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The Tale Of A Ragged Boy
I was wandering down the old pit road
Where many a ghostly tale was told
When I came across a ragged boy
His coal-black face contained no joy
In his hand, swung a Davy lamp
He said it was in case of firedamp
"A'v lost me way to the pit," he said
"If we've got ne money we cannot buy bread!"
I said, the pit shut long ago
And then I noticed down below
His fe...
Monday 4th December 2023 5:13 pm
The price of coal
What is the price of coal?
The web has sites that quote
a market rate, but if you scroll
all through the list you won’t
see figures with the least, remote
affinity to price of coal.
What is the price of coal?
A mine roof caving in?
The dread Black Lung Disease that stole
the lives of countless men?
The destitution of their kin?
Is that the price of coal?
...
Monday 12th June 2023 10:16 am
The Making Of A Worker
The Making Of A Worker.
The lorry tips its rubble
On the road outside our house,
the privet hedge engulfed
in a primordial cloud of dust,
it drives away in chugging glee
having spilled its heavy load
and we stand and watch it go
as the carbon mountain settles.
The sergeant-major father
barks his orders at the troops
and our little hands clasp tight
the...
Tuesday 2nd February 2016 8:01 pm
King 1 - Queen 2
Wath - Queen of Villages reigned
in her flower garden
her turnip grubbing fields
her pig pens and her byres
subjects tugging forelocks
native speech a country slide
years before the pits
-
When Wigan coalpits died
the King - black in workings underground
emerged in Wath to drag her subjects down
drawing men across the border
...Wednesday 15th August 2012 9:13 pm
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