Poetry Blogs (Po)
In the recess of your mind
In the recess of your mind (For Do)
My hands reach out to touch you
To break a binding spell
That grips you oh! So tightly
How far my friend you’ve fell
So insidious and commanding, compelling you to obey
Implanting words inside your mind, the things you have to say
You are thinking thoughts are yours… because this is how you think
Your eyes wide open, blind… thes...
Friday 13th December 2019 11:11 pm
Promises promises...
Promises
So today the Country voted, based on what the politicians said
The party with most votes counted, as we adjourn to bed.
For most, come the morning, as the night draws to a close
The nation then will learn, is our leader the one they choose.
Then the job begins, the losers disparate
The winners in their seats of power, gather, congregate.
The Bullingdon Buffon B...
Thursday 12th December 2019 9:08 pm
FREEDOM
Freedom
Tomorrow is the day the country’s asked to vote
Friends, Romans, countrymen, all the common folk
All the lorded gentry, the rich and mega rich
Lend me your ears, the paupers in a ditch
Your home is your castle, rented, mortgaged, bought
Its time for you to vote. Cos. people say you ought
Soldiers have fought battles, millions lost their life
Since time immemori...
Wednesday 11th December 2019 9:00 pm
Walking into the light
Walking into the light
My minds messed up, deep inside my head
Like its backwards facing, waiting to be led
Staring through the darkness, blacker than the night
My eyes opened wide, yet unable to see the light
My feet are facing forwards, yet alas I cannot run
Shackled hands behind my back, can’t move fingers or my thumbs
I can feel my heartbeat beating, deep within ...
Monday 9th December 2019 7:06 pm
Crap
Where have all the poets gone?
Was it something that I said?
Where have all the poets gone?
I’ve so much more to be read
Where have all the poets gone?
My poems are awful funny
Where have all the poets gone?
There’s none to be found, not for love nor money.
Well, when I say my poems are awful funny
I meant, just awful really
The truth has sadly dawned
I'm...
Wednesday 4th December 2019 5:37 pm
Purgation
Purgation
I am an Eastern Anglian,
my roots grow strong, run deep.
In soil rich and fertile
in tradition it is steeped
An ancestrally heritage
traced back to times of yore
Many souls have passed this way
who strode this path before
Leaving nought but memories’
and tales to tell their plight
Gone but not forgotten
in to that darkest, longest night*
...Thursday 28th November 2019 6:23 pm
God
Death is but a doorway to another world
We leave 'the brain' behind... it is NOT us, and we, are not it.
GOD
beyond the boundaries of your mind,
including infinity, within you you'll find
desiring and asking, steps on the way
in surrendering to the experience
no words left to say
Po
Monday 25th November 2019 10:03 pm
The Alien Greys
The Greys
The little green men, have changed colour to grey
Just where they come from, is difficult to say
I don’t believe they are Martians
Although I’m certain they exist
Regardless of the hype, please try to desist
In thinking this is merely a money-making ploy
Cashing in on a fad, ‘The greys’ are quite coy
Slowly and surreptitiously, infiltrating our minds
...
Sunday 24th November 2019 3:37 pm
Forever Lost
Forever Lost
I watch in silence and dismay
Ashamed; unsure of what to say
Racked with guilt and seared with pain
The awful silence intrudes again
Ascending with a deafening roar
Into a crescendo, as your tears poured
Tear tracks burning, run down your cheek
Caused by the havoc, that I wreaked
Inside my mind, screaming’s heard
Yet I’m unable to utter, a ...
Friday 22nd November 2019 11:09 pm
Esoteric doctrines
I watched as others posted
Poetry oh! So grand
Much better and much wiser
Stuff people could understand
Mines sometimes esoteric
For maybe, just one or two
About topics that are hidden
And mostly out of view
Esoteric doctrines
About occult and arcane stuff
Giving metaphysical indigestion
I dear say a few have had enough
Who would want to read
T...
Wednesday 20th November 2019 9:36 pm
Not a clue
There once was a poet named Po
Who didn’t have a clue what to do
When writing a limerick
Trying to stick
To the format, he hadn’t any idea
Po
Tuesday 19th November 2019 8:18 pm
11/11 11:00 Memorial
11/11 11:00 Memorial
The little white wooden church
The small white wooden church, had not an empty seat.
With an overflowing congregation, so many on their feet.
Spilling out of the door, to pay their last respects.
Far more than I had thought, and more than most expect.
The service was quite poignant, a fitting tribute that’s for sure
A lost and fallen comrade, ...
Monday 11th November 2019 7:01 pm
Faking it
Faking it
Pretending is just play acting
You know that it’s not real
However good you at it you are
How passionate you’re Zeal
It can be fun of that I’m sure
And I would not decry
Why men will do the strangest things
Between a women’s thighs
Faking it can be fun
I suppose, up to a point
It all depends upon
The persona you appoint
Women are much...
Sunday 10th November 2019 4:30 pm
Heros Roll
A re-post in remembrance of ‘Moff’ a true hero.
And for all those who gave their life in service. Always only a thought away.
Roll Of Honour
A brave young trooper proudly stood... and would again if he only could
Upon the hot and shifting sands, alongside his comrades as they manned
Their post, as proud a man could be; as all around could plainly see.
Not all lo...
Sunday 10th November 2019 12:22 am
The way we were
The way we were
Once your constant companion
I was always, there at your side
Now you lay there all alone
Under your covers you hide
I watch you through my eyes
Stitched open, made of glass
I see all your pain
The hurt, from your past
Your tiny hands used to grasp
Holding me close to you, so tight
Back then we would cuddle
Right through ...
Wednesday 6th November 2019 5:44 pm
Come On! HONK
COME ON!
The chameleon ran vertically, straight up the wall
and disappeared though a crack infinitesimally small
“Did you just see that?” The post man exclaimed
“They’re the masters of disguise”, I quickly explained
Running across, peering through a small crack
The post man kept looking, dropping his sack
“Stand back and wait quietly, he’ll soon...
Tuesday 5th November 2019 7:15 pm
White Knuckle Ride
Gripping white knuckle ride!
Screammmmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
From the long slow clanking chain ride to the top
Looking skywards, leaning back further, till almost horizontal
At the summit, all time stands still.
An eternity, lost in a flash
Down, down, down, facing the bowels of hell
Thundering, silently, swiftly, ever closer
Last on... Now at the top
Fre...
Monday 4th November 2019 10:14 pm
In a Flap
In a flap
What’s his name?
We call him ‘Noisy cat’
Not so hard to believe
I only meant to feed him once
Now he never leaves
Meaow! Meaow! Meaow! Meaow!
Scrapping at the door
My don’t you use the cat flap
That’s what it’s in there for
We used to have a cat
Kirby was her name
Then one day
She went and died
That really was a sham...
Sunday 13th January 2019 1:03 pm
FREEZING TIME
FREEZING TIME
I wish I could freeze time in my freezer
and thaw it out when I need a bit more.
If I could, then one thing is for sure
I’d very soon need a new door.
With all of that opening and closing
I know that I’d soon wear it out.
It would get lots of use that’s for certain
Of this, there cannot be a doubt.
For s...
Tuesday 8th January 2019 9:26 pm
MOD ~ PTSD Part i
MOD – PTSD
Last night the MOD said… “The health of those who serve our country is of the utmost importance, which is why we strive to give them the very best care”
Just two words to say #### Off
I can’t remember the first word… I need a (mTBIs)
I hear there are a couple of scanners out there somewhere, I just can’t remember where!
Po
Sunday 30th December 2018 8:19 pm
The Age Of Gold
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
Our World has suffered long
Beneath the Angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong:
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song, which they bring
Oh! Hush the noise, ye men of strife
And hear the Angels sing!
For Lo! The days are hastening on
By prophet-bards foretold
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round...
Saturday 15th December 2018 7:15 am
R and R
Rest and Relaxation
Arriving on the Voyager, leaving Brize for R&R
Past the guardroom, leave the gate, travelling in a car
Norfolk bound upon the roads, along the countryside
Every where’s so green! It’s like I'm on a joy ride.
Then the rain began to fall, the wipers side by side
Like a metronome, they swept, almost made me cry
It’s just raining, yes! I thought, I’ve ...
Tuesday 11th December 2018 10:58 pm
Heart broken
Heart broken
Pumping, pumping, pumping... Still !
Iron in blood, iron in will
Strongest pump that’s ever made
Yet so fragile, I’m afraid
Easy broken just word
This is it, have you heard...
bye.
Po
Monday 10th December 2018 7:08 am
The Image-Nation
The Image-Nation
In this place lives the Jabberwocky
Roaming free find Skimbleshanks
Through the mirror, Alice takes tea
See the burning Tygers symmetry
Where daffodils become the host
Things insignificant mean the most
As images flash through your mind
A nook or cranny there to find
When settl...
Sunday 9th December 2018 12:54 pm
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