Poems of Faith and Family
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This 6th eBook of nine, about Faith and Family, complements those of Love, Friends, Mystery, Nature, Parting and Grief, Fun, Heroes and Indignation, and The Sea. So many of my acquaintances have said "I couldn't possibly write poetry." I hope this book will go some way to convince you that you can. It's just a matter of jotting down some bullet points and then letting your mind just go free.
It is my hope that you will find inspiration here to write your own verses about your loved ones. If I can, so can you. Give it a whirl!
Charles Wylie
Charles Wylie is a professional British seaman and an amateur dinghy and yacht sailor. He is the luckiest man on the planet, being husband to Jean, father of four, grandfather to nine and godfather to ten. Poetry is a hobby, together with sailing, chess, Scottish Country Dancing, languages, and a variety of other pursuits. He is tickled pink to have been headhunted at the age of 78. As a seaman he had visited all the continents in ships by the age of 21 at over 50 ports and had survived his destroyer being bombed in the Korean War when only just 17 years old. He attributes a reasonable command of the English language to his education at Taunton's Grammar School in Southampton, which set him up for life in four short years. He is particularly grateful to the Royal Navy for its having been a father figure and a source of immense pride for over 65 years. The navy promoted him 10 times, but because he started as a Boy Seaman that means he achieved only the modest rank of Commander (happy with that.) His naval friends (to whom he pays equal respect) range from Able Seamen to Admirals.He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.His poetry was written for himself (and occasionally for family or friends) and is published now after many years of friendly badgering by dear ones. Self-publishing through Smashwords was chosen because he is confident that no modern publisher would want to publish his generally old-fashioned rhyming and scanning verses.Charles is a happy man, much blessed.
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Poems of Faith and Family - Charles Wylie
Book 6 of 9 eBooks of poetry by Charles Wylie
eBooks by Charles Wylie published at Smashwords
Cover design by www.jeremytaylor.eu
Sailor/Poet Series One
LOVE (23 poems)
Sailor/Poet Series Two
FRIENDS (44 poems)
MYSTERY (56 poems)
NATURE (29 poems)
PARTING AND GRIEF (29 poems)
Sailor/Poet Series Three
FAITH & FAMILY (56 poems)
FUN (40 poems)
HEROES & INDIGNATION (39 poems)
THE SEA (36 poems)
Memoires
First Words, Last Words (to be published in 2014)
What others are saying about 'Poems of Love'
(Prior to first publication)
You really should publish your poems.
-Many chums. (All my friends are kindly.)
There's should be a comma at the end of the seventh line…
-A helpful nit-picker.
Please let me know the moment you publish your books. Promise?
-Avril.
Not bad.
-My wife. (Well, she would, wouldn't she?)
Please send your own comments to:
POEMS OF FAITH & FAMILY
Book 6 of 9 books of poetry by Charles Wylie
TABLE OF CONTENTS
eBooksByCharlesWylie
What others are saying about 'Poems of Faith and Family'
Introduction
Poems of Faith & Family
Charles And Jean - Nearly 40 Years
You Asked For It
Hon Sec's Grace
To Isobel - On Mother Love
HSC Hon Sec's Grace
Sapphire Sonnet
HSC Commodore's Dinner Grace
My Anxious Darling
7th July
Just To Explore
Haiku - 21 Years of Marriage
Henfrey Did Not Die
Scholarship
Grace For The WCND Dinner
The Long Hour
My Tooth's Loose
Opening Grace For HSC TND
Why The Gulls Cry At Kenton
A Hunting We Will Go
Closing Grace TND HSC
Christmas With Jean
Daily Prayer
Prayer For Moderation
Annie Deah
Opening And Closing Graces for the WCNDD 2009
The Young Can Teach The Old
Wheels
Opening Grace at Warsash RNSA Dinner 9 Oct 10
Family Grace At Armistice
Graces At WCNDD 13 Nov 10
Prayer For A Positive Attitude Of Mind
The Underground Stream
The Joys Of Spring
Calcutta Cup
Little Sister
Nigel's AIM
Sarah's Guard Of Honourr
Opening & Closing Graces for WCNDD 2011
A Father's Learning Curve
Waiting To Die
A Lot Of Guts
Adela - Space Reserved
Eleanor - Free As A Bird
I Saw My Error, Sam
I'll Bet My last Dollar, Alfie
Mrs Sarah - Modesty in Spades
Picketta-Pocketta, Jono
Speshul Imogen
What Is What, Ben?
Trafalgar Dinner, Lincoln's Inn
Amanda - Shining Light
Recall These Words, Isobel
Mia - Balkan Batting
Closing Grace, PROA Lunch
Final WCNDD Graces
Twenty Four Autumn Hours
Dilemma
Periwinkle
About the Author
Acknowledgements
A Word From The Author About You
Warning
eBooks by Charles Wylie
INTRODUCTION:
Have you tried writing poetry? It's great fun, and if I can do it, anyone can. With any luck, these verses of mine will get you going. If you want to see what an ordinary mortal can do, then read on. You don't have to be anyone special to be able to put your thoughts down in poetry. I've collected mine in categories of LOVE, FRIENDS, MYSTERY, NATURE, PARTING & GRIEF, FAITH & FAMILY, FUN, HEROES & INDIGNATION, and THE SEA (I'm a sailor/poet.
By the way, nearly all of them rhyme and scan in the good old-fashioned style.
This book by Charles Wylie holds some of over 240 poems published in 9 books in three series (1, 2 and 3). Series 1 contains just one free book (of LOVE poems) to whet your appetite. The other two series contain over 150 and 170 poems respectively. Some poems appear in more than one category. See the list of other books at the end.
The author (click on ‘About the author’ in the Table of Contents) makes no claim to literary excellence, but wrote all the poems for his own satisfaction. Charles claims that some of them have merit, but all have been included (warts and all) for the sake of completeness, at the request of family and friends. Unusually, most of the poems have a short introductory note to widen the reader’s experience. All the poems are in chronological order of composition, with the date in the 'By' line.
Here we go, then; just turn the page.
POEMS OF FAITH AND FAMILY
(Most of my poems are preceded by notes intended to enhance the reader's understanding and enjoyment of the verses.)
Note. A forty-years history of our marriage, careers and family may be of interest only to my loved-ones, but it’s included for completeness. I’ve yet to record the succeeding years. The RN’s convention is to put ships’ names in capitals. An LCT is a Tank Landing Craft. ‘Gens’ is General Service (not submarine or aviation.) A DLG is a Guided Missile Destroyer. Their Lordships are the Board of Admiralty. Two