New Year Cometh
Our held breath of midnight. As this old year solemnly folds. Heralding a blank canvas Unwritten stories to be told. Fireworks, with...
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Now we understand what love is
Only now can we begin to understand How much each has loved and loves still How much faith we’ve stored in both at will Past years, lives...
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Four pounds and ½ an ounce
Sweet, as two bags of sugar Plus a pinch of spiced pepper, This fully weighted-baby Mother gave birth to that day. A tiny newborn nipper...
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I stand, alone
Unseen, no gods remain concealed I tread life with reason as my guiding light, Proud owner of a sceptic's heart, Dogmas unbound, no...
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Diabetic nightly two-step.
(To the tune,) (I’m holding out for a hero. by Bonnie Tyler) Where have all my night hours gone? the times ran away from the clock Where...
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At the local butchers aged 10 & 3/4
Mr Brown, the butcher, was sawing through a large beef bone. Hard white bone chips and sinew flew up and out, hitting the underneath of...
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Ode to Linda G
Caverstede Road nursery, our Eden Starting out together like Eve plus one. You were the flaxen-haired Aphrodite I hoped to be Adonis,...
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The Queue
The utter quiet This endless queue Our Sovereign Queen Repose Respect Remorse
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Symi
Symi A small island of the Dodecanese These island folk seem so eager to please Unhurried holidaymakers at ease Gently blown by the soft...
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I Have a New Sister.
I have a new sister. I already have two, didn’t think I’d need a third But that was only the beginning, Let's recount this story from the...
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My One Life Regret
SWING THOSE ARMS! PICK UP THOSE FEET! LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT! YOU SHOWER OF SHITS! YOU SHOULD HAVE JOINED THE BLOODY NAVY! WHAT’S...
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Forgive me
If you could only understand What I’m going through I hope that someday You could forgive me I realise it’s hard to do, Imagine that...
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Virgin Summer Night
Nothing assaults the senses like chill air on a summer's evening. Forearm hair follicles are as erect as a pubescent boy's expectation of...
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Summer Holiday in Heacham
Just one week each year during the school holidays, To a small thin-walled caravan for the five of us. Within walking distance of the...
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Metaphors of The Unsated
A pebble thrown into a millpond displays delightful concentric circles I have thrown countless pebbles, to no avail What’s unfair should...
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Miss Russell
Miss Russell, my mentor, Guiding educational light I yearned to stay forever in her radiance. Stand closer, soaking up her wisdom. Like a...
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I, the Father
All my life I have heard their sound But they rejected the want of me My unfading desire to see I, the father. It was never meant to be...
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Cup Cakes and Finger Sandwiches
I see you every year. Every year, right alongside us, For as long as I remember, I have known no other. Sincerity, Sacrifice,...
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Paul and Art’s ‘B’ Side to Mrs Robinson
The deepest depth that it’s possible to fall, Is into an abyss of betrayal and despair, Duplicity cuts deep for the unsuspecting soul,...
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