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The day she found herself
Breaking all the shackles
Throwing away all the chains
that were holding her
she finally got rid of the pain
She drew strength
just from within
that was the day she found herself
and realized chasing dreams was not a sin
Pleasing everyone
was not her wish anymore
focusing on herself
became her aim of soul
It was very taxing
To identify her tr...
Monday 31st December 2018 7:36 am
It's Easier to Believe
It's easier to believe
I am a child of the most high God
than to live a life of despair.
It's easier to believe
everything happens for a reason
than to question fate.
It's easier to believe
love is everywhere
than to give in to hate.
It's easier to believe
in forgiveness
than remain a victim.
It's easier to believe
in abundant blessings
than mounting problems.
It's easier ...
Friday 28th December 2018 5:30 pm
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
I've been extra good this year
All I want is a cure for my
rare brain disease because
see Santa I was given this
disease before I left my
mothers womb so long
ago now
But life since that time has
been up and down daily like
a rocking roller coaster riding
throughout a non-stoppable
hurricane that is enough to
drive one ...
Monday 24th December 2018 2:37 pm
14/12/1994
Here is to another year of life,
Should I be buoyant and forget these years of strife?
See my demons are growing more mature,
And I'm still suffering and no closer to a cure.
24 years of carrying this unbearable pain inside,
But today I'll show the world I'm happy and ride this temporary tide.
So happy birthday to me,
I hope these messages from back home bring a sourc...
Friday 14th December 2018 1:05 am
Cunt
A word underused
A word that’s abused
So small, yet a powerful beckoning of call
A word remembered by all.
What makes me laugh
When fighting in a brawl
Is the fact the speaker doesn’t understand
That in the 21st century
This word has changed
And enters into a new plan.
To be blunt and to the point
To use the word Cunt! Means not a lot
At all.
I...
Monday 10th December 2018 3:45 pm
Feel It
Feel it with all your might
Feel it with all that’s insight
Feel it tonight
Feel it regardless of your fight
Feel the laughter and pain hitting right
Feel it like the wind lashing off the winter night
Feel it again
Feel it over and over again
Feel it like you can’t pretend
Feel life like it’s your friend
Feel it for all that’s lost with no end
Feel it again
Feel it while delivering...
Monday 10th December 2018 10:26 am
Charles Bukowski (Way He Writes)
Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski was quite a character. Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violence and sexual imagery. Many people found his writing offensive. He writes with a nothing-to-lose truthfulness which makes him different from most writers. Bukowski was very much into alcohol, sex and even violence. Bukowski went to scho...
Saturday 8th December 2018 5:20 am
Show me the country ...
Show me the country
Where they glorify the torture.
Where people are hungry
And the well- known murderer,
Can walk freely and be free.
Show me the country
Where everyone is deceived
And the people are cleaved,
The backward there means forward,
Where to say the truth is awkward.
Don’t rotate the globe
With a hope to find this country.
You won't find it on the pl...
Monday 26th November 2018 8:07 am
Lost
Not knowing where it is,
No idea,
No recollection,
Anxiety, guilt,
Fear that it is about
Much more than
The object,
A transition to
Something else.
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Tuesday 13th November 2018 12:51 am
Glimpse
Hiding in the dark
Sun beams through a rough parchment
Glimpse of a rainbow
Friday 9th November 2018 4:27 pm
When the truth hurts
🤷🏾♀️ WHEN THE TRUTH HURTS 🙍🏾♀️
My heart hurts and rage runs through my veins and even though I don't know her I can still feel her pain.
This right here hurts and it's not because of her race. It's the fact it's another human being that because of crooked cops they have deformed another face.
Everyone has something say but in reality the real matters of this country they try to ignore.
Whe...
Wednesday 7th November 2018 9:30 am
Left Alone | A Poem by Guy Farmer
It didn't work out,
Maybe because it
Wasn't meant to be but,
More likely, due to
His penchant for
Trying to force
Something to happen
When it really
Should be left alone
On its own path.
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Tuesday 23rd October 2018 1:40 am
Uncle Seamus
Uncle Seamus was quite infirm
and couldn't get up the stairs
So he lived and slept in the living room
but still managed two affairs
The first with a local widow
who set his heart on fire
the second one more ambitious
with the Malvern Hills Girls Choir
He kept himself quite healthy
though his hygiene wasn't best
just washing round the edges
of his sweat-...
Monday 22nd October 2018 8:45 am
Rule Britannia?
What with all the omnishambles of Brexit, I got to thinking about what our national identity really is. When you think about it, we have some pretty bizarre national symbols, but ultimately what does it mean to be British / English, etc? See what you think of this...
Rule Britannia?
Our national dish is curry, true,
Our Saint is George who dragons slew,
From Yorkshire field...
Thursday 18th October 2018 8:54 pm
Unhappy Hunting Ground
Here they come in droves,
the humble pot boilers
to worship at the feet
of the traitorous elite
with hair pulled out in clumps
in frustration at those
unable to muster
the inspiration to rise
above the level of lacklustre
Now nowhere to be found,
The Enterprising have packed up their teepees
and headed for a happier hunting ground
Thursday 18th October 2018 8:28 am
Backstabbers
If you're a victim of knife crime in Southwark
you know when you're being attacked,
but across the Thames in Westminster
they'll stab you in the back
Tuesday 16th October 2018 7:14 pm
Cultivating Life
A traffic jam that spans an entire epoch
Is followed by daily punishments of
Dreary Sisyphean meanderings,
Followed by even more traffic
In sweltering heat and sticky humidity.
With all energy drained from
Lungs, limbs, and mind,
He shuffles into his house
Seeking only relief and brief reprieve.
As he unbuttons his soaked shirt,
“Do me,” assaults his ears
...Tuesday 16th October 2018 11:56 am
Be
Others create self-serving expectations
That they thrust upon you with no hesitation.
Always remember you have two choices,
To heed or ignore the many voices.
Most define themselves by what others say,
Resigned to play the games people play.
Sooner or later they will awaken,
Realizing that they’ve been mistaken.
Then a rebirth for all to see.
Some will rejoice, some will...
Thursday 11th October 2018 1:53 pm
Man on the Clapham Omnibus
The man on the London Eye said
"this is what you wanted,
just pick the choice you want to make,
we're keen to know your views,
we'll tell you which to choose"
The man on the Clapham omnibus
had nothing much to lose.
He thought it through carefully
before he made his choice,
grateful to be given voice
The London Eye man was annoyed
and urged him to think a...
Monday 8th October 2018 11:52 pm
Gandhi
I'm watching Gandhi on telly
as there isn't much else to do
I'm finding it very enjoyable,
I can't wait for Gandhi 2
Friday 5th October 2018 4:22 pm
Maybe,I am not smart ...
Maybe I'm not smart,
And I must take heart.
Maybe I'm, not right.
I am bothered by light.
You may not understand me at all.
I can sound like an autumns fall.
But …I can breathe like grass,
I can live like a lass,
Can be wise, can be nice.
I can read between lines,
And be someone’s divines
Look at me: I'm a flower,
With the sun's energy and power,
I ...
Thursday 4th October 2018 7:51 pm
Feeling Peckish?
Cod and prawns
in a white wine and
crème fraîche sauce
with leeks and fennel
Simmer for ten minutes
Serve with ciabatta bread
Thursday 4th October 2018 7:33 pm
He
He sang of pleasure and regret
and a girl whose face
he may not be able to forget,
but it's him we remember today,
and if there is a heaven he'll be there
singing and dancing
in the old-fashioned way
Monday 1st October 2018 5:25 pm
Love
{Love}
Love isn't easy to do
Love can be a nightmare
that follows you
throughout your life
Love can rip your heart
apart if you trust in
someone who says or
claims that they love you
when in fact they don't
or never did
Love is a tangible
unmistakable hurtful
lie of your life
Love can leave one down
in the dumps when
someone rips your
...Saturday 29th September 2018 4:06 pm
Fàilte....not
At a place near us called Smite
there's an Irish gypsy site
Avoid the place by day
and stay well away at night
cos just for the craic, out of you,
they'll kick the fecking shite
Friday 28th September 2018 12:13 am
TOM 6325
The flight back was uneventful
We took off on time,
there was nothing to do
so I made up this rhyme
The flight food was unappealing
I just had a cup of tea
It cost two pounds ten
but only worth 20p
Always a queue for the loo
so I gave it a miss
then at Bristol Airport
I had a long piss
We waited forever for our cases
The belt broke down
so w...
Thursday 27th September 2018 11:34 am
Sun Lounger Trouble
My wife became fused to her lounger
after using excessive lotion
I considered just leaving her there
but had to forget this notion
when I remembered she had our safe key
secreted in her bikini
and had to get Maintenance
to come and cut her free
The ordeal left her quite distressed
She walked as if in a daze
but it didn't stop her spending
my euros, at El Corte Ingl...
Tuesday 25th September 2018 4:29 pm
Incidente al Hotel Casa del Mar
My wife says I'm cruel
I feel such a fool
I kicked her towel in
the infinity pool
Monday 24th September 2018 2:07 pm
Cannes? Cannot
Poolside in Santa Ponsa
topping up my tan
The wife won't stop complaining,
she wants to go to Cannes
But Cannes is too expensive
when you're living on a pension
which I explained using two words
I wouldn't care to mention
Thursday 20th September 2018 4:34 pm
Learning From Our Lass
I've been trying since I got released
I want to start anew
but it's impossible to get a job
when I can't secure an interview
they're gossiping down the bookies
and in the local boozer
they're saying I'm no kind of man
that I'm only out to use her
they're saying that I'm work-shy
'cause I stay at home all day
while she's out working two jobs
struggling by on minimum pay
I admit I've got...
Thursday 20th September 2018 11:41 am
My Life
You know, my life,
Let’s just be friends!
We’ve nothing have to share.
You look like me:
My face, my eyes, my ear …
You are my life, my inevitability,
I am your tiny fragile destiny.
Like a wind, you carry me quick,
Or send me quietness and calm.
And I believe you’ll save me,
You’ll never see me like a junk
Or never see me ever drunk.
Life! Be my friend!
Let...
Friday 14th September 2018 7:58 am
Mundane
My insides writhe like pit of snakes
As my mind runs away.
It flees from my mistakes,
Made with good intent,
As fast as my ambition got me there.
Why does my ego tote me around like a child?
Why does it feel like I'm always being punished
By my mundane thoughts?
What am I doing?
Rotting.
I eat the snake.
I abandon my ambition.
I punish myself from now on.
Monday 10th September 2018 9:37 am
Burning Bridges
Bury the long dead past let bridges burn behind
Bounty what life holds be cherished full in kind
Nothing stays forever in rapid passing of time
There still be choices to relive your lost prime.
At the end somewhere will be a beckoning light
Ridding built up solitude to future shining bright
Saturday 25th August 2018 7:21 am
Life... Why even continue?
It doesn't make sense... I'm not who I used to be... This karma that's destroying my life has been paid over and over and over...why? I really don't see the point in trying my hardest to be the person who's in my heart... The only thing I feel and deal with is pain and repercussions of actions in my past and actions that where never even acted upon... True happiness, financial stability, love... W...
Friday 24th August 2018 10:23 am
Let The Tide Decide
On some night-time road
with only the distant moon
or your dimming torch
meting its weak light out
Do not be afraid of getting lost
some new thing
may come to you there
on the path that you can't see
some great thing may surprise you
On that long journey
towards day's promised ending
without a real map
to study or call upon
Do not be afraid of being wrong
take a chance
a...
Wednesday 15th August 2018 2:38 pm
Aquatic Stardust - a freewrite
Aquarian Aquarius,
everyone be hearing us.
What an exciting life you lead,
cosmic superhuman centipede.
I’m Centric G pause for the D:
ejaculating antiquating - even thoughts dilapidated.
You should go through twice
extinguish anguish from your life
cosmic zombie souls are sliced.
Universal detoxification
electrocuting nation-notions
rubbing Atlas, struggled rolling
infinitesimal scro...
Monday 6th August 2018 9:31 pm
Why? 😖
I lay here and I still lay here as the hours tick by and I watch the woman I love separated from me by such a minor distance of just a couple feet... It couldn't feel farther away... My heart aches from the pain I've caused her... My soul is ripped in two fighting on the right choice.. I love her.. she loves me... I know this.. why do I push the people who love me away? Why was I cursed with such ...
Sunday 22nd July 2018 12:46 pm
ENDINGS
A series of 11 short poems
End of a Galaxy
A blink
In the silent depth of night
As the last leaf of the beech tree
As the silent tear of my love
End of Harmony
I see her dancing on the sands
I see her as she sees me
and in that moment
sand, sea, sun, surf
vanish in the vortex
until
...Saturday 14th July 2018 7:59 pm
A Train of Thought
My step dad, Robin, passed away a short time ago at the ripe old age of 94. An incredible man, he lived an incredible life, including working at Bletchley Park codebreaking during the war, putting out fires at ST Paul's Cathedral, living in Australia, India, Ireland and Scotland and writing numerous books in his role as a well respected minister and scholar. He met my mum again after 50 years, p...
Sunday 1st July 2018 6:45 am
Thought of a restless mind.
As I grow, I see many places to live by
I see the true nature of life,
On how doll and peaceful it can be.
But what is life without sorrow?
What is life without dreams of the melancholic soul?
Just a thought of a restless mind.
-G.N.D
Wednesday 27th June 2018 3:15 am
GSOH
I would not say this heart is hungry
I dare not say this heart is heavy
I only know now, a surer sense of all I want
a clearer description of what will fire
the drive, the rush, the love in me
If we're not going out tonight
then can we just sit and giggle
at each other, at the TV, at the others
can she laugh with me, make fun of me
until we have tears in our eyes, can’t breathe
When ...
Tuesday 26th June 2018 12:48 am
I Am Always Going To Be Missing You
{I Am Always Going To Be Missing You}
I am always going
to be missing you
like the skies are
missing the bright
stars shining
brightly through
the heavy rain and
then when I
remember those
stars I remember
that is you and
you're beautiful,
handsome rough
rugged face
shining back down
on me and as I am
still here missing
you no matter how
...Monday 25th June 2018 11:37 pm
Death Warrant
{Death Warrant}
I have an active
warrant for my
scheduled death
that has been
killing me slowly
and painfully since
the day I was
conceived inside of
my mother's womb
And as these day's
fade into the darkest
longest hour's of the
lonely nightmares of
death lingering
around my sickened
weakened body until
I am a forgotten
chiari w...
Sunday 24th June 2018 10:59 pm
Morning Mellow
With eyes closed
I'm morning mellow
and grateful
Survived another crash
the screech of a derailment
isn't mine this time
but it only gets later
in the day of my life
my luck must be spilling out
soon to all be spilled
Morning mellow, with eyes closed
still invincible
at thirty seven
Beyond the pane
summer wind rips
licks at the glass
makes me feel small
and safe, for now
Tuesday 19th June 2018 11:46 pm
Tell Me
Tell Me
Tell me, Stranger, tell me do,
What makes the world spin round for you?
What do you love, what makes you cry?
What do you hope, before you die?
Tell me, Father, plant a seed,
What path I follow, where you lead,
Give me compass, strength and plan,
To show me how to be a man.
Hold me Mother, sing me songs,
Give me rites for all my wrongs,
You g...
Tuesday 12th June 2018 10:32 pm
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