Within people's depths, intuition's flame ignites,
Blending with introverted wisdom, a new sight excites.
A hidden world unfolds, with secrets revealed,
Through written words, their soul's depth is unsealed.

Within the silence, a world unfurls,
Intuition's whispers, echoing through hollowed curls.
Unspoken insight, aching to be free,
A depth of wisdom, yearning to be seen.

In silence, ...

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It's easy to get annoyed

when age is never on your side

but watches your every move

with stern disapproval.

Easy to fall out of proportion

such as is left to you

never quite enough to muster forces

easy then to get annoyed. 

And when  that happens

bits of you flake off like old skin

when smiling is a foreign land

you hesitate to visit

taking ...

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I’ve got a crush, I’ve got a thing

For this mister, fancy him

In my local fat boy slim

‘Fat boy,’ Cockney slang for gym

He’s my treacle, Mister Romeo

Go hardio on cardio

Go fast on him or slomio

Go hardio or homeo

Go faster, increase speedio

On him, I start off medio

Increase my pace if needio

on Instagram Live video

A crush, I’ve got a thin...

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Stepping into the density,

I lose myself,

I become as a boat drifting in a lake, unattended, floating still, but lackluster, without guidance, 

clouded by a touch of sadness.

But then, breath returns,

deep, rich with the promise of renewal.

Deep, slow breath,

breath hums a tune of awakening,

breath sings a song of remembering.

Remembering compassion,

remembering frien...

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Poem 230 of 230:  CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY/AS GOSPELLERS HAVE SAID

(TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR:

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

E1 E1 D2 G2 F#2 G3

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

E1 E1 D2 G2 F#2 G3

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

E1 E1 D2 G2 F#2 G3

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

E2 D2 G2 F#2 G3

D2 A2 B2 A2 G2 E3

E2 D2 G2 F#2 G3)

As gospellers have said,

Beneath signalling s...

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The tree is man-made, the gifts are fake,

The carols make my stomach ache.

I hate the crowds, the forced-up cheer,

The noise that fills this time of year.

The sales are loud, the hype is worse,

Everyone's lost in some gift-giving curse.

The cookies? -Too sweet! The songs? -A "bore"!

I’d rather be locked behind my door.

So skip the cheer, and ditch the mess,

I’d...

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What does it take to get peace around here?

Do I whisper my secrets to the wind and finally feel a sense of relief?

Do I face the mountains and pray for redemption as rocks plummet down from a mountainside?

Do I wash in lakes full of water lilies and drink dew from their leaves?

Or do I give in to chaos and disappear fully into banishment...

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And in their deepest, darkest hour
the community came together
A time filled with fear, sadness and grief 
that will be remembered forever 

To the volunteer firefighters 
we salute your steadfast bravery 
Your selfless and courageous actions 
will be observed in our history 

For all the lives protected and saved
just how many will remain unknown 
Your work will never be forgotten 
o...

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Grandma
I’m going to make a camper van space rocket
We can paint it indigo
and violet

We can visit South America
Spain, and the moon!
We will fly to the sun
But don’t worry
We can put deflectors on it
So we won’t burn

We won’t need wheels
It will just transform
I will need a big tool box
Some metal and some
Paint that won’t peel

Grandma, do you want to help me?
We can paint t...

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(Am I the only person ever to think that the WASPI claim for pension compensation for women to reflect the
change in age entitlement was spurious? Was it wrong to be equalised with men's?  It was introduced in 1995 with subsequent amendments..  How much more notification would have been needed?  A re-post of mine from some years ago.)

She will get her pension same as me

She says she wa...

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That beautiful time of the year is here…

Time to celebrate with a party and cheer…

Enjoying special moments with loved ones…

Not forgetting roast potatoes and cinnamon baked buns…

Prosecco, wine and beer is definitely on the menu…

Whether the celebration is at home or in a venue…

Excited to open gifts, not forgetting to sing carols…

Decorating the house with garlands and trees...

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A raggedy thin cotton dress
On a little girl playing out
On this freezing December day.
She’s thrown out by her mama
Left out by her friends
Deserted by her daddy
Neglected by the world
In the end little Ellie is just sad.
Her school calls the doctor,
The doctor calls the nurse,
Torn this and that way,
Little Ellie's just hurt.

https://youtu.be/S83EiI7Yuxk?si=cLPEceTT0FpxwrU...

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Towards the far corner, 

An alluring kaleidoscopic spark

Catches my attention, and 

Besides the growing tension,

I hear a known voice. 

An out-of-the-world precipise 

Presents a familiar figure 

Who could overwhelm my heart.

Her unsurprised, unmoved eyes

Jesture that I was expected.

A gluesome lump in my throat

Lets the feeling float in silence

As she ...

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Christmas for one
A time of celebration
Peace and love abounds
All across the nation
Christmas for one

Christmas for one
That's the way it's going to be
But I am not alone
Because you are watching over me
Christmas for one

Christmas for one
Believers for the lord they wait
But our planet is so unequal 
A time for reflection of others fate
Christmas for one
 
Christmas for one
...

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My intuition 

never fails 

it’s kept me 

out of corporate hell 

while my imagination 

is masturbating 

my intuition 

is on the job slaving 

your ambitions 

are never high 

they’re predictable 

always dry 

while I can’t remember 

what I’ve read 

my intuition 

grows hotter with years

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For several weeks now, WOL website has, on occassions, been extremely slow.

I can only assume that my browser is not at fault, because other websites (not connected with WOL) which I use, appear to be working perfectly OK.

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internal countdown begins

like ants to freshly landed 

sugar crystal

like sunflower to rising sun

peeping from cover

like expectant pyjama'd tyke 

on Christmas morn

a feeling, full grown or so,

but couldn't quite shake

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The moon shines up above:

New, crescent, half, gibbous, full,

Waxing, waning,

Dodging behind a scudding cloud.

Its complete repertory,

Its whole thing.

At least they’ll never get the moon.

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Her world once ran on her behalf, 

She freely enjoyed her stuff, 

Brushing the town so confidently, 

Proudly showing her beauty. 

Walking towards a long road, 

Her body broke, 

Pain spreading deep into her bones, 

Yet she holds on to hope. 

Inside her tiny little body, 

She carries majesty,

That's what is called a baby, 

A forerunner that will l...

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I am in waves,
clapping hands,
art in/art out
of phase, the distinct
ghostshipshapeliness
of abstract lines,
appealing, revealing,
reviling, unveiling.
So much for rhyme.
Whatever comes next
came next-to-last,
whipping up wirestorms
of fountainhood,
revelling in the tines
of forking pathways,
expectantly gravid
or barren, the void
wherein, without which
we all surmount
the itchy...

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I don't like calendars. 

The constant march of weeks and months,

tracking them methodically as we go.

Fewer days for us to live. 

This morning, I awake

and brush these thoughts aside.

The light through the drapes makes no promises,

but beckons me to rise

and welcome the tiny Pacific Wrens

often seen through our window.

I check the orange tree through...

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W

We

had

a tree

that lived

in our garden

for most of the

year. And when it

was time, my Dad dug

it up carefully, so as not

to damage the fragile roots.

He ceremoniously set it in a big

clay pot, ballasted with stones and

packed round with soil, and placed it in

a sort of giant terracotta saucer, to catch the

water, he said, so it would stay alive for ne...

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Lying with Lego is like:

typing poems on a keyboard

and hearing music in your head. 

Lying with music is like:

waking up in the morning

and you're still alive.

Lying with life is like:

that one kite on a string

against the metro pole

and somehow makes it lie. 

Lying with you is like:

making poems with the wind.

When you want me to belong (be ...

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If you sell your soul

Can you ever get it back?

Have you ever felt something

Slipping slowly from your grasp?

When that something lost is so vast

Can you just go on?

When you're in the fight of your life

And loose, can you forgive yourself?

When life's parade passes you by

Do you bother to wave?

Can you keep asking the questions

With answers too hard to face?

Ca...

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The teacher asked the class,"What does coincidence mean?"

Hands up in the air,ready to answer,the  class were  keen.

First opportunity to answer was given to Mat.

Who said.,."That's funny I was just going to ask you that."

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What once held sway

Has perished without

Any genuine warning,

Yet those antique dreams

With the tenacious seams

Haven't ceased to pester,

And a world-weary Atlas, 

Ready to drop the ball, 

Wonders why 

Should it him befall

To be tethered thus

To the ends of Earth, 

Having to buttress 

A world half-conscious

Only half the time...

But then again, 

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My life is filled with love now, bright lights, even without all that snow

Not a romantic scent, but love nonetheless, 

I walk by the ocean,

       Consider, contemplate why I was sent for,

because I have arrived,

                            and I am fully here.

I thought I was following my heart, but that path veered sharply, suddenly          towards a staggering terrifying dea...

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Please come with me… hold my gloved hand.
Let’s stroll through a Knotty Ash Wonderland!
Knotty Ash is magical every month of the year.
But even more so now, as Christmas is near!

The Happiness Train has arrived on platform 4.
Colin and Vera arrive for their Wonderland Tour!
Then we follow the frosty Knotty Ash Signs.
That lead us to the famous Jam Butty Mines!

We turn left at Sir Ken W...

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Please read my poem in the comments.

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In a bed, she lay

So tired & so frail

Like the room itself

So colourless & pale

At least, through the window

She could see snowflakes dance

Falling in a serenade

To a winter's night romance

Her bed sores burned like hell

In this purgatory of self

A forgotten thing called living

Lay dormant on its shelf

But the snow fell so dreamlike

And wh...

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like the smooth easy words of a

scurrilous lover, the promise

of this morning’s pale pinks

and blues have come to nought

leaving the sky dull, bland and

unsatisfyingly monochrome,

~

the chill is at low single figures

pinched by a keen breeze,

so, I don a heavier coat and

more sensible shoes to search

for a holly bush with berries,

~

close to the railway lin...

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Naked-It’s the most vulnerable state to be. 
So I undressed myself 
The bed Is the most comforting place to be when you have nowhere else to go
So I pulled back the covers and wept 
I wept for all the art I hadn’t made 
I wept for the brokenness inside 
For my brother
For the waste that has been my twenties 
And all the things I may never get to do 
I wept because I was numb and because I...

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(Inspired by a typo)

Do not stand at my grave and wee.
I'm damp enough. Just let me be.
You said you'd pour the finest wine
In tribute to these bones of mine;
So was it some stupendous thirst
That prompted you to drink it first?
Please note my epitaph (it's final!)
Does not contain the word "urinal".
Do not stand at my grave and wee.
I'll haunt your ass, I guarantee.

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Put that shit on Pinterest 

A show for the internet

I feel he's losing interest

I'll put you both to the test

Let the truth destroy the rest

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When the tick is tocking

and time calls louder

and I have to choose

this path

that desire

so I ask myself

'what is it that I truly want

from this life?'

I have wanted for so much, and yet so little...

Knowing, I invoke gratitude

for kind hearts

strong hands

cool heads

my own saints and saviours

in the pit stops of my travels.

I yearn for warm bones -

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Mid month

as a good a time as any other

to write of howling winds that smother

Every hint

of comfort and the daily norms

to replace them all with Darragh's storms

Which break

the trees which crash and fall upon

wires, and thus: the village power has gone

And then

in every room in every country cottage

is darkness from the lack of wattage

No h...

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Like fine friends whose company I crave,
I cherish the seasons, each one a wave;
Their unique characters, in colors they dress,
They shape my moods, some joy, some distress.

In winter's warm hug, the sun sets me free,
With hiking through dreams, wild as can be;
The heart, an enthusiast, reaching for light,
Wrapped in the comfort of long, cozy nights.

Oh, for summer morni...

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Sim-ply ha-ving a wonderful Christmas time

The Travelator hums with Advent cheer

I got all my gifts on Amazon Prime

Tesco’s delivered the wine, the beer

I have been vaccinated against Seasonal Stress

And McCartney on the Public Address

Don’t make me go to Lapland

Wherever that may be

For the holidays I have nothing planned

I might stop at Terminal Three

You can leave ...

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PURSUE TRANSPARENCY

In veils of secrecy the captured states

Obscure the havens of the ultra-rich,

Who claim to hover in their global cloud;

Untouched, untaxable and out of reach.

They slip through loopholes spun, in legal webs,

By spider lawyers, lobbyists, - with bribes.

They loot our assets; dodge, evade and hide;

And multiply their influence round the globe.

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WHATS WRONG WITH ME?

By the Urban Poet

What’s wrong with me?

If only I could see what others can see

Does it matter that over beer

I sometimes choose tea?

You see I thought I was free

But in everything I seem to do

That doesn’t appear to be the case

we’re all in a race

to be the perfect face

Obsessed by the need for information

With a determination

to succeed...

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Sticking to a theme instead of writing what comes to mind
I'd simply put pen to paper and let the thoughts flow fully
Having an idea to think to is unnatural and code breaking
Let me write as though I am indeed free

Voyage to the caverness depths of everything
Float above the shallow reality of living
Shackled by 
Oh, the cream of this doughnut is filling

Dark but bright 
Light but gr...

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In your eyes, I see the sun, serene and rare,
Where light, in its colors, becomes a garden bright,
And in your gestures, clear enchantments flare,
Like a thousand flowers dancing in the light.

Ah, you are the flower the heavens gave to earth,
Growing in pure grace, in shape and hue,
Like the lily deep in fields of endless worth,
Spreading the fragrance of an eternal view.

In your smile...

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Putting the flash into flash fiction for this festive poem!

Boxing day

A day of cheer

Till his lucky boxers

Disappear

A desperate search 

Both high and low 

He can't back down 

Nowhere to go

The fight draws near

The crowd awaits 

Without his shorts 

It's left to fate 

He's fearing failure 

Doubt creeps in

Without his shorts 

How can he win?

B...

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In the haze of booze and heated words,

We said things that still echo.

The truth got twisted and wielded in our fight.

And love took cover, out of sight.

Now in the light the battle scars are many, wounds quarterised, but still fresh.

hearts still yearn,

For the warmth, the laughter, the sweet return.

I’m ready now to change my ways,

No more snarky comments or “oops, b...

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For my Father

In dreams my father is with me.

He lives in his nightmare wide awake.

In dreams my legs buckle.

He falls in his nightmare.

I see him, we cannot speak,

his frail hands outstretched to his child.

His hanging mouth a cave

with all his life inside, forgotten.

Asleep in his bed like amber in linen,

withered by time and ages rot.

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Mary

She pulled her shawl tighter around her
A mother should never have to outlive her child
There at the beginning and the end

She thought about her ex
A gentle man, good with his hands
Who never questioned her unexpected pregnancy
There’s nothing more working class, he’d laughed
Than giving birth in a barn

She pulled her shawl tighter around her
And remembered the starlight
The ...

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I’ll admit, at first, it was the curves I saw,
A fat ass, a glance, a moment that caught.
But love, I found, wasn't built on that—
It’s not the surface, not the trap.

A pretty face, so sweet and bright,
Made me commit, held me tight,
But deep inside, I stayed the same,
Unchanged, still playing the game.

Then came the girl with the soul so pure,
Her laughter, her heart—so sweet, so sur...

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serpent track the path

along this tattooed skin

greasy fingers flare to touch

dirty hands that reach within

blackened verdant earth to call

the cry of silenced swan

a million silent hours spent

to choke the dying song

There are reports that say there have been 320 thousand children who have crossed the US southern border and have been released without fa...

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I flew to Rome and landed among pints of stout at O'Mahoney's Bar, along with a posse of British tourists.

Jamie, a Scotsman resplendent in a kilt, beamed with delight when the band played Whisky in the Jar.

But a stern-faced man of Kent commented, 'The Irish didn't help us in the war,' and the landlord looked furious.

Then a white-haired Italian stood by a fading photograph, featuring a ...

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Under the golden boughs of ancient trees, autumn sighs,  
As leaves descend in a swirling, endless ballet,  
The earth receives them with a gentle embrace,
withering compost pile.
 

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My father, who art in heaven

And filleth my life

Hallowed be thy name,

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven

May it take precedence over my heart’s desires

Give me this day my daily bread

And Take that that no longer serves me

Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me

Lead me not into temptation 

Temptation to revenge 

Temptat...

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If peotry were a love song

rhythmic passion would bleed through every verse

The evening light gracing on her skin 

Timeless beauty of love unbroken 

In the stillness 

With my arm firmly around her waist 

And a gentle caress of my nose along her ear

If poetry were suffering 

The clanking of every track

The distruction by every missle

The hum of every drone 

The...

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Bogof

     I have not been to Earth for nigh on three decades now,

   out here only the renegades prosper while I am

      nothing but a toy for curiosity’s sake,

        inter-stellar has always been there but,

  too long I took to understand the dopple -

       and double trouble and their persistent game of psychology.

     I am so tired now, even the self soothin...

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Sunset Over Lupset (August 1968)

Lupset sunsets smelled of bonfires,

undercut with new mown grass,

wild mint by the kitchen window,

treasures in the strawberry patch.

Father sat with pint of shandy,

The mower cooling in the shade,

the rake stowed by the garden shed,

the kids with sparkling lemonade.

Sunset over Lupset

August nineteen sixty eight

Sunset ov...

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“How are you?”

I don’t know.

I don’t remember the last time I felt ‘good’.

Is that simply because I cry?

I couldn’t tell you if I knew.

I need a hug.

I need someone to tell me that they understand.

That there’s nothing wrong with me.

You are skating around the real problem and self-proclaiming it is good enough.

Ignoring the gaping hole in between.

While I simply...

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Cause I'm not like other people, she tried explaining things. 

I've dipped in pure evil, the rain hasn't poured like my sins. 

Hasn't washed the urge away.

Fractured my morals, as I just stood amazed. 

Impacted by photos and being latched in her choke hold.

I could ask for tomorrow, she’ll just lash out and wallow.

I relapse because I’m hollow, all of those innocents she’s strung...

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So, I said I am with child and it’s hard to move

And he says no way

And I said yeah way

And he said yeah, I know

And I said how do you know

And he said I just do, but we have to go

And I said go where?

And he said I’m not really sure,

But it’s all getting kind of heavy out there

So, I said I’m the one that’s really heavy

With child and I have to ride a donkey?

A...

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When a promise is made but those words vanish in the embers, your cries echo from the deceit.

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An exciting toy is handed down

With the joy of connection, not a scowl

A toy to tinker through the bordem

To call and text through the doldrums

Time stands still in the classroom

Not learning or thinking as you'd assume

But waiting for that buzz

The vibrate of a 'like' to discuss

Parents reaching out because they can

Speaking fluently through this tin-can

Kn...

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What happens if Terry the giant does

not touch wood what would Sally say…

but still he drinks his ever so nice tea.

What would happen if Father Christmas didn’t

stop drinking Jack Daniels throughout the rest

of the year?

Drunken Santa is crashing through the snow

You’re all on the naughty list

Pensioners too cold to take a stand

munch a million bags of Mo...

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She flew in from America

   To be with us that day,

We'd no idea who she was

   But didn't like to say.

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Inhaled, indelible  

40-a-day road-trips,  

in a 3-door lagoon-blue 

Mark II Hillman Imp. 

Backseat passive passengers 

tapped and shuffle packed.  

Oblivious to the slow burn, 

no open windows, not even a crack. 

Upfront, ritual smokes, 

their bond of small pleasure. 

Love over Embassy Gold 

compact and ash-covered. 

Dad’s heart said give up. 

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How does one merely object to corruption?

When all that would amount to is an exhalation

A statue is made to crumble

But a statement is eternal

I’m alone again

I didn’t know loneliness like this could exist

In my “home country”

Where I hide from even myself

The insidious sensationalist ethos

Entwined with noxious entitlements

Layered in chemical chaos

Wra...

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I feel special 

Every time is see

An ant with wings

And you should too

Cause they only have 

A few days to live

And they’re spending 

them with you

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The remnants of a myth
torn like sodden paper
A worker in the world of words
now where are your opus lines
where does your gilded poetry reside
A hooded figure
cloaked by Pessall Brook
looking for lighthouses
searching for the sea

O, how did you go
this far wrong?

Show me your pages
blackened with rhymes
your songs of tides
and ships to far away islands
Thunder clapping above
r...

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                                                          Broke 

                                                         Broken 

                                                       Not a toy 

                                                    Shiny machine

                                                   Web of living parts

                                                   O...

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Eventually, memory of everything fades.

Footprints in the sand lost to intertidal waves,

What was once visually sharp has now ebbed away

The colours of daylight bled into nightly grey.

All that we once held, and all we once knew,

Wanes, forever disappearing from view.

ever-fading, just like yesterday's dreams

Vanished subconscious, no more to scheme.

In the fallin...

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after all these years spent

a statue waiting for a lover

eroding under the rains

and made dark by cloud cover

time would have succeeded at destroying me

I was built only to wither away

but fate changed in an instant

when I was found by the girl in gray

she came and cleared off the ivy leaves

she looked at me like I was her own

like I was somehow beautiful

despite m...

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Dance openly, if stressed 

Record yourself speaking nonsense, gibberish and pointless 

Take rest, relax, and unwind

Cry out loud, let emotions shine

Don't hesitate, let shouts resound

Don't overthink, let feelings abound

Make yourself weep, then sleep peacefully

Don't put yourself down, just be wild and free

Be your own clown, with heart aglow

Embrace...

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I wait at the same old places

Expecting you to be there

A continuum of time

From the last time we met

But the physical is gone

And just a memory remains

Wind blows straight through me

As does the light

But my heart is still beating

Pumping blood and emotions

That linger though you’re gone

I am but shadows and hopes

Of distant moments

That yearn for your ...

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                                   Shadow Blind

Blindly I fumbled searching for you. Hoping to uncover a despicable ghoul. Confident my endeavor a profound spiritual journey.  

A fearless, deviant, defiant, authority usurper, a warrior in a distopian reality, selflessly fighting ageless expressions of duality for all humanity. An evolved, out of the box thinker, unwilling to participate in a...

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old souls polish glistened bones,
offering gifts to the rapture.
weary prayers fall on heavy feet.
the clouds crash like waves
revealing the cracks of heaven,
and in this moment
I am still
to let the dust settle.

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Through the pages of time,

here or elsewhere,

with enlightened peace,

announces that man

will now live with a smile,

merging with all beings

like the tides of the sea

I long for the light of happiness,

to remove impiety

and find a new man

who smilingly brings happiness to others

Through the pages of time

let a flag be unfurled

and let it be for...

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Jack was a boy who struggled in school 

Getting suspended ...for breaking the rules 

He would wonder the streets and rob out the shops 

Take milk from the doorsteps and lead from roof tops 

His mum was an addict his dad wasn't there 

Troubled young Jack got put in to care 

Stuck in the system.. Jack's just a number

From pillar to post now split from his brother 

He's mixing...

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This is who I was

Facing different challenges

Not who I am now

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a rich is a richer conversation, a
poor is a poorer controversy
the speak of a conversation is,
the speak of a controversy
poor is a poor conversation
rich is a poor conversation
a poor conversation is a rich conversation

fame is a poor conversation
fame is a rich controversy
a rich fame is a poor fame
a walk of fame is a walk of a controversy
fame is a walk of fame
fame is a walk of...

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Still, as sounds flow through me like ripples,

Her metronome voice glows as she talks, leaving a euphoric feeling.

Melancholy breathing hones focus to my heart beating,

Dissipating my worldly ruminations.

Lucid is how I felt after her rhythmic voice receded,

The ripples still imbued in me lingered.

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Listen to them talking their sharing inane nonsense overheard but not by intention

Spreading gossip, rumour and hearsay told as solid facts getting other’s attention

“Did you hear about Gemma? She’s brazenly seeing Guy behind Steve’s back!”

“Well I heard she’s pregnant, a friend of a friend told me it’s a totally true fact!”

And so it continues sharing stories of acquaintances and supp...

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Easier said than done, my dear,

like catching stars with trembling hands.

But still, I insist—

don’t mourn what’s lost,

for this life

is but a bridge to what lies beyond,

a fleeting test, shimmering in the dark.

I’ve tasted pain,

swallowed burning amber,

each agony a comet

slashing through my soul’s sky.

Listen, I tell you,

patience—a resolute anchor

ami...

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You pace the corridors of unlit tomorrows,

A thief of dreams and an heir to sorrows.

Yet the present, a whisper cloaked in gold,

Holds truths too radiant, too sharp to be told. 

Let go of the chase, embrace what's near,

The present is all you need to hear. 

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I don't know much
But I do know that 
There's nothing quite like
The love of a cat
People think they're indifferent 
And assume that means cold
But there's a warmth in being seen 
From behind a blindfold 
They don't care about 
What makes you feel small
To them you're still
Just as tall 
If you come home from work 
Not wanting to be tough
Well, they don't expect you to be 
You're al...

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Look through the glass 

The other side , a thin membrane away

 I can see but not hear 

What if I break it to reach  out to the silent world beyond

Push  my hand through 

Will it be freedom

Or blood soaked shards that rain down

Shredding the flesh and mind

Scattering mortal remains 

On a cold floor

Perhaps I can hold your hand 

Together we can leap

With your prot...

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Today we all have equal opportunities

children don't starve

there's no waste of food and resources

we are conscious consumers. 

There is no war.

Nuclear deterrents are no longer necessary

Artificial Intelligence has created a society of leasure and prosperity.

Today we are not possessed by idealogy.

Subscribing our souls to any kind of 'ism' does not equate to intellectual ...

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I can’t see it’s hard to be a stoic

when you’ve never cooked a meal

or paid a bill.

Still

I’ll allow it was rather heroic

to share a bed all them years

with Prince Phil.

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This morning I was having a conversation 

a slightly uncomfortable conversation . 

I thought about a world without men

and my boyfriend seemed upset.

"Even without me?" he asked 

and that was a though one to answer.

I thought about a world with no fear

no fear for my body, no fear for me.

But honestly a world without him,

that is even more scary to think about. 

"I wo...

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I look for new light

in old flames

the quietest crackling embers

searching for that mad spark that

will set alight my time-dried mind

but the fire has always been but one

sometimes seen, sometimes not

that runs right through the Earth

immanent, infinite 

in thunder and star, love and hurt

it's not the light I seek

but the heat of the invisible fire

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The black death, you troubadour, songwriter
Writing to verse, cauterising your heart
Sit in bars, watching the optics pour
Harbingers of bad weather.

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Barn owls are unearthly.

On moonlit nights they coast

above the fields in silence,

floating white as ghosts.

They bring me out in goosebumps

and were I mouse or vole,

when barn owls came along the street

and knocked on doors for "trick or treat"

I wouldn't pamper them with sweets,

I'd scurry down my hole!

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I can remember the day
That I saw a picture of you
And didn't react at all

No rage
No sneers
No tears
Nothing.

I've never been happier to feel nothing

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A series of haiku poems inspired by the wonderful nurturing, supportive mothers in my life - thank you for *planting the forest* :

I am a splinter 

What I need is a forest 

Mother the Mother 

****************

Tender and swollen 

Every inch of my being

Mother the Mother 

****************

Sitting in silence 

Musing, panicking, drowning 

Mother the Mother 

***...

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So many things I'll never say. 

So many miles I'll run away.

So many ships I've stowed away on.

So many lives I've passed away.

So many screams I've swallowed down.

So many smiles turned into frowns.

So many tears I've wiped away.

So many things I'll never say.

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I am the earth what humans 

I am what humans call me home

if you split me in half I am shaped like a dome

but most of you just stare at your phones

but don't appreciate how the sun has shone!  

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I was forced,
to keep my eyes shut.
While all the crimes were infront of me,
I chose to stay blind.
Stranded on a deserted island
With nowhere to escape.
I let my dreams fly away,
While I let my soul,
live in that hell.
I was a part of it,
Cruel and nasty doings.
Committing sins,
I never wanted to.
But what could I possible do?
Because in the end,
All that pain, was my closest frien...

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