© Benjamin Arthur Robinson 2025
This book is dedicated to
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second.
Thank you for the great compassion that you showed throughout your life during your service,
and for your decades of tireless service to the country and to the people of the United Kingdom.
You were a true blessing to the Nation.
This book is also dedicated with great appreciation to the brave and the courageous men and women of the Armed Forces who so tirelessly and dedicatedly, and patriotically continue to serve the nation, and to those who have served the nation including my Grandparents.
And the book is also dedicated to all those who have served and to those who continue to serve the nation so tirelessly, including the security forces and the Police forces of the country, who have put their lives on the line, and who put their lives on the line on a daily basis, and also to all of those brave and courageous men and women who have died for their country in the defence of the Nation.
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Index
A blank page, 72
Alas the day, 8
Alphabet what is your shade, 18
And when the day dawns upon the night, 28
Angelic, 74
Aurora borealis, 54
Beguiled, 87
Behemoth, 75
Bewildered, 60
Bow down to the sun, 15
Broken locks, 82
Butterfly, 62
Carry me over the river, 53
Charity, 51
Chat show, 12
Define, 62
Did the mountain, 10
Dilapidated state of mind, 114
Diplomacy, 31
Edge of the pond, 22
Ever slow, 82
Fast upon the waves, 65
Forever in our hearts, 101
From the cliffs to the shore, 99
From the first time, 51
Gentility of the night, 55
Get on with your life, 112
Goodbye, 60
Gravity and gravitas, 89
Greed, 83
Hang on to the moment, 91
Happiness and bliss, 95
Here is Oscar Wilde, 89
How are you?, 30
I dreamt across the sea, 71
I think of you, 97
I’ve missed you, 103
If by logic and common sense, 97
If in thine eyes, 78
Imagine, 84
In my mind, 64
In such a fire as the sun, 90
In the blink of an eye, 67
In the darkest of nights, 71
In the kindness, 68
In the mind’s eye, 66
In the past, 88
In the vastness, 65
In the wind and the shade, 25
In the window, 106
In the woods, 70
Somewhere in the sun, 91
Leaving for the last time, 67
Leaving the shore, 29
Light, 111
Meander through the meadows, 45
Mismatched and misshaped, 80
Modern society, 47
Moon and sky, 52
Mountains, 110
Myriad, 55
Near midnight, 90
Night but alone, 32
Of such great works, 93
Of the river, 69
Of the tallest tree, 92
Of the time it does not matter, 27
Of this Earth, 50
Oh, for how the heart is enshrined, 17
Oh, sparkling sea, 24
Oh, what desolation you feel, 98
Old London town, 33
On a rainy day in August, 15
On the shoulder you carry a star, 102
Patterns in the sand, 104
Peace, 56
Peace and love, 8
Peace and quiet, 61
Poem to the Earth, 26
Rain amidst the tears, 57
Redoubtable, 46
Redundant minds, 108
Ride out the storm, 81
She walks beside me, 70
Sheets of rain, 113
Social networks, 44
Some say not much, 87
Soon to be gone, 79
Starlight and universe, 18
Stone, timber, wood, 86
Strongly against the shore, 69
Such, 65
Sunshine across the clothes, 73
Sunshine upon the coast, 16
Taj Mahal, 107
The door, 71
The future, 77
The stars, 64
The world, 76
There is a table and a chair, 96
There is a time to forget, 85
There is no tomorrow like today, 31
Through the kitchen, 103
Through the pain, 75
Through this hour, 93
Tired of the night, tired of the day, 105
To the girl that I never knew, 110
Torquemada of the heart, 108
Travel light, 48
Under the moon, 63
Under the pergola, 49
Unique, 101
Upon each step, 17
Walk a thousand miles, 76
Wander as you will, 45
Wanton and wild, 63
War, 76
We imagine all, 100
We see the light, 81
We wait, 88
What good is the mind?, 11
What is history?, 21
What is the sum, 68
What is the world?, 27
What of the light, 14
Where is the key to your heart?, 19
Where the winter, 57
Wild is your heart, 12
Wilderness, 22
Wilful and wanton, 13
Wintry skies, 59
With open minds and open hearts, 94
Yellow flowers in the vase, 95
You were unaffected, 73
Alas the day
Alas the day, alas the night, when the voices cease and the words run from the page. When men, women, boys and girls are deprived through repression, oppression, racism and hate. And there is ill education of an age.
Because sadly for many on the planet earth, there is much about which to rage. And as they say the whole world is a stage. And unfortunately, with freedom of speech, although it is a great thing, many do not use their words wisely.
And in the newspapers and in the magazines and online and on the radio and on the television. What do we see? Violence of all kinds and people being unkind to each other and far too frequently. And we constantly also see stories of mostly unhappiness and misery.
And salacious stories are printed and shouted about in public constantly. By chat show hosts and journalists and gossip columnists who happily make money from people's misery. And it is a tragedy.
And it is not the way it should be. And I wish we could banish negativity from society. And make the world a more positive place to be.
And it is a battle that we fight constantly. But on we must go with the show. And although we try to smile through it all.
The constant negative stories are apocryphal. And I try my best to rise above it all. And many others do too.
But what does the human race do about it all? Very little indeed. And sadly, many people do not have time to try and make a difference. As they are too busy.
Racing around like crazy and working too hard. And struggling to feed, clothe and house their families. Whilst a few in the governments of the world.
Who mostly have good hearts and minds. To deal with all the world's problems have barely any time at all. And the others who do have the time to try and make a difference.
And do not barely have any resources to use at all. And with so much to say. And with so much written about the world's problems.
The world seems to turn more slowly. And barely fix anything at all. But still at least in the most of the world we have democracy.
But I hope that we can improve upon it all. Upon the chaos and the mess and decrease poverty. And violence of all kinds.
And I wish people will choose their words more wisely. And people become more caring. And I wish for equality for us all.
But alas the day and alas the night. When the voices cease and the words run from the page. When men, women, boys and girls are deprived,
through oppression, repression, racism and hate, and ill education of an age. Because it is no good for us as the human race at all.
And still to this day. There is still too much suffering and pain. And with all the education we have available, why cannot we seem to end it all? But I wish everyone would choose their words more wisely, and be more caring.
And I wish for equality for us all, but alas the day and alas the night, when the voices cease and the words run from the page, when men, women, boys and girls are deprived, through oppression, oppression, racism and hate, and ill education of an age.
Because it is no good for us as the human race at all. And still to this day. There is still too much suffering and pain.
And with all the education we have available. Why cannot we seem to end it all?