Hi all,

Hoped you liked yesterday poem from Sharon Shields, I've received a lot of nice feedback, which I will pass on to her.

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Today's guest writer is Elisabeth Basford.
Her poem is an amusing little ditty about her prized Roger Moor autograph.....

THE DOUBLE DENIM DECEIT OF ROGER MOORE

THE DOUBLE DENIM DECEIT OF ROGER MOORE IN AN AGE BEFORE SELFIES WHEN STARS KEPT THEIR DISTANCE AUTOGRAPHS WERE HAD BY SHEER GUILE OR PERSISTENCE

THOSE THAT WERE GAINED WERE TREASURED AND REVERED AND THOSE TOO WHO AQUIRED THEM WERE LAUDED AND CHEERED THERE WAS JUST ONE KNOWN ACTOR OF WHOM WE WERE FOND HE WAS THE SAINT, THE PERSUADER AND ALSO WENT BY BOND

WE WROTE OF OUR AFFECTION AND ASKED HIM TO AVAIL IN FORWARDING A POSTER BY THE VERY SOONEST MAIL. IMAGINE THEN OUR JOY WHEN A WEEK OR TWO HAD PASSED ACROSS A DOUBLE DENIM POSTER A SIGNATURE WAS SPLASHED

WE COULDN’T BELIEVE OUR FORTUNE AND WE SHOUTED TO EVERY NOOK ‘WE’VE GOT A ROGER MOORE POSTER IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK’ THEY CAME FROM NEAR- THEY CAME FROM FAR - TO SEE THIS HANDSOME PRIZE THEY NEEDED CONFIRMATION, TO SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES

ME AND MY BIG BROTHER WERE EVEN IN THE POST AND A PHOTO WAS ALSO TAKEN JUST TO QUALIFY OUR BOAST. AS THE YEARS PASSED BY THE POSTER SADLY BEGAN TO WEAR AND SO WITH A HEAVY HEART IT WAS STORED AWAY WITH THE GREATEST OF CARE BUT NO ONE FORGOT THIS VALUABLE JEWEL THAT REMAINED AT THE FAMILY HOME NOR THE FREQUENT REMINISES WITH FONDNESS IN THEIR TONE FORTY YEARS LATER AT A GREAT FAMILY CELEBRATION WE WERE ALL GATHERED WITH MUCH CHEER AND ELATION

WHEN OUR FATHER REVEALED BY A VERY CARELESS MISTAKE THAT THE ONCE PRIZED POSSESSION WAS IN FACT JUST A FAKE JUST A THROW AWAY REMARK AND A SLIP OF THE TONGUE WHICH MEANT THAT FOR 40 YEARS WE HAD GOT IT ALL WRONG

LIKE A LIGHTENING BOLT BRINGING A DEADLY SHOCK TO MY EARS AS I WONDERED HOW MANY OTHER LIES HE’D TOLD THROUGH THE YEARS MY FATHER’S RESPONSE WAS QUITE MATTER OF FACT AS IF HE DIDN’T CARE ‘I JUST DIDN’T WANT YOU TO BE LET DOWN, THAT WAS MY GREATEST FEAR’

‘I KNEW HE WAS A MEGA STAR AND HE HAD FAR BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN READ A LETTER FROM TWO TINY KIDS AND SIGN A POSTER TO YOU.’ AS IF TO PROVE MY DAD WAS WRONG I WROTE THE STAR A LETTER I RELATED ALL MY TALE TO HIM AND ASKED HIM TO MAKE IT BETTER

I REQUESTED A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND IT IRKS ME AS I SIGH THAT IT’S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS NOW AND I’VE STILL HAD NO REPLY!

Brilliant !!!

Remember, Viagra wont make you James Bond, but it will help you Roger Moore