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For my friend Jose, and Fabi

June 25, 2018August 2, 2018 Briggsy 0 Comments

For my friend Jose, and Fabi Smart lad, your future is looking bright Smart lad, you hold the clubs just

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Norma – Our True North

March 8, 2018August 2, 2018 Briggsy 0 Comments

Norma – Our True North Another year passes, no different to each minute and second of the day A simple

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The South African Train

February 28, 2018August 2, 2018 Briggsy 0 Comments

The South African Train There is a Gravy train that runs between Dubai, Mumbai and Saxonwold And at dead of

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For my friend and his black lab called Princess

September 4, 2017 Briggsy 0 Comments

Princess – An extraordinary companion   A coat as black as night and yet always glowing like a pearl A

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Norma Eleanor Briggs – Ten years on

March 8, 2017 Briggsy 0 Comments

Norma Eleanor Briggs 23/10/1939 – 08/03/2007 Ten years to the day A decade of moments, laughter and love we’ve been

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You

November 18, 2016 Briggsy 0 Comments

You focus on the flight and you forget where to land You have all the music but you choose the

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How ya doin bro? Where ya been? Where ya goin’?

October 28, 2016 Briggsy 0 Comments

How ya doin bro? Where ya been? Where ya goin’?   How ya doin bro? I don’t just ask, I

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Hope is a thing with feathers

October 25, 2016 Briggsy 0 Comments

Hope is a thing with feathers They stem from your beating heart They display the colours of your soul They

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Your Catfish Friend – Richard Brautigan

October 6, 2016 Briggsy 0 Comments

If I were to live my life in catfish forms in scaffolds of skin and whiskers at the bottom of

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The Gift – Sara Teasdale

June 12, 2014October 12, 2016 Briggsy 0 Comments

The Gift – Sara Teasdale What can I give you, my lord, my lover, You who have given the world

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