‘Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society July 12, 2024 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral There’s an old English town known as Fargo, In the dark, rugged hills of the west. Where they say, there was many...
On the Meeting of Poets James A. Tweedie, Jeff Eardley, Peter Hartley, and Margaret Coats in the UK: Poems and Other Writings The Society June 8, 2024 Culture, Essays, Poetry 19 Comments . In Spring 2024, UK poets Jeff Eardley and Peter Hartley crossed paths with American poets James A. Tweedie and Margaret coats in...
‘Phone Home’: A Poem on the Jodrell Bank Observatory, by Jeff Eardley The Society May 31, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Phone Home I often talk to radio astronomers, The kind of guys who like to stay anonymous, Who chew on reams of stellar data every day From...
‘Look Homeward, Sweet Afton’: Poem by Brian Yapko, Set to Music by Jeff Eardley The Society May 14, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 32 Comments . Music by Jeff Eardley . Look Homeward, Sweet Afton after Robert Burns Look homeward, Sweet Afton, back to thy green braes, Recalling with pride...
‘The Tenpenny Bit’ and ‘Kesh Jig’: Tunes for St. Patrick’s Day Performed by Jeff Eardley The Society March 17, 2024 Music, Poetry 21 Comments . Musician and SCP poet Jeff Eardley performs the traditional Irish tunes "The Tenpenny Bit" and "Kesh Jig" in honor of St. Patrick's Day....
‘The Stoat and the Old Goat’: a Children’s Tale by Jeff Eardley The Society March 9, 2024 Children's, Poetry 16 Comments . The Stoat and the Old Goat This tale concerns a little stoat, With eyes of black and velvet coat, Who frolicked in the virgin snow, Above the...
‘Old Clem’: Song from Dickens’ Great Expectations Set to Music by Jeff Eardley The Society February 24, 2024 Found Poem, Music, Poetry 15 Comments . Old Clem In his novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens refers to a song sung by blacksmiths at the forge "Old Clem," which plays an important...
‘Masks’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society February 4, 2024 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Masks When tourists arrive in our village, The question that most of them ask, Is, “Why is it all of your menfolk, Are walking around wearing...
An End of the Year Poem and Christmas Musical Medley by Jeff Eardley The Society December 28, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 22 Comments . Christmas Medley performed by Jeff Eardley . . Absent Friends The Christmas lights are twinkling on the houses all around. All we need’s a...
‘The Return to Ithaca’: Brian Yapko’s Poem Set to Music by Jeff Eardley The Society November 27, 2023 Homer, Love Poems, Music, Poetry 28 Comments . . Music by Jeff Eardley . . The Return to Ithaca by Brian Yapko This shall not be forever, This life spent on the sea. __I’m going to find...
‘Ode to Old Tom’: A Poem on the British Ale, by Jeff Eardley The Society November 5, 2023 Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Ode to Old Tom Old Tom he stalks the English Dales, The Patron Saint of potent ales. He makes you wobble when you walk, He makes you gobble when...
A Poem on Cystolitholapaxy, by Jeff Eardley The Society October 21, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 36 Comments . Cystolitholapaxy Cystolitholapaxy (si-stow-luh-THAA-luh-pak-see): a procedure to break up bladder stones into smaller pieces and remove...
A Poem on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, by Jeff Eardley The Society May 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . September 9th 1901… A September evening in old Paris town, The time when Parisians let their hair down. There’s laughing and dancing and folk...
A Poem on Online Dating: ‘Avalon’ by Jeff Eardley The Society March 22, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 26 Comments . Avalon This little tale concerns a man, Who in an English village ran A thriving little corner shop, Supplying shakes and soda pop. This fellow did...
‘The Lark in the Morning’: A Tune for St Patrick’s Day by Poet Jeff Eardley The Society March 17, 2023 Culture, Music, Poetry 15 Comments . "The Lark in the Morning" is a traditional Irish song performed on classical guitar by poet and professional musician Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff...
‘The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley The Society February 14, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able Mrs. Pam Able was very unstable, And loved to be tied to her dining-room table. Her friends were appalled, many names...
A Classical Guitar Rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ for Burns Night, by Jeff Eardley The Society January 25, 2023 Culture, Music, Poetry 17 Comments . Burns Night is when Scotland's most important bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796), is celebrated, usually with the recitation of Burns' poems, the...
Poem on the Failed British Space Launch, by Jeff Eardley The Society January 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Science 16 Comments . “Newquay, we have a problem” January 9, 2023 We’ve gathered in thousands to witness the blast-off, We’re sipping Champagne with our eyes...
Classical Guitar for Christmas Performed by Poet Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry 25 Comments . A Christmas medley by poet Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff Eardley lives in the heart of England near to the Peak District National Park and is a local...
For Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man on the Moon’ by Jeff Eardley The Society November 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Last Man on the Moon for Gene Cernan My gaze was set toward the Western sky, To see if I could see him flashing by, I’d never felt so glad to...
‘The Italian Job’ by Jeff Eardley The Society October 29, 2022 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The Italian Job a true story “I’m from Pisa,” she cried with a giggle, As she leaned, towering over the man, With the beard, the bald head...
‘Capability Brown’ by Jeff Eardley The Society September 8, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Capability Brown Lancelot “Capability” Brown was England’s greatest landscape architect. His name was Capability, A man of great...
‘The Spoonerisms Man, or The Moonerisms Span’ by Jeff Eardley The Society July 22, 2022 Children's, Humor, Poetry 34 Comments . The Spoonerisms Man, or The Moonerisms Span His name was Mr. Spooner and he owned a service station. He kept our vehicles on the road, a noble...
‘Culloden, April 16, 1746’ by Jeff Eardley The Society May 19, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Culloden, April 16, 1746 In the Winter of 1745, the Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie passed through my town of Leek on the way to Derby. This...
‘The Chained Oak’ by Jeff Eardley The Society April 20, 2022 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Chained Oak This tale concerns the fifteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, A member of the English aristocracy. With mighty Halls and Castle where he’d...
Share Your St. Patrick’s Day Poetry (with Music by Jeff Eardley) The Society March 17, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 15 Comments . Happy St. Patrick's Day! Share your St. Patrick's Day Poetry in the comments section below. While writing and posting, enjoy an Irish medley of...
‘Nuclear Fusion’ by Jeff Eardley The Society February 17, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Science 9 Comments . Nuclear Fusion written upon hearing of the UK's recent fusion energy breakthrough Those white-coated boffins in England, Have been toiling for...
‘An Oldie’s Valentine Love Poem’ by Jeff Eardley The Society February 14, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . An Oldie's Valentine Love Poem We met when she was seventeen, The fairest maid I’d ever seen. With eyes of blue and flaxen hair, My mouth agape,...
‘Aromatherapy’ by Jeff Eardley The Society February 8, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Aromatherapy This tale concerns an English Lass, Who signed up for an evening class, “There’s money to be made” said she, “I’ll try...
“Lud’s Church” or “The Green Chapel” by Jeff Eardley The Society January 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . “Lud's Church" or “The Green Chapel” after Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I travel to this place each New Year’s Day, To where the fluting...
‘The Tunnel to Australia’ by Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Song Lyrics 21 Comments . The Tunnel to Australia It’s raining every day in Merrie England. It’s falling from the sky most every day. But I’ve just heard about a place...
‘Robert Jack Eardley’ by Jeff Eardley The Society November 8, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Robert Jack Eardley was, for many years, Chief Psychiatrist for the U.S. Justice Department. In 2000, he organised a family gathering of thousands...
‘El Chapo’ and ‘Jack the Hat’ by Jeff Eardley The Society September 18, 2021 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . El Chapo El Chapo was a criminal, a very nasty bloke. A dealer in Amphetamines, along with Crack and Coke. He plied his trade in Mexico, where guns...
‘The Night Hank Williams Died’ by Jeff Eardley The Society August 21, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . There never was a night so long When time went crawling by. The Arctic wind came howling in Across the Nashville sky. The planes had all been...
‘Turbines’: A Non-Environmental Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society July 22, 2021 Culture, Poetry, The Environment 28 Comments . They lie in serried ranks above the strand. These mighty, whirling monsters made of steel. Where once, a couple wandered, hand in hand, Not...
‘Ode to George Lionel, the Cat’ by Jeff Eardley The Society June 18, 2021 Humor, Limerick, Poetry 23 Comments . It was only a two stone cat, Now what do you think about that? If it sat on your lap, Both your femurs would snap. It was twenty-eight pounds of...
‘The Tale of Tatyana The Temptress’ by Jeff Eardley The Society May 25, 2021 Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Her name was Tatyana she had eyes of steely blue, She seemed the sort of girl from whom you’d learn a thing or two. So ample in the bosom and so...
‘In Praise of the Helicap’ by Jeff Eardley The Society May 14, 2021 Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . in response to Mike Bryant's "CDC: New Guidance" “The Helicap’s a wondrous thing,” I heard the salesman say, I ordered one from Amazon, it...
‘Pilates’ by Jeff Eardley The Society April 19, 2021 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . She started her Pilates class, Upon the Internet. The city was in lockdown, So, she knew, some work she’d get. She started on her...
‘In Your Dreams Grandad’ by Jeff Eardley The Society March 2, 2021 Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . . He met her one Summer, the girl of his dreams, A freckle-faced beauty just out of her teens. He chatted her up, and he thought he’d done...
