station
You dropped me into that oblivion
II
We had a world which seemed so wild
Like our sea and the small rocks where we loved
Then the sea breeze blew on the winds
Those windows of our love with your dying father
Oxford, UK 1983
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.
THE SEA AND ME
By P B Taylor
I
We walked silent across the windswept land
Always wondering whether it would work
I dropped you at that station
You dropped me into that oblivion
II
We had a world which seemed so wild
Like our sea and the small rocks where we loved
Then the sea breeze blew on the winds
Those windows of our love with your dying father
Oxford, UK 1983
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.
