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    Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything
    Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything
    Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything
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    Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything

    By Thad Sherman

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    This is 150 pages crammed with eighty four pomes presented in an easily readable style. Short titles have been chosen so that the plot and punch line are not always immediately obvious.
    Pomes are a reflection of everyday life and happenings with a wry twist.
    The subjects vary widely and randomly, the only consistent theme is that all except the first three are in alphabetical order.
    No two pomes cover the same subject although The Fantasies and The Ponderer are close but different. Some are based on Thads early life in London while others derive from living close to the countryside in later life. A few touch on solutions to insoluble problems but only in a light hearted manner, for example The Roads. The only pome with a message is The Time. There is of course the odd cheeky pome and romantic pome to cover as much of lifes spectrum as possible. Some of the pomes relate true happenings and it could be fun to try to pick them outThe rest are pure imagination.
    The title Pomes is a legacy from my late sister Eileen who was an absolute wizard at advertising rhymes and jingles she called Pomes. So in some way this book is a late tribute to Eileen; if I have only been half as good as Eileen then hopefully you will enjoy these pomes as much as I have enjoyed writing them. In all honesty I cannot offer a money back guarantee since tastes will differ.But I just offer you this thought.

    As an engineer I have a very practical and logical mind, but I can assure you I have witnessed poltergeists in action. My aunt was a psychic medium and called me a reincarnate. I try hard to keep an open mind about everything, but I believe my sister has in some way guided
    me while writing the verses. I know what I think, I do not ask you to believe it. I have to ask myself why this sudden urge to write pomes and all written within six months and never before have I written a pome, poem, or verse. (Spooky Eh?)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateSep 27, 2012
    ISBN9781479720910
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      Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything - Thad Sherman

      Pomes

      A Wry Look At Life And Everything

      Thad Sherman

      Copyright © 2012 by Thad Sherman.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      0-800-644-6988

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Thad’s Pome

      The Time

      The Trick

      The Angler

      The Baker

      The Battery

      The Birds

      The Blade

      The Box

      The Canines

      The Cat

      The Charlie

      The Chest

      The Choice

      The Christmas

      The Cleaner

      The Clock

      The Club

      The Coffee-Morning

      The Couple

      The Covenant

      The Desire

      The Differences

      The Disappearance

      The DIY

      The Dream

      The Earth

      The Enchant-Ted

      The Eyes

      The Fantasies

      The Female

      The Flirt

      The Gardener

      The Gossip

      The Grouse

      The Habit

      The Happiness

      The Holiday

      The Home

      The Job

      The Journey

      The Language

      The Lights

      The Love

      The Lunch

      The Male

      The Millionaire

      The Mush

      The Naked-Truth

      The Need

      The Odd-Job Man

      The Phobia

      The Piggy

      The Pills

      The Pond

      The Ponderer

      The Pool

      The Question

      The Rain

      The Reaction

      The Recycle

      The Riddle

      The Roads

      The Sailor

      The Saying

      The Signs

      The Sleep

      The Snail

      The Solver

      The Sons

      The Sportsman

      The Sprinter

      The Student

      The Touch

      The Traveller

      The Trees

      The Truth

      The Van-Man

      The Viewer

      The Voice

      The Walk

      The Want

      The Windows

      The Wordsmith

      Dedication

      I dedicate this book to my late sister Eileen.

      She was a whiz with rhymes and she called them Pomes. If she’s up there watching I did ask Harry if he thought you would mind me pinching that name.

      I also thank the dedicated help given to me by my friend Susan.

      Introduction

      The Pomes in this book are in alphabetical order except for the first three. You are encouraged to dip into them but if you don’t like the title, the Pome itself may still surprise you with an unexpected punch.

      The index to this book is at the back to encourage a bit of dipping.

      The Pomes are straightforward verses with a rhyme and some will ask you to think about life differently perhaps.

      Enjoy

      Thad’s Pome

      I am getting old

      So don’t have long

      My Pomes to be told

      The platform for my song

      I’ve writ more than seventy

      On my PC they are stored

      That I think is plenty

      To keep you all bored

      If I should drop dead

      My Pomes will be lost

      Those out of my head

      Their recovery will cost

      Those took to the grave

      Are never to be heard

      I ask if you can save

      The Pomes of this nerd

      The Time

      Time’s a thing no one can buy

      However much they seek to try

      What matters most is where we are

      Not the horizons oh so far

      The past is gone never to return

      It’s only there for us to learn

      As harsh as this may truly seem

      The life that’s gone is like a dream

      It lingers where you’re not sure

      Hard facts then, now not so pure

      Time is what your wrist watch shows

      It will be taken wherever one goes

      And life is like a big watch spring

      Over wind and it might go ping

      We can plan for future times

      Saving our money pennies and dimes

      If that plans target we shall meet

      Then the present time will be sweet

      Time can fritter through ones fingers

      When it’s gone no memory lingers

      Time will never go away

      So spend it well, enjoy today

      The Trick

      This is such a cheeky prose

      You will need to hold your nose

      And stick your fingers in both ears

      Make sure your eyes have no tears

      Are you now feeling total bliss?

      So how the hell are you holding this?

      The Angler

      Sitting down from dawn to dark

      Hardly what one calls a lark?

      Rigidly still, with transfixed stare

      Even when they eat their fare

      Focusing on fluorescent tip

      Tensed for any suspicious dip

      Flex the limbs ease pins and needles

      Distraction from a group of weasels

      Sweating in the noonday sun

      Their ordeal is halfway done

      Determined that their pitch is right

      Waiting for the cool of night

      The wind dies down the water still

      Time to contemplate

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