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The Origami Woman
First published in 'From the City to the Saltings' (the Essex Poetry Festival anthology, 2013, edited by Derek Adams, Adrian Green and Madeline Parsons).
Yesterday, I was the fighter
plane that nose-dived from
our son’s grasp, face crumpling
against the sofa cushions.
Today, I’m the mute swan
you string from the ceiling:
paddling the air with invisible
feet, making waves.
Tomorrow, I suspect I’ll be the...
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Rage
The Unfair Absurdity The callous spit spat The disgrace, my dreams crushed The shoe on my hat I was in the clear, I saw Valhalla, Victory was mine. However, my glory was robbed, thunder stolen, By demeaning lying swine. To my writing...
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My Motherland
My Motherland ... I saw you in the darkness as a beam of light Brilliant as a diamond in the hand of a bride. I keep you in my heart, my soul and my...https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sky-clouds-sunset-venezuela-1743465482
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Alone
I wish the world away, I want nothing more, Than to sit alone all day Behind a closed bedroom door. Yet at the same time, I can’t stand the silence, I’m at war with my mind, And my thoughts turn violent. I...
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Wait
What inspired me is a person, someone who told me he would wait and eventually did not.You'd wait, you said So, I was fearless I crossed mountains, rivers and every ocean I touched the stars and came back to the ground I ran in circles and laughed a little louder But one...
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Faces n places
Growing up and current news nowFaces and places Faces and places, places and faces Men fighting war men wearing braces Thunder and lightning so very frightening What do we do ? What is this world comming too Tsunamis around us it's comming...
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Let Not Controversy Bestow Controversy
My next higher you are, Ranked and knuckle under by I. Let on the inkling no scar, A perfidy inviting life-long-shy. Impede not controversy bestow controversy, Wild-goose chase truth invariably with candidacy. That vocalization which chameleons, Procreating artificial idiolect, Senior, it’s but...
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Never Lose
This poem is about a woman whom inspires me and why I feel she should never change.
Never lose that which makes you, you
Because every single piece of you
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Soaring
Once again my mind takes flight. Looking at all there is to see. Wandering through different times and realities. Following things as perhaps they might be. Different story lines as far as any mind's...
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