Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk 

Viv's 60th Birthday

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I can’t believe you’re sixty

As some would say, three score

Skipping gaily through the waves

That lap North Norfolk’s shore

 

From Thornham ‘long to Hunst’on

Through Holkham Woods to Wells

You comb the sand for treasures

The Queen of the Beach Belles

 

You’ve even started paddling

With Ollie at your heels

To teach the joys of swimming

That Patch knows how it feels

 

We’ve shared a lot as out-Laws

And now we’re handfast kin

Here’s to you, our Viv, and let

The Swinging Sixties in