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THE SEA
By P B Taylor
I
We walked across the wind-swept land
Forever wondering whether it would work
I dropped you at the sandy station
You dropped me into a sea of oblivion
II
We lived in a world which seemed wild
Like the stormy sea, in rocks where we loved
A gnawing wind blew on the salty windows
The windows of our love slowly clouding
III
He watched us impassive, seen before
Waiting for his say which wasn’t much
She went her way and he said he couldn’t say
Or pass a watery damnation on the event
The sands and grass and rocks are still there
She went like the wind just for the money
Oxford. Summer 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
By P B Taylor
I
We walked across the wind-swept land
Forever wondering whether it would work
I dropped you at the sandy station
You dropped me into a sea of oblivion
II
We lived in a world which seemed wild
Like the stormy sea, in rocks where we loved
A gnawing wind blew on the salty windows
The windows of our love slowly clouding
III
He watched us impassive, seen before
Waiting for his say which wasn’t much
She went her way and he said he couldn’t say
Or pass a watery damnation on the event
The sands and grass and rocks are still there
She went like the wind just for the money
Oxford. Summer 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.
