Here we are again, entering the season of lights that illuminates the darkness in our lives.

Here I am that one bulb, connected to a strand that’s part of a flickering network worldwide.

Come, please join me in activating the healing  process that the divine is sending us.

Because we’ve had far too many dark days and stormy nights recently.

Personal, political and social storms. Storms...

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You and me

two extremities united in purpose

drawn towards exploration,

never needing a licence to exploit each other.

We lie here, committed to mutual liberation, banishing the pain that pulled us down

as we experience bursts of ecstasy,

lifting our spirits to unknown realms of pure pleasure.

See, we’re caressing the surface now

with intentions to penetrate the very core o...

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And then she wafted into my life. “I’m part of your fate” she whispered.

Day by day I was drawn towards her, as if by instinct. Destiny at work.

This is purely a merger of minds, a merger of values, a merger of all things passionate.

For once, I will not say ‘I love you’ or ‘I need you’ but instead ‘I believe in you’.

Already I feel the immeasurable power of her inner beauty pervade my...

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Looking out into my back garden I see the quiet rolling hills and fields beneath. Above them a flock of kites hover, scanning the land for dinner.

I watch them with a sense of detachment,

pre-occupied with the matter of love and relationships.

It’s funny how we hear so much about strong attachments,

deep affection, devoted faithfulness and unbridled passion.

Then as a kite swoope...

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Been wrestling with conceptual seeds. Thoughts of love

disturbing me,

passion troubling me,

desire corrupting me

Ideologies challenging me.

Until a spark of enlightenment light the room. Then I become a light to myself.

‘Surrendering to the other is a gift’ says the inner voice. It comes unconditionally from the heart.

Its meaning is existential.

The only way to know is...

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Sorry Irma, we can’t be angry with you

because it’s our fault to start with.

But please, we pray, stop your violent winds and rain.

Let the sun shine. And the calypso beats commence.

We realise that you are revealing the truth

and expanding our consciousness.

It’s true that our values are crumbling

So, you have decided to expose our corrupt principles.

Sorry for reclaiming...

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I love you for your quiet confidence that screams reverence

I love you for the courage of you convictions.

For your wayward eyelids as they flap like chrysalis wings.

You make the others look like forgotten minions.

A sense of purpose lurks in the lithe abandon of your walk,

full lips smirking at fate.

I love the triumph of your uninhibited temper

as you make men rattle at the...

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Out of nowhere, for no reason I was greeted with a chilly shoulder.

Deafening silence followed all night.

But I accept her in all her swinging moods like nature.

In winter and summer, in rain or dry spells.

I make no attempt to pursue. Or please.

Cause I know that I must raise my consciousness of this charming conundrum

of flight or fight.

So I choose to flow with the tide.

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Her. And  Me.

One love. United souls. Conjoined.

Sometimes I thirst for her but I’ll find her wherever she is.

She’s not here now but we always touch.

Knowing that our love cuts across time and space.

Eternal. Destined.

Then when she reveals herself again I shall love her once more. Like never before.

Ours is an endless consent.

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Only a moment ago I felt my love for you rise above the ordinary.

Locked in truth and spirit.

It’s a miracle that happened because we did not push. We just opened the doors and it wafted in.

We never pushed for acceptance or approval.

And it came, again and again and again. Filling us. Flooding us.

Our union is destined for eternity. It is not of this world.

I listen as you sing ...

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You reside in the deeper recesses of my very being. I am more than me.

The twilight hand wakes me gently with memories of shared bliss,

new experiences and a strengthening bond. Nothing’s changed.

Your presence is anchored in my soul, you special one.

And thoughts of you only cements it. Nothing’s changed.

Knowing you’re there feeding off thoughts of me sustains me.

I will always...

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It’s time I wrote a love note to you.

To tell you that I love you for your imperfections.

I am now assured that there is so much beauty in you waiting to be given to me.

As long as I allow you in.

And once that happens we can dance that divine dance.

So be still and let the light within us vibrate. Because miracle happens when we stop pushing.

And the space around our bodies beco...

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The full moon weilds its own magic.

It was the perfect moment  to look up, pause, reflect

and go deep into the centre of my being.

I freeze, feeling the love flowing through me. Touching my very core.

It was a moment when I felt an ethereal message saying there

was an angelic gift

winging towards my sphere.  My deliverance!

The soft light that is you still pulsates within me,

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That little voice at the crack of dawn told me I should whizz this off to you:

the change in you is so seductive,

It so stimulates my spirit I want to sing a song for you.

Great to see you follow your dreams,

reach for the starts,

tune in to your heart.

I see you’ve moved to that happier place.

I hear you accept there’s that sacred shrine within you

I gaze in awe as you soa...

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Do you not feel a special bond developing?

Are you not touched by this unique connection?

Do you not feel cozy in my presence, trusting each moment?

Have you not said to yourself in your quieter moments “Fuck this so different, so cool, so unusual”.

Has it not occurred to you that it’s time you opened that door and let me in?

Just so that I could enter, go deeper and heal your broke...

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Left it in there too long. 

But who fucking cares

Actually it resembles a thick oversized piece of toast. So cool.

Who fucking cares about grammatical restraints.

Who gives a toss about an unlimited access to library of fancy words

 gleaned from a dusty thesaurus.

It’s all about the ‘big idea’ mucker.

That fertile germ which will germinate and stimulate.

“Trying to be too c...

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Last night, my dear friend Ross said his final goodbye to us.

I can see him smiling at me through his smoke rings at his celestial gig.

He insisted we throw a party when he moved on.

Ross always spoke of celebrating pain.

He said that death was something to be accepted the day we are born.

He loved people who knew struggle and loss. He lived amongst those who cried each night.

He...

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Is there somebody out there that’s more than an eager body next to mine.

Is there that elusive somebody that will expose me to truths about myself that I wasn’t aware of?

Somebody who can touch the stars with me.

That special one who can walk quietly beside me and sperakj volumes.

Who believes in my story and I in hers. 

That somebody who makes me forget about time and space.

Doe...

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Here we go again, an insane act of senseless terror.

Loved ones taken away from us. But love should never die. Neither should our ability to forgive.

And hatred should never dominate our values.

The young fans came to watch their idol Ariana.

He came to wreck lives, including his own.

His idol was different from theirs.

His ideals clashed with their love for music.

This is not...

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I see her in my mind’s eye.

I feel her as my heart pulsates in anticipation of her picking up the signals of my desire.

Her instinct says yes whilst her hesitant mind presses pause.

I see a relationship that defies the norm, reaching far beyond the mundane, mushy carnal  connections.

I see us transcending the ordinary as our fertile thoughts seduce our cerebral spheres,

spilling ove...

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Not so long ago she lost a precious friend.

The trauma of grief shut her off.  And then a spark ignited change…

channelling her emotions into something priceless.

She turned grief to gratitude. Coverted loss to gain.

It moulded her into a better friend, a more intense lover,

an advocate of compassion,

a writer that surpassed her own expectations.

Look at her now. She has risen...

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It’s all changing.

Today it takes a knack to sack.

Then there’s Cyber Jack.

He’ll tell you after a 6-pack

to beware of geeks cause they know to hack.

And they’re hard to track.

Look the capitalist buccaneers are back,

saying to country folk:

“Of peace and quiet your lives might smack

but not for long

cause we're still we’re going to frack”.

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This morning I asked my mind to be quiet

cause I was talking to me.

Curiously, Right through the years my higher purpose has always been the same --

 to reach out, stretch to max and make others feel good.  
And yes, whilst I found that soul seductive purpose gratifying
there was still a yawning void, an unfulfilled mission.
So when I finally got my mind to ssshhh 
I added ‘me’ to my ...

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C’mon Graham, do you really expect us to sit through all this?

Give us a break.

"Thank God it’s over. That ridiculous annual spectacle".

Another victory of appalling taste.

Euro Vision. “What Vision?” the neighbor asks.

Our dog ain’t stupid either; leaving the room after the second song,

his brown spaniel ears twisted in disgust.

“Can we not hide it somewhere behind the Red bu...

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I watched him as he sat across the cafe from me waxing eloquent

about cultural supremacy.

His audience of two looked at him in awe.

There he goes again, reducing the reality of another human being

coloured by his distorted deductions of civilisations.

Amazing how he doesn’t see the other person anymore.

He only sees the HIS narrow concept of another human being.

A person he’s ...

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She spoke to me about latent talents and past passions.

And then apologized.

She related stories of how she won medals and won hearts.

And then she apologised.

As the night got older I coaxed her to remove the barriers

that hinder her from her own achievements, her own greatness.

Saying to her as her curiosness  drew closer “If you want to be trusted and loved – be honest.”

Th...

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They’re off…

Malcolm on the ball. Big Mac does his trademark shimmy and slips in a slick pass to Cheryl.

Well we all know she has the X Factor and after a few precious yards lofts it to Kurly-Haired Keegan.

 KK as we known him weaves his magic, taking one, two, three defenders with him.

Sets up Kate who is rather slow on the left wing. Bless her, our Ms. Adie. She has served club and c...

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How long did it take me to work this out?

We’re faced with fear in a lot of things we do. Right?

Applying for a new job, a new relationship,

competing for business, taking a driving test….

Now take a deep breath. And relax.

Shift your thoughts from being afraid to ‘focusing’ on fear.

Acknowledge it and make fear part of the journey.

You'll see that it’s less intimidating. Actu...

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“Look at it closely” said the old man as he dragged on his roller,

smoke rings rising like halos in the evening sky

“the human awareness that we experience

is actually vibrations from the angelic orbits.

This is where our creativity is born, releasing our souls to soar.

It is here that our potential to bond with each other

emerges. Unreservedly.”

I moved closer to him on the b...

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Ace of Blame

King of Blame

Jack of all Blames.

Poker face? Nah.

The folks are gonna call his bluff.

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As the early rays pierced my curtain a bird delivered its message

“Spring is more than a renewal of nature but of our spirit”

The winter wait was worth it… germinating, growing roots

and then the burst of flowers.

Calling for an unbridled celebration to the divine.

Looking up to the skies I say “thanks”

to that ultimate source that touches my soul.

I am reborn.

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She was 16, he was 20 going on 17.

Fell in love that night in the garden shed.

A quick-fix wedding ensued.

Six guests in all.

“It is a bit rushed’ said Milkman Joe.

A great bash was had by all. Then silence.

Andy and Tracey slinked outta town to set up a life of their own.

The low-rent pad in the east end was their prized conquest.

Furnished it with ‘steals’ from the boot s...

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C’mon why are you so disloyal to yourself?

Sometimes you make me want to tear your masks

and save you from your spurious identity.

Don't you see that pretentious people have a false image to preserve,

whilst real people don’t give a toss?

Sorry I can't help you this time. Only you can restore your sanity.

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A holiday can help me leave this horrid life behind

but I can’t escape from my turbulent mind.

I feel the only way is to die inside so I can rise like the

Phoenix at the crack of dawn.

Or I could simply sit in absolute silence and go deeper

and deeper

and deeper

till I hear my inner voice

and find my true self.

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Tonight I savour you my divine angel

as you slip seamlessly into the sculptured glass

urging me to caress its curvy contours.

Your red, full-bodied charm

oozes with a bouquet that wafts seductively around me

leading me to lose myself in you.

Tonight I feel your stimulus

carrying my yearnings to region I’ve never visited before.

I sip you slowly so I can make it last.

Wit...

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Irrelevant education. Inadequate mentoring.

Blinkered parenting. Career stereotyping.

We’ve been nothing but victims of fractured partnerships, myopic governments, cultural confusion.

“Enough’s enough.” say our children.

“It’s our turn to speak”.

They are calling for an evolution of the self.

A radical re-engineering of their reality.

They want life to originate FROM them.

...

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Another slip of the lip

An accidental breach of code

A sincere apology straight from a repentive heart.

Even if you didn’t ask for it I offer it unconditionally.

I don’t plead for forgiveness.

All I want is for you to open your heart so my honest offering can enter.

I want to feel big today whether you accept it or not.

Saying sorry will only make me humble and encourage my sp...

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Wafting in blissful solitude

 I dine on spicy chorizo and the bouquet of warm red.

The glimmer of a lantern catches our fleeting looks

sip by sip.

Detached at first, then eager.

The mirage morphs into reality

as the angelic senorita abandons her corner

as we drink of each other’s mysteries,

prompting another merlot.

We wake up to the rain and the smell of jasmine.

Wis...

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It’s been a month now and hasn’t been easy.

Especially since you’ve been part of my life for 23 years.

We weren’t right for each other so it’s best we went our separate ways.

I’m glad it’s come to an end.

Looking back, you made me dependent on you with your filthy ruses.

You were the cause of my illnesses,

a drain on my savings.

But hey, I still have strong feelings for you. T...

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She came to me with a flourish

pounding on my widows and banging at the door,

not to mention the eerie whistling through the letterbox.

Further afield she kept on howling,

uprooting the old beech across the farm.

Why the fury? I asked her.

Her response came in the shape of a twisted shed roof.

Not satisfied she switched off my lights.

Being left in the dark

 leaves a lot...

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It’s midnight

and that little voice inside

keeps tapping, tapping, tapping on my mind

begging me to release anxiety and embrace serenity,

urging me to move from anger to peace,

 to shift my energy to the positive me,

imploring me to turn up my vibrations.

Let go, yes let go, of stress and cuddle calm it says,

your amygdala is waiting for your signals.

Then my heart whisp...

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Your scent

fuels my desire

igniting my eager body.

Our bodies copose a sensual rhapsody. 

Passions flow in harmony.

Actions take over words.

Steep then deep,

striking that spot, the summit of ultimate indulgence.

We slump, satiated.

Passion reluctantly surrenders to gentle canoodles.

An unintentional caress

arouses an encore.

 

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I’m not focused enough.

I’m not fired up enough.

I’m not bright enough.

Shit, I’m not good enough.

Pause.

I’m watching my mind with my mind now.

Hang on it’s not that I’m not good enough.

It’s because I’m afraid.

Afraid of failure.

Fuck Fear.

Guess I need another shot of courage with a dash of adrenalin.

Same again please.

Now, who’s your daddy?

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Moment

by moment

by moment.

Every moment opens the door to other moments

so I opened the door to you with a benevolent heart

and you walked in

creating a confluence of two bodies and souls

dancing to the rhythms of the universe.

You became the moment. And so did I.

Let’s stay here now you said. This moment really, truly matters.

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I know you’ve been betrayed by love

punishing your pillow for those moments that didn’t matter.

Yet you crave for blissful union.

But then why do you say you’re ok?

So If I asked you to dance with me in wild abandon

and take you to the point of rampant ecstasy

will you reach out your hand and cross the limits with me?

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You came fluttering into my life on wings of splendour

caressing my eyelids, my face, my eager frame.

Lay down by my side sweet angel.

Say you want to consummate this moment.

Instead you left in a flash,

leaving behind a supernova of colours

and the sweet taste

of nectar on my lips.

Love aborted.

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Beat the Valentines rush.

inquiring looks, warm smiles

Then closer, hands,,

Jokes, chatty body language,

cheeks, kisses, tongues talk.

Settee, four-poster bed.

Paradise found.

Celibacy lost.

Morning coffee filled with remorse.

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I begged of the ocean

have you seen my mermaid?

I fell in love once

but should have asked her to stay

so I’ll wait eternally on the beach

come what may

she said ‘separation is the natural language of love’

so I can rest assured our ritual union

is on its way.

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Crisis. The desperate calls from

the corridors of A&Es fall on deaf ears.

Or are the corridors of power immune to it?

Seeing that the apathy is unacceptable, things have changed around here.

The Ministry of Inconvenience is now defunct.

The panacea for our bleeding state of health has just been launched.

Available in one encapsulated, non-prescriptive form.

Compassion is the n...

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I loved but haven’t lost you

The heart that throbbed with constant charity

has a stillness that’s deafening.

The eyes that spoke of endless compassion have shut for now.

He’s picked you for a divine role

to sing at His celestial gig

I did not grieve because you’ve taken a part of me with you.

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Extremism.

Climate change.

Processed foods.

The Triad of Tragedy.

Who has the answers to fight them?

We do. You and I.

So let’s take it personal.

Let’s plant peace.

Let’s build unity.

Let’s grow goodness.

Let’s make this our new state of consciousness.

Both individual and collective.

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Intimacy grew after a second fine Merlot,

needing no invitation to unfurl the sacred flower, petal by petal.

Delicately exploring the hallowed depths, with patient anticipation.

Then it appeared, my hidden treasure, sacrosanct by design.

Arousing unbridled curiosity in me, rising above my wildest expectation.

Alas, the sleeping serpent stirs, waking you up inside.

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Eavesdropped as he fumed and frothed

at the table next to me, spouting vengeance.

So I gifted my heart to him saying ‘Here my friend, you can have this.

It will help you kill the anger.’

Felt my life changed at that moment -- hoping my heart, garnished with forgiveness,

would change him.

Ecstatic in the thought that he can’t repay me.

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Trapped in the swirling mist of confusion

I yearn for wisdom, tired of being engulfed in the miasma of inertia.

And then like a mirage I am overwhelmed by a sense of purpose.

I can see clearly now, the fog has lifted

My focus is narrow, my goal is transparent.

I feel empowered.

This new sense of purpose is intoxicating.

My Calling has arrived. I've moved to a higher ground.

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Fear of rejection.

Fear of failure.

Fear of driving.

Fear of success.

Fear, fear, fear.

Ever thought you can make friends with fear?

So live with it but don’t let it control you.

Step back and watch fear. Acknowledge it. Get curious about it.

Ask why. Why?

Before you know it, the mysterious magical transformation hits you.

You become powerfully assured.

Your two fi...

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Frenzied phone call

Followed by a chilly rejection.

I’m angry, bitter, depressed.

Not realizing that rejection is not an emotion

It’s nothing but perception. Fabricated.

So I sit back, connect with the real emotion.

Then listen to it, let it flow through me.

Oh how  I love moving with it.

Be quiet – I’m processing my energy now.

Listening to my story.

Then with a swif...

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I watched the sun rise through the trees.

It spoke of renewal and energy.

A singular bright orange sphere of hope

drifting slickly over the hills and sea,

now rising higher with instinctive intent

until a collection of clouds wrap themselves around it

 like an ethereal lampshade.

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Forward

Backward

Rock

And Roll

Slower

Faster

Feel like my life’s  like a rocking chair.

There’s a lot of movement

But it hasn’t got me anywhere.

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Witty

and wise

passionate

and compassionate

a fusion of poetic and erotic

so insightful

turning spiteful

now a prophet

then a muppet

you’re a  mind that never fails to stimulate me

you’re a body that never ceases to intrigue me

You’re a poem I’ll never finish reading

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What am I fighting for?

Soldier Daddy me.

In war ordinary men do extraordinary things.

So they trained me to fight for another man’s craving

for wealth

and power,

and push the boundaries for new territories.

Hegemony is the name of the game.

Here, pin your medals to all the fractured lives

and shattered dreams

because nobody wins a war.

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“You’re pushing me to the edge, can’t you see?” said my poem.

“The stimulus is dead. Gone.

All you care about is what I look like from the outside;

the superfluous  structure and form. And empty words.

What you’re missing is that big bewitching idea

that lies deep within me, waiting to be ignited.

Time you admitted that you’re intellectually impotent

and emotionally sterile.

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Hapless residents stranded in immigration queues,

Stripped of their dignity and rights

With one swaggering signature.

Green Card turns to Red.

Knees buckle, hearts thump, tears roll down frozen faces,

babes in arms oblivious of an uncertain future.

Protective parents plead for compassion and fair play.

Hoping it will stamp out isolation and hatred.

Cut to the ivory tower

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Breathing in, breathing out,

Every breath completing the cycle of life and death

And through the transition I become One.

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174 days ago he left the amphithetre of dreams

like a bruised gladiator.

Then returned, his 35-year old frame stalking the arena,

seeking his 18th scalp.

After 3 hours and 37 minutes of fierce battle

those ageless arms took to the skies,

tournament tears blending with sweat.

Across the net the overpowered Spanish Matador stands in awe.

Two great competitors, one divine cha...

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I’m edgy,

 restless,

bewildered

exploring

distraught

adrift

Please, please help me find that illusive piece

for my impoverished spirit

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Hello operator,

was wondering whether you can help me.

I’m trying to get in touch with me

I’ve made several calls already

been put on hold three times

then was put through to the wrong person.

This is an emergency operator

I need to connect with the real me.

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Whistling through the dewy leaves the bird said to me

“There you go again putting yourself down.

Look at me. I am me.

I’m happy because I’m enjoying my own reality.

You see, I found complete contentment the day I stopped

looking to be somebody else.

Look at you. You are just perfect.

Your potential is unique. There’s no other potential like yours.

So dump discontent.

Cel...

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7 am musings at the corner table.

Second double espresso sends stimulating reminder:

love life for its imperfections.

Little wonder life loves me when I’m myself

and hates me when I’m trying to be somebody else.

Cherish or perish.

Can’t help but feeling I’m life’s blue eyed boy this morning.

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This poem lacks character, she muttered.

To be honest the sentences were a bit ropey and the thoughts clangy.

Actually it was a bit a bit long-winded. Took ages to read. Ugh!

I like the way it began life but then it lost me.

Inane and vacuous; what’s the point?

Hey you, that’s my poem.

Get off my property you!

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So what’s right or wrong?

Good or bad?

important or unimportant?

It could be a piece of paper or a 20 Pound note.

Value is a subjective thing.

So how about you step back and release yourselves

from being judgmental

and experience the divine impartiality of all situations.

It brings such joy.

So go within and find this place they call the natural state,

A sacred place.

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Looking pensively at the ceiling, vintage red in hand

grandad's gruff, erudite words caused the flames in the hearth to flicker:

”Amongst all art forms dear chap, poetry stands apart for its aesthetic virtues, irrespective of its semantic substance. 

It nestles proudly in its precious niche as an art form,

untouched by pedantic criticisms or debate”.

Enlightened, I got up, respectfu...

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The American Dream erupts into a nightmare.

I scream, drenched in fear, the room breathes heavily

pillow pounding my head

haunted by the petrifying  visions of a thomping, trumpeting demagogue

the Goldilocks of Terror

determined to ignite hatred among his compatriots forever.

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Oppression, powerlessness

neglect, abuse, fear, assault.

The passive peacemakers have evolved.

Their celestial feminine has spoken,

delivering a clear quiet universal message; its perfume filtering through the world.

The sisters of our fractured humanity are here to speak up and heal.

They walk confidently through the streets across the oceans, stripped of fear,

expressing the...

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I’m now an ant.

Diligent,

organised,

hardworking,

persistent,

industrious,

lively

I live in a weird and wonderful world

 unlike yours, you sad boring mortals

I’m super-organized and driven by the same goals

like the rest of my team. Yes we always work in teams.

Soloists are extinct in our world.

I’m never going to feel small again

cause I can move mountains. ...

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I review my past as pages in a never-ending book.

What was fate once is now my history.

A forgotten memory.

Was that really me?

That soul choreographed by the God of Destiny?

I look forward to my next big adventure of fate.

Shaped by another divine architect.

I am part of a plan but can’t participate in the planning.

Tossed by the waves of uncertainty.

Perhaps I have mor...

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I have been broken in many places, many times

but have come through stronger in the places I was most fragile.

I have been tossed on waves of criticisms but swam to shore unscathed.

I have lost my soul many times but I’ve always found it.

You said I have nothing to offer you but anarchy

yet you find my insanity so seductive.

All I’m trying to do is invent a new humanity, can’t yo...

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My mind’s frozen.

My thoughts seem to control me. I’m anxious, afraid.

Panicking.

Jekyll and Hyde arguing inside my head.

Wish my body and mind were worry-free precincts.

I need a solution. Like now.

Ah, how about I set my mind to a ‘stress-free time’?

Be my own therapist. Now we’re talking.

Here goes… deep breath, stay in the moment and accept my anxious period.

The tri...

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And then you spontaneously opened up to me

luring me to go deeper

until I touched your eager heart space.

The connection grew stronger as we rode the wave

watching you abandon the unconscious programming

of your cloistered youth.

Your manifestation of bliss was overt, energetic, and brazen;

assaulting my senses.

Then as you ebbed I let you enter that cozy

yet privileged ...

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Will miss you Rob

your songs were my morning mantra.

when you sang, you sang.

you didn’t need an audience

or a judge to decide you had that fake factor.

You taught me to be oneself.

I’ve seen you in your youth as you wooed your mate

and then a meticulous nest you made.

and taught your children to soar above the fear of flying.

Now as you lay here on your humbling earthly...

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I’m going to start apologising to everybody that I hurt

I’m going to forgive people that offended me

I’m going to start exercising twice a week

I’m going to go to meditation classes

I’m going to practice living in the moment

I’m going to stop seeking attention

I’m going to be grateful for all the good things in my life.

I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to...

I’m going ...

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She drifted in with the big wave, sculptured body shimmering in the moonlight.

Her scaly decorative dress was a sight to behold, hugging her curvaceous form.

A few seductive moves later the queen of the ocean lay cold still on the shore.

A free-spirited woman she was,

known to glide with the cockiness of a seductress,

leaving in her wake a school of frustrated male suitors.

I gaz...

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Please, please Farmer Brown; bequeath me your wholesome cows.

Leave me your collie, sheep and lambs,

I want your crunchy apples without the psssst pesticides

I’d like to live in your barn,

I want to hear the treesome of birch, ash and oak orchestrate the crack of dawn.

I want to feel the buzz of birds and bees at noon.

Heard they are building a megamarket and 4-star hotel running...

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55-year old policymaker

of Afro-American descent is open to offers.

Well-qualified at strategic management campaigns at an international level.

Possesses enviable track record of playing leading roles in

international peace,

climate change,

trade and aid.

Known as a champion of economic development

and employment,

human rights and equal opportunities.

Recently spearhe...

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Sweet notes waft past in the chilly wind.

I had no choice but to change course. To surrender to its sweet invitation.

So there I was guided down the steps

and into the underground concert hall.  

There he was resplendent in a black jaded suit,

black tie, dark glasses.

Cultured notes floating effortlessly,

echoing against the cold tunnel.

I stood in awe. Admiring the poetic ...

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Sitting on a park bench, bonding with the pigeons,

 rays of sunshine penetrate the darkness of my understanding.

And in a flash I forgive you.

Not for what you’ve done

But for who you are. The human that is me.

In a nanosecond I feel liberated from the bruises of the past.

Angst turns into compassion

Turmoil mutates into clarity

Suspicion morphs into trust.

I’ve transcen...

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The boisterous conversations in my head

have debilitated me.

Enough of grappling with the purpose of us.

I wallow in the dark, depleted of thought.

Bankrupt for words.

Time to embrace solitude.

And in the stillness the splendours within me

begin to dance again.

(Already this poem is 44 words too long).

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Oh gardener in me

teach me to sow seeds of love

and water them with care and compassion

to be grateful for the sun and rain

that encourage growth in others.

Train me to weed out divisive and bigoted thoughts

so that my speech and actions bear the fruit of friendship and inclusivity

that pollinate and flower around the gardens of the planet.

Please, please make this my desti...

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She glides into the amphitheatre of gladiators, 

like a colossus,

tested and challenged, tortured and punished,

bruised and battered

but refusing to be defined by her injuries,

rebuking the stigma of indignity.

True warrior of determination.

She’s up for another battle

where her only adversary is herself.

Then stands victorious on her pedestal,

 the Queen of Combat.

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Bumped into Teresa Mayhem the other day.

She had those leather trousers on again,

cracking the party whip.

Our thinking on Brexit isn’t muddled at all, muttered ol’ Tess.

Tim might be living on Barrowed time and he’ll sort it out, she assures.

But Nicola Pilchard (or is it Sturgeon?) can’t wait.

She’s determined to go it alone.

Has she got the Tartan Clans on side?  Will she g...

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lol

Imao

rofl

yolo

gr8

smd

l8r

pmsl

brb

gtg

wtf is that?

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Pub Adonis

sets sights on nomadic goddess

through cabernet eyes

instant spark

then flames

poetic

mutates to erotic

into platonic

deceitful  rogue cells

triggering malignant hearts 

and minds

love won

and lost

from glow

to darkness

sweetness

to bitterness

another page turned

another sheet changed

another door shut

another ring returne...

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Unchained.

Unhindered. Uncensored.

You speak of freedom.

But imprisoned within your prejudiced cell,

chained to your capitalist creed,

trapped within sexist differentials

drunk on delusion

Opinion coloured by your petty black and white dichotomies.

Then the grating sound of rolling gates

Grant you the gift of the golden key

inviting you to step out of your sickly skin...

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Here we go again, the same old new beginnings,

a clean slate,

a reformed man,

the new you.

Give me a bucket.

A resolution is not a solution.

Grow a new cell. Invent a new gene.

Give birth to new ideas.

In the meantime, I wish.

I wish that my hair grow back as naturally as my hedge in the summer,

that my income would rise higher than my LDL,

that cannabis cigarettes...

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 Big Ben was giving it large last night,

hands waving furiously.

I said “you tock too much but you mind’s not ticking.”

Time has no value. It’s not precious or cheap.

That’s your fantasy.

People give time worth because it is their time.

Time doesn’t care what value you attach to it.

But there’s one thing time tells you is that the more you deliberate

on the past and future ...

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Why do you always think of death as the end of life?

Can you not see it is the door that connects two lives?

Come with me, let me show you.

See that door behind you? You’ve just left that behind you.

Now turn round and face the one in front of you. Go on, walk in.

There, you’ve just passed from one life to another.

Last night you talked about that girl in hospital. How she stoppe...

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What do you seek nimble nymph?

What do you yearn for?

Let your words discover you. Let your love find you.

The voice that beckons you is actually your very own.

Your hungry spirit weakens. Your feeble heart stutters and falls.

Your emotions wrestle each other.

You’re trying too hard.

Just let yourself flow in the love stream.

Everything you want is right here. You hold it a...

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“It's through gratitude that our world is luminous and opulent.”

said the voice in my somnolent hour.

Beckoned me to say thanks to the universal source.

Thanks as if the blessing has already arrived.

I feel my body tremor as the miracle colonises  me.

Surrounded by a magnetic field that is at once powerful and alarming.

Then the angel of love wafts in.

Shifting my reality from...

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Don’t                                        believe it                                 

Defies age                               this Swiss maestro

It was never                             au revoir. Was it?

Watch him                              emerge from the tunnel, halo over head

The Fed Express                    graces the court again                       

Forehand cross co...

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A static look across the labyrinth of heads  

mutates into instant chemical reaction.

Humour my trusted catalyst stimulates a reaction. Again.

Perfect. She moved in. With me.

Chemistry’s changed. In my face all the time.  

Stepping on toes is the new dynamic. Lettuce layers reveal new irritants.

Chemistry morphs into annoyance.

Off to buy another bed.

Friend says you gotta ...

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Falling in love.

The first kiss.

Breaking up.

Winning a heart.

Terminated at work.

Move to a new city.

Going bankrupt.

Salary rise.

Birth. Death. Illness.

The brilliance of dawn. The darkness of night.

The crest of a wave. The ebb of a tide.

You can’t change it. So embrace it.

Whatever change brings remember there’s life in it.

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