As I Keep Walking the Lonely Road

George Cook 1934 (Lanarkshire)



As I keep walking the lonely road
That you took many days ago
The steps are one by one each day
And exceedingly very slow
But I’ll meet with you eventually
Of that I am given to know
So I’ll keep walking the lonely road
That you took many days ago

About this poem

The poem reflects my thoughts and feelings on losing my dear wife.

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Written on April 16, 2020

Submitted by on June 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aBcbdbaB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 251
Words 51
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

George Cook

I was born, grew up, and worked in Scotland. I got married in July 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1965 under the then Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. For nine years in Scotland, 1956 to 1965, I worked for a large photographic company which also operated in Australia. I worked there until 1994 when I took early retirement. By this time the children had all grown up it gave my wife and I the chance to think about going ‘back home’ to visit relatives and relations. We did in fact have three visits 1998, 1999 and 2000. My wife and I shared our lives and times together for the rest of 58 years and four months when, sadly, my wife passed away in hospital. more…

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