James Hart Poems

Youth idealistic
Middle age realistic
Old age geriatric
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Fifty seven
Fifty seven years
Fifty seven years old
Fifty seven famous varieties
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Sunshine
Fun time
No time
Like sunshine
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His surname has gone into the misty past
And his nickname was Fuzzy
His memory becomes more sketchy
As does his teaching of French vowels
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Car before caravan, no, car behind caravan
Twirling around like some demented fan

You woke up safely in a warm bed
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My mother died last week
Actually it was the week before
Felt nothing really very much
Quite numb and quite unmoved
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Osama Bin Laden is dead
A bullet was shot through his head
The Champion of enemies West
America’s unlikeliest guest
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After the cold the warmth
After the grey the green
After the glum the smile
After the dark the light
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Silent and smooth
Tidy and clean
Modern Japan is
Life with a gleam
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“Where, O where has Jesus gone, Mary?
Please tell me, this really is
Quite scary, Mary.
Mary, Mary quite contrary,
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