John Fairlamb
John Fairlamb Poems
My mum always said, 'If you can draw a line you can paint a picture'
I think its true to say that if you can move you can dance.
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Oh no! My phone battery died!
How can I begin to explain this amazing sight - this awesome light?
I shall endeavour to describe the wonder that I've seen -
But I cannot do it justice -
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Vaccination isn't new
In centuries it's been a few
Lady Mary's pox vaccine
Constantinople 1717
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Pride: What does it mean?
Some simply say 'SIN! '
I say it is feeling happy in my skin.
It's not about being better than another
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They couldn't be more different:
Sylvain in his sixties and Lola, her twenties
But each has known trauma.
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The summer sun blasts its relentless rays
On the city streets.
Sweat pours from brows of busy commuters
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Prefects
They think I am better than the rest
Of all the boys and girls at school -
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This is Edith Cavell HUMANIT
One hundred years ago she stood
So eight German soldiers could
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Bullying
That slightly drooping wrist
That exaggerated lisp
That pathetic tone of voice
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As you descend the escalator
and arrive on the platform,
A voice is heard saying:
'Mind the Gap! '
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Church has no plural form
There's only one - all across the world
And each and every follower
Is a small but vital member
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I have been writing poetry since I was 11 years old.)
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Drawing Dance
My mum always said, 'If you can draw a line you can paint a picture'
I think its true to say that if you can move you can dance.
Dance is for everyone!
There are masters like Michelangelo, Dali, Turner and Warhol who when we view their masterpieces.
Their exquisiteness is intimidating.
'I can't draw' you say!
Watching old films we see: Ginger Roger and Fred Astaire, Cyd Cherise and Gene Kelly
Glide effortlessly around the dance floor as if floating on a cushion of air.
It's easy to feel that you can never do that with your 'clumsy feet'.
Art and Dance are expressions of our souls.
Whether moving a paintbrush or pencil on a canvas or a page.
Or creating a masterpiece with our bodies on the dance floor or the stage.
Both of them mediums of expressions
Communicate a message; tell a story
They capture the moment; they preserve it for posterity
Everyone has a message; everyone has their story
As in any field there are professionals who have studied and trained for many years,
guided in their crafts by masters with experience. They know all the rules and the right terminology.
But these pros are not the sum total of the art.
There is beauty in the scribbles of a tot who says he's drawn a house or their family.
There is grace in the not to rhythmic ramba by the beginner ballroom dancer.
Tall or short, large or slight, whether we can run and jump or we need some mobility aid -
We ALL can dance
Motsi on Strictly said:
Dancing is for Everyone - All-body-types!
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