in a dark faraway 

corner of this fickle

universe, more than

a lifetime from here,

a decree is signed, a

decision made, that 

another star must fall

to earth, its once stellar

brilliant light all spent

© GRS 10/24

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In the shadows of the abyss,
where light shatters apart,
hearts ablaze dance softly
in whispers of furious souls.

We cry out to the steel sky,
where pain becomes a song -
blood and steel, love and chaos
in the battle of existence.

Paths of fire and steps of hope:
among echoes of screams,
we awaken the lance.

Echoes of the past
are shackles that bind us,
but we are titans in free...

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I close my eyes and you're here

Your smile is contagious

I can't stop smiling back

You have that knack

of making me blush as well.

I never blush this much unless

you're near.

Heck, you have made me blush

in person

on video chat

and a few times in our texting

You have a power over me

that is undeniable.

Now all alone in my room

thinking of your smile

thi...

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Magical wizards

They've kept me hidden

This far

Threatened lighting strikes

Out of clear blue skies

Keep me in jumpers

Year round

Because I'm scared of

Animated cars

And shooting stars

'Case I don't want them

On me

This second summer

It's not got funner

But now it's normal

To me

If I try harder

I'll be happier 

Curse lifted ...

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If you can move with unco-ordinated limbs

and move backwards when you want to advance

If you shuffle about

with your elbows stuck out

you've cracked it...you're doing the dad dance

It doesn't take much to perform it

Most of us do it with ease

With no self esteem

we occasionally scream

from the pain in our arthritic knees

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My turn
I’m going to
spin the bottle
no one ever even noticed me
in High School
our first kiss
needs to be perfect
you don’t get a redo

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They Didn’t Listen to Me.

I took my first breath, and I was born.

They looked at me like some piece of dirty spawn.

There is disbelief in their eye.

I gurgle, start to cry and they ask why.

They didn't listen to me.

I learnt to walk then run and play.

They look at me with anger and hate every day.

I can see them wish me away.

I am thinking, please, please let m...

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Never falter from your dreams

Nor dream to falter

Never hope to live no-more 

But live to hope for evermore 

Never chase your own despair 

Let despair chase after you

Never doubt the strength you hold

Let strength leave doubt out in the cold

Never fight when you can talk

Let talk win the fight for you

Never call for hate when understanding is needed

...

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Relish your dark woundings

prime your pellets

check your powders,

for soon comes the hunter's moon.

Polish your stock

let your barrel breather oil

make slick your cloths' preparations

practise footfalls of stealth,

for soon comes the hunter's moon.

While fen and forest sweat and furrow

while fur frets in the burrow

 hold fast your dreas for now,

for so...

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Our youngest dog, Indy,

insists on sleeping under the pillow

at my side. How well they’ve trained us,

our hearts I mean.

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She left home like a stranger in the night

No goodbye for the parents behind her

Shattered, broken and distraought

This isn't what they thought

Estranged and departed

Seperated and disheartened

Where do you belong?

Now you know there's something wrong

Meanwhile the parents stay

Like sharks circling at your bay

Only time will tell

In heaven or hell

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His typing machine 

Makes a satisfying sound,

He tries to revisit something 

That was lost and never found,

The things that likely cage 

Are freed on the page,

Constructed and textured. 

He has mastered the act

Of ignoring the disturbances,

Any kind of noise, vocals, yelp,

Or an immediate ask for help

Goes into the abyss of ignorance.

Bringing out his ...

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The Blue Lady

This is the tale of Mary Bolles who lived at Heath Old Hall

And died there in 1662 and was buried ‘neath the soil.

But still her spirit walked Heath Grove the story has been writ

Until conjured down into a hole that’s still called Bolles Pit.

The spell was not so powerful to keep her there for long

And soon the tales were told of the sound of her plaintive song

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Missing the wildness of my younger self
I degenerate into words. Waiting, between
sentences, for the muse to catch up with me,
I fulminate, flash like lightning, explode
So that I catch myself thinking this
Is all an act to compensate for the time
Brian climbed that tree before disappearing
To Japan, for all eternity. I wish Haiku was true.
A cherry blossom flash of inspiration
To can...

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HOW TO LINE MANAGE A NARCISSIST 

I used to work with Blowers-Browne
who gave everyone dirty frown
Though I line managed Blowers-Browne,
he thought it HE wearing the crown
A narcissist was Blowers-Browne
who liked to put everyone down 
He had this voice did Blowers-Browne,
everything else out it would drown. 

In Chelsea, claimed lived Blowers-Browne,
but bet he lived in Canning Town 
...

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Since you’ve been gone

I’ve not written a single line

without thoughts of you in my head

It’s been hard to express my feelings

Since you’ve been gone

It’s been very strange

But also quite familiar

Returning to our memories

Since you’ve been gone

What has been the point?

The point seems to be

That I need to carry on

Since you’ve been gone

I need to carry on

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Blue dress high heels and pursed lips

Stand underneath the tree

Watching waiting ever vigilant waiting for him to arrive

She straightens her hair for the fifteenth time

Checks her phone

The hours’ worth of make up on her face

That begins to melt

The promise she wants to keep

That simply can’t wait

She begins to question was this a good idea

But Wednesday was their day

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Do you remember? Would you know my gait
If only words were left to bear my truth?
While all else lies concealed behind the weight,
Perhaps our thoughts could bridge the lost in youth.

In conversation’s dance, our souls may meet,
Recalling days when we rode waves of verse.
With every line, the rhythm felt so sweet,
Yet now, it seems we’ve drifted—just a curse.

If only you had shared m...

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I swallowed an owl

I didn’t mean too

it flew in when my mouth was open

as I stood admiring a flowery garden

its feathers tickled making me cough

and scoff

                  a lot

                             panic and shout

and a little while later

then the darn thing flew out!

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This All Dies

     Schools do not like the creative

temperament that be driven to break the mould,

   yet, if the money smells nice, if it seems

right and fattens the purse;

     it is a temperament that ‘can’

  be acknowledged so - and so,

     ‘the language of vice is introduced and lo,

         they are sponsored, not groomed!’

     Oh to bathe in ...

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You hold their tiny hands 
When a child is born there is so much love
"It's a boy". Cool. I love men
Got me thinking about the cycle they talk about in the Lion king
How something dies and becomes grass and you can't outrun the past
Everything becomes nothing and yet stays something
But I saw his little hands were opening and closing
Yours were cold and rigid, blue and not moving

Th...

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I can't count on yours

     you said i could but i can't

you don't stand by any kind of truth

       much less my shamelessly abandoned ones

Time brags how she moves you; oh how she brags and mocks your bravado

You said

     you won't hurt me no more

      you won't hurt me no more

       you won't hurt me no more

Well at least

         you won't hurt me no more

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I will carry you

beyond the shores of infinite time

where love will clay our hearts

and even if we suffer

that suffering is fine

And you will carry me

And they will carry us

beyond ourselves

and you will be young again

And everything will be fine

https://youtu.be/awzNHuGqoMc

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Welcome, beautiful viewers,

This year's celebratory reason

The annuality of time 

the gloriousness of the season

Let's relive those quivered moments  

Holding ourselves, no longer to linger,

Harsh winds herald from the north.

the onset of subzero Miss Winter

Frost, paints hung abandoned webs

Snow glistens upon your bluing nose

freshness of the air, patterns,

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Descend oh dove of love

and fill our hearts,

alight oh bird of flight

and give us wings

to soar,

to explore

the depths of vision,

the reaches of expansion.

Give us light,

give us might,

times are hard, 

burdens are heavy,

lift us up oh celestial messengers,

bring us strength,

bring us courage,

carry us gently

to the shores of renewal,

carry us hom...

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Looking through my tearful window
At an angry black menacing sky
I contemplate my very being
And I reflect and wonder why 
The hand of fate has chosen
To take my happiness to die

Hiding in the stormy clouds
There must be a heaven somewhere
A place of peace and solitude 
An oasis of love and care
I have lost an angel
And need release from my despair 

October rain
You drown me in so...

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I linger on the written phrase

Feeling the struggle in each word

Empathy swirling through the haze

As the mind sifts through what it heard

Or

I smile at the clever wit within a line

Like buried treasure to be revealed

Clues to decipher and then combine

That lead to precious jewels concealed

Or

I read through the somber tone

An emotion that moves my soul

A t...

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You will never be alone…

I think I have already shown…

In so many different ways…

Through gifts, flowers and praise…

What is it that you fear?...

When I am always near...

I promised to stay close to you…

And make sure you never feel blue…

Your silence and eyes say it all…

So why don’t you just give me a call…

Let your feelings flow without holding back…

And meet me...

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Emotions inside, a crazy crew,
Trapped within, till they break through!
Anger's a volcano, bubbling hot,
Yell or explode, the top's gonna pop!

Jealousy's a judge, with a critical gaze,
Condemning all, in a bitter daze.
Pain's a bartender, serving shots galore,
Drown or face it, there's no ignoring more.

Missing them? A boomerang in flight,
Returns to haunt, till you're alright.
Emoti...

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Offensive words flew with such speed

Sweeping away everything in their way.

Only tears and hurts could my heart feed.

I was like a rusty anchor in the sea-bay.

"We won't see each other"- I've heard.

These were his last the cruelest words.

I wanted to howl like a wolf in the forest.

At that time even the sun was the borest.

Those words like the knives cut...

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The trees begin to wilt and fade;

Another year is on the fall.

Though autumn can defy the odds,

The winter’s cold is bound to call.

The daytime’s relegated role

Is limited to minor parts;

Discarded leaves drift down to earth

In patterns of the purest arts.

In nights replete with cloudless chill,

We shiver at the crisp-cut moon;

The powdered snow beneath our ...

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We're working but we're starving, struggling to pay the bills, Government willing be left with a little something to get our thrills, or maybe left with a little bit of savings, whilst missing out on witnessing our children's raising. 

Since you are reluctant to sell your soul you will relinquish all control, council "house" hovels heavily taxed, heavily charged housing full of mould. 

...

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In my childhood, the night was always a scary thing, 

Its silence seeped into my soul, 

Its darkness created many shadows, 

I saw ghosts mocking me. 

Its reflections crept into my closed eyes. 

It felt like there was no place to hide. 

My little self was too afraid of being caught by them. 

Yet, with you by my side, I felt safe. 

You became a strong fortress ag...

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learning to confess
fond is fondly confess
confess fondly confess
confession rise to a confession
confession rise to be evil
learning to be evil
learning to be fondly

evil confess evil
evil confess fondly
evil is fondly evil
evil is a learning evil
evil is a learning confession
a signature of evil is a signature of a confession
a signature of evil is a signature of learning

learn...

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It’s frustrating being a generational curse breaker 

Ion got nobody to look up to 

I’m on this back breaking, google searching “do I need a co-signer?” journey alone 

I can’t stand that I don’t have a reliable person to lean on 

Was I born just for the cute baby pictures and outfits that people love?

I’ll rather had y’all save that money to go into my college fund 

I didn’t wanna...

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Inscrutable to ourselves, 

Flying on borrowed wings, 

Regurgitating calamities, 

Requiems and hymns,

Our truths flitting 

In and out of fables, 

Yet our moonlight-misted words

Always somehow able

To herald the dawn, 

Replenishing our song...

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Imagine the feeling of love,

The feeling of belonging,

The feeling of a grand warmth,

That caresses with its tender strokes

The feeling of a fire that blazes so earnestly within

but is careful not to burn so deep

Lest  it hurts the heart to which one belongs.

I hope to one day experience and not imagine,

A love with the man for whom I was crafted, 

From whom a rib w...

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Micky Most, from Ireland’s county Mayo,
became the toast of Kentish Town,
after he kicked a goal in extra time,
to win a game of Gaelic football,
a cross between soccer and rugby.

But it was nothing to the roar that greeted Lachlan Lam,
whose right foot kicked the ball over the posts at Wembley,
to give Leigh the Rugby League Challenge Cup.

His old pal Walter had invited him along,
an...

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I don't have the vocabulary to describe it
because there are no words in any language
that would do it justice

"hopefully we have a very long time before that happens"

it hit me.
im very likely going to spend the last half of my life 
on the outside of what i want,
looking in at what i deserve.
wondering if that will be me next.
will you be in someone elses eyes?
and how that perso...

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the moon was lower in the sky once. 

i saw it scream bright above my head. 

my arms hurt when i see it now,

im far away from myself and the world. 

so far away ive forgotten how to look at the moon.

i worry about the moon, im worried ive forgotten how to see.

what if one day i look around and everything has gone black.

and i forget how to be. 

i found myself so young and fo...

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Life ain’t play fair 

Prob be the reason why I can’t pay my fare

But somehow I still stayed loyal and fare 

I always tried to get it my own,

Just so I could pay my fare 

I’m down 20 to 30 in the middle of nowhere 

My heart ache

The pain I just wish I could shake 

I wish me and my bm 

Could just relate 

Plz Britt 

Don’t think I’m gonna be a bad parent 

Just becau...

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Poem 7 of 230:  RECENT HISTORY

There’s a place called Sovereign Hill
    (Nigh the city of Ballarat),
With gold-rush representations -
    And they’re authentic ones at that.

You can pan for gold at the creek,
    Write some lines with inkwell and quill,
See bread baked the colonial way
    Or a blacksmith at his anvil.

There’s a (pre-plastics) bowling lane
    (With everything mad...

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If our grandparents left their house, 
we'd miss the Autumn evening drive
to there after school on Fridays,
down the road where people rarely
discover their way to the village with
thirty-five locals, still quite hidden & remote.

We'd miss the night's clouds on
silent stained glass of the village
Church as it greets us just before 
the flare of trees & village green
is still distinguis...

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Soliloquy No 33 -  To Eat or to Heat – version 3

To eat or to heat. We’re here again. Just different women, different men

who rode into power, drove the Tories out. Your support shouting loud

and clear. Your stories of malfeasance and incompetence ringing in the

electorates’ ears, singing of change. New angels for the red wall.

Your chancellor so much to prove, full of ideas to red...

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When writing becomes lonely

Your girlfriend or boyfriend, friends and family won't understand

You aren't neglecting them, you're simply just feeding your soul, doing what you love

They won't understand

You're just surviving.

When you're holed up in your spare bedroom with a computer or in the basement with a laptop, or even sitting in your car on your phone, writing for hours.

Th...

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I stood on those rocks....
Watching the magic unfold in front of me...
Those golden streaks...
Those wisps of light spun in gold...
Those hues of orange, amber...
The waves caressing the Sun...
The clouds embracing it...
The Sun loving every moment...
I living the very moment...
The cold wind doesn't bother me...
The warmth of what I see makes me come alive...
This moment in time...capt...

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You laid it down before me
Stuck the dollar in my nose
Got me breathing fast
Had me feeling trashed

One dose had me down
One hit and I begged for more
One more hit
One more kiss
One more line
One more night
Until my body went cold

Laced with poison
You decieved me
Lied about what you sold
And now I can't shake this crave
I can't shake this pain
I can't shake you from my brain

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so the past few days
ive been venting.

more than usual,
i can admit.

sometimes memories continue
to play in my head, and the 
only way to get them out is
writing.

and i must say,
writing anonymously 
does help.

being able to unload all
ive been carrying over the
years makes it all worth it.

today was better than yesterday,
and im sure tomorrow will
...

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