Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk
Kindred Spirits
At Cambridge they were bonded
A meeting there of minds
Not often kindred spirits
That in this world one finds
Poetry, philosophy
Twin loves to link this pair
But fate would end the life of one
Lead other to despair
When Hallam then was laid to rest
In Clevedon by the sea
Tennyson was absent
Adrift in misery
His grief expressed in flowing verse
Born from his fractured heart
His tribute In Memoriam
To friendship torn apart
Seventeen years the words laid down
The sentiments expressed
The stanzas flowing from the pen
Of one with talent blessed
Published then to much acclaim
A name to celebrate
And earn the finest accolade
Of Poet Laureate
His audience Queen and countrymen
Each poem would applaud
Alfred, born in Lincolnshire,
Destined to be a lord
Yet that true friend remembered
Approaching his own death
Hallam was the name he spoke
As he took final breath.
