Italian Travellers

(Came to Ancoats)

 

 

 

Did they come like locust?

Arriving as a plague, did they try other lands?

Seeking out some shade.

 

Did they travel over land by sea on horse then train?

Wear out their boots with walking

Across countries left behind,

Until they found this Ancoats, where they settled down.

 

Did this Ancoats offe...

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Three Wise Monkey’s

 

 

Confucius had a code,

Engraved above the door,

Depicting mans life cycle

Looking down forever more.

According to the second of eight

Engraved at, Temple Toshogu

Because those Buddhist monks, had their point of view.

 

Bringing their philosophy, over to Japan

Back in the eight-century,

The Buddhist was “The Man”

New ...

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(Benito Mussolini)

“IL DUCE”

 

 

Forged back in time

History to create, he made reforms,

That saved the State

His Fascist movement would,

Seal his fate.

 

Black shirts, brown shirts all the same

Don’t need your votes, we shall remain.

Opposition disappears; a nation now is filled with tears

Democracy was dealt a blow, censor the press,

The...

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A ball for a bullet,
A blade made of grass,
Or kerbstones made from needles,
And broken glass?

A free-kick that's given
You don't need to take,
It doesn't have a value,
Till it's given away.

A fix when you score,
Your team's winning goal,
A scratch on your record, adding some spin,
Mixing of people, Your Game's pulling them in.

Commentate; they'll all listen,
You...

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Supporting Manchester City Over Fifty Years Talking with granddad about players past, about Manchester City and the games that they had.“Ken Barnes” he would tell me,” should have had an England Cap” Sam Barkas was a full-back, son, who played before the war, He even captained England once, but only once I’m sure. Sam Cowan played at centre-half and was manager for a while Roy Paul played ...

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Innocence

 

When you were small,

A child at play, you’d make a world all of your own

Where you were “King” sat on the throne,

And in your world there was no suffering or pain

Just happy little children, of every race and name.

 

Everyone was happy, no one was alone

Everyone was cared for, food and drink for all

There everyone had innocence, the greatest g...

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In the Dead of Night

 

Tucked up in my bed one night

Not sleeping lying wide awake

Mind working overtime on the problems life creates

 

I close my eyes but still I see

A million things that bother me

Some cause me pain, some make me weep, will I ever go to sleep?

I’m talking but my lips don’t move,

My voice is silent too, am I really dreaming or is it rea...

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Equally -Equal

 

Equally - equal or just?

Making it up

We swim through life’s

Bucket of hypocritical muck.

 

Don’t call me that

But my brother can!

Reclaiming words, getting ownership

The hypocrisy of all this

They’re full of shit.

 

Do as we say not as we do?

How does it feel?

Wearing the other shoe

 

Fighting and cursing

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Northern Rain

 

Northern rain

Northern winds

Northern niceness, special things

Northern me Northern you,

Now you’ve gone south, what shall we do?

 

Southern this

Southern that

Southern coldness

Southern breeze, tall and naked Southern trees

Now they have, lost all their leaves,

Looking ghostly in Southern night, so you go east, with Southern f...

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Lost

(In Drink)

 

Funny ai’nt it, maybe not.

Is it I, I’ve lost the plot, another pint from a pint pot,

I scream and shout I curse and yell and damn you all

to a life in hell.

 

And all of this because I drink, then drink some more,

Then fall asleep in some shop door.

The doorway stinking and all from me, yet awake I can’t see,

What the drink has done...

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Cross your fingers

Count to ten.

(We can’t bring them back again)

 

Carry me and I’ll protect.

You know those guys give you respect

You kid yourself,” and all around,

That you’re the king, ‘A Number one

But my friend you’re just a “BUM,

 

You’ll gain respect or so you think

But it will be gone before you blink.

Fear my friend is not respect,

O...

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