a jetty by the zee

the sound of gunfire overhead

roused her to survey

a solitary Wellington, pinned almost to the brine

behind it growled a predatory, fearsome 109

the little Jewess fixed and froze

as trying to gain height

the stricken bomber jettisoned

one engine now alight

and every hundred yards or so, when terror ...

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Have you ever woken in the dead reprieve of night

Where darkness holds you captive, reality the only light

A troubled mind so focused that will cannot deter

From the crisp and crystal clarity with boundaries such a blur

That coldness seeping from your heart to chill your very soul

A suffocating sense of dread that reason won't control

Panic's clasping manacles stir...

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I let her eyes seduce me as she glanced across the bar

she passed a smile suggesting her apartment wasn't far

calmly and collectedly I held that higher ground

but all the while internally my will it slowly drowned

I was full with raw emotion that could never be denied

when hearts collide it can never be denied

With a look that told her everything I lead her o...

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The cost, the cost of all his wanton sodomy

Wealth and trappings, the arrogance of rule

The degradation, plunder and the apathy

The sun that never set, unjustified control

Yes, oh yes, accordingly accountable

It matters not anonymity

The very hue, the pigment of your smile at me

Without dispute the judgement of history

I do not care for your per...

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Jayne Fontaine was not to blame

It was surely Auntie Mable

That let the baby crack its head

Under the kitchen table

And as the screams filled up the house

And spilled on to the street

Jayne ran around to garden to

Be sure the first to meet

The neighbours and the gathering throng

So perplexed and concerned

And horrified and angry at

What each in...

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No Court to vent, no platform to proclaim

No moment to publicly address

No opportunity for Silken reason

No line drawn and judgement duly passed

The trial will draw on and on forever

The case against and verdict so returned

The sentence travels day by day in parallel

The victim of the punishment of conscience

Guilt, guilt! Is never spent, lest forgiven

...

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Ornamated, salon painted, golden cockatoo.
Generated, compound created, facsimile of you.
Glossy feature, style creature, grasping on a trend.
Naïve Teacher, fashion preacher, it’s do or die.
The end.
 

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A World away in a field of hay

on an evening oven warm

where with finesse a cotton dress

did shape and form adorn

she would not know this absent beau

so craved the merest touch

and adored every thought and view

he worshipped her as such

she lie there smiling hand to brow

to shield the falling sun

and looking up she spoke to him

she told him of t...

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I once grew cucumbers in significant numbers

on a plot down the end of our lane

they were all shapes and sizes though none would win prizes

in fact they brought nothing but pain

retailers would jeer at my distorted gear

I'd get angry defending my deeds

cross words were spoken and relationships broken

then I found that they quenched other needs

what Tesco wo...

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The fairer, the sweeter the smarter by far

intuitive, cute and astute

That women are nicer, more able than men

is impossible now to refute

they're built with compassion and reason and hope

with loyalty, faith and resolve

their clear understanding and caring instinct

as protection and nurture involve

Oh yes they're most clearly on a higher plane

a superi...

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Behind most winning men it's worth saying again

there's force driving them, it is true.

With such strength and resolve ambitions evolve

and support to see goals carried through.

It's then they possess stubborn drive to success

in the guidance, direction and tips;

you really are missing if you think just for kissing

is the purpose of those tender lips.

No, ...

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I'm renowned in the village, the region, the World

for something impressive, once it's been unfurled

a commending citation it fills me with pride

a sound reputation as long as is wide

true clear recognition, a plaudit so fine

as others seem poultry when measured by mine

I've grown it, I've shown it, I've reared it by hand

been invited to take it all over the la...

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I found a little lump last year

of course I thought the worst

at my age, could it really be

just why had I been cursed

the medicals and surgicals

spoke frankly though the smiles

of chemicals and percentages

tribulations and of trials

of confidence, assurances

and reasons just to be

special, individual

to fight and just be me.

It seems like q...

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Awaken for one mindful moment

be guided by illumination's soul

don't miss the whisper of temptation

reach out and grasp, escape the daily bowl

give welcome to your inner stranger

embrace what you've not known before

make waves on life's incessant ocean

not washed up upon its barren shore.

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First I lost my innocence

Next I lost my dad

Then my childhood passed away

It was really all I had

After virginity had gone

And cynicism came

I lost my heart

It returned once

But never was the same.

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My bum it did look big in that

he could have bloody lied

I know an inch or two's appeared

But God knows that I've tried

Pigeon, mouse and rabbit food

Yes muesli by the ton

I can't pretend, it's got to end

Eating used to be fun

If I'm not good enough for him

He'll get what he deserves

To hell with all this diet stuff

Cos real women have curves!

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As a child I could reason the simplest of things

Soon I knew how the World ought to be

I could argue my point with the reason of youth

Truth as only such youth could agree

Later as I became so defined as a man

I could see I'd been fooled all along

By the time that I saw that my Father was right

I'd a son who knew that I was wrong.

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I sat and watched you walk away

long after you had gone

aware of all the distance since

you decided to move on

I followed you till out of sight

the course you had to take

the reasons were so clear to me

your will was less opaque

and so the worthy part of me

was severed, cleaved away

but in a moment rationale

conquered hope that day

if I shou...

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Down a lonely track,

fittingly at the end,

beside a watery hollow,

from whence this piece was penned,

a ricket picket fence

stood feebly watching on,

waiting for matchstick visitors,

who never came along.

Perhaps the stand of soldier trees

did more than mark the way.

so adding to the solitude.

the loneliness. the grey.

In front an ashen sky ...

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Stickle Back now come of age

Resplendent plates in morning light

Armed and primed a mate's delight

The choicest nursery by far

Come ladies there's no finer place!

Joy in union with such stock

Defiant sentry to the world

Would stupefy uncertain will

Dispel a second thought says I!

Along the bank where grassy forelocks kissed

The swirling swell ...

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claustrophobic cloak of night

envelops all remaining will

and saps the light once held within

I lie confined in silence, still.

straddles, pins my arms, my chest

chill gives way to glazing sweat

3am cocooned alone

no sign of dawning freedom yet.

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The delayed day when I'd replay each chapter line and verse
when every tear of four long years would flood and then submerse
came upon a blast Fen morn ring fenced with questions why
confined by all I had resigned, capped by the bowler sky
the wind dried earth reflected there a lifeless fragile heart
each step she made would so degrade until it fell apart
despite the plot I just cou...

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snapdragons around the garden chase

the manic butterflies embrace

the warmth, the light, their endless day

below them vivid scents sashay

a gusting waft soars up then dips

that ordered plot is now eclipsed

as rough and coarse the wild hedge

hides villains twixt its rush and sedge

cultured cultiation lost

sky and horizon now accost

and gobble up that force...

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