Frank Hornby .

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Oh, the joys of Christmas time, with parties, and fun games like charades to mime, Christmas celebrations are joyfully on the way, soon Rudolph will be pulling his gigantic, heavy sleigh, full to the brim, with yummy sweets, and f... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I'm taking my kids, to Princes Park today, because that's the place where my two girls love to play. On the swings, down the slide, and the spinning roundabout, just to hear them laugh, scream and shout! Lovely times spent togeth... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Such a magnificent bird, that graces our skies, a deadly predator with telescopic eyes. Homing in on its prey, with meticulous precision, there's no hope for the target when once in its vision. Swooping in for the kill, using the... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I will always be spiritually somewhere, when I eventually die, gazing down from somewhere observing all from high. I will never, ever leave you, I will never, ever go, wafting on a gentle breeze, always somewhere I just know. A s... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"You were still a schoolgirl just fifteen years old, I was only seventeen, with a story to be told. I really needed someone, someone special just like you, I was lost, aimlessly drifting off to nowhere, desperate for a soulmate to... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"My mind won't stop spinning, swirling violently around, trapped inside a vacuum, no senses no sound, I'm gasping for air, can't breath feeling drowned. Sinking slowly into the abyss, no vision no sight, deep into the vortex, I'm ... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Life giving warmth, from over 92 million miles away, bathing Earth with light turning night into day. Caressing our tiny world for billions, and billions of years, mixing life's recipe to create the bluest of spheres. At the cent... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Don't leave me, tell me why you have to go? Will you come back to see me? I really need to know. Don't you care about my mum? it hurts to hear her cries, she finds it hard to smile these days, I see the sadness in her eyes. Was i... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"With his huge Shire horse, pulling a cart laden with sacks of coal, the local coal man was providing our community with a vital role. The magnificent Shire horse would come clomping, along our cobbled old Liverpool Liffey street,... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"She never said a word, she didn't need to speak, as her hand caressed my sad face, she kissed me on the cheek, she was just a caring orphan girl, trying to take away my fears, a little caring orphan girl, wanting to stem my flow o... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I watch you Magpie, as you go about your busy day, high up in the treetops, as in the cold wind, branches sway. It's deep into winter with glistening snow on the ground, I listen to your chatter...a comforting, reassuring sound. ... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"What would we do, if I saw you today? Would you recognise me? What would we say? It's been ever so long, since I last saw your face, would it feel a bit strange, if we began to embrace? Mum, you've missed out on so much, in the... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"JUST DON'T GO OUT!...save lives...STAY IN! Use COMMON SENSE!...stay home with your kin. It's now a PANDEMIC!...thousands of LIVES ARE BEING LOST! Stay home with your loved ones...THINK OF THE COST! Pray for the NHS workers, riski... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Dear Frank...You were my first born, way back in 1949, I was a single girl, only 22 yrs old at the time, I did love your dad but sadly, his love suddenly went astray, he was a seaman as you now know, who decided that he just coul... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Society is rapidly collapsing, the world is turning to crime, criminals will rule our Cities, and towns...it's just a matter of time. Law, and order is obviously failing, murder is increasing so fast, stabbings, and rape occur eve... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I WON'T GIVE IN!....I'LL STAND MY GROUND! I'LL STICK OUT MY CHIN!...GIVE POUND FOR POUND! I WON'T BACK DOWN!...BECAUSE I KNOW I'M RIGHT! IF YOU DON'T SEE IT MY WAY!....BE READY TO FIGHT! "DO AS I SAY!!....NOT AS I DO!!"... "DEFY... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I feel in tune with beautiful nature, together with the birds, and the bees, I'm in harmony with the melodious blackbird, I see what the Orangutan sees, I swim with the fish in the Ocean, I understand when the dolphin sings. I... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"This cosy little cottage, has everything we desire, especially the chilly nights we snuggled, by the roaring log fire. Our meals in the Coach, and Horses, was well worth the price, Juicy steak, and lamb cutlets ..Mmm..so very nice... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"How do you cope, when you lose someone you love? Do you abandon all hope...or pray to the "almighty"above? It's a personal choice to have a belief, where many people find solace, in dealing with grief, or..do you get angry with b... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Dreams thrive, and dwell in the mind..so deep, creating mystery, and monsters in the depths of sleep, also genes inherited..from lives long gone, weave through generations of minds...from father to son. "I'm sure I've been here".... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I've missed you man," said Paul to John, it's not been the same, since you've been gone " (Yeah, I know the feeling, it's the way I've felt too, us sitting around in Mendips, making music with you. Cool memories of us both jammin... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Once the class clown...always fooling around, the centre of attention in the playground. You had to be the one making all your mates laugh, buffoon, and court jester...will be your epitaph. Disrupting the lessons, throughout your... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Paul!..Billy!..Mike!.....Frank!..Listen, I'm not bloody tellin' yeh no more! ..I'll give you such a Go along!..your feet won't touch the floor!" "I'm tellin' yeh!..you lot will put me in an early grave!" "Stop all your bloody figh... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"We were so proud...our hearts almost did burst! for the birth of our Rachael..our grandchild...our first! I'll always remember that beautiful day, the year was nineteen ninety....the fourth day of May. Then for the next five year... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"A short walk up Moorgate Road, brought us to Kirkby industrial Estate, we'd arrive at Spinney woods, a place we all thought was great. Hiding amongst the ferns, and climbing all kinds of trees, we'd have fun there for hours, and g... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I'd been out of work, for about two months...so imagine my delight, when I got myself an immediate start..on a local building site. I was just seventeen....hadn't done construction work before, labouring for the tradesmen..."I can... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"You have been gone such a long, long time, it's getting hard for me to recall, times of you in your prime. Images of you are fading...slowly slipping from my mind, Mum!...where are you going? You're getting harder for me to find."... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I'm trying to think of some words, nothing too absurd to put into some kind of rhyme, I'm sitting at home, struggling to think of a poem, about how can I turn back time. I look at the clock, and hear the tick, tock, so I put two ha... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"The carrion crow...so free to fly wild, an intelligent corvid...with an IQ of a small child, the crow is an omnivore...scavenges for any morsel it can, keeps itself to itself...so wary of man.. Black feathers like coal...and so b... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I've got this "feeling" I'm in an empty place...a sense of "nothing there," lost in the void of time, and space...I'm straining my ears to hear. The dark is overwhelming, no hint of any light...I'm falling deeper, I know I am...tot... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Way back in the 50's, only farmlands of pasture, and corn, then along came the planners, and builders, suddenly Kirkby, a Newtown was born. Scousers relocated in their thousands, to live in a brand new abode. On buses, and old tra... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"I just want to hibernate....go to ground, don't want to be near people....no one around. Maybe sleep for a year...try not to wake, curl up into a tight ball...for as long as it takes. In suspended animation, with minimum heartbea... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"As I slowly walked through the building, of people in care, I was approached by an old lady, with pure silver hair, "Hello love," I heard myself say, and in a clear polite voice, she asked, "is it Thursday today?" ...."No love, it... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Scribbling on the notepad, while talking on the phone, it's something we all do, so don't worry you're not alone. Rhomboids, and triangles, circles, and cubes, squares, smiley faces, pyramids, and tubes. Oodles of doodles all ove... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Life is a gift, so embrace it and live, love is an emotion, so don't be afraid to give. Hate is a cancer, that grows deep down inside, revenge is so sweet when delivered to a snide. So when your "clock" is unwinding, and life's a... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Mr Happy, and Mr Angry, lived strangely side by side, they shared the same earthly body...like Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde. Every now, and then it would start with a tremor, and a slight nervy twitch, suddenly Mr Angry would appear, li... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"When I was a young lad, I loved climbing tall trees, I'd have scrapes on my arms, and cuts on my knees. The taller, the better, I'd scramble up to the top, then hang from the branches, while threatening to drop. As we ran through... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"You tell me that you love me, but why do you both start to cry? You say that I'm your dad, I don't know your reasons why. You brush my teeth, and dress me, as I look deep into your eyes. Sometimes I think I know you girls, but... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"So much laughter down in the street, us boys kicking a ball against the wall, those memories I have, just can't be beat, such a pleasure to recall. Girls playing hopscotch by the flats, some skipping with a rope, my mates dog ... Read more

poem by Frank Hornby .

"Off to Wales we eagerly headed, good mates the three of us, arriving at the Pier Head from Kirkby, on a green corporation bus. Our destination still unknown, as across the Mersey we set sail, disembarked the ferry at Birkenhead, t... Read more