Rex Tyler's Poetry Blog

A decorator par excellence

A man I hold in high regard

Full of authenticity

Resolute,  and in my book starred

Trustworthy, and reliable

His obligingness and artistry

Meticulous and thorough

Bounded with alacrity

nothing really phases him

He quietly gives his all

He transformed our  drab interiors

and every single wall

has taken on an energy

For He is the man to call

a genuine hard worker

Respectful of your  place

credible and reliable

His workmanship is ace

observant and unruffled

the finished job supreme

scrupulously neat in what he does

assuringly a team

of Christopher  his trusted friend

wall papering his art

they quietly engender confidence

really from the start

my home is on

a public footpath

overlooking mountains where

Dolgellau’s postcard  energies

are up for grabs  where we can share

Cymru and it’s heritage

Abermaw  the place

Dan his enduring deftness

presented with such grace

a stickler, for quality

nothing  left to chance

affable And kindly

his main wish  to enhance

what was a tired old fashioned

Look

into  an exciting family nook

using quality paints

with standards high

an enthusiastic kind of guy

quietly caring,   beyond the norm

His exacting performance

his manner,  warm

amenable and very fair

a quality that I believe is rare

Abermaw Decorating

Dan Griffiths
abermawdecorating@gmail.com

FOR REX
A Thank-You in Rhyme

Rex, you’ve lived a life or two
Seen half the world with a poet’s view
Yet still each day in Wales you find
A kindness rare, a gentler kind

Your house, once just a railway shed
Became a home with stories spread
We painted room by room inside
While Metallica met Tracy Chapman’s stride

You’d travelled far for work and art
To choose each product with your heart
From Dominica’s shores to markets wide
You walked the world with steady pride

And as we talked of hills and rain
Cader Idris looking in again,
You’d marvel at your neighbours’ care
A warmth you never knew was there

You wrote a poem with my name
I’ll not pretend that isn’t fame
So here’s one back, in honest tone
For one of the best new friends I’ve known

A vegan voice, a green-belt soul
A spirit steady, true, and whole
Thank you, Rex, for days made bright
For trust, for chats

Dan Griffiths replied to my poem

for his fantastic service on my house

a mark of the fine gentleman he is