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Harry

Harry Report 7 Jan 2017 20:09

Thank you girls... Most kind. Yes, I'm luckier than most.

Happy days

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Jan 2017 23:56

<3 <3

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 6 Jan 2017 22:16


Thank you Harry, I hope you have good, kind companions around you. I know you must be a good friend and neighbour to others.

Take care

Lizxx

Harry

Harry Report 5 Jan 2017 10:08

That's one lovely reply.Liz. God bless you and a happy new year.

Happy days

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 5 Jan 2017 05:11


Hello Harry,

Good wishes for this new year ahead.

That poem is wonderful, so moving, what a kind, imaginative man Bill was to encourage John to fight back from ill health. I don't think John would have been disappointed when he saw the actual view, he would have been thankful for such a kind companion.

Lizxx

Harry

Harry Report 4 Jan 2017 23:29

Thank you for those kind replies. Quality if not quantity.

New year greetings to you both.

Best wishes Happy days

kandj

kandj Report 4 Jan 2017 13:13

Thank you Harry. I also have heard a similar version of this inspiring story.

It would be good to think that John passed on Bill's views of life to others in hospital.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" springs to mind.

Keep the poems coming Harry and a very Happy New Year to you xx

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 4 Jan 2017 12:05

Very well written Harry, yes I have heard the story before but it comes over so well in your poem. what a nice man Bill was. And how disappointed John was. :-) :-) <3

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Harry

Harry Report 4 Jan 2017 11:36

I like nice poems and this my version of an old story of which
few will have heard.

THE VIEW FROM THE HOSPITAL WARD.

Bill was in hospital,
Sadly, terminally ill;
He had the view from the window,
And much daily time to fill.

In the next bed, John lay prone,
All movement was denied;
But his friend detailed a picture,
Of the world he saw outside.

A pond with ducks and ducklings,
Happy family throwing bread;
Child eating what was for the birds -
He guessed what mother said.

Next day, home made sailing boats,
And children having fun;
Some just wearing underpants,
In tribute to the sun.

Flowers and plants 'a plenty,
Snow topped mountains far away;
Sadly things weren't meant to last,
And God took Bill away.

John's condition much improved,
And he moved to the window bed;
Alas there was no wondrous scene,
Just a line of bins instead.

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