Come
All around this town
assumed that you got an idea to go back,
you know that they can't be around
all the lights that swallows lights
that brings you
down.
For any..
for any day.
And please don't hang quite high
as you used to do.
I can still follow you down in the same way
that i used to do.
There are thousand and more and more ways \
of coming through.
And we can
dance the life
...
Thursday 28th February 2019 10:28 pm
Every Last Chip
It takes a long time to figure out what you're really all about,
There's no definitive guide book that takes a frank look, and explains the mysteries of life,
You just have to, "Go in blind," and kind of work it out,
And face and embrace with good grace, its pleasures and its strife.
There's no guarantee that you'll see' "Three score years and ten,"
No end date to state or indi...
Thursday 28th February 2019 10:21 pm
Also by Jason Bayliss:
Sharpen Your Wit | Absorbing The Day | Show Me A Saint | Yin & Yang | Mirror Mirror | Stories Untold | Life And Friendships | I Cast A Shadow | Dyslexia Rules KO | Be My Guide | Chatting By The Stovetop | Strong And Silent | The Silent Word | The Slant And The Chant | Coin | Whipping Willow | Coffee Pot | In This World | Ms.Donohoe Poetry Tennis Champion. | Yesterdays Kiss | Incline Lupine | Drive | Silver Shot Pocket Watch | Distil By Will | Words | Trust Me |M
Micromanaging Miniscule Moments
Meandering 'Midst Murky Memories
Mindful Musings
Motionless Mastery
Manipulated Manifestations
Morphing Melodically
Making Music
Marking Milestones
Mysterious
Magical
Moving
2/2017
Thursday 28th February 2019 9:30 pm
Also by Lisa C Bassignani:
Bubbles |Schemata
Please do not turn me into
rhyme
leave me out of your
schemata
leave my name and
broken
ways for some other
tongue
for some other days.
Just write about that
of which you know
and
do not speculate
nor
pitch dramatic
verse into the space
I have left.
I've taken my books
from your dusty shelves
and
stepping over your
out-stre...
Thursday 28th February 2019 9:21 pm
Also by Tommy Carroll:
My book shelf | 'The trouble with Derek' | Cheap not cheerful Inner city development | Not for me another love | Mirror mirror | Thyme | Accidental Curator | Translations | Aphasia or inebriated spoke schism |Winnowing Fork and Millstone
Winnowing Fork and Millstone
The precipice has been reached
the abyss lies far below
Retribution comes on a chariot of fire
with clouds descending
vengance is mine says the Lord
Those who have abused and perverted the Faith
their day of reckoning has arrived
Whether it be in a pew or wearing a red biretta
the hand of judgement makes no distinction
He comes with h...
Thursday 28th February 2019 9:09 pm
Also by keith jeffries:
The Lambeth Judgement | Etiquette | Forgotten forever | Disconnected | José Tomas | La Libreria (The Bookshop) | The Purge of Victory | He Sleeps in a Box | A Large Wooden Door | The Spring Offensive | The Beast | All will be well | Aerials | National Character | The Sugar Bowl |Butlins Filey 1960 something.
The shed smells of shit
Its not a shed its a chalet
Its boxed happiness
Its freedom
From desolation
Its a summery
Destination
With a swimming pool
Full of polio
Cold shivering
skinny kid
Its the place
We leap
Like national sheep
Laughing in unison
Drunken fornication
Shimmering castigation
We were all happy
Happy happy happ...
Thursday 28th February 2019 8:01 pm
Also by I'm not a poet:
Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. | When the bough breaks | 1982 | No title. | Valparaiso around Cape Horn 1985. | Tonight | New York two 1980 | Jack Dempsy's bar New York 1983 | White light | (untitled) | Homage to Shane | Life and death the only real question. | Bach | Ugly | Son | Panama Love | The Oxygen thief | Soul? | Light | Stories to tell early 1980 | 68 Grafton St 1977 | Fiery heart | Lost love | My Son | Free the mind | Amsterdam 1982 | Reflection refraction. | Kill Them All | pub | (untitled) | A night out in Jack Dempsy's bar New York. 1980. | So I Hit Him | They're Only Words. | Last Night. |A triolet
I am yet to surrender to the ways of heart..
Knocking on the vestige of conscience is incessant ..
The euphoria and the magic though they impart..
I am yet to surrender to the ways of heart..
One hears the mellifluous notes of the Mozart...
But the fate is sealed from the very start..
All those dreams are nothing but effervescent..
I am yet to surrender to the ways of heart..
Yes, the...
Thursday 28th February 2019 6:24 pm
Also by mona s:
The Bending.. | Tears | Meandering paths | Seascapes | The Dining room | Irresolute days | Hopes | Sand dunes | Forever | Beginnings and endings |Song in my heart
There is a song in my heart and it's only for you,
There will be no lie only true,
We will always laugh and never cry,
We will always live and never die,
Paradise is on its way as we will have paradise everyday,
Only the mighty survive with all there lies they've had to strive,
After extreme pain there can only be gain,
Love is happiness, happiness is love,
It's just like a perfect hand fi...
Thursday 28th February 2019 5:48 pm
Also by Pip Thomas:
Every second counts | A beautiful cake | Bird on a wing | Phil being Phil | Lovers song | They sent us to hell. | Without a care | Genius mind | Loony bin | Peace of mind | Back to front | Gerry my friend | Band of brothers | Black bird in a cage | liers and cheats |Abnormal Behavior
I used to be normal
as dull as it gets
but my mind took a left turn
ain't been the same since
I like being abnormal
I make no pretense
people leave me alone
and give me distance
Let others be normal
for them it makes sense
to all be like robots
I prefer Difference
On being abnormal
I admit with a grin
I've learned to live with it
...Thursday 28th February 2019 1:00 pm
Also by d.knape:
What Poets Are For | The Weather | Loving Your Neighbor | License To Carry | Coming Soon... | Prison Poem | As Time Expires | Pets | Wedding Dress | Hearing Loss | Men Without Women | C'est La Vie | Bee Lines | Aging Rock Stars | One-Way Conversation | Acrobats | We Never Asked | Cows & Climate | The Poor | Old School | Braless | Good Company | Letting Out The Cat | Burning Inspiration | Being Good |New lease of life
She sit's amongst the piece's
Of broken glass
And photographs
Reluctantly releases
The last
Of what was her past
The door's they slammed like thunder
Her tears they fall like rain
The warnings from her family
Whirl like a hurricane
She's no longer drowning in emotion
She has made it to the shore
She survives
her storm
Thursday 28th February 2019 9:58 am
Also by Lysa d:
Dating | ANGER | Single mom's | Ready ;-) | I just want my mum | We are all apart of art | Blowing hot and cold | Mistaken | Grounded | Shame | Authentic self |Dance,dance
Dance, dance
Thursday,28th February 2019
We always dance
and take the chance
to enjoy and satisfy
with enough of the joy
it takes place in the social gathering
and really pleasing
one's self while someone is praising
and applauding your skill
it is getting lost
in the noisy atmosphere
the loud sound and so many voices around
the real joy is nev...
Thursday 28th February 2019 9:15 am
Also by Hasmukh Mehta:
Your quest | Old age provides | Powerless human being | Goes back to | Thoughts painted | An apology sicnerely rendered | For honesty and honor | Person cultivates | Life, no joke | Differently held | On the face and | Divine cover | Temporary things | Directly descend | Weigh the opinion | Love-domant force | Love to all andn | An eternal truth | The simple presentation | Regard for | Positive stance | Human heaven | What a joy! | Sleepless leace | The soul in the heart | Nation pays homage | Nation in rage | Born fighter | Heaven on earth | Not from weakness | Is poetry deceptive? | Voice of freedom | The life we lead | Despite being good | On her birthday | In the team | Reposition | Head of the family | Paradise here | Holier than | Join me there | Untimely critical phase | No pain to soul | Twists and turns | Speaks volumes | Role of human beings | Real joy | Natural objects | Smile with | Nature has turned deadly | With affection and care | Asylum seeker |Addicts and Users
We are all users and addicts
We use the nicotine to subside the feelings of anxiety
we use social media for validation that we really only need from oursleves
we use the tv shows to escape from our own lives even if its just for 30 minutes
we use the music to drown out the sounds of reality
we find it hard to really be ourselves
addicted to the feelings of stability and calmnes...
Thursday 28th February 2019 6:58 am
Also by erbc:
Dear Mom | For Hunter | The Giving | Life After Love |Australian Humour
Australian Humour
Australian humour's dry-like
Dry and droll's can be
And as I am Australian
That's what you'll get from me
The humour which I give out
At times is hard to follow
Now Don you must be kidding me
That's really hard to swallow
You think the python snake
Which ate someone's pet cat
Is just a joke that I made up?
It grabbed it from its ...
Thursday 28th February 2019 6:22 am
Also by Don Matthews:
Crap | Catharsis | Funny Yes. Serious Very. Mobile Phone Addiction | Mobiles More Important Than Children | Sync | Why Do I Write? | Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? | Holiday Build. R and R Centre for Expired Poets | Risky Poet | Silly | He's Damaging Our Website, Breaking All the Rules |Dying Art
In this modern age of communication
It would seem the art of conversation
Is fast becoming a dying art
Its deteriorating and falling apart
Shouldn’t technology improve our lot
Comms on the move, Comms in a jot
But DM, IM and SMS
Have turned our comms into a mess
The standard of language is coming down
The i-generation are dumbing down
LOL is no laughing matter
TXT ...
Thursday 28th February 2019 3:48 am
Also by John McDonough:
Georgie Pell Puddin' and Pie | Non Omnis Moriar (I Shall Not Wholly Die) | 21st Century Vows | Terence Evans | Dawn | Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex | In love with a boy | Ten Thousand Pricks at her Fingertips | Monica Lewinsky | Mediocre Town | Box of Dark Things | Exit Stage Left | Truly Beloved Customer Care | The day you died all I felt was disappointment | Impulse | The Noise of War |Pyromaniacs on the event horizon
Pyromaniacs on the event horizon
I'd give you fire if you could use it
We could burn trouble for a while
Take you to the room full of secrets
Make love to you just for a smile
I've spent my life entirely naked
Wearing arms around my chest
Sending flares to the event horizon
Asking for a little help
Rescuers come in uniform
Blankets and trucks make a mess
Never waiting for th...
Thursday 28th February 2019 12:11 am
Also by Robert C Gaulke:
Pace | Dirty | Our Best Guest | Every Chance | My Guardian Angle | The People Adventure | Others | On Bandcamp | Consultants | Homespun | This | Executive time | New spoken word | Teacher Dreams | Tensile Strength | At lunch |Queen
She, for sure, was warrior,
When sky was black as gold,
Dragged across the sunless sea
By men without a soul.
Her stories and narrations,
Her lives, as yet untold,
From slave ships and from factories
Were heard amidst the hold.
She heard the tramp of wizened men,
Who shivered in the cold:
Men who never saw the sun;
Nor kindnesses behold.
The...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 9:28 pm
Also by John E Marks:
The way of the cloud | Out of the blue | A black-hinge | Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Homage to Nietzsche | A haunting | Bounty | The false economies of love | Stippled sky | the canal predicts | PASSING STRANGE | Remains | Seer | From woman better things spring | Alternative histories | Time's fool | Elegy for Anna | SOLVING | Oscar goes to the zoo | On the way to the dance | The Scylla, | Pain | The swinging bridge | Just deserts | Heavenly | To the ghost-dancers of the Sioux - dedicated to my good friend, Jacob | Why we need to fly (for my good friend, Jacob) | Ch-ch-changes | Pouring out the vitriol |Thoughts (LOML)
I have yet to loose and not be able to get backbup
I am usually the one that is able to get up Everytime
Only to see now that part of me is lost.
To be and hide behind that I see that I had things I never known or took time to see what was there.
I see I put up a front and hide my true feelings till I break or lose someone dear to my heart
With this I believe I lost the love of my l...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 5:27 pm
My M
Its 2 am and I can't stop thinking about you.
The way your eyes crinkle,
the way your lips curl into a smile
God that smile showing your teeths, looking at me and i take you in.
Every dent of your skin, every spot, all the twinkles in your eyes, the prettiest nose scrunch, ...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 4:42 pm
Makemake
Born from a floating skull
adrift amid the shards
of the Kuiper belt.
A winged god in full
trans-Neptunian
flight.
Fertile as an egg you created
the universe
out of loneliness.
But what strange creatures
glide now in your
alien heavens?
We, in this village
of water hope to seek
irrefutable hatchlings.
So in your name, libations
of flesh are made but in return
secrets...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 1:42 pm
Also by Kealan Coady:
Snakes and Ladders in the Afterlife | Love Independent of Life | The Mars | KIC 8462852 | Podcast For Spoken Label | Saturn and the Hymn of the Ring-Makers | Ghosts and Gods | Man Bites Dog | For The Girl Who Likes Listening To Hearts | T-Rex In Tank With Painted Bones | Sentience | The Sea As Sigil | An Accidental and Almost-Fatal Invocation | Cage Of Echoes | The Migration Of Shadows | Airstrike From The Eleventh Density | Tectonic | Spine Fire (Instructions For Survivors Of Kundalini) | The Ghosts We Haunt | The Dark At The End Of The Tunnel | This Corpse Eats The Stars With Bloody Feet | A Nightmare Room Made Of Broken Glass And Spider's Legs | Someone At The Door |God's Question
Does a lie has feet or walk
Only liars have more than two
Don't listen to a lie as a joke
Then will help lies to grow
God will ask; why do you lie?
So get ready for God's punishment.
Me, you, them, surely will die
Should keep ready for last statement
Get back soon to the early pureness
And stop cheating creatures
Just in case you look for happiness
Be f...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 1:03 pm
Also by Farag M. Afify:
Believe to Live | MATES | Life Race | The choice | THE KNOWLEDGE | Laugh to Live. | Save to live | CONFIDENCE | Isabella | Beauty Song | REGRET | My Fault | Love Seed | Against Wind | Simply Says | MAKE SUCCESS | LET's PRAY | HEART's KEY | The Theater | Practical Woman | No Answer |Letting go
Let me tell you this
a secret lies within oneself,
many dare to dismiss.
Alas,
Loving one who is broken,
Creates complication
And bliss.
A problem to handle,
That is not ones own.
A secret to help bury,
Yet not to hold on ones own.
The truth is set free,
When their true self is recognized
By the one who had the power,
All along on the ...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 8:31 am
The Piper's Song
I'd play the recorder
for nightingales
who'd fill the canopy
and enjoy
And consider the night
bright with marvels
until dawn should loiter
no more
Scars wheals soothed healed
tomorrow save today
here a balm for my wound
only
These beliefs shan't spare me
composing tears
however I give
the flute all my ai...
Wednesday 27th February 2019 12:09 am
Also by Adam Whitworth:
The Start Of Something Big |COUSINS
Spare us the pretentious pap
Close cousin to contentious crap;
They both abound when it's a free go,
Bilious bastards of the ego.
...............................................................
Tuesday 26th February 2019 8:13 pm
Also by M.C. Newberry:
DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - folk song | MARKING TIME | KISS OFF | KEEP IT SIMPLE | DYING FOR A FAG | AN IRISH REJOICING - song | MRI | DIVERSE DETERMINATIONS | FOR THE BIRDS | AN IRISH REJOICING |Monday February 25, 2019 12:51 AM
my dear,
you are moving,
though not nearly
fast enough for your liking.
look at the tracks you've made–
pillars that stands behind you.
you no longer have to sink into
the depths of the cold beneath you.
you have made a trail for yourself
if only you keep going.
my dear,
you are making progress,
though not nearly
fast enough for your liking.
eac...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 5:32 pm
Azeotropic distillation
in svalbard, i watch the northern lights
a neon bruise on the tiny patch of infinity that
fizzes endless chaos atoms above my head
we’re the ghosts of those who touched us
but if you distil the maelstrom down to its purest form
all that’s left is your heart pumping blood, your brain crackling
and the saliva that passes between our lips when we kiss
Tuesday 26th February 2019 4:14 pm
Also by Stuart Buck:
cellular automata |She being an uncertain insane
How beautiful everything seems, even all happen contrary
Don't get the idea whether it's a dream, reality or a story
Neither she feel regret nor any worry,
It's a kind of feeling which has made her heart awry.
Continuously only for that face her eyes seeks.
All the time you can see her those blushing cheeks
Fot her, one day without him passes like a week
She wa...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 2:36 pm
SURROUNDED
Music swirls in caressing spirals,
embracing a shelf of favourite books
thumbed and enjoyed over the years,
each proud and stiffened spine caressed
like mist around oaks once young.
Some of those covers showing their age
and I smile
at the music, its immediacy
and at the desperation of stored print,
the ludicrous desire to know all.
For now I have given up b...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 12:43 pm
Also by ray pool:
PODS | CEREMONIAL | TEMPLE IN THE SKY | I'M IN LOVE WITH MATT BAKER | VALENTINE | POSITIVE | THROUGH THE GATES | WAITING | PEAKS AND TROUGHS | 75th BIRTHDAY | FOG BANK | MR. SHOPLAND (INSURANCE MAN) | TRANSFORMATION | ON THE TREADMILL |To a Younger Self
Allow your family to earn pride from your life,
but don’t let that drive your future – disinherit
yourself from the dread pawn shop of parental pride.
Yesteryear’s values are manifested today,
as we’re taught that previous generation’s life
strategies should be our perpetuate creed also.
Ignore the towering expectation, which would
propel you into adulthood living el...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 12:20 pm
Also by Rich:
Face Time | Nature's Bounty |Cause and effect
That single drop in the ocean
that butterfly flutter
that ripple in the potion
that nervous stutter
The reason follows 'because'
a fall after a stumble
a gamble after a pause
lightening before a rumble
Blooms from the seed
seed from the flower
the cycle of life
revealing endless power
An effect follows a cause
some larger, some small
all fol...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 7:17 am
Also by Jon Stainsby:
Infectious laughter | Ghost writer | Gentle caress | Hiding amongst the molecules | Beyond this place | My Realm |WHERE ARE YOUR EYES?
WHERE ARE YOUR EYES?
Are your eyes focused on his smile?
Are your eyes on her pure blonde hair?
What a lifeless moment you both now share.
Is that a couple at the table?
They would rather idolize their phones?
The only thing they want to hear are their own ringtones.
Shouldn’t they be talking their ears off?
How long have they been in the tunnel?
Their onl...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 6:59 am
Also by Ty:
ETERNAL ROMANCE | SPECIAL WOMAN | THE SUN | EYE CONTACT | ESCAPE | CHECK THIS OUT |It Happens Between The Lines
now for the ramblings of my mind
A point of interest that I can not resist
The constant jibber jabber of the jabberwalkies keeps tick tickity talking
Constant engraining into my membrane
bound to drive a man insane
I think I will go fishing
awake before the early dawn
put my fishing hat on
push out onto the mirroring lake
and cast out my pain
and reel in a gift f...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 4:37 am
Also by New Shoes:
The Real Culprit |Imprisoned in My Mind
I stand on the hard, black dirt,
watching the thick fog swirl around me.
I hear the voices of my family and friends,
the meows of my grandma’s cat, long since dead,
and the barks of the dogs, most of which have passed on.
I watch the memories unfold,
seeing faces, some of which I haven’t seen in years.
I smile and laugh at some,
cry watching some,
and remember al...
Tuesday 26th February 2019 2:40 am
I’m not in love
Lonely heart open ache melting brain
filling my insides with smoke so I forget my name
I only wanted love but I ended up driving myself insane
my life is good I can’t complain except when I look into past mistakes
Stuck in the memories sealing my fate
Growing up i was happy in a tragic way
Fallen behind collecting shame
I fell in love with a different person everyday to ...
Monday 25th February 2019 11:31 pm
Also by Youthfullyxx:
Disconnected | Attention |I'll Be There For You
I regret that day
I regret that day
I let you walk out without a word
I'm still here waiting for you
I'll still take a bullet for you
It doesn't matter how many times you break my heart
I'll always be here for you
This alcohol has me up at 2 in the morning
Worrying about you
Goddamn living like this is killing me
I'd rather die than give up on you
You're going to give me a heart att...
Monday 25th February 2019 10:37 pm
Also by Mikey V Kinsey:
My Story | Waiting | Cardboard Boy (Lyrics) | Looking For Cloud Nine | I'm Alright (lyrics) | Melancholy Walking | Uneasy Thoughts | A Terrible Fate | Thoughts That Go Like Bullets Through You | The Ghost of Me | The T-Virus | Let's Pretend I'm Fine Like You Do | The Grin of A Killer 2 Little John Doe | The Grin of A Killer | A Broken Callous Heart | Happiest I've Ever Been | Maybe | Rubbish Poem |By Lily
This was not written by me but by my daughter when she was about 12. It is about her grandmother who had cancer and had gradually lost her ability to recognise anyone or remember things. I haven't missed out the last word - that's how she ended it. I carry it in my purse and it still makes me cry.
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Remember the days w...
Monday 25th February 2019 5:37 pm
Also by Just jo:
Evergreen | All of you | Can't we just talk? | Hard enough |Images of a High Tide
harbour entrance swell
river bridge
above the beach
the scraping rattle
millions of stones
sucked off the beach
returning to the sea
beside the harbour wall
crossing waves
rearing waves
joining
breaking in foam
crashing
onto the shingle
the vast pull
of the receding sea
the undertow of sound
the bay
grey brown sea
under a blue sky
...Monday 25th February 2019 1:55 pm
Also by Chris Armstrong:
Summer Seascape | Y Lolfa | When She Left | The Shed | The Old Field Gate | Snow Fields | Dyn Hysbys |Mild February In Manchester, 2019
'What a beautiful morning!'
From my open window upon the Sunday street
Growth is stirring everywhere -
Daffodils and crocuses in the tree roots;
Tight little buds on tender twigs;
Grass curling up for first cutting.
Hmmmmm …...
And my mind flies out into spring sunshine
Like a soaring bird.
The tree is inherent in the thumping chestnut.
The scarlet maple in the sai...
Monday 25th February 2019 11:45 am
Pinjara- The Cage
Pinjara- The Cage
"Dharti phele bhi lal hui,Dharti aaj bhi lal ho rahi hai..
Khoon ki Holi chuninda haath ki kheli hai..
Kabhi Riyasaton ke naamKabhi Vyapaar ke naam..
Kabhi Azadi ke naam,Kabhi Jaati ke naam..
Kabhi Dharma ke naam,Kabhi Kashmir ke naam..
Kabhi Chunaav ke naam..
Kabhi Tarakki ke naam..
Kabhi Gaaye ke naam..
Dabangayio ne kiya iss desh ka kaam tamam..
...Monday 25th February 2019 9:27 am
Tracing Veins.
Scars show where you've been, not where you're going
Death is the only god that answers when you're calling
Time keeps moving forward there is no slowing
Will you miss me when I'm gone or while I'm going?
Love is giving someone the ability to destroy you
I should have never trusted you not to
Please don't do that thing that you do
You bat your eyes, fake a smile so I forgive you
I trac...
Monday 25th February 2019 6:46 am
Show Me Your Teeth
I wish your body was mine.
I long for our souls to be tangled.
All I crave is connection.
All I seek is approval.
Our savagery is forever,
The killing of time itself.
All I can afford is hope,
But that’ll never be enough.
Take me away from the light
And show me your teeth.
I’ll always be weak to your desires.
So take out your frustrations on me
And leave this pi...
Monday 25th February 2019 6:03 am
Also by Eric Fox:
I’m Out of Dreams | Sunder |Wild Flowers
In the blue-green meadow
of my silent soul,
scorpion grass -
dormant for decades,
now grows wild and free,
sustaining me,
spreading love
for the aching world
to behold its beauty.
Monday 25th February 2019 3:27 am
Also by Vautaw:
Super Snow Moon | Clouds | Becoming | Stupid Cupid | Echoes of Life | Ghosting | Sad Eyes | Soul Mates & Muses | Oasis | Soul Flames & Star Dust | Cha-Chi Legacy | Dancing with Addiction | Kings and Scribes |❤☆(◒‿◒)☆❤how was your day ❤☆(◒‿◒)☆❤
How was your day ? Better than mine I hope
I love you so much it's hard to cope
Wish you where mine, and me yours
We text in the day till late evening
She comes home then and its closed doors
I want so much to hold you, for you to be mine
You ask how was my day I say yeh just fine
You say you love me, you know how I feel
I spend my life waiting for a love that's not rea...
Sunday 24th February 2019 11:55 pm
Listen well into the Night
The throes of broken lovers
unfold before the light
only when it's dark; late, late, late at night!
Luminous orbs weep
pearlescent tears drip.
Ink on pargmen drops; indigo steeped, deep.
Listen well into the night
the myriads of wrenched souls moan
sax and fiddles serenading: "You are not alone!"
Sunday 24th February 2019 10:31 pm
Also by Mae Foreman:
The Inglorious End | Things That Look Alike | Resist | Keep it Close | Wrongdoer | GR (In the South) | It's Always Raining on Lonely Sreet | Shadows and Shades |Pierre de Paris
Pierre de Paris acted wild and free
so much so, that it resembled a show
when he turned up in town, causing
ladies to cry, and their siblings to frown
With cane in hand and moustache finely honed,
he cut quite a dash in those pinstriped
clothes, suits, blazers and jacket with tie
It was like mix and match, apple meets pie
An eye for the ladies Pierre did have
...
Sunday 24th February 2019 10:28 pm
Also by Rick Varden:
Doorstep Beauty | Decisions | VERTIGO | Sat Navigation | I’m a footie fan! |Earth God
I seen it comin' I knew you needed my loving promise I wouldn't hurt you only speak truth into you Didn't see you when you turned your back on me yea I knew what was on my mind was very heavy And I knew something was different about me
I had to meditate a few times a day I saw what was within me yea I saw the God in me roaming the earth steadily I let the God force take control of me it was the ...
Sunday 24th February 2019 6:23 pm
Old friends
The tears dries out,
From a smirk
To wide smiles,
They never shut her out.
I'm here they said,
Demons were all chased,
She was truly blessed,
To have such great friends.
Seperate ways they go,
Never truly apart,
She knew she was loved,
She swore to never cut,
A promise she never kept.
How she tried,
To not be dead,
Little did ...
Sunday 24th February 2019 4:40 am
Reach The Peak of Romance
during our blue night together
cold our body has become embers
I embrace you in exciting love
and we'll fly to the seventh sky
I stroked your soft black hair
touched your cheeks looks pink
our lips never stop kissing then
spread our passion flow pleasure
our fondling is warmly directed
in beautiful and sensitive senses
gasping for breath spurred passion
enjoy our human instincts
...
Saturday 23rd February 2019 2:14 pm
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Isaac Lowthian Bell (1816 – 1904)
In that stern, expensive portrait
he may have hung centre stage
just above his mantelpiece,
he is staring back at the world
like a founding father.
Self-contained and righteous,
he is the one who pays
the piper. Like it or not,
for your own good, you’ll dance
to the tune he’s called.
His name is Isaac Lowthian Bell –
...Saturday 23rd February 2019 11:49 am
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Your weak prevarication
And your procrastination
On 2nd referendum
Kow-towing to Momentum
You Who?
You Who?
You’ve caused it all.
You’ve met with terrorists
An anti-monarchist
Ally of Trotskyists
Disguised as party activists
You Who?
You Who?
You’ve caused it all.
Give us all just one good reason
Why the nine of us should stay.
The l...
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