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As he glowed from the wine and the passage of time,
Cast a shadow to tarnish the spell,
He gazed at the glass that was emptying fast,
Then he stared at the lovely Michelle.
As he glowed from the wine and the passage of time,
Cast a shadow to tarnish the spell,
He gazed at the glass that was emptying fast,
Then he stared at the lovely Michelle.
I had met Charlie when he was performing at the Atlantic Inn situated on Liverpool’s Dock Road. In his message, the internationally famous balladeer expressed his admiration for my poetry. He also thanked me for my collection of maritime and romantic verse.
‘We enjoyed a celebrity status.’ His verse captures the soul of Liverpool as it was before the city was transformed. 3,000 copies of A Sea Veneer of Merseyside and Believing of Liverpool were sold out in weeks.
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