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CHALTON

ALF HOBBS

Local poet and story writer

Alf has been writing poems and short stories on and off all his life. Since moving to Moggerhanger he has been inspired to compose more regularly and has had many of his works published in the village and elsewhere, notably in the magazine Author published by the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.

To see Alf’s poems and stories click on the titles below.

POEMS

3 September 1939

A Disused Theatre  Ambition  April 29th 2011  Atomic Energy  Autumn  A Visit to a Rural Church

Betty  Big Spender

Cloud  Contentment Convalescent  Conversation Piece  Cowboys

Daffodils  Demise of a Meadow  Desmond

Embarkation

Fantasy

Garden Shed  Gnome

High Born  Honourable Mouse  Hung Over

Kaleidoscope

Lament  Lamplighter  Lay In  Limerick  Lost Nocturne

Metropolis  My Love

Olympics

Peace  Pedantic

Royal Mail

Scarecrow  Seasonal Warning  Small Child  Snowdrop - Symbol of Hope  Steam  Swallows

Tea Tea Break  Theatreland  Third Class  To a Dad  Town Crier  Trudi

Winter  Wisdom

SHORT STORIES

Attitude

Cleo

Joie de Vivre

London Bound (circa 1937)

Miss Matilda Brown

Park Bench

Robert and Lisa

Slumberland

The Fairy

Uncle Fred