Ravenstonedale - Probably the best parish in the world
Verse
Do you have some verse you would like to share? Email it in.

Applied Verse by DB
Protest
Senior Citizen

Silly Verse by SF
The Butterfly
The Trout

Emotions - Anon

These selections are not verse at all. They are emotional compositions found circulating around the web. They can sometimes raise a tear.
Hug Certificate
The Pink Dress
The Rose

Parishioners Choice (send in your selections, light or serious, for others to enjoy)
Grasmere Lambs 1860 Christina Rossetti (1830-94)
On the great and famous ever to be honoured Knight, Sir Francis Drake, and of my little little self. (extract) Robert Hayman (a sailor and explorer, lived from about 1579 to 1631.)
Little Mary Crosbie (extract) Margaret Cropper (This lady lived up here in the north from 1886 to 1980.) This is taken from a much longer poem. It is the story of a child who had lived all her life in an orphanage.
Twa Dogs Robert Burns
Work (extract) D H Lawrence
The false knight upon the road Anonymous

Contributions from KS
The Invitation

From our School
A Farmer's Life George Shields
Spaceship (Luke Dinsdale)
Winter (Steven Capstick)
Our Garden (Sarah Steadman)