I don’t understand it, it all seems so slow, I find it excessively boring. What are they doing, what is the point of it, that man slumped in the stand, is that the sound of him snoring? There they all are, dressed in white, standing, waiting, fanned out across the wide field of grass. But […]
Category: Poems
Poems by Nicholas Prosser
THE DEATH OF HEROES
It was quiet that Sunday morning in the summer of ‘97, we’d left early, a young man was my driver, He told me his name, I’d worked with his father a remarkable writer. Across the Thames, passing Parliament, I was prompted to tell him about that cold January day. I’d shown respect to that past […]
OH LITTLE TOWN OF TENBY
Below its high protective cliffs lies that soft carpet of expansive sand in an inviting shade of light brown, Distant from those busy towns and cities, perched upon a hill is this Welsh seaside town. Time here stands still, tradition rules where old values have never changed, Has a designer had an input with town […]
THE PEOPLE’S VOTE
For those abroad, whose sights were on this castle, now change your plan. Those within the walls pack your bags, prepare to leave whist you still can. Doubled the guard at the entrance gate, all visitors screened, no strangers allowed. To those who bond with our international friends, no longer allowed to be proud. Imports […]
ONE FINAL CRY
The sun was warm, the passion too, in the blue sky above. a chopper hovered. There were 700 thousand there plus god knows how many more that hadn’t bothered. Travelling from near and far to gather by the home of the winner at Waterloo. The young, the old, the left, the right, the poor the […]
THE RIDDLE
Though we must control them, between the Irish Republic and the U.K. there must be no border. No checks or watchtowers allowed, no barriers, no patrols, not even a security warder, To end the peace and return to violence, avoid a civil war, trigger the alarms, Mayday Mayday All concur there must be no risk, […]
TO THE CLIFF EDGE
Will the rebels find the strength to support the cause to defy their party Or will they weaken, succumb to the whip, and turn coat with their loyalty Their leader promises one pledge to one but quite different to another. When all is said and done we must hold together, you are my sister, my […]
MANY HAPPY RETURNS HRH PRINCE OF WALES
Born in consecutive years, we share our age, separation only 11 months apart. You don’t know me, we’ve never met but we were once so close and that’s a start. Your life’s had plenty of it, whereas mine, just an occasional taste of adventure, You and me, both fans of the natural world with similar […]
THE GLAMOUR DAYS OF TELEVISION
I am often asked about those “glamour” days I spent in TV studios, large and small. How does it feel, what is it like , are you on cloud nine and walking tall? Is it the team and crew or those appearing that take the whole experience to unimaginable heights? Is it the millions watching, […]