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    When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said: Poems
    When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said: Poems
    When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said: Poems
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    When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said: Poems

    By Bill Leigh

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    Poems and random thoughts written over the last 40 years
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateApr 13, 2018
    ISBN9781543927351
    When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said: Poems

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      When the Voices Spoke This Is What They Said - Bill Leigh

      Flowers

      MAN

      A man dared to speak

      We all listened

      One even clapped as he left

      We all laughed, it was funny to hear

      A man speak what he felt

      And one even clapped as he left

      THE FLAG

      I can see all of the reasons

      I can feel all of the seasons

      That the flag flies

      That the flag cries

      I feel tears forming

      In my eyes

      I see tears forming in no eyes

      But the flag flies

      That no man dies

      But a Wife cries

      SMILE AT THE TIDE

      Smile as the tide takes

      Your friends away, you enjoyed

      Them in your day

      Rest them easy on your mind

      The tide is gentle and kind

      Live today like tomorrow the Tide

      May take you away and leave

      No sorrow

      ODE TO A BUG IN THE

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