March 26, 2021

 

 

In 80, Roger Daltrey, on Polydor,

raced to No.39 with ‘Free Me’.

And in 05, ‘Free My Name’, on Sanctuary,

for Ocean Colour Scene, reached No.23.

 

In 78, Free, rose to No.11,

on Island, with ‘Free EP’.

And in 84, ‘I Want To Break Free’,

on EMI, for Queen, made the Top 3.

 

In 73, ‘Free Electric Band’, on Mums,

gave Albert Hammond, a No.19.

And in 80, ‘Running Free’, on EMI,

for Iron Maiden, also a No.19.

 

In 94, ‘Free Spirit’, on Parlophone,

for Kim Appleby, was at No.51, seen.

And in 04, ‘Freedom Fighters’, on Virgin,

gave Music, a No.15.

 

In 93, Jon Secado had a Top 50,

with ‘I’m Free’, on SBK.

And also in 93, ‘Free To Love Again’,

made No.58, for Suzette Charles, on RCA.

 

In 77, Deniece Williams, reached No.1,

with ‘Free’, on CBS.

And in 84, ‘Freedom’, on Epic, gave Wham,

a gold selling US & UK No.1 success.

 

In 87, ‘Free’ on Mercury, made No.56,

for Curiosity Killed The Cat.

And in 97, ‘Freed From Desire’, on Big Life,

found Gala, with a silver selling No.2 hat.

 

In 97, ‘Free’, on Positiva,

saw DJ Quicksilver at No.7.

And in 01, ‘Free’, on Interscope,

for Mya, peaked at No.11.

 

In 95, Free Spirit reached No.68,

on Columbia, with ‘No More Rainy Days’.

And in 2000, ‘Freedom’, on Mute,

gave Erasure, a No.27 gaze.

 

In 01, ‘Free At Last’, on Positiva,

took Simon to No.36.

And in 95, ‘Free As A Bird’, on Apple –

a No.2, for the Beatles, ending this mix.

 

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

March 16, 2021

 

 

1     L   BLUE VEST     5  4

2     BRIGHTY WILL     5  6

3     GO  ARDEN DUKE     5  6

4     H  JOINS ARCH RD     4  8

5     O  Y  ON ACCORD     5  5

6     R F WON ROLES     3  7

7     E KIND PARKER     5  6

8     OR  I  KEEN   BABE     6  5

9     US STILL CAN     4  6

10    LET J NET   SO COOL     6  7

11    O  I  A  GO TO  D J     5  4

12    HIP  SPARKLE     4  6

13    L  I REACH   ASK  J G     4  8

14    ARCH RUN   HUG     4  6

15    L  IN  AZURE  JEM     4  7

16    AKA – HE  V  JOIN  E R     2 – 4  6

17    L   C GOAL  MIMIC J     3  9

18    I WILL BE SMART    4  8

19    L   RESIT BALL     4  6

20    BE  EVEN  RUNS     5  5

21    A GRAND SEASON  R DARED     7  11

22    VAR  JOY   N MEN HOWL     5  9

23    A DREAM   A ROTA     5  6

24    REG BY REG  OR  E     6  5

25    FOIL  AS I B  V A     5  5

26    LOOK  A    U  PC     4  4

27    THINK IT  B  BY  N E      5  7

28    DWF   A STAGE FAVE     4  9

29    I  CARER  WILL     6  4

30    BET NET OR READ  B P     5  9

31    YOU – IN ART ARIA  N     5  3 – 5

32    O  B  BOLD   GUY B     5  5

33    TRY HOT MADE T     4  7

34    N FOR UNMARK     5  5

35    JO  NOT  TONY     5  4

36    U  N Y  JEM MILL M     5  6

37    NEED LAND  N REED  ROCK     7  10 

38    A MISS   SO I RAN     6  5

39    BOY    WON R R R     4  5

40    L   Y O Y  WILL B     5  4

41    U IN PLACE     4  4

42    ME LONE   SO SEND     6  6

43    O HI  JO MAN   U TOO     4  8

44    WIPE  T   THERE     5  5

45    AH   MIGHT LIKELY C     7  7

46    CANNY  HOCKS  ON  J H     6  8

47    I C  OPEN ENDED  AL     6  7

48    Y  U  MATCH  D N     4  5

49    R ROSE GARDEN  FUN     6  8

50    ITS  AT  VAR  M J     4  6

51    I  C  U  PAIR  TRIO     3  8

52    ONLY  KE  FIVE      5  5

53    ALAN MIX  M K     3  6

54    RED  TO  OPEN     5  4

55    NN  RUN SALAD DEAL     4  10

56    VAN B KEYS – SANK LABEL     6  6 – 5

57    A LEONARD M RAN F C     8  6

58    TIN CONTD SWEETS     6  8

59    N Y  DJ  OUR D H     4  5

60    Y  E  MAIL BIKE     4  6

61    POST  MONDAY  N H     4  8

62    O BOAT  IN  LINE     3  8

63    YES   E  HEN  N  SWAN   Y  E     5  9

64    ROW B  –  BEAMING SIGHT     6  5 – 5

65    WILL SEEK  TOM     4  7

66    Y  E  KIND LOVE     5  5

67    MANY HOT PONDS     4  8

68    MY MOON CALLS FINAL     7  9

69    I  C  DEAR HANDS  R     4  8

70    I  ON  BARRYS  HILL     5  8

71    SLEEVE M     3  4

72    WIN BY   U  R  ON ROSE     3  10

73    S N E  HUGELY  M H     5  6

74    O  E  NINE RIBS BOND     6  8

75    MM  ART   U ARTY      4  6

76    OH  BE   Z  BALL     3  6

77    TEA AND CHARM  SIR R     7  8

78    KICK EARNS  M     4  6

79    E REPEATS  TOE     5  6

80    E DO MY DEAL  T B     3  8

81    L  I  FAB SHOP     3  6

82    E  ME  ROY AND LEN     6  6

83    Y GARY   DAN     4  4

84    LET MY GOAL     3  6

85    Y  I  B  ALL THRILL     5  7

 

the answers will appear on my website –

blackbury-poems.com

on 31st March 2021

(usual copyright rules apply)

 

Thank you for visiting my website – Regards Harriet        

 

 

March 15, 2021

 

 

and buttercups in the meadow knew,

that you need me and I need you.

 

and honey bees, who saw us coming,

filled with joy and started humming.

 

and swans with cygnets formed a flotilla,

when we arrived to give them dinner.

 

and hungry gulls with a deafening sound,

dive bombed the party, and came to ground.

 

and canadian geese picked up the scraps,

along with ducks – such cheeky chaps.

 

and pigeons too, from far and wide,

gathered by the waterside.

 

and all too soon, the food was gone,

and the late – comers, just looked on.

 

‘that’s it kids, no more today’,

I say, with sadness, turning away.

 

‘next time, I promise to bring more’,

with deep sincerity, I implore.

 

as buttercups in the meadow view,

us coming back, with hands held true.

 

and honey bees who saw us coming,

no longer there – no sound of humming.

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

and when I thought all hope was gone,

my watch had stopped at five to one.

 

and then I thought ‘what can I do’,

by which time it was ten past two.

 

I’d lost my mind, which worried me,

until it returned at quarter to three.

 

I showered and dressed, and opened the door,

by which time it was twenty to four.

 

I breathed fresh air, and felt alive,

as the town hall clock struck dead on five.

 

I walked for miles – my mind to fix,

by now it was six minutes past six.

 

I talked to people, it felt like heaven,

then wandered home at half past seven.

 

I took a path, which wasn’t straight,

that got me home just after eight.

 

I cooked some food, and drank some wine,

then read in bed, til well past nine.

 

‘I simply must do this again’,

‘to hell’, I thought, ‘with News at Ten’.

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

 

March 14, 2021

 

 

‘I’m a ‘Youth Dew’ girl,

she would always insist to me.

 

I told her that I found it

a little over-powering,

and that maybe she

should use a tad less.

 

I would sneeze as soon as

she clambered into my car.

We would give each other

that same knowing look.

 

Her first words always the same:

‘You’re flaming crackers, and you

can turn that racket off the radio too –

lets talk instead’.

 

That’s how it was, mile after mile.

She talked and talked. I listened 

and occasionally butted in.

I’d heard every word many times.

 

She loved dogs and trees,

and ten people and me,

but the rest of the universe

could all ‘sod off’.

 

In an attempt to suppress

another imminent sneeze,

I would mischievously press

the passenger window switch,

 

and her window would come

flying down, letting in some

lovely, cool clear air, and scaring

her witless, in the process.

 

‘Put this window back up,

you damned idiot’, she would

demand, closing her eyes and

shaking her head in dismay.

 

Oh. what I would give to

smell the perfume on her today!

 

Now, more than a decade on,

I occasionally catch the aroma

of Youth Dew on someone that

I pass in the street. and choking back

tears, face all the comeuppance

I deserve.

 

Sorry for being such a bitch Mum

Love you tons.

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

March 12, 2021

 

1     WILFRIED ZAHA

2     ROY HODGSON

3     CHRISTIAN BENTEKE

4     AARON WAN-BISSAKA

5     LUKA MILIVOJEVIC

6     GARY CAHILL

7     IAN WRIGHT

8     DWIGHT GAYLE

9     CHRIS COLEMAN

10    GARETH SOUTHGATE

11    JACK BUTLAND

12    STEVE KEMBER

13    VINCE HILAIRE

14    GLENN MURRAY

15    ANDY GRAY

16    ANDREW JOHNSON

17    GEORGE WOODGER

18    ANDROS TOWNSEND

19    KENNY SANSOM

20    GERRY FRANCIS

21    MEL BLYTH

22    JULIAN SPERONI

23    TYRICK MITCHELL

24    PATRICK VAN AANHOLT

25    JOHN JACKSON

26    CHEIKHOU KOUYATE

27    GEOFF THOMAS

28    JAMES MCARTHUR

29    ALAN PARDEW

30    WAYNE HENNESSEY

31    MAMADOU SAKHO

32    IAIN DOWIE

33    STEVE COPPELL

34    JORDAN AYEW

35    PAUL HINSHELWOOD

36    MARK BRIGHT

37    JASON PUNCHEON

38    ATTILIO LOMBARDO

39    SCOTT DANN

40    CHRIS ARMSTRONG

41    JIM CANNON

42    VICENTE GUAITA

43    JOHNNY BYRNE

44    CONNOR WICKHAM

45    ALBERT HARRY

46    YANNICK BOLASIE

47    STEPHEN HENDERSON

48    MILE JEDINAK

49    DANNY BUTTERFIELD

50    TOMAS BROLIN

51    MARTIN KELLY

52    DAMIEN DELANEY

53    JEFFREY SCHLUPP

54    DOUGIE FREEDMAN

55    JOHN SALAKO

56    SHEFKI KUQI

57    YOHAN CABAYE

58    JAMES MCCARTHY

59    PETER TAYLOR

60    NATHANIEL CLYNE

61    JAIRO RIEDEWALD

62    MICHY BATSHUAYL

63    JOEL WARD

64    CLINTON MORRISON

65    EBERECHI EZE

66    HAYDEN MULLINS

67    NIGEL MARTYN

68    JAMES TOMKINS

69    JEAN PHILIPPE MATETA

70    TERRY FENWICK

71    ROY SUMMERSBY

72    PETER BURRIDGE

73    DAVE SWINDLEHURST

74    BOBBY WOODRUFF

75    JIMMY BAUCHOP

76    DARREN AMBROSE

77    JERRY MURPHY

78    EDWIN SMITH

79    BILLY GILBERT

80    FRED KURZ

81    RONNIE ALLEN

82    TOM SOARES

83    JIMMY WILLIAMS

84    CLIFF HOLTON

85    SHAUN DERRY

86    GEORGE CLARKE

87    PHIL BARBER

88    BEN WATSON

89    PETER SIMPSON

90    MIKE DEAKIN

91    RUBEN IRA LOFTUS-CHEEK ( on loan )

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

February 2021

(usual copyright rules apply)

Many Thanks for visiting my website  Regards Harriet

 

March 11, 2021

 

 

So many stories

rolled into one.

People we met,

battles we won

 

whilst on the journey

that took us to this point.

The madness of youth,

didn’t disappoint.

 

Freedom from responsibility

and wanting it all.

Never stopping to measure

the risks far too tall.

 

Living each day as our last,

with time melting away.

Until the moment of truth,

when the gods had their say.

 

 

 

 

and people came and fitted in.

A new life willing to begin.

No sea too risky or too deep,

to sap their strength – no time to weep.

 

Each one fighting for their right.

A life of freedom now in sight.

Survivors of life’s cruelest game –

to live in peace, their only aim.

 

 

 

 

and sunlight came today,

I gave myself a break,

away from a self absorbed existence,

a breathe of fresh air to partake.

 

and vision came today,

depression to replace.

My mind flooding with ideas,

I re-joined the human race.

 

and hope came by today,

a future I could see.

Solitude, a draughty corridor

that nearly was the death of me.

 

 

 

 

and for the umpteenth

time that day,

the mind unsettled –

in disarray.

 

and birds that came

for daily bread,

absent from the air –

the world seemed dead.

 

So still, too still,

pressure intense.

That day so different,

nothing made sense.

 

and for the umpteenth

time that day,

all sense of reason

went away.

 

any chance of hope

inside my head,

quickly replaced

by fear and dread.

 

What point – no point

to life, I thought,

when at rock bottom

some help I sought.

 

 

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