http://slow.writerscafe.org/AlanSJeeves The original writings of author Alan S Jeeves en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775969740 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Not a commercial poem, just a little light fun. A car engine personified ? Don't we just love our motor cars ? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2823160/ Short story in the form of prose poetry with a closing trilogy of verse http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2823047/ I thought it appropriate to scratch this piece out in free http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822914/ A Lament http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822778/ We are unable to change the weather therefore, we may as well make the most of what we get http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822774/ Having smiled profusely (as requested) when reading CS's 'Optional Answers' it reminded me of the girl who left when the money ran out. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822691/ Was it a dream - or was it real ? Who knows ? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822233/ A bitter-sweet poem which I included in one of my pastoral collections. I guess not all pastorals are sweet-sweet. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822099/ Another pastoral, this time a villanelle in the 20th. century style (10 syllable), a tribute to the man and his famous poem. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2822014/ Take a walk in the rural morning and leave all your cares behind - A countryside poem from one of my pastoral collections. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821767/ Disclaimer: No horses were harmed during the writing of the poem. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821714/ The first poem I had published in 1973 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821680/ Stalin's theft of wheat http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821567/ Wishful thinking... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821563/ A Rhymed Fable http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821276/ This is a true story, My visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem in 1994 was one of the most poignant days of my life. I sat alone in the solace of Janusz Korczac Square and tried to imagine the unimaginable http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821191/ A more cheerful, colourful, easy read. 5 quatrains from 1975 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821128/ A sad poem from 1976. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2821045/ Heptonstall is a tiny village near to my home here in the hills of Yorkshire, England. Sylvia was... Well! I guess you all know who Sylvia was. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820861/ A sad poem about the homeless of London, England (and indeed the homeless everywhere in the world). http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820828/ The winds come to me from the fields of sleepWhere dreams are blown out of the shallow hillsAnd I, in my solitude, do rejoiceAs I take my comfort within their voiceWhich visits me as the cool evening stillsAnd is rinsed by raindrops that mildly weep.Gone is the rainbow and tincture of dayLost in the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820733/ A prize-winning pentastich - refrain from 2021 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820659/ Philosophical ? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820523/ A villanelle for all my friends in Texas, U.S.A. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2820455/ 36 pieces of Collected poetry of WW1 - Lest we forget. (Allow approx 40/45 minutes) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819901/ An epitaph http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819870/ 6 quatrains, free http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819794/ Sonnet with envoi at line 13 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819705/ Inspired by a French song of the same name. "The joys of love are but a moment long, the pain of love endures the whole life through" 5 quatrains in couplets, with prologue and refrained epilogue. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819655/ A prize winning villanelle from 2016. A tribute to beautiful Sicily. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819582/ Pentameter free. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819551/ Quatrains in couplets http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819490/ 3 stanzas of apparition http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819419/ The story of an owlet in five quatrains. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819410/ Not quite a ballad yet, with a ballady flavour. Quatrains with chorus. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819315/ To a recent writerscafe reviewer who commented sensibly on one of my poems. I hope that this piece is in agreement with his views. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819207/ A few thoughts on affairs in Eastern Europe in free style http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819171/ An Edwardian style traditional monologue http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819144/ A short piece of 3 stanzas. Romantic classical poetry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AlanSJeeves/2819129/