When I look at you all, I don’t see

I don’t see the barriers others may see

Others may see what they want to see

What they want to see, I don’t

I see people for who they are

For who they are, I see them

I see them as the same you see

You see, everyone is equal

When I look at all the wars, I see suffering

I see suffering in many peoples eyes 

In many people’s...

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She fascinates me, challenges me

Every time I see her, or think of her

I’m fascinated

She only has to look at me or make a sound

and I’m dumbstruck, mumble a few futile words,

and make my excuses

What I know about her is very little,

but fascinating all the same

Her look, tone of voice, elegant demeanour

Who wouldn’t be fascinated?

I don’t think she even realises that...

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The wayward wonky walker

Loved the great outdoors

He walked hills and vales,

and mountain trails, and liked

camping on the moors

He’d wake up with the birdies

and whistle to their songs

Have beans on toast for every meal

Between walking and rambling along

He had no sense of direction

and got mixed up with left and right

So much so, that he would get lost

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The hare and the tortoise went for a walk

on a lovely summer’s afternoon

They took some food and tea for a brew

as well as a knife, fork, and spoon

It wasn’t that long before the tortoise realised

that his friend the hare had marched on 

Being so slow the day came and went…

The hare, the food, and the tea had gone!

(Dont get left behind)

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Little girl by the stream dreaming of Princesses and Queens in multi coloured crinolines

Grey squirrels wearing pin striped suits with crimson waistcoats and black Jack boots

Little girl by the pool dreaming of fairy cakes and cucumber sandwiches, strawberry moose,

with wafers that protrude to temp taste buds into over indulging, but not discouraging

Little girl by the lake dreaming ab...

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There’s a club called Manchester United

Who’s fans always got so excited

But results have been bad, more than a tad

So applications for a manager are invited

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There once was a time when we loved

each other, I would say, lots and lots

But then boredom set in,

you no longer did what you said on the tin

So our relationship is now on the rocks

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There was a young lady from Killarney

Who people said had gone quite barmy

It troubled her and so, she decided to go

to Cork and kiss the blarney

So now when they mock

She lifts up her frock and shouts

“Nothing you say can now harm me”

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Make someone grumpy

Make someone sad

Make someone love you

Love you like mad

Make someone angry

Make someone feel

that everything they do

doesn’t seem real

Make someone rebellious

Make someone posh

Think they’re the business

with loads of dosh

Make someone a poet

to write out some rhymes

Which reminds me now…

that I’ve run out of time!

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I love to rock I love to roll

I wanna be a big rock star

But all the years have taken it’s toll

And my teeth are now resting in a jar

I think my ambitions are fanciful

It’s time to lay down my guitar

and kick off my dancing shoes!

Listen to some Beethoven in my car

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Here we all are, sitting very comfortably

Playing our guitars like a load of loonies

People are saying we’re all out of tune

The drummer’s gone crazy, he’s away

with the fairies on the moon

Jamming on a Friday night

Is what we love doing

It’s the best thing in the world

It would make a nice change to not upset

the neighbours

To act responsibly, not be like a...

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All the reasons given

For things we don’t understand

“It’s only for a season” they say

So a line is drawn in the sand

All the reasons given

For wars, atrocities, and more

Sometimes its about religion

Or simply for no reason at all

All the reasons given

For various scientific conundrums

Mind blowing counter theories

About unexplained phenomenon

All...

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Lines set out in rhyme in time

With beats and rhythm

In metre sweet

To connect, correct

Inform, pour scorn

Create and form

Adorn, purloin  

“Am I bothered” you said

Well, they can tread on me,

Rat-a-tat-tat, or betray me 

Sticks and stones, as they say

and that’s the way

I deal with it all

Stand tall, don’t take a fall

For any old dude

who tries to...

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Don’t withhold your goodness from people

When you have the power to display it

Especially be good to those who deserve it

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Who are you?

Who the bloody hell are you?

I mean, you think you can say what the hell you want about me right?

Slag me off, slag everyone off that knows me

Who are you?

Who the bloody hell are you?

You come in here thinking you own the place

Well, you do, but you don’t deserve to

You strut around like a bloody teenager

When you dance, you command the floor

but le...

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Video technology to improve the game

A debatable penalty, offside, stoppage time?

R.I.P the end of football as we knew it.

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Some start the day feeling absolutely hopeless

Like the turn of a coin life can change quickly

Good things happen that we never expected

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I’d like to get to know you, all about you

Likes and dislikes, your traits and moods.

The things that please, tease, rock or blues?

The people you know, your friends and family

Feelings you get, what makes you angry

I’d like to get to know you better, get far closer

What are you thinking, especially right now?

What makes you pensive, furrow your brow?

Are you preoccupi...

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They say every day is a new beginning

The start of something new and fresh

Despite how we may be feeling, let us

therefore be optimistic.

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Moving house can be the most stressful

experience in your life

Running a home is also very challenging

Having no home is both stressful and challenging.

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Some of us take a keen interest in people

We can display our interest in many ways

But mainly, the interest is all about whether

they find us interesting.

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Relationships are very much like houses

Unless they’re built on a strong foundation

They will soon come tumbling down

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Lying motionless amidst knotted weeds

and grass

Astride from bloodstained shards of glass

Lady with taunted expression engraved 

Surely nobody could have been so enraged?

As a missing person it started out,

until a neighbour raised an alarming shout

After a glimpse of a somewhat ugly scene 

That turned out not to be a bad dream

How on earth did it end this way?

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Faith is having a strong belief in something

We can also put our faith and trust in people

They don’t always repay that faith and trust

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Curtains are made to keep out the light

Drawn they offer an element of privacy

Like us they can only conceal so much

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Football can be loved or hated

It has caused wars and even executions

It also brings joy and passion to hundreds

of millions of people

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Music can be like a siren drawing us in

Capturing the inner most parts of our being

Then magically releasing us to a different place.

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Things can be said or done in haste

This can result in our feelings being hurt

But our feelings can be hurt more, by our

own mistakes

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The young sometimes resent their parents

Wanting the freedom to go their own way

But wise words can be more vital than freedom

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There was a young football supporter

Who worked as a hospital porter

When his team scored a goal

He went out of control

and knocked out a TV Reporter

The Reporter was hurt

With blood all aver his shirt

to the same hospital he was transported

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There once was a happy Barista 

Who worked with his Mother and Sister

He made coffee making seem easy

Had a reputation for being sleazy

And my Aunt nearly died when he kissed her!

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It’s climate change! They often cry

The thought of it all brings tears to eyes

We hear the storms, we see the floods

Whole villages disappearing in the mud

Earth quakes in places unseen before

As Mothers pick up babies from the floor

Land so parched by searing heat

People running on with bandaged feet

Wild fires rage amidst arid plains

As icebergs drift as they...

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Hey what’s up?

How you getting on?

You gotta job?

You know Sally got robbed?

Hey what’s new?

Fancy a brew?

Time for a catch up

and talk about a match up

With the guys down the barbers

Lookin’ harder and harder

Sharper and smarter

With their sideburns and partin’s

Hey how’s tricks?

Are you still in the mix?

For a good night out?

Taking selfies as we pout

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I’ve been all over the world

Done it all and more besides

Seen every colour of flag unfurled

Where I laid my hat I would reside

I’m on the road again

I’ve seen stunning countryside

and lazed around on golden beaches

I’m looking back with a sense of pride

As I strived to get to the upper reaches

I’m on the road again

There has been happiness and heartache

...

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A wise person listens and increases in knowledge 

They understand even riddles and enigmas

Fools despise wisdom and teaching

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Carpets can offer comfort and luxury

The colours and patterns can be beautiful

But like carpets, lies can also be finely woven to cover something up

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It’s foolish to think we know everything

To feel that we have life all sorted out

That’s the point when we are most at risk

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Wisdom is more profitable than silver

Knowledge is more valuable than gold

Wise words are a better gift than riches

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Fear is now, fear is life

Fear is the past, fear is the future

Fear is here, It has to be embraced

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People bungee jump to raise money for charity

They free fall from planes high up in the air

But can be petrified of the Dentist’s chair

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A good lawyer represents their client well

The client trusts in the lawyer’s expertise

However, the law itself cannot be trusted to get the right result

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Lies can sometimes be told for a reason

It can be to protect someone from the truth

Because sometimes the truth can reveal lies

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Down in the depths of this despair

A place of which I wasn’t aware

But now I’m here, and you’re out there

We’re poles apart, and you don’t care

Up in the clouds of happiness

Is where I prefer to exist

I had no room for a darker life

I always tried to resist

Yes I always tried to resist

It wasn’t always like this

It used to be so good

It wasn’t always like...

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Parliament is the place of rules and arguments

With all the political parties presiding

It can also be a place that makes or breaks its voters. 

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Positive thoughts can lead to positive action

A negative mind can show a negative attitude

Both will cancel themselves out

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Carly Simon sang about vanity

Doris played Calamity

Alice Cooper came on the scene

Make up black, blue and green

Like a male witch he sang and roused

The kids to believe that school was out

No more this and no more that

He had them believe it and that was a fact

Rebellion resulted in the USA and 

Pink Floyd were all over the place

There goes another brick in the ...

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Relationships can be a beautiful experience

Arousing passion, admiration and love

If they break down, they can be replaced by anger, hatred, revenge, and separation.

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It feels good to get things off your chest

But then remorse and regret kick in

However, its never too late to forgive

and forget

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Tables can be sturdy and reliable

They can be booked for a nice meal

But like situations, they can easily be turned

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Fences can separate us from others

They can also offer a degree of protection

But like relationships they can be mended or broken down. 

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It can look calming and inviting

The sea, lakes, canals, and rivers

It also houses many lost souls

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The night we first met I thought “you and me”

Since then you and me have shared friendship,

had some good times, laughs, exchanged stories,

and talked about our problems

We’ve grown closer over time, causing me

to think again about “you and me”

As time has moved on, I’ve grown so much fonder of you

and really enjoy the limited, and at times, fleeting moments spent with yo...

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A glass of wine can help you relax and unwind

A glass or three and you’re happy and free

A bottle or two can be the springboard to a high dive

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Love at first sight?

Don’t get your hopes up too high

There’s always a story behind that smile

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If people think I’m so funny and

make them all laugh

Then why am I on my own tonight?

And if I’m an interesting sort of person

and the starter of every party,

Then why am I on my own tonight?

If I’m very entertaining and at

the centre of most of the attention 

Then why am I on my own tonight?

If my words come easily to flatter,

calm, and help encourage ...

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I wonder how birds communicate?

How they seem to know their flight path?

I wonder how they view us humans?

Are we seen as friend, foe, or insignificant?

I wonder why men thought the earth was flat?

That if you travelled far enough you’d fall off

I really wonder what existed before the earth?

Did time exist, were there seasons, colours?

I wonder why there are many ...

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Scuttler gangs roaming streets

Torrid tales to tell of pain

Suffering, in a hell on earth

back in Victorian Manchester

Air unbelievably polluted, poisoned 

sickening smell dominates the landscape

Row upon row of slum and tenement,

amid gas works and dingy ale houses

Vast areas of warehouse, mill, and chimney stack

protrude throughout the city black

Acrid smo...

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Hush little baby

don’t you cry

Your mama’s not rich

or good looking

There’s trouble cooking

So keep a low profile

Switch off your mobile

Don’t answer the door

Hide your cash

under the floor

Best to keep stum

Go on the run

Take a deep breath

If your scared to death

Try not to panic

If it all gets manic

Call the old bill

You know the ...

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Hey what’s all that malarkey?

Ducking, diving, para gliding

Bobbing, weaving, wheelin’ and dealin’

I can’t keep up with it all, take a fall

Stand tall when it comes to the crunch

No such thing as a free lunch in my book

What the fuck? Hells bells, all them smells

Like weed and fags and plastic bags

with dog shit in, ok let’s recycle the bins

If you know what’s ...

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If I could paint a picture

of everything I see

to capture light, shade, and colour

of the earth, sky and sea

Imagine all the canvas

that I would need to use

to even showcase every flower,

Oh, the colours I could choose

This portrait could contain,

almost every single image

I see, hear, smell, touch, and explain,

my thought processes, no mirage

A k...

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PIN number, password, user ID

Always get asked for at least these three

Passport, driving licence, one two three

PIN number, password, user ID

Why do you have to prove that it’s you

In every thing you want to do

I get sick to my stomach,

it gives me gastritis

I’ve been struck down with an identity crisis

PIN number, password, user ID

Home address, post code,...

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They say I’m old, or so I’m told

But in my head I’m far from dead

Now in my mind I’m still in my teens

I like rock music, tee shirts, and faded jeans

I can still throw moves on the dance floor

I know I’m good ‘cos the ladies want more

of my dancing that is, they think I’m the biz

But the fun stops there if you get my drift

Some people call me the ‘party starter’

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Hanging around again waiting

Time is running very slowly

Said we’d meet at eight tonight

Well it’s nearly that but not quite

Trying my hardest to speak to you

Find out all the things you do

Maybe talk and put the world to right

Well nearly, but not quite

What’s the air of mystery about?

If I find out, I definitely won’t shout,

Or cry buckets, well maybe I mi...

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Money, money, isn’t funny

in a poor man’s world.

When your boric acid and lint, ‘skint’

You’ve not got any to compare to the many

who have a lot, yea the have’s and have nots

It’s always been this way they say

So deal with it in any which way, but how

Learn to say “how now brown cow”

Start to posh up, sip from your cup

or glass, don’t slurp, that’s crass

Tak...

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In the big city amongst municipal concrete?

Along a rugged coastline, rocks protruding? 

Within a deprived enclave, bereft of tears

No apparent progress for years and years 

Where do you belong?

Breathing clean country air out in the sticks? 

Near woodland or forest with healthy walks?

In a has-been village where coal was mined?

Where in desperation people turn to crim...

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Pine needles

  Fine needles 

      Sewing needles 

          Knitting needles

Hat pins

   Straight pins

     Ten pins

        And tie pins

Syringe needles 

   Thread needles 

       Record needles

           Haystack needles

Ear pins

   Nose pins

      Hair pins

         And rolling pins

My needles 

    Your pins

         Sewing boxes 

     ...

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A beach, calm seas, blue sky

Seagulls gliding in the morning mist

Migrant starlings circle overhead in groups

As fish swim naively in the shallow waters

Early morning walkers tread the sand dunes

A circuit they’ve walked many times before

Health and fitness being top of their agenda’s 

No stiff sea breeze to deal with this new day

Volunteer litter pickers share fr...

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The jingle jangle jailer

had some jingle jangle keys

Some of them were so big

They dangled right down to his knees

But this jingle jangle jailer

He ran the strictest of cells

The inmates drove him crazy

Especially with the smells

When the Jingle Jangle Jailer

tried to clean the cells out

They’d rattle the bars on their doors

curse, scream and shout

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Red and white, blue and green

What colour represents your football team?

Is it the colour they actually play in?

Or is it the one that they play away in?

These days of course,

some teams have three strips

To make you shell out more money

when you’re on your away trips

How long will the new manager last?

Longer than those sacked in the past?

But being sacked ...

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Dancing, prancing across the floor

I lap it up and want some more

The tempo increases as does the heat

We glide around gyrating to its beat

The music, famous in the sixties

Excites us, drives us, now it’s the remixes

I’m thinking why I like you the most

But somehow I just can’t get close

We talk, I listen, you seem mysterious

Either that or your cautious, more ...

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When this fellow is upset

he gets all emulsional

Instead of telling the truth he

Always glosses things over

In Preparation

For a good night out, he starts

Stripping off his work clothes

Brushes his hair

Then climbs into his flashy new Roller

He’s gagging for a drink

His throat feels like sandpaper

Before long, he’s steaming drunk

Then, uses a cheesy li...

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Bless me Father for I have sinned

I honestly didn’t intend not recycling my bins

All that glass got mixed in with the paper

I swear I was gonna sort through it all later

But I got distracted by that young lady

Oh and whilst it’s confession time,

I’ve been a bit shady

I told her I was single you see

When I invited her in for a cup of tea

I’m not sure she believed me ...

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The mind is a wonderful phenomenon

It can’t be seen or read, or duplicated

Nor controlled fully by the person

It wanders uncontrollably at times

From and to many extremes, and places

The conscious and the unconscious

And what about it’s relationship to the body?

Thoughts, real or imagined, good and bad

Creating the will to carry out actions with or without intent

Se...

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Eyes wide closed in sleepy repose

Sultry sun rays warm the eyelids of the weary

and bleary in the morning dew

Escape into a resting heaven eludes

Pressures of the day abound as demands

in the mind, twist round and around like

torment to the very soul once again

Work and family top the list of concerns

Before long, the dimming twilight skies

bring anxious feelin...

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Thunderbirds are go!

I used to love that bloody show

Many years ago when I was a kid

Watching that programme was all I did

The main character was Jeff Tracy

But the one I liked was quite a bit racey

She had long blonde hair and deep blue eyes

So beautiful that I just used to cry

Every time she came on my TV screen

Even when I was in my teens

She was my very ...

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Football can be played by women or men

It’s a game of skill, guile, and judgement

Relationships can be exactly the same

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They met whilst travelling the digital world

Alexa on the Amazon, Siri at the iPhone tower

Alexa had no hair, no not a single curl

Siri, lithe, dark, no frills and no flowers

Both very different in many ways, but some things in common, voice recognition

And worked twenty four hours a day

They reacted and obeyed in any position

Hey Siri! Alexa would shout, to get atte...

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