Sunday 12 May 2013

That Old Steam Train Has Left The Station (for D)

That old steam train has left the station for the very last time,
I didn’t even know you were going but I know it’ll be somewhere nice,
May be the sands of Morar or the pier at Mallaig.

That old steam train has left the station with only the driver onboard,
The one who looks like Robert Newton from Treasure Island,
As you toot your whistle, you’ll be filling in another crossword,
I betcha!

That old steam train has left the station for the very last time today,
And we were all the better for having been passengers on it,
Thanks for the ride pal, rest well.



bobby s.

Wednesday 8 May 2013

100 word Postcards From The Past (1899)


 
Sailed from England and spent Christmas day on the high seas. Here we are in New York. Tonight we are all going to Times Square to say good riddance to 1899 and to welcome in the glorious 1900. We have all been guessing what the world might be like in the year 2000. Sally says we shall all be living under the sea and James thinks that man will travel to the stars. I reckon that we will be done with all that war nonsense, and everyone will be enjoying a peaceful world. Have a very Happy New Year. Spencer.






bobby stevenson

Wednesday 1 May 2013

The Eye Of The Needle


He’s gone now, the old me,
And not with some big great goodbye
But with a whimper,
Somewhere out there in the wilderness.

To write seemed such an innocent idea
To discard the old and move on smiling with a dream
But there was a cost to it all,
And it cost everything,
And it took everything,
And the only parts of me that I can salvage from my yesterdays
Are those things which will fit through the eye of a needle.



bobby stevenson 2013