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Spring Tanka

A winter bite that

mocks the spring, pincers its cocoon.

A life supported?

Cease one's internal decay,

Even ice melts. Love's fluidity.

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Winter   Ice   Spring   Thaw   Cocoon   Melt   Life   Mental Health   Depression   Anxiety   Self-doubt   Love   Honesty   Self-belief   Self-esteem   Nurturing   Nurture   Support   Supporting   Care   Caring   Loving   Considerate   Compassion   Compassionate   Grow   Growing   Pain   Suffering   Learn   Learning   Discover   Discovery   Discovering   NaPoWriMo

Roses - NaPoWriMo Day 10

Roses are dead,

they smell like Le Pew.

But they still smell sweet

compared to you.

 

Roses are dead,

now you feel blue.

So take a shot neat,

and uncork the screw.

 

Roses are dead,

our hopes are too.

You were a cheat,

but I was too.

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Pepe Le Pew   Pepe   Le Pew   Pew   Warners Brothers   Warner Bros   Warner   Bros   Brothers   Roses   Unlove   Poem   Poetry   Parody   Cheat   Vodka   Drink   Dead   NaPoWriMo

You can't Streep poverty under the carpet... - NaPoWriMo Day 9

A silence fell upon the city,

contorted shadows twisting moonlight.

Stuttering in a speakeasy seemed so misplaced

bottles rattled flickering like Fedora feathers

in an unforgiving wind.

 

The wretched odour of deprivation

a stench that sticks and degrades ones existence.

Even by day this city remains a lifeless sap

and by night the vampires feast on th...

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Politics   Humanity   Mobsters   Banksters   War   NaPoWriMo   Global   Thatcher   Maggie Thatcher   Margaret Thatcher   Film   Film Noir   Noir   Prohibition   America   Britain   1930s   1980s   2013   universal   poverty   politicians   exploitation   inequality   hate   division   celebration   class   Class War   victory   battle   struggle   cooperation   cohesion

Ottava Riva - NaPoWriMo Day 8

Another attempt at my paternal tongue.

Un altro tentativo di mia lingua paterna.

And though I beam with pride as I'm learning.

E anche se mi fascio con orgoglio, come sto imparando.

I'm aware that translated, the metre is wrong.

Sono consapevole del fatto che tradotto, lo strumento Γ¨ sbagliato.

But this language pulsates to my yearning.

Ma questo linguaggio pu...

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Italy   Italian   Rome   Roman   Paternal   Father   Family   Love   Self-discovery   Discovery   Self-awareness   Awareness   Honesty   Growth   Inspiration   Inspirational   Metaphor   Poetry   Ottava Riva   Ottava Riva form   Iambic Pentametre   Metre   Verse   Lyric   Spoken Word   Bi-lingual   Multinational   Global   Poetic   Innovative   The Five Faces of Fulli   Ushiku Crisafulli   Crisafulli   NaPoWriMo

What if the NHS was one of us?

No home, no job, just 12 good friends.

Betrayed by one who swore they never would.

Died too soon for pointless reasons.

What if God the NHS was one of us?

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God   Religion   Christianity   Jesus   NHS   Cameron   Tories   Cuts   Conservatives put the N into Cuts   ConDemNation   ConDem   Question   NaPoWriMo   Lies   Government   Healthcare   Socialism

Beat to my own drum - NaPoWriMo Day 5

Adopt

Saint Stephen's tale

It's Friday, sweets from Mrs Smith

Degeneration X and anarchy

Frankie's words: two tables, four chairs, suspension.

Discovered passing the buck, and thus passed it.

Stole the show with Twenty-one Questions, four dancers, and a singer.

First girlfriend changed everything, "You're young, she has baggage - get rid..." … did...

A pla...

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Memory   Childhood   Syllables   NaPoWriMo   Poetry   Rap   R+B   Mordor   Sauron   LOTR   Lord of the Rings   Tolkien   Wrestling   WWE   WWF   HBK   DX   Degeneration X   School   Primary School   Secondary School   College   Hostel   Homelessness   Love   Loss   Depression   Anxiety   Suicide   Fights   Arguments   Fathers   Teachers   Mothers   Sisters   Friends   Truth   Rejoice   Rebirth   Phoenix   Light   Candle   Birthdays   Years   Tale   Stories   People   Memories

Irregular Apocalypse

β€œGot 10p for a cup of tea?”

β€œIf you show us where you can get one for that price,

I'll give you a quid”

He never did...

 

Irregular Apocalypse.

Lonely and irksome.

The bitter glow of jaundice

tears at society's rustic chains,

one tragedy at a time.

 

β€œThe Freemasons took my children,

they took my baby.”

Now she's hopping magic buses,

...

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Manchester   England   United Kingdom   UK   Heroin   Heroin Addict   Heroin Addiction   Smack   Smack Addict   Freemasons   Conspiracy   Mental Illness   Mentally Ill   Crazy   Crazy Bus Lady   Misunderstood   Tragedy   Real Life   Broken Britain   NaPoWriMo

What do you do with a drunk in GAY bar? - NaPoWriMo Day 3

What do you do with a drunk in GAY bar,
What do you do with a drunk in GAY bar,
What do you do with a drunk in GAY bar,
Early in the morning!

Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

Tell 'im, β€œsorry, it's members only”,
Tell 'im, β€œsorry, it's members only”,

Tell 'im, β€œsorry, it's members only”,
Early i...

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Canal Street   Canal St   Anal Treet   Anal Treat   GAY   GAY bar   GAY club   The Rembrandt   Rembrandt   Rentbrant   REM   Canal   Manchester   England   UK   LGBT   Sea Chanty   NaPoWriMo   Bidaman   Silly Semantics   GUM   OpenMind

A Reimagining

Sonnets are meant to be about romance

and love.

You know? All that's good.

But why should form be contained,

can one not make love to the page

in their own expression?

I can,

and will.

Imagination like a dodgems car,

wild yet bumpy.

And I guess that's what love is,

you can try to steer in the right direction

but there will always be obstacl...

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Sonnet   Love   Philsophy   Understanding   Life   Truth   Communication   Cooperation   Reconciliation   NaPoWriMo

Brit-Wres-Fest 2012 - NaPoWriMo Piece

First time he'd ever been,

First time he'd ever seen

imaginations running wild brother,

see it to believe it.

 

As British as fish and chips

on a sunny London afternoon.

3 way dance or triple threat,

call it what you like but never forget

the joy,

the elation

the anticipation.

As Ligero drives the crowd wild,

the show stealer got robbed

...

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Anarchist   Anarchy   British   Britain   Wrestling   BWC   Charity   WrestlingWithEthics   NaPoWriMo   London

Something's gotten hold of my heart

For him the song took a whole new meaning,

a control that made him wish to control others.

β€œSomething's gotten hold of my heart”

an evil, a darkness

he mused on midnight

and the encroaching demonic hours.

 

 

3am and a stereo's blazing in a stolen Volkswagen Beetle

inaudible white noise, a prerequisite

for the red mist to follow.

 

β€œHe see...

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NaPoWriMo   Death   Murder   Bundy   Britain   Intrigue   Mystery   Joker   Comics   Batman

An Unconventional Marriage

Who needs paper to declare what your heart can?

Who needs a ring in place of a loving hand?

Who needs the approval of government or God

when two consenting adults hold the key to true salvation?

 

Love is the salvation that unlocks our potential,

marriage merely confines it to one form.

But if I were to ever conform,

I would do it for you.

 

The th...

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NaPoWriMo   Love   Music   Truth   Marriage   Sentiment   Friendship   Spirituality

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