I gave you three pennies

that one winter’s morn

when the dancing had finished

and we felt so forlorn.

The first for that kiss

when we were first lovers

ne’er to be broken

lying snug under covers.

The second for our child

for one oh so fair

a cherished little treasure

but not long for this air.

The third for hearts broken

no healing can mend

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Two seconds to make him go

To free me from this pain and woe

A pill, a potion, a knotted rope

To relieve me from this misanthrope.

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Sky horses chasing rainbows across the sky

the wonder of the blue heavens flowing,

cascading down onto the scorched earth

joining together to form a perfect scene.

Behind the flying steeds a chariot

carrying the messengers of a new dawn,

an age of far reaching force

where all will be destroyed

to be reborn into an era of true enlightenment.  

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Far from the high ridge the lark song

called out to love, hopeful and hopeless

reaching out to heal the lovers’ rift,

but the day broke over their stooping heads

and the saddened winter sun shone

its weary rays onto their hardened hearts.

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A fiendish reminder that the past

is around and within us

A memory, a mood

a startled cry, a stifled laugh

worm their way into our weary hearts

and we fade into a history reborn

The ghosts dormant and still

awaken in that undefended moment.

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A child stands here naked before you

naive, untouched and unblemished

nothing has yet tarnished this vessel.

It feels the weight of humankind

on this mother earth

slicing her open to steal her core

the pillage of the landscape for selfish gain

thoughtless self-aggrandisement

mindless games with no regrets

the power whores who

rape and murder the innocent

who p...

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This deafening world

I feel the whole world chattering

Cannot break away

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You dropped from the heavens

my peripatetic friend

took me boldly by the hand

and led me round your

joyous garden

calling in along the way

to chat to friends, but not to stay

wandering on and on

wisdom is your guide

and peace your bride

I will join you on your journey

keep you company, if you like

we can part from each other's side

and any time meet up again

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The wave on the stairs

was no final farewell,

but a resounding adieu

repeating we will meet again.

Glimpsing your fading eyes

a distance away now

still pronouncing their beautiful hue

and glistening under a single tear

mirroring the evening dew.

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The fluttering of the autumnal flags

clinging onto the last hope

of the now distant summer

brittle and brown they hang on

for dear life to their arboreal home.

The bark, it protects and guards the

living trunk against the bite of the

Northerly wind while the leaves

they suffer stoically the chilly breeze.

One final breath, and they are pulled

from their earthly space

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Once upon a time

we stumbled on words

Creation, mutation,

incomplete, never ending

They trip off your tongue

get caught in your throat

Lost in your memory

then, rekindled again.

Words full of colour

and monochrome, too

Words fill your belly

and empty your heart

Words knock you dead

make you feel alive

Raise you to the sta...

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Behold the outings of emotions

effusive chatterings

the often spoken misgivings,

disagreements and growlings.

Toddlers' tantrums tripping

so swiftly off the tongue.

Displays of love and affection,

sullen man walks a distance

behind wife and progeny

hands in pockets,

boredom in neon lights shines

all too brightly from his face.

Parents hanging onto their kids,

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Longing for the touch of a soft hand

Lips brought together

to seal the one kiss to end all kisses

Craving the taste and smell of female arousal

The sensuous beauty of passion

Making the mundane a forgotten memory

and the banal a distant ghost

Moments to savour,

to place in a cherished corner of the mind.

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Time is gearing itself up

for the start of the party

Tick tock tick tock

The second hand making

its way impatiently

around the face

counting down until the

festivities begin

little time to waste

the minute hand has

more haste and less speed

steadily moving round

reveling in the moments

taking each one in

without a single sound

then t...

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I saw your face today

as I stared in the mirror

It was not before me

but right inside my head

Not me looking at myself

but you holding me in your gaze

The form was clear and true

You were alive to me

Your face filled mine

I became you

for a few moments

felt your mind in mine

the fear of your thoughts

and the power of your emotions

I know not why you

app...

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I saw a rat in front of me

it seemed quite tame and shy

I bent right down to pick it up

and it spat straight in my eye

I cried out "how could you, sir?"

I sure had quite the hump

Then, at once I realised

it was Donald Trump!

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I looked up your number

Oh yes, I remember now

it was a dark day last summer

when the sun refused to shine

and our love dined on

heartache and wine.

The rain it fell

it seemed for an age

mirroring our fears,

while our eyes fell

upon an empty gaze.

Tied up in knots,

our words became

entangled like

barbed wire

in no man's land.

We dried up and

went ...

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My mind is my prison

when it should be my home

where I sit in front

of an open fire and

keep myself snug and warm.

Instead my prison guards

are my thoughts and

situations my bars,

together they keep me

in solitary confinement,

but I am always keeping

a close watch on my sentries

as they make their regular patrol

and I begin to see a pattern

to their s...

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Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen

They’ve really enjoyed playing here over the years

It has been a wonderful experience for one and all

but now it is my sad duty to announce that

peace,  love and understanding have left the building.

Peace,  she left by the back door

Her sullen face only lightened by the thought

that it cannot always be this way

Wandering around...

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The Autumn chill blows between

the seasons hardened trees

The leaves may turn

a beautiful shade of gold

but my hue will always

be a summer's green

only to be seen when the sun

hangs high in the sky

and the clouds are

nowhere to be seen

I lie down on the fresh

verdant pasture

waiting for a soft breeze

to fan my sun blushed cheeks

and the soft wings of

a ...

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From a grey world into a kaleidoscopic dream

Twisting and turning watching the colours fly

fusing into a radiant scheme where nature

abounds with hues of indelible vigour and life

Mother of all mothers withstands each test

bouncing back time and time again

evermore beautiful and bountiful

stronger than the plough pulling ox

tougher than the hardest diamond

more radiant t...

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At a glance a heap of rubbish

dumped in front of the house

detritus from indoors

strewn across the footpath

On closer look someone's life

their stuff moved out onto the street

destined for a refuse container

on grey, impersonal council land

A new owner with new stuff

will give the house new life

while the old life peters out

in socially isolated circumsta...

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You sit alone and talk

of nothing but the past

Is there anything that

will urge you to think

of things to come

or is your life

already at an end?

Defeated and distorted

your sole source of hope

your only child

She is not who you are

or should ever be.

Be the person you had hoped

when in youthful years.

He lies there dormant

deep inside you

waiti...

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John and Miles on the final tour

soaring like eagles in my ears

The wind breezes past my open face

And wafts the melody high up into the heavens

where it sounds out its angelic anthem

Broadcast to the entire globe

Marvelling in its musical wizardry

Triumphing in its tuneful finery.

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Caught up in the late summer sunshine

Swaying trees and light breeze

Almost silent, the whispering wind

is harmony to my spiritual rhythm,

A melody rising and falling in perfect tone

a softening of my thoughts

transporting me to that theta world

where relaxing images float 

on waves of joy and pleasure.

Seizing every single moment

each one an enlightened condition,

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The day is emerging from its nightly slumber

opening its sleep weary eyes to peak at the surroundings.

The human race joins in this rebirth

every day is a new fresh feast for the senses.

What wonders do I behold

while walking on the near empty street

the distant golden orb shining

its warming rays on my naked face

The strimmer-man at his task

cutting forth the ...

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How tall you have grown
in such a short space of time,
the sun’s rays warmed your nascent leaves
and the cloud’s tears nourished
your newly sprouting roots
strengthening your place in the rich earth.
How you flourished spreading your
green flightless wings to the heavens
knowing that one day a beautiful bloom
would be your crowning glory.

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Dropping silent raindrops into your hair

Watching them slowly roll down onto your face

while the sun adds its rainbow tint

to their beaded form.

Crying is my best answer to this beauty

Smiling is the response to my tears.

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I stare out onto the rugged hills

dappled with rays of the sun

glancing its temperate eye around

the woolly welcoming clouds,

holding the earth in its warm glare,

animating those beautiful pikes.

The flora finds its daybreak smile,

the creatures open their slumbered eyes.

Observing the shadow movement

traversing the upland scene,

from a bird’s eye view

the alt...

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I met a tyrant going to the fair

I enquired may I taste your ware?

The answer I received took me little by surprise:

“You wear my colours, but cannot hide

your true hues that you keep inside

so I will throw you in jail

and lose the key.

While you scream and wail

my laughter will be heard

around the land

while you rot in this hell

for ignoring my command.”

D...

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You had so much to give and so much going for you,

but a missed flight tipped you over the edge.

You didn’t want to let people down,

your mind fraught with guilt.

You took to the woods, and left this temporal plane.

We see a smile and a happy face,

but this is just the thin veneer

we choose to look upon

not the complicated self that lives within.

It is more difficul...

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Charities and the church

The two bodies we should most respect

Are only interested in reputation

Not in the people they should protect.

They hide and conceal

Crimes so heinous we all deplore

Women raped, children abused

Victims too scared to report to the law.

I hold my head and weep a river

For humanity and its darkest shame

How can we stoop so low

In re...

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When did learning become a contest

Schools become a fighting ground

Where those that don't fit in

Are no longer to be found?

Excluded and forgotten children

Left in their bedroom corner curled

Tired and frightened and angry

In our ever more competitive world.

Our sense of 'moral accountability'

Has been thrown out with the bath water

Tossed into another huge...

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The world has become more fluid.

So many sources flowing out at the top of each mountain

Streaming down the gullies, 

babbling brook,

to scuttling stream,

to rambling river,

out onto the delta,

Into the ocean.

Everything mixed and turned,

rolled and crushed

Whirlpool and flood,

tsunami and tidal.

It all takes place on this earth

and we all learn to live it, t...

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Would or wouldn’t,

what does it matter when you are

President of the United States of America?

My god, what a farce of wordplay

or is farcical per se?

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My father and mother in front, us boys behind.
It was the most wonderfully frightening experience for us back then.
When asked it was always the way we wanted to go.
Not the usual way down the brightly lit carriageway, but 
through the village then, a turn to the right
down the 'ghosty' way on our way back home.

Dimming the car lights
The horror show could begin.
The white blanketed road...

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I am looking at you in my tiny back garden, planted when I first arrived at this place I now call home.

The sight of the worker bees filling their honey stomach from your bountiful blooms fills me with joy.

Your beautiful hue brightens the dreariest of days, and adds to the beauty of the sunniest moments.

The smell of your flower carries me to gentler, more peaceful planes where my mind c...

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We are so very frail, the skin we’re in,
listening to our bodies is something we do very poorly
trudging on when we should be
holding back or stopping completely.

Suddenly it hits us
the unforgiving wall of mental illness
or the crippling pain of physical struggle
Only then do we stop and open our eyes
to the mess we’re in.

If only we were even every so often conscious
of our mental ...

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All aboard the rollercoaster
strap yourselves in and begin the ride.

Hold firm and think of those,
who try to listen and speak
without prejudice.

It is something of which they can be proud.

They do not hide behind a fake smile
or an ignorant grin
but are open, honest and vulnerable, too.

Attempting to ward off the shallow words
flung back at them in a attempt
to curtail and sile...

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I know the wind rustles through the leaves and no trace is left of its passing.

I know that the clear blue sky shall bring forth warmth from out of the bright orange star far distant in space.

I know that the sea will break its waves on the shore and then retreat to return once more.

I know that the rain will feed my garden after a long dry spell.

I know the snow will glide softly down...

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Hidden behind the corpulent clouds
sat all forlorn a fallen angel
Tears in her eyes, and a heavy heart
she stared down to the sphere below.

"I have hurt the ones I love.
Let me be cast down to hell
where I am best suited for dying
and the dead"

Poking her head up from behind her misery
she gazed on this shadowed vision.
Reflecting on piercing her thoughts
with a sharp wit and laden ...

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My heart remains broken
but my blood still streams
around my body.

My mind still mourns
but my thoughts continue
to create dreams.

My skin no longer feels your touch
but the impressions
still remain.

My emotions are torn
but the desire
still survives.

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Standing outside her house
staring at the water-starved fuchsia 
on her dusty window sill
still clinging onto life with blood-coloured blooms

Until a few weeks ago
she lived here
surrounded by her few possessions
haunted by the memories
of her children
who no longer inhabit this earth.

Her body is frail
and she can no longer live here
My sadness as I look upon her life
is compou...

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We associate ideals and dreams 

with lifeless products. 

Our goals are no longer pure, 

but riddled with polluting profit 

The neon signs poison our vision.

Remove them from our sight 

and give us a free landscape,

not one created for corporate gain.

What do we hold dear anymore? 

A close look at our inner selves 

or a short glance  

at the external ephem...

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The headlights from the oncoming vehicle
held the stunned animals in their grasp
The beams like a claw clasping around its prey
An unholy ray screaming silently into the night
Distant, but penetrating.
Approaching still closer,
terror in their hearts,
the vehicle turned off the road

And transformed into a rainbow
Dazzling colours and many forms.
Behold a crystal,
the prism of light br...

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I crave the warmth of sun rays

On my pink uncovered skin

I despair over the loss of someone dear

Forever vanished from my sight

I wear the sadness of regret

When reminiscing

I embrace the happiness of love

When it is in full bloom

I reject a longing for things

I do not have

I feel the erotic pain of a lover's bite

During a passion filled moment

I dream of voyage...

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A serendipitous moment
So wonderful in its fortune
A wealth of wonderful adventures
was laid before us.
A path that was destined not to last
gave us truly happy times while we were walking it. 

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I wandered lonely in a crowd
Brushing up against shoulders
Colliding with legs
but feeling distant and alone
hearing no words of apology
only mutterings of annoyance.

I wondered lonely in a crowd
do we notice each other
or are too caught up in ourselves?
Minds a tangled mess of thoughts
A maze leading to who knows where
Losing our way again and again.

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He gathered his thoughts in a plastic bag
to carry around with him,
to bring out when needed,
when he wanted to reuse them.

Tired and forgotten memories
that could be re-ignited,
and at any chosen time
to be used to tear down their target.

Their life in the airtight container
starved them of any air
thus, actually rendering them
ineffectual and for all intents 
and purposes dead.

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Even the arborial space 

Seemed to be sorrowful  

in its vernal  finery.

Hanging its many fingers 

Low and deep ,

Bowing to an invisible god 

whose anger and hate 

never truly dissipate  

but linger in the shadows 

waiting to spring out 

when least expected. 

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