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    Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories
    Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories
    Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories
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    Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories

    By Anne Elliott

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    The poems in this book cover a wide spectrum of topics, from lifes most embarrassing moments to our deepest feelings. Also included in the mix is humour with a dash of fantasy. There is plenty here to appeal to every age group.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateSep 29, 2011
    ISBN9781456786212
    Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories
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    Anne Elliott

    Anne Elliott’s roots are in the history of the UK. She lived and worked in Hampshire, Wales and Wiltshire before settling for sixteen years in Warwickshire, the heart of England. Moving to Canada in 2007 inspired her to revisit the places and stories she loved through her writing.

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      Thoughts, Feelings, and Very Tall Stories - Anne Elliott

      Contents

      SECTION ONE

      I’ve Built a Wall around Myself

      My wish

      Too kind

      Rainfall!

      Hunting

      Overloaded!

      Reflection

      Forgetful

      Weight Watchers

      Protection

      No choice

      Ticking clock

      Absence

      Misery

      Old-age phobia!

      Emotions

      ‘Cheer up’

      One moment

      Unsung heroes!

      Hidden feelings

      Promotion

      Silence

      A childish dream

      I need an answer

      Living with emotions

      Can’t

      Yearning!

      Death

      My pain!

      Two special words

      My love

      How I love you

      True me

      Flying!

      I just don’t know

      Why am I not popular?

      Can you hear?

      Easily spotted

      One precious second

      Wars

      I wish I could let go!

      Victim

      Dreaming

      Thoughts on jealousy

      Waiting for the phone

      Cupid’s arrow

      Different standards

      If only

      Hard to understand

      Sorry

      Constant companion

      Game of life

      My weakness

      SECTION TWO

      You Bring Your Kids

      into the World

      True friends

      Lonely lady

      Mondays to Sundays

      Changing roles

      Big mistake!

      Missing!

      Night time vigil

      Time

      Celebrity

      Mothers and sons

      Paying up

      Changed rules

      Too soon

      World we live in

      True love

      Average housewife

      Annual event

      Path of life

      Busy me

      Wishing

      My guy

      Night time horrors!

      Final rest

      A Conundrum

      Sally Anne

      Mum and me

      My father

      Family Christmas gathering

      Retirement

      Partner’s grief

      Expecting!

      Meeting the In-laws

      My affliction

      My best friend

      Being neighbourly

      Bad decision!

      Dishing out unhappiness

      Our secret

      SECTION THREE

      Excitement Building,

      Tension Mounting

      Shopaholic

      Obsessive behaviour

      Obsession

      Lonely me

      One more time

      SECTION FOUR

      I Pace the Floor, I’m Thinking

      Visit to the dentist

      Evening swim

      My diagnosis

      Very mixed up

      Pantomime witch

      Why?

      Annoying Pest!

      In the brink

      Perfect son

      Terror!

      Laid up

      A burning question

      Audacious flea

      Other half!

      New skill

      Very bad chooser!

      Midnight fright

      Is it true?

      Not suitable

      My old man!

      Mystified!

      SECTION FIVE

      My Cat, He is a Monster

      Open the door

      Comfort

      He’s a monster

      Unwanted gift

      Missing cat

      Hunting cat

      Cat with kittens

      SECTION SIX

      A Visitor Came Two

      Weeks Ago

      Upside down!

      Bright side

      Dark side

      Health hazard

      Unwelcome visitor!

      Change of weather

      Waiting

      Extremes of weather

      Springtime

      Sky at night

      SECTION SEVEN

      Oh Dear, Dear Me,

      You Silly Bee

      Disappear

      New beginning

      Wise owl

      Hedgehog’s plea

      Frog’s request

      Baby Joe

      Cuckoo

      Ant and snail

      Woodpecker and squirrel

      Stinging bee

      Spider and fly

      SECTION EIGHT

      I Hate You,

      You are Everywhere

      A victim

      Stained mirror

      Dropout

      Waiting for you

      My enemy!

      Reality check

      Daughter’s plea

      Delicious pudding!

      Moment to savour

      Dreadful decision

      Ladies’ day out

      Tragic Life

      Life-changing experience

      Father and son

      Unhappy meeting

      Murder spree!

      Mrs Tembes’ embarrassment!

      Uncertain mind

      An appointment

      Dark secret

      Plea from the heart

      Precious gems

      The press

      Meeting at station

      A parent’s nightmare

      Line dancing

      The office party

      Interview

      Daily journey

      Pigeon’s fate!

      Cup of tea

      Perfect peace

      Rejected

      Our win!

      About the Author

      SECTION ONE

      I’ve Built a Wall around Myself

      My wish

      I wish I had somebody

      To share my life with me!

      Someone who really loved me,

      Who wants to be with me.

      Someone to hold my hand

      And help me through the day.

      Someone to guide and comfort,

      When I sometimes lose my way.

      Someone to kiss me tenderly

      Each night when day is done.

      Someone to cuddle up to

      With the sinking of the sun.

      Someone to turn to for advice

      When I don’t know what to do.

      Someone to make me laugh again

      When I am feeling blue.

      How I wish I had somebody

      Who wants to be with me,

      A loving soul mate of my own

      To share my destiny.

      Too kind

      In life, you can be too kind;

      It’s a trait folk get to know.

      Instead of always saying, ‘Yes,’

      Sometimes you should say, ‘No.’

      If you aren’t very careful

      And do all you’re asked to do,

      One day you could wake up to find

      The life drained out of you.

      Rainfall!

      They say, in life, some rain must fall.

      That’s the way life’s meant to be.

      But I ask you, God, why does it seem

      That the rain all falls on me?

      Hunting

      How can a Matador, so cruel,

      Stick sword on sword into a bull

      While crowds sit back with encouraging cheers,

      Until that brave bull’s death appears?

      How can someone go out with gun

      To shoot young rabbits as they run

      Or aim at birds up in the tree,

      Instead of letting them fly free?

      Riders on horseback with hounds at heel

      Hunt foxes simply for the thrill

      Of watching as they’re ripped apart.

      These people simply have no hearts.

      They call it sport; it’s just some fun.

      But they wouldn’t think that if the gun

      Were aimed at them and they had to flee,

      To search in panic for their safety!

      Overloaded!

      I’ve finally flipped my lid;

      My brain has blown a fuse.

      Like a car that’s overheated,

      My poor brain’s been abused.

      I’ve stuffed in so much knowledge

      That now it’s of no use.

      It’s become so overloaded,

      It’s overwhelmingly confused.

      I didn’t give it any rest;

      Too much data it’s been fed.

      It’s decided now to go on strike;

      I’ve achieved an empty head.

      So there’s no use talking to me;

      You won’t get a reply.

      I can only sit and watch now,

      As life just slips on by!

      Reflection

      Oh God, I cannot take it;

      I won’t look any more.

      I’ll keep my eyes averted

      And just look at the floor.

      I’ve seen too many flaws now,

      Too many lines on show!

      I’ve bulges where I should be flat,

      And I’m flat, where bulges go!

      White’s now in abundance

      Where once my hair was black.

      I’d like to send this model away

      And get the old one back.

      So I’ll keep my eyes averted,

      Keep looking at the floor,

      Won’t look into a mirror now—

      I can’t look any more.

      Forgetful

      Why have I climbed the stairs?

      What am I doing here?

      What was the reason I came up?

      I’ve forgotten now I fear.

      Where have my car keys gone?

      I once had them in sight.

      But no matter how I search for them,

      They seem to have taken flight.

      What is the name of that young boy?

      I’m sure I know him well.

      Please do not ask me for his name;

      I’m afraid I cannot tell.

      I opened up the fridge door,

      Found a sock was tucked inside.

      I’m looking for my spectacles;

      They’ve decided they will hide.

      What’s going on inside my head?

      Something’s going very wrong.

      Won’t some kind person tell me please?

      Though I doubt I’ll remember for long!

      Weight Watchers

      There is a friend I meet

      On Wednesdays every week.

      She is delightful company

      Till discussing what she eats.

      She is considered fat,

      In fact she is obese.

      It only takes one look to see

      She enjoys a jolly feast.

      She seems to think I want

      A breakdown of all she eats.

      I’ve been forced to listen now,

      Seven years, six months, three weeks.

      She went and joined Weight Watchers,

      Where they discuss each other’s size,

      Then go and enjoy a slap-up meal

      As a consolation prize!

      She has stuck to all the rules,

      Says how good she’s been.

      But did

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