Autobiography
Gone but not forgotten
I wish I could have saved you I was so far away Too long gone by Too many years So much I had to say I wish I could have seen you Before you took that road To hear your thoughts
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Poet's Plea
Oh hell, comment away, I think I might stop... scream once, tear my hair out, hold up my hands - honesty is the biggest crime, is it not?
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A Fish Dinner in Memison. A Confounded letter
They are amongst you in black and white Sci Fi.
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Nirvana in a Mexican Restaurant
I crossed the intersection cursed at an inconsiderate driver- took a seat in "la casa del pueblo," confirmed my usual of a margarita with Ramon (un caballero suave y simpatico,)
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Reminiscing
That Wedding Day photograph Stands on the tables side
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Spring In The Air
A hint of fragrance; Scent of life! The daffodils sway, Tidal; waves of yellow.
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The Lonely night
In the village he grew up in No one remembers his name As he walks through places That are engraved in his skin Along the grass littered with trash On a hill he calls his home
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This Side Up
One year on, and the hospice in which my daughter was so wonderfully cared for, asked me to write a short for their magazine ...
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Rock River Rock (IP)
Rock, River, Rock (1st March, 2009, 12.08pm) Rock, river, rock; sway me in your arms like a babe with a smile; slow-grow in me a penchant for your deep, green charms.
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Ode to Sunday
Day of rest
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Happy Hens
Happy Hens The hens were happy. Across the valley the church rested on the sky line sculpted in an uncertain light.
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Ever So Slightly Mad
'Abba had nothing on my dancing queen ...'
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One word poem.
Guaranteed to please. If not there's another one called You.
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She Was ...
At the end of the day, we are the things we love ... I guess. (Edit, with thanks to Jennifer)
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Dollar Bill Chase
Can you imagine me buttoned up in a peacoat wearing a beret tilted to one side and a blue and white scarf wrapped around my neck?
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The Swinging Tree
I held a knobbly stick in my hand not intended for a weapon, a memory in prosetry
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Empty Escape
I’m going where it’s quiet and peaceful, The only place where I can be alone,
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Don't Cry
At a funeral, Why does everyone cry?
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Chapter Four- Annamillie and Adelphie
When I awoke, I lay in Cavell's bed all alone. Neither Cavell or Caolan were in sight. I sat up slowly, pushing the thick blankets off me, and got out of bed.
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Gorge myself on you
Ooooh, a bit of naughtiness!!!
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Surrounded
Surrounded A myriad voices Drifting by Living Moving I listen Pieces here and there caress my ears ‘And she texted me that she liked him....’ Lives going on their way Feeling
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Great Uncle Kenneth
He has a hump on his back and is missing a thumb. Trapped in the sawmill when he was young. He stoops over the table Drinks tea from a tiny cup Dwarfed in his coarse fingers.
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Nana
Nana and I knit. I sit on the red puffe at her feet. She is mild when no one else is here. When I drop a stitch she picks it up.
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Grandma
We play drafts and I always choose the colour We watch Gone with the Wind because she says it’s my favourite We eat mince and dumplings because she says its Dad’s favourite
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Sumo Sister
She is a little baby sumo Owl eyes and light wisps of honey hair. I tease her by withdrawing my face As she leans to suck my nose. She flops forward but isn’t ruffled.
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UGLY
Ive always been self-conscious but one person eventually made me see That I wasnt as ugly as I thuoght. Please comment- Im not sure this poem works well, Yaz
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Books
Until now, I did not realise that there were other things that I wished to put on shelves. Now the highest ones seem safe places for sharp things and I picture neatly folded stacks
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Sorry
Sometimes I feel as though I spend my whole life apologising: to the client on the phone I swore at by mistake, to the two friends whose first meeting
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Tuesday's Child
My dear sweet, little sister; an annoyance sent by angry storks. Oh, how with floppy tongues they flock. She is a nymph and I, Medusa. If only they would love me the way they love her.
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Our company
This is such a crass draft. So, any suggestions would be gratefully, gratefully received. Our company Be sorry no more!
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Old versus New
...the wild life, forests, sea beaches, indigenous tribes, forts, Rajas and maharajas and the freedom struggle...
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I have not moved my mouth
Dear mr married, I'm not quite sure what we are negotiating - more that you are kissing me, and I have not moved my mouth.
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Firstborn
I wonder at genetics; How is it done? That out of lustful kinetics, There came such a one
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Better late than never
It’s always said...
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I Am My Own Personal Saviour
I've been chased by wild street dogs in Thailand, been on Hawaii's sands luxuriously tanned, driven lonely on many icy highways, also through the arid but fertile sagelands of Eastern Oregon
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OH, NUTS!
A RANT in response to recent slights and oddness...hilarious!
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about me-college prepatory student
I am a 9th grader at Kipp Pride High Gaston college prepatory school. I attend school from 8:00 A.M until 5:00 P.M.
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Moments of life…
That’s me! So life has to revolve around me.
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Magnets, bulbs, batteries
Like a fresh start, a wrong turn, a shortcut out from a 1987 school canteen que where you are polite to dinner ladies, let bullies make you eat eggs and do not know who Nivarna is.
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One Last Time…
A Villanelle to my late daughter.
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I Could Have Written A Book About ...
IP. Some things about me ... as seen through the eyes of another.
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Seventeen Going On Twenty-Five
IP: 25 things about me At secondary school people told me I was posh because I used big words; I told them they were being hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic.
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I Love You
Just a few more than 25 things about me. 2nd IP subject for this week. I wrote this for my Grandson almost 20 years ago
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Being Seventeen
I wrote this on my birthday. :)
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An Ode to the Dark Side
fear, anger, lust, ambition- the dark side are these or so goes the sickly, impotent meme popularized by a B sci-fi classic yet what man really doesn't
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The Chair
An ugly piece Of furniture, Stuffed with wonderful Memories
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Ranch waitress
Ranch waitress, ham fisted men have dreamed of you fingering yourself in the bathroom; they tell you in mornings when the day is banana bread. Give me your kidney, no, your knickers,
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Dear Mathil
Dear Mathil, I am writing to give you a picture of where my head lives. over the bar hangs a solid gold moon which winks like an eyeball as I turn in my cycles.
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Alone
This morning I woke up and then got dressed. I did all the things you do all day, everyday. Worrying and then not giving a shit, feeling scared and then feeling brave, then feeling scared again.
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Farewell, Johnnie Walker
Some five and forty years we've been together, Treasured friend and direst enemy, In sunny times and stormy weather. You've always been there in good times and bad,
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Love needs an object 07_02_09
Love needs an object. It was love at first sight. Not only did I know, in that deep knowing that’s nothing to do with knowledge, it was as if it was already a fait acompli. Journey’s End.
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Vwoooom...
Ever feel life is passing you by, and there's so much you could be doing? I envy you.
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The Man Next Door
Strange thing - that sixth sense of ours.
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Fear not Lily Allen.
An ode to Lily.
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Namesake (Inspiration Point)
Jennifer Pickup, Googled.
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The Haunted Lanes Of Old Wigston
This to my everlasting shame.
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break then fall
We're heading for a fall, I can feel it in my bones and through the sighs I make when we're on the phone, the words you say reverberate then fall
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