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The Fallen
THE FALLEN I am young I am seventeen I stand in the sheltered cove at Gallipoli My hair is being whipped around my face I sheild my eyes, a draw a deep breath I walk down to the waters...
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Adolescent Bondage
The poem is about the marginalization of the juveniles. Lines eight to nine are references to the constellations; Orion, Plough, Pegasus and Scorpius. Line thirteen's "spheres and pauses" are shortenings of the sections through...When the polling light creaks, We know it is time for ignominy. Banging the door of social contract, Our blood crash. Alveoli fade Away. Our alveoli fade away like fag. Faugh! I saw you smiling Delightfully in bondage of adolescence. The...
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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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LOST HOPE
I Couldn't help someone gain his life back, I cried for help but no one would understand the importance of me seeing that person living a health, happy life. so I cried from the...The heart has cried in hope of her non existence she's one of the pillars in any humans life, Yet she cant help her self in having life, Her non existence is the only hope she has. She...
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The Odyssey
this poem was inspired by the recent revelation of modern slavery and the tales of rescued victimsThe Odyssey In a place where hope is a vague memory In that dark, dark place where Fundamental Human right is an alien concept. First with kidnappers for tour guides I move on to a prison Not even good enough to...
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The Hosts of Halloween
A story of ghosts and ghouls for HalloweenWhen shadows fall The churchyard wall Reflects the setting sun, Now day is done And night’s begun Beware the banshee’s call. As twilight fades To deeper shades That cloak the land in gloom, By vault and tomb And catacomb An eerie calm pervades. ‘Til comes the...
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Brothers Never in Arms
Based on personal experience of watching the old men sitting in the plaza in a small Spanish village, where one in particular was always ostracized for choosing to fight on the other side during the Spanish...The old men in the village square seek refuge from the morning sun burning high in the Iberian sky, beneath a canopy of living green they sit, and watch the children play; a new generation replacing the old. Each lost in...
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Hell Hath No Fury!
Personal experience!So you lied and you cheated Well that’s a plain fact, But the problem is babe, you got caught in the act, So be aware sweetheart, you’ve duly been warned That Hell hath no fury like this women...
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Scotch on the Rocks
A humorous look at drinking from someone clearly in denial!I very rarely have a drink A small one, that’s my lot A red wine maybe Over dinner or tea Or perhaps a cold beer if it’s hot. I find alcohol well over-rated So I hardly, these days, touch a...
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I Am Me
An abortion from the unborn child's point of view.I am but a seed sowing A tiny speck of life, growing Unformed, and still as yet unknowing But I am me. I am a tiny heart beating Precious fruit of lovers meeting And of a moment, fleeting Yes I am...
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