She doesn't look, she sees
The black hole. Heading for her.
Scared of unfounded stories
Circulating in her head -
A brain-tumoured-tainted, untrained structure -
Cells multiply, you see, wildly
Deep sea squalls fling
Seas against concrete. Defences breached
By unaccounted time. Rhymes come & go
In this muddled mind of mine, multiples the arrhythmia
Of this, my broken heart, apart from th...

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Money does not mean everything

It does not give you the breath to sing

It can be a challenge to earn

Making the heart wither and burn

Love cannot be replaced by money

As it does not make life very sunny

But nowadays it is about the status

Similar to firemen wearing breathing apparatus

Money cannot buy happiness

Maybe just a little touch of tenderness

I canno...

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There're many questions doing round

Doctor death approaching

So doctor she did not count

Stranger men shouldn't be approached

So they were turned down one by one

Few of his friends made indecent contact 

They still offer her to make a mark

Queries on the never ending list

Who should be and who shouldn't be

Told to bloom where one's planted

The right gardener will pick...

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10/31/2020

I know that you're not going to be there for me

I can calm my mind with those words, you're not going to be there for me

With the words that use to send my stomach into waves and hard knots, the drunken realization sinking in now...

That you are not going to be there for me

Again I'm waking up with all reliance on myself and my bones aching for only my acknowledgment of t...

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Cubby Broccoli was there to meet him

Roger Moore and Honor too

Sean reminded Goldfinger

what he expected him to do.

"I expected you to die and here you are"

was the laser sharp reply. 

Then they let the cameras roll

just for old time's sake,

the script came up on an autocue

but their minds were needle sharp

and the filmtrack played a celestial song

to a golden...

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Just once I want
to wait at a bus stop
I don´t know
for a bus that will take me
to places I don´t know
where I will do things
I don´t know
in front of faces
I don´t know
for reasons
I don´t know

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Time thou march on relentlessly.

And influence everthing under the sun.

Seasons change upon thy command.

Nature seems normal.

Human life is anything but normal.

The future is bleak.

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Walking down the pavement of life,

I turned and slipped on destiny's knife

Thinking how i left the game,

I was blessed by the nature's brame

The light i was longing for,

Actually belonged to a different star

When i saw that gleaming moon,

Then i realized the irrelevance of noon

A touch of shyness in that fire,

Makes it all worthy to inspire

A ...

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As I delve into the devils frontier.

I see that witching hour must be near.

The hunters moon, on Haloween did appear.

Alerting me danger is near.

But, to my plan I must adhere.

Its J.D. the ghosts and gobblins will fear. 

When I take the Devil by his balls, 

And shove his fork up his rear.

With the Devil slain, and over his career.

I will take his throne, and his angels ...

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There is so much more to this.

The music does not make song

but the foetal space

amongst famous walls

filled with such au fait grief

and there a beast floats

to see the fear fleeting

on their new found face

in some unfailing destiny,

there she silently screams,

a flame away

God so violently benign

in his passive spirit-

He forges her-

to breath truly ...

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There once was a Welshman from Ebbw Vale,

Who  wanted to have a good ride on a whale.

They returned from the ride with the Welshman inside,

And a smile on the face of the Whale.

Written by Morfil

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even in the cruelest pain

she kept her sense of style

until they put in the catheter

she kept her dresses organized

while he was dying on a battlefield

he was thinking about that night

when his dreams came true

under a different moonlight

hostages with terrorists

come to an understanding about holidays

children with parents

compromise on ho...

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Full moon tonight

will light the sky

it's Halloween

and passers-by

used to come knocking

on our door

due to Covid though

fun is no more

No gangs of goblins

in the night

no monsters who

give us a fright

no buckets filled

as were before

Covid changed all that

forever more

Who killed this night

this hallowed time

who called an ...

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Part-time embalming is joyful

Not enough to get you down

Leaves time to appreciate life

Freed from that bloody gown

Embalming can bring surprises

Cadavers turn up you once knew

This happened to young Dahlia

Its a sadistic geezer she'd blew

Chopped up in some car crash

His wife wanted a restful look

Freed from the visible causes

Her nerves would not brook

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The Setting Sun

Ujjal Mandal, India

The setting sun says me:
"Tomorrow I'll rise again ;
I am going to have such a sleep
That lets me always keep awaking ". 
O, let's dip in the true West
To rise up in the motherly East. 

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I had promised myself

No running after the elf

However, twist of circumstances

We may have our share of differences

The heart pumped the emotions

And the mind couldn’t refute…

Even though we stood separated by distances.

There was a tussle between me and me

Me – the myself within, and the face outside – me.

We had arguments since the promise looked mock

By our pr...

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Vitriolic but justified, even necessary
words had been hurled as stones
intended to do the same damage

they were not stones but boomerangs
the sharp edge coming now
to claim their painful bullseye

one student of aeronautics, scarred
had a boomerang painted
hung on the wall too good to use

through a storm of hissing skies
the maimed stagger on as ever
but our student at last i...

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I go by the name of Henry and I have a torrid tale to tell

The date was Saturday October 31st in the year 2020

A day I will never forget a night of pure living hell

A pretty young thing called Camilla caught my roving eye

We had dallied and danced for a couple of weeks

About time I invited her over to wine and dine oh my

The scene was set and I cooked up a delicious storm

She ...

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Brainwashed by white noise

Brainwashed marketing ploys

Brainwashed by the masses

Brainwashed in the classes

Brainwashed out of thinking

Brainwashed into sinking

Brainwashed blocks the soul

Brainwashed no longer whole

Brainwashed by the day

Brainwashed work for pay

Brainwashed pay the bill

Brainwashed makes us ill

Brainwashed see them walking

Brainwashed eatin...

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Ghostly remains

serial killer

evil spirit

rotting coffin

violently shaking

another victim

forcibly taken

joins devil

for company

inside multiplying

Halloween grave.

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All my momma's dogs died fat and ugly

She loved to spoil them

She loved to spoil me too

There's a certain damage done

When you're momma's only son

And every sins forgiven

Before it is begun.

So now I  simply live inside my fiction

If I'm writing about thieves, I steal candy bars

If I'm writing about a foreigner I change my diction

If I'm writing about love

I just s...

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I can't take much more lock down or bubble.
So much destruction, can you see the rubble.
Mounting debts come with every locked door.
We've had enough, people can't take anymore.
Into the wilderness of isolation, people will rot.
Nibbling away at our sanity, till they rob the lot.
Watching our freedom trickle down the drain.
Mental illness to follow as a result of the strain.
The most vulne...

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The earth is in complete control

Despite the mischief that humans may cause

The laws of nature would never relinquish

Man's ability to amend said laws

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(Happy Halloween everyone!)

She rides upon a crimson horse

Its eyes as black as tar

Pray not to hear her whispered name

For she'll come to where you are

Her skin: as white as fresh-laid snow 

And twice as cold to touch

Her hair: as black as night itself

Hold your breath now, hush!

For if you hear the galloping hooves

Coming to your door

Run with all ...

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This must be a nightmare
But I’m not asleep
All kinds of feelings
Are starting to creep
But as the demons
Torment my soul
The devil he laughs
The werewolves they howl
I’m running, I’m hiding
Deep down into the woods
In the shadows they lurk
My heart pumping blood
Sweating and gasping
I’m struggling to breathe
Head all in a panic
I don't want to believe
Scratching and scrapping
Dee...

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As autumn's rusty fingers begin
to push their way through tired trees
So, the early dimming light
and spectral chill conspire
to gently sweep me back in time

It's Oxford in the autumn
nineteen; with eyes opening
A new life unfolding
cycling through the leaves
and sighing under bridges

Oxford in the autumn
that brick so old around me
broad streets, illogical lanes
busses and puddle...

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A frost chilled dim moonlight night

Putrid air, no stars in sight

Just sheer black sky’s we have

and eerie sounds that shout out “MAD”

It’s moonlight Halloween

It started out as a Christian festival

Priests and Rector’s in their vestibules

The congregation on All Hallows’ Eve

Candles lit for the graves of the dead

No meat eaten, soul cakes instead

Then came ...

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The woods still hold their magic;
mischievously they call
Our addiction is quite tragic
it often drives us up the wall

Thrice a week we head towards
a clearing in the trees
Light a woodless fire
and enjoy the eerie breeze

We're not sure why we do it
but we don our pointy hats
and on our way, I hate to say
kidnap the neighbours' cats

Sometimes we get a black one
but a siamese wil...

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You are far but you are here.
I can hear you breath in the in-between.
I am here,
ever waiting to be touched.
My entire being is but a timepiece,
counting down,
until you return,
lovingly,
you and I,
Earth and Sky.

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Looking from the other side of the mirror,

Seeing through dirty glasses,

There is something not real about this moment

Like looking at a reflection of a reflection of a reflection….

Something just undefinable,

A gap between my here,

And their here.

My now,

And their now.

So fine as to be invisible but so wide

That one is unaware of the other.

I’m existing in their ...

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Green

Green with envy

The color that haunts me

The color that burns so brightly it might be inside me

Inside of my head

Better left unsaid

Just put it to bed

The anger fills a deep void till I become red

Red

Like the color of your face when there was distaste

Wasting my time afraid to fight

Your love was just like the light

The light of traffic so green and red

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Love happens when you least expect it.

When you have your eyes closed and are looking in the opposite direction.

Love happens even when you shun it. 

Even when you curse it from the pits of hell love happens. 

Love happens and it knows why it came and how long it plans to stay.

When it happens it takes you by storm 

Love happens and with no words

Love happens and when it does

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I remember getting lost in the lyrics when I was a young girl. I would stop and start my record or cassette a hundred times while I wrote down every word so I could sing along to the song. 

Lyrics was my escape when I had no place to go.

I learned lyrics, meter, and rhyme, from the best poetry teachers of my time... 

Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner, James Taylor,  Bob Seger, Barb...

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JOB REQUIRING DAMN SMART TECHNOLOGY

Cut down barrier

That bought attentive

Down to shoe ground

That connection put off

Faustian compromise ran down

Working hours digitally mapped

For payment justification

And only a half decade's

Pay As You Go equipment

Quick thinking plans discussed

Financial sacrifice

Emotional gesture

Desire to recompense

So C...

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NB. Six x New haikus from my Underground series of haikus

31

Harmonica led

He plays guitar with it once

Then a second time.

32

Breaking down again

You are not sure whether to

Wait or drive to work.

33

Shivering in the cold

You can see her there wishing

She had her gloves.

34

Drawing on your past

The past becomes the future

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A sentence and a cell,
the American dream of hell,
melted Liberty bell,
getting sick of the smell,
can you tell how long it's been?
do you trust this cage you're in?
do you trust this rage within?
initial impact then spin,
centrifugal friend,
soul bouncing inside cold, dead, skin

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He used to send onlookers wild

When doing his impressions;

Was known to smash a gross of plates

During his late night sessions.

He did not like the audience;

He hated every second.

He used to cry himself to sleep

As fame and money beckoned.

His routines dated far too fast;

His jokes fell over the edge.

Washed up and tight, he would be found

Underneat...

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the voice comes to me 
as a phantom in a dream. 

as i write 
the voice channels 
from him to me. 

laughter vanishes 
to staring at the sea, 
to the house 
that no longer carries 
his childhood dreams. 

vacanies searching for occupation 
from passing through stations 
to platforms holding onto memories, 
all of it comes to me. 

in my internal screenplay, 
is he the playwright...

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True North

We often sublimate ourselves

to conform and meet the

expectations of others

We aim to please but seldom ourselves

always others

Life can be spent in such a charade

which brings damage and no joy

We must enter into our inner selves

to face reality and come to

accept the truth of our identity

to do so with courage

The real me and the real you

No...

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When we walked in the sun, it shone for us;
Radiant, radiating warmth and love, I held you close.

Had I the chance, I would never have let go.

I don’t know what was brighter, that day:
your smile, or the sun’s rays colouring the world a sweet, rose hue.

Had I the chance, I would never have let go.

Radiant, radiating warmth and love, I held you ...

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এমনিই ঘুরতে ফিরতে ছিলাম

কি একটা ঘটনা 

কি একটা যে পেরেশানি হলো

আগের সকল চিনচিনে না পাওয়া— এগুলি কোন ব্যাপারই না 

এক তুড়ির নিমেষে তারা তুচ্ছ একটা ঘটনা হয়ে গ্যালো

তুচ্ছ একটা যেনতেন ঘটনা—

আগের সকল বেদনা, বেদনার কারিতাস— 

এখন একটা রুমালের মতন ভলিউমে এরা পকেটে পড়ে আছে

একটা আদুরে বিড়ালের মতন লাফ দিয়ে নতুন প্রেম এলো কোলে

শীতের সকালের মিষ্টি রোদ মাখা তার গায়ে

একটা আদ...

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Americans are reluctant to remember (or keen to forget) that whole towns were loyal to the British Crown during the War of Independence.  The most notable of these was New York.   (But don't mention it to your cabbie there)

They fled from the murrain that fell on East Ham

By Plymouth and Boston they brought us

And on to this place they called New Amsterdam

To sire we grandsons and...

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this never ending baggage i collect 

the memories i hoard  

these stones in my suitcase

are heavy hands clinging to my ankles 

begging me to remain in what was 

distracting me from what is  

and making it impossible

to get a glimpse of what will be.

this never ending baggage 

packing to leave before i’ve settled 

my eyes adjusting only in time

to register an outlin...

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Damnation Trail

Through forests dark and shadowed vale

He follows the damnation trail

Along the river’s twisted course

Through bracken thick and clutching gorse

The ancient path cut through the land

He walks with devil’s hand in hand

And where his steps flatten the crops

No more will grow the wheat and hops

For he has footsteps cast in death

He steals the fa...

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She's not my first love, but she is my first attachment. I can't help the fact that I constantly fall in love with the idea of people, but this time is different. I'm not in love with the idea, I'm in love with her. Genuinely, honestly, completely in love with her. 

The whole situation is foreign to me. She says she loves me and I whole-heartedly believe her. I've never taken anyone serious whe...

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"Crossroads"

Heart pacing here and there

Like a pregnant deer in labour

But fear throws its bands on her 

So truth is born a stillborn

How do I begin to bare this hopes

Woven around my mind like tensed spider webs

For their is no freedom in being free

It only strengthen the chains that desires to bind us.

Freedom call is desirous

Letting caged word...

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Will you raise your voice for the oppressed

Will you demand Governmental redress

Will you speak on things that truly matter

Will you allow this illusion to truly shatter

Will you plant the seeds in the ears of youth

So they can discover the yield of truth

Will you speak up Will you scream

Will you have faith Will you dream

Will you turn up your volume for the silenced

Wi...

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A poem for my big sister about our grandparents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once upon a time there were two sisters

One dark

One fair...

You

And me

And we shared

Sweets

Dreams

A bed

A room

A home

A family

An abuse

A neglect

A secret

A history

And yet here we are

So very different.

We shared so much

And yet so very little

You were

A coconut ...

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“I shut my eyes and the world drops dead;

I lift my lids and all is born again” 

Sylvia Plath 

HB 

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How do I climb the next step?
When all hope is gone, when all strength is gone,
With barely even a wisp of will left to go on,
How do I climb the next step?
Why should I even try?
It seems like there’s answers for every question except one, “Why,”
And that’s the only one I really need but I ask and, no reply,
So why should I even try?
And what if I don’t want to climb?
What if this step, ...

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