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Happiness?

by Shirley Smothers

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Sometimes I wish I

were a little more happy.

But I just feel

so darned sad.

 

Sometimes with myself I

get a little angry.

Sometimes I get

a little mad.

 

It's said to "Look

for the silver lining."

But all I see

is the dark cloud.

 

I try to quite

the uneasy voices.

But sometimes they are

just so...

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Thursday 14th November 2013 12:28 am

Anger   Sad   unhappiness

The Ballad Of Billy Nomates

by Ian Whiteley

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The Ballad Of Billy Nomates

 

You were bigger than a bus,

with a face as red as Martian dust

and a neck that started somewhere in your crown.

I was small and insecure,

as I approached the guarded door,

knowing that you were about to put me down.

 

You were giving me that look

that said you couldn’t give a fuck

for my need to get beyond the ticket box.

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Wednesday 24th July 2013 7:18 pm

bouncers   refused entry   billy no mates   dance   sad   epic fail

Fusion

by Ali Taha Alnobani

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By: Ali Taha Alnobani
 
He was lying on the grass
Looking carelessly at his watch
He needs to relax
But a voice is slamming his head:
Tick … tick
Seems saying: life is just a trick
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He took a picture out of his pocket
Ripped into small pieces
Paths and routs
Plants and shoots
Telling the happiness rare story
About the unlucky traveler
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Tuesday 5th March 2013 12:00 pm

love and time passing   loss   sad poetry   sadness   sad   fusion   love   loved   loneliness   gypsy   London

Blue Lights, No Siren

by Ged Thompson

 

Blue lights, No Siren
 
The ambulances whiz past to Alder Hey…..
All day and all night.
They pass.
 
Some without blue lights and sirens, I hope…..
Hope……They are just going to pick a little boy up
And, take him home
 
I hope he’s going to a nice home……
Where he lives with people that love and appreciate him.
For the gift he is.
 
Ot...

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Sunday 27th January 2013 10:11 pm

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Four Leaf Clover

by Ged Thompson

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Four Leaf Clover
 
I saw two leprechauns last night
Doing a dance around our garden light
 
So I snook out the front, and down our back alley
with my hood pulled up just like a scally
 
Scaled next doors fence, then over ours
with a fishing net and two jam jars
 
Then I crept up…..I caught the two
They didn’t know just what to do
 
B...

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Sunday 13th January 2013 2:04 am

children's poetry   sad   magic   Leprechaun   middle earth   elves   fairies

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