When the sky’s ink-black and the moon’s gone mad,
It’s a Halloween night like you’ve never had!
Down cobblestone streets, shrieks fill the air,
As witches stomp by with green tangled hair.

A zombie brigade starts to drag their dead feet,
Groaning, “Brains!” as they lurch towards every street.
Kids shriek, “Trick or treat!” with devilish glee,
While vampires hiss, "Save a drop for me!"

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Experience alone, does not make us wise,
For age and years, do not guarantee the prize.
It's how we react, to life's every test,
That shapes our soul, and puts us to the best.

Reflection's mirror, shows our inner face,
Helping us grow, in time and space.
Through trials and falls, we rise anew,
Awareness born, of what we once knew.

Experience teaches, but doesn't transform,
Until we re...

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SMUDGER JOCK

Though in the print by trade, how the bills got paid,

my Dad for years went window cleaning

Smudger with scrim,  I remember him, 

 Jock kept those windows gleaming

With bucket in hand, throughout the land, my Dad was fit as a fiddle

Up high he would go whilst I’d stay low, not even to the middle

of his high ladder, would go my bladder whilst Dad up 80 foot

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Bluebell girl, standing alone and pale in the sun.

Standing at the roadside, she holds out her thumb.

A car driver soon pulls over right up to her side.

Then he takes the Bluebell girl on a familiar ride.

The driver talks, but the girl can only softly weep.

Because the Bluebell girl she has a secret to keep.

Many years ago, she died near the top of a hill.

Killed on the B...

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In shadows creeping, perfume fades to grey, 
the scent of memories drifts like autumn leaves, 
each whisper of laughter slipping away, 
replaced by echoes of forgotten dreams.

What once brought joy now ignites a spark of dread, 
as familiar faces blur in the twilight, 
the advice of friends, once a comforting thread, 
now tangled in a fog that swallows the light.

I fear the stories bur...

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The date is October 31
Well I'll be a son of a gun
You know what I mean
Scream scream It's Halloween
I'm living a nightmare
Caught in a dream
Scream Scream It's Halloween

The working day is nearly done 
Dusk falls and night is on the way
I walk fearfully through the gloom
Hope I'm going to be okay
I cut through the graveyard
And get a creepy spooky feeling
I trip over and fall acros...

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Corinthians

                  ‘(I was the wasp. She says).’

     “What is the meaning of these, ramblings;-

  “The meaning in this waffle, this drivel and dialogue???”

    what is the portent and calamity,

        fiction and faction – these slow mundane

   laborious stalemate enquiries?”

     I am to lose mind or, patience,

gratitude or, satiate?

  Is my ...

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So far the mind has been just fine,

So bizarre that it took so much time,

So it seems as if I am beyond the ryme,

So far away from the crime. 

Backed away from the dystopian future,

Made my way back alive from the suture,

I can't fly but my cape sure is super,

As a winner I miss certain parts of the loser. 

It took so much more than a...

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Miracle of Life.

In a moment of passion on a hot summer’s night.

Here starts the wondrous journey of human life.

The passion builds to the point of no return.

A climatic explosion and the release of sperm.

Thousands of them pushing, shoving, swimming frantically.

A couple might make the journey, for the others death is their destiny.

The inevitable elimination of the...

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Thought I'd get it in early, as I'll be out tommorrow.

A greeting in Irish

Beannacht i nGaeilge

Oíche Shamhna Shona Daibh!

/Ee-ha How-na hunna ghweev/ (In Phonetics)

Happy Halloween!

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Cold enters the Body.

An invasive. force 

Suceeding in seducing

Muscles and Bones.

At the same time,  it

Invigorates and excites.

The Wind is gentle  both

Hot and Cold, caressing 

Faces and kissing lips.

Coats hug the skin

Comforting the body.

As a Mother embraces

And protects her Child.

The intermittent sun's rays

Stroke faces gently,

Whispering softly...

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With harvest safely gathered in

this Hallows Eve, the dead will rise

to haunt the homes of kith and kin

with echoes of the bean sí’s cries.

Then fearful folk will all withdraw,

and leave outside their sacred gift,

remaining safe from tooth and claw

of spectral shades who cross the rift.

Deep in the throes of Samhain’s night,

when terror pounds the panicked brea...

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The clocks have gone back

I take to the floor

dancing an old time waltz

out of step head in a spin

unprepared for nature's course

like tea at the Ritz or a ballroom blitz

i'm taken over the top

the Dance of the Hours is dragging behind

i'm feeling a major flop. 

My body clock is all to cock

my timing is out i'm all upset

circadian rhythms are going in cir...

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O what a world we have,

Or the world which have

Us;

Sent some 

total population to grave;

How naive 

Was I,

 not to understand, 

It was all a lie;

Said by 

The absolute victor,

After his victory was nearby. 

We have shortcomings,

And stories that are saddening.

But it never was a reason,

To stop marching;

As if it was a treason.

What if 

 ...

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I want the days of peace and silence,

The days of kind and good looks.

The days of supportive reliance,

The Days Without War hooks.

I don't want to see the people's fears,

I don't want to speak about money.

In the world of bloody ideas

You won't hear the word "honey".

I just want to keep silent.

I don't expect the answer,

I want to live on a ...

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Just over a year since I lost my Brother.

I lost my Brother, and my poetry went with him

Words replaced by a bottomless hollow

Knowing he had no more tomorrows 

The words I needed drifted away

Like smoke adrift on the  bleakest day

Forever drowning in a sea of grey 

Amidst its melancholic sway

He enjoyed a drink, and liked a fag

But was the best big brothe...

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What is on your mind?...

I am here to be kind…

Let yourself open up…

Like a free-flowing cup…

Don’t ever feel alone…

I am here as your backbone…

Whether it is a good or bad day…

Summer, Winter, December or May…

I will always put a smile on your face…

As long as I am alive with God’s grace…

You will always be able to count on me…

My personality is very easy-going an...

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Shades of the North East past

dwarf the uninviting landscape,

in the form of charcoal clouds,

the consequence of industrial fallout

Those who once worked

the glass factory floors

ship yards and coal mines,

sit forlornly in terraced house rows

feeling void of self worth and purpose.

Where lives once filled with laughter,

at smutty workplace banter,

now lie...

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Our house is on fire like a Donna Summer remix

and I'm not much better at conveying truth...

My accents suck in both French&English :S

So I party at home with Americas' youth!

Who signed the contract for futures together

a package deal and a job delivered.

But how can I explain it won't be in vain?

That we CAN save the forests from the pouring rain!

I thought of a...

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The moon shone bright, the frost was cruel
He lived a good league hence
But here to gather winter fuel
Lest he should burn the forest fence

When Wenceslas he did espy
And cried out Sire, why walk you by
And no longer bring me pine logs hither
Ye, who would bless the poor
A Christian man, good and sure
Whose allowance he’s content to wither

Wenceslas, full of grace
Struck the peasant...

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For eons and eons

she tried to understand

good and evil,

good was easy--

so wonderful--

but evil--

why why why,

the ceaseless question.

At one point she saw a rainbow

of unconditional love

hovering above good and evil

(a glimmer of insight into the incomprehensible dichotomy!),

but still the question, 

why why why.

Finally she found something to settle in-...

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He parades as a patriot
His true nature concealed
His breast is heavy laden
He would have you believe
Great deeds (he claims) are his legacy
In the service of his country
All else is fake news

Behind the flag, a parasite
His tax returns concealed
He is the truest of men
He would have you believe
Great have been his tax contributions
Swelling the lifeblood of the nation
All else is f...

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There's no difference

 In darkness

As dark grey

Blobs united

You can't see

Our difference

When you can't

See at all

When you can't judge

Someone's shadow

You have to judge 

their soul

When all you see

Is shadows

Can you really

Judge at all

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Cats know what love is       

Cats know what love is, I’ve seen it with my eyes.                                             If you’re feeling lonely, to them It’s no surprise.                               They’ll sit and purr upon your lap, until you push them down. By which time you’ve forgotten the reason for your frown.

They are clued in from the start, as kittens seem to know. The...

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We need to find more money

On that we all agree;

But as to how to raise it

We all agree “Not Me!”.

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I was looking for someone who knew
if you listened to a story from a vulnerable heart,
your kindness would hear it too.

But this always seemed to be
the farthest you could have been
away from me.

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As I lay here in a meditative trance,

My body tingles in this weightless dance.

I feel so high, a delicious thrill,

As my spirit yields, bending to his will.

My inner self stirs, awakening slow,

Guided by a force only we both know.

Unfolding insides, a lotus in bloom,

Bathed in heat, filling every room.

From source, from him, the power streams,

Deeper he dives ...

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I am the last romantic
in the midst of digital chaos,
while love
navigates through algorithms
and bodies
become data
in the vast global network.

I still dream
of handwritten letters,
of the tangible touch
that slips between fingers
on touch screens,
where everything vanishes
with a swipe.

I sing of impossible loves,
in times of liquid loves,
where real encounters
are increasin...

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does anyone else create 
their own scenarios?

do you create whats almost 
like a movie trailer in your mind?

it has the most specific details.
everything you want plays out 
exactly as you intended.

you control what the  
other actors say,
do,
everything.

you could be walking on the beach,
then running through a flower field
the next minute.
even ziplining...

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The river runs through the lonely wood

    And on the bridge I stand,

I think about my dearly departed,

    Her ashes in my hand.

I slowly unscrew the lid from the urn

    And say my last goodbye,

I'm about to sprinkle her liberally,

   When "Stop that!" shouts this guy.

"You cannot throw your wife in the water, 

    Though it's her dying wish;

She may have ...

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I gave my all into this dhit 

I put everything I had into this bitch 

Just to get chewed up

Left dying,crying, lying in a ditch 

Painful eyes from crying 

Lonely nights, I was dying 

For all the times, I was coming up and could only afford to feed you; and not myself 

This for all the ones I left, even when u couldn’t let me be myself 

I put myself on the shelf just so u co...

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Dear, sweet empty vessel, rattling loudest;
I often wonder if you know the choice
is always yours to still that irksome voice?
Or is it when you feel at your proudest,

causing butterfly thoughts to rend the air?
Teeming morphemes tumble in profusion,
filling space between us with confusion,
thus leaving logic lost, and in despair.

It's futile having a conversation
with Dunning-Krüge...

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They call them the disruptors,

Trump and Musk and Co.

But what do they disrupt?

Not themselves, oh no!

Not their balance in the bank,

Or property portfolio.

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had me my hand me downs
and, we all know too well known
if the shoe fits wear it

nicest stuff is worn out and she wore my XXL shirt around the house
her chores, get done…
one bra in the wash and no panties on

The first steps
commemorated with expensive shoes,
soles being broken in,
a mash of burning glass,
molten sand and in it,
it’s silica content

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You got alot of nerve, stirring up mess

Churning emotions til they fester and burn

Wrecking havoc, thriving in your habitual habit

Unconcerned with the environment, leaving it in misalignment 

Antagonized by your exasperation

Declared our common enemy out of correlation

To fan out the flames of your generation

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the blue is missing from the sky today
the trees have no leaves
outside it is very cold
the wind is cruel.

there is a person
in front of me
i don't know who it is.

i remember playing out
with my sisters
with a skipping rope.

it is cold inside,
that lady told me it is morning,
that is why I stretch and yawn.

that lady said I had a visitor
i was frightened to ask:
'Wh...

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There stands Mother Nature

Stripped naked of her foliage

Old man Winter pulled a thread

From her beautiful fall dress

Slowly the patterns fell unraveled

With the colors falling to the ground

She shivers now in the coolness

Of his frosty breath of bitterness

There is no compassion from the sun

As it trails off with its warmth

Arthritic tree fingers gnarled and rig...

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Know you

Any benefits to this bewildering, barbed stumble through this dark forest into which you have brought me?

Confusing cutting beautiful song after song, always sounds the distance

                                                                                                 In a tiny flickering glimpse of thickening light

Leading me through the aftermath

I follow and follow...

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Gaza is forced onto a boundless stage,

A spectacle of endless conflict,

In a world where roles are chosen by power

Trump says, "Welcome to the show!" 

He knows his role, he knows his lines, 

Staging a political performance beneath the guise of humanity

Upon the stage owned by the United Nations, 

They send hollow promises to Gaza, 

Leaving them choking in the ...

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Orgreave (Truth & Justice)

Standing on a picket line in 1984

Orgreave on a summer’s day, we all knew the score

I am just an honest man, I never broke the law

Until the law tried to break me and now I’m not so sure

Orgreave Truth and Justice

Will never go away

The coppers broke the law

So the coppers have to pay

In a court of British law

It’s time we had our ...

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Get yourself a lump of marble

Twenty feet by six by six

Borrow a set of chisels

Or buy them from Screwfix

Empty out your garage or outdoor store

Of furniture and kids’ bikes from ceiling to floor

Grab yourself a mallet

Michelangelo liked wood

And get stuck in whilst listening to Johnnie B Goode

With every blow you will release

The body shape within

From a...

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An early Autumn breeze
Thickens under your cap
Past nine on the coast
Ripping across the square
Near your home
Pushing you slightly around
The edge of the beach
In between the twin hotels
Back up the lanes,

Collecting snapshots
Rattling on Marios
With silhouettes on the horizon
Mirroring the events beyond
Dreaming impossible words
Over barrels of leaves
Swirling around the water
...

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Hello, can you hear me?

I'm writing so you can see me

Type type type

My words are ripe

Without a thought or planning

An idea is hatching

Could it be good, could it be sad?

Only time will tell

If I can make it sell

Down in my basement, I type away

Day after day, I hear them say

As if I'm stone deaf

Without words, I'm dumbdead

So many profiles, f...

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How does one move on from betrayal and grief?

Resources swear "follow these steps to find relief".

Accept the hurt, embrace the pain,

Choose to trust your partner and learn to love again.

I'm convinced this advice comes from people who just don't know,

That being betrayed by the person you least expected to hurt you, hinders your ability to grow.

I accepted the hurt, I embra...

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It is incredible,

How so small of stares - often end up,

Giving the most enchanting moments to some souls.

The subtle strokes,

Made by those chestnut pupils,

A placid feeling in my heart it instills.

The sun gleamed on every one of these streaks,

Unravelling, the depth with which our eyes meet.

His eyes glittering more than the stars,

And glinted in the sun, like sh...

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i hate this empty house. 

beneath every floorboard,
a void
a yaw of wretched midnight 
clawing footsteps, pacing
and pacing
echoes banging
barbed and noosed
by nothing 

and the only thing louder 
than the bathroom fan I never turn off
than the drip of a sink, the tick of the gas stove
than the sleepless train yards and slick black streets
than the desperate, hollow orgasms in a co...

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Their branches proud above the town

like men in rank, their feet in mud,

skyward facing they can't look down

their roots fixed in this land of blood.

And onward, over fields and seas

men wrenched their hearts too far from home,

mere saplings who would not make trees

but from whose seed a nation's grown.

Across the green, the cenotaph

its lonely stone, rain...

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Her song, sung in a sing-song pitch

Musically hemmed with a Giocoso stitch

Chords played Staccato in different keys

Rapid Toccata, stylistically free  

As a young boy, she was my first violin

The major key to performing life as it begins

Dancing carefree, rhythmically to her beat

Tunes of the sixties, nostalgically on repeat

The unison of love, my Mother's embrace

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A new neighbour called Pat moved in next door,

Round her house she took me for a tour.

She introduced me to four of her cats,

Their surnames were written on their hats.

Alogue,Erpillar,Astrophy and Aract.

Where did you get those names I did react.

"Oh those are their surnames " said Pat, 

"All their first names are Cat"

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