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Issue 13

Half A Mile

Julie Ibdali (Rotherham)

I only wanted to walk half a mile:

I ended up walking ten.

Fifty paces to every smile

I only wanted to walk half a mile.

Walking fast and walking slow,  

Oh, I walked in style,

Up and down the streets with pride,

parading past Big Ben.

I only wanted to walk half a mile,

Triolet

Maureen Carr (Leicester)

The water runs so free from care,

Flowing through the rocky burn.

How I wish I could be where

The water flows, so free of care.

Recalling me to lost love sair,

A face I see at every turn.

The water? Runs so free from care,

Flowing through the rocky burn.