...and under a starry, starry night

As passion became his pain

The artistry of a creative life

Extinguished like a flame 

 

Infinite strokes of colourful hue

Brushed out to a pallette of gray

A sunflower in a winter's field

Amidst the cold decay 

 

Starlight swirled & flowers bloomed

Pigments, of intimate blend

Blew away upon a fragile wind

No colours. N...

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Emerald, are you my War Baby, Or are you my Slave to Love I watch the Sunset, with Only a Song , or is it a Great Gig In The Sky, I’m Chasing Cars Under A Bridge with Wild Horses at my side, You are a Hollywood Woman,  if I am an Outsider   Here is Space , I’m Going to California, With a Black Swan,, But How Long Has This Been Going On? Just Give Me Little More Time B...

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I’ve seen miracles happen before my eyes,

witnessed empty souls become human again.

More than human, I’ve seen them struggle

and fight against an invisible,

yet all-consuming, foe. One who is

dark, deceptive, relentless and cruel.

 

I’ve watched them grow with a determination,

grace and humility unknown to the masses.

They have found new depths of consciousness

and un...

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Bad Poetry

My name is Caleb Gorey

The narrative is

My brain is a literary Rubik’s Cube and not even I can solve it

 

The network of my nerves are syntactic

And my blood vessels are but a poem

Clotted with cells of writer’s block

Because my heart is deprived of the right words to gift  my mouth

And my liver faults again and its screaming

“You can’t have it!”

 

I...

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NOTE:  Thr following was written prior to the report that Sarah Everard's murderer received a whole-life

term.  My idea of proper retribution/justice...IF it stands.

Some thoughts on a social aberration that continues to haunt society.

Every generation faces the same old conumdrum: how to control the human predators that seek to prey

upon the innocent and vulnerable.  Today, we like to...

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as a kid I always pretended 

to escape any situation 

 

attacks from monsters 

sudden impacts, super-villianesses 

 

now that I’m grown I’ve never known 

clean escapes without consequences

 

dragging my body through a zone 

lit by memories and burning questions 

 

situations, complications 

degrees of humiiation

 

strength of weapons, nerve damage

he...

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The Hard Moment

 

Woe to the heart that finds herself here.  Woe to her.

Woe to her breath that has been yanked from her chest

Woe to the scraping agony of fear.

 

Woe to her who falls prostrate on the floor.  

Her heart beats slow black as a crow

And she scratches to find the door

 

Woe to her who looks up to seek hope.  

She drenches her skirt with tears and dirt

...

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This was his plan: imitating their dance,

Massaging their myths, storming, by surprise,

Their sand trap of conspiracies and lies;

To step on, by default, the greatest stage

Which life or spite could plausibly advance.

Lost in their bazaar, his slight repertoire

Propelled him to a failure by slow rage,

Though in the end he rallied to make par

And saved what could be traded a...

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The Library of Silence

 

I lived in a silent library full of no books

it was a hollow echo chamber of nothingness

The shelves were bare and covered with dust

few visitors bothered to enter as there was no reason

 

Learning was basic as it depended on spoken words

only one's memory was able to retain and store

Conversation and dialogue were certainly not encouraged

oft...

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There are some people living among us,

Most of the time they’re rich with higher ranks

And looking down to everybody as

They think themselves superior to all.

 

When seeing that they have all they would need

And even more while others strive to live

Is giving them a pleasure they enjoy

And make them feel accomplished their lives.

 

So many times they’re doing harm aro...

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28.09.21

It gets better, 

a friend once said

You’re not a bad person 

Shouldn’t wish you were dead 

 

Everyone is their own worst critic, 

He said to me 

And when he needs an ear, 

I listen intently 

 

We swap stories, 

One back and one forth 

Lighten the load, 

Keep each other on course

 

When friends are down 

I feel it too

When people are sa...

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'Knighted' by the Kop, no need of sword.
My boyhood hero, with every goal scored.
On my red jersey, I wore the number 8.
A record maker, a legend, an all time great.
He helped achieve Bill Shankly's dream.
Part of Ramsey's World Cup winning team.
On and off the pitch, a well deserved 'Sir'
Struck a thunderous shot through the air.
One of the greatest players we'll ever see.
Still m...

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A halo of Furies, 

diligent as fruit flies, 

to adorn a head full

of doubts and regrets, 

as judge, jury, and

executioner all decide

your fate in a mêlée,

the verdict to be 

delivered in the middle

of a Sphinx-like riddle. 

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Into gloom, and uncertain footing,
place of dead-ends and torturous descent;
into this airless, soulless surrounding
goes one to meet his love, and sing again.

These dim-lit cold-grey rocks always lead down
but this hopeful wills his lover ascend,
or rather the lover spurs him upward
for man and muse each so comprehend.

(You should know that when the lovers emerge
into the blindi...

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“Today, I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.” Primo Levi, Shoah

     

 

 

The Unwritten predominates, 
The times of wonder gone,
We hold on - the wise women drugged,
Whipped, into submission.
Forensic psychology reveals traces
Of long-forgotten haunted faces;
Which, much like Munch's lurid, silent scream...

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An emerald blue -

Don’t be fooled by

The sky above’s hue.

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Folding out your wings
and fastening them to the breeze
you stand firm upon the window sill
Instinctively, you turn from me
I feel the coolness of the air
and know that soon you’ll be
nothing but a poem
on some damp page I’ll tuck away
my eyes finally wiped dry

What is that holy terror 
beating at the heart of you?
You said you long to bind your essence
to the history of the world
b...

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We might whisper their names then pass them by

as in a graveyard;

the bite of fate is much too strong

and so often their victims return

to repeat the original crime. 

 

appearing plausible in every respect

yet inhabiting the soil that yields up

unclean intentions mostly hidden

from those as yet untainted. 

 

Step warily, for someone trusted may softly visit

on t...

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Admitted?

There they go again at it like there’s no tomorrow

Maybe they know something we don’t

Listen to her shriek and scream while they fuck

And I hear their bed collapse as he jumps from the wardrobe

 

The crack of a bullwhip is there connecting to naked flesh

I pity but envy what they’re doing pleasure with pain

They’re both sharing a journey together while I’m alone

...

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I have been to hell

and back

I've seen the Devil

in human form

I've shut my eyes and mind

to horrors stained

upon my skin

But I keep them

in a pocket

Heavy as they may be

 

A warrior shall rise

Strip them from my grip

Hold them high for the 

World to see

Let them know the truth

in light

That warrior shall be me

 

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Ten wheels on my wagon but it’s not rolling along

It’s full of fuel but life’s so cruel

This delivery was for BP

They’re not singing a happy song.

 

Ten wheels on my wagon; it’s parked up back at the plant

Well, what a surprise now prices rise

Of gasoline, as you’ve all seen

You’re not singing a happy song.

 

Ten wheels on my wagon but it’s not rolling along

You si...

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As I look around my comfortable prison,
I see my reflection in Sony’s single glass eye.
It’s dark and lifeless as he rests,
Waiting for his ward to point,
To burst into a technicolour song and dance
For the blank eyed audiences gormless pleasure.

I tense at the approaching vibrations,
The feline padding of tiny furred feet.
Rubbing against my legs, the vindictive threat
And intentions t...

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Treading in the deep

Fighting the build up of lactic in your muscles

Pruned finger’s effortlessly moving thru the water

At this point

Every emotion's presenting itself

Downward like an avalanche

A rolling film of memories rushes over your cornea like a flip book

Light becoming dimmed

Plunging into darkness

Ones body succumbs to the singular thing that keeps us...

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Am I losing it?

searches are scarier lately,

Trying to find a way out.

I couldn't had been more petty,

Been listening to the sound of crickets,

All I could remember are rickets in my life.

But what history has ever changed?

 

I feel like I have been here before,

Subtle signs at a young age,

Just the same page with a different number.

Can't tell the storyline perfec...

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I queued round the block to watch

The Young Ones, Summer Holiday,

getting in halfway through

or just before the end,

and sitting tight to watch

the whole film round again.

 

Then the programming changed.

The movies became X-rated,

and I was barred, reduced

to gazing longingly if sometimes puzzled

at the posters from my bus

on the way home from school.

 

Th...

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The soft wispy clouds

Like white butter in air

Smoothly spread across

The flair, The flair

 

Black angels that glide

In a supersonic vibe

All marching together

In a flight, In a flight

 

Trees by the beach

They glide, they glide

To and from their motion

Rustling leaves too slow

 

Gentle wind that blows

Like softest Feathers o'er

Falling gently as ...

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from a broken past its pining

a voice never far from whining

for her there's no silver lining

 

still has long lists of her goodbyes

kept a record of all their lies

hot tears bubble in her red eyes

 

a rip in an embroidered sheet

dust under other peoples' feet

why couldn't life be safe and neat?

 

if only she'd learned better tricks

how to absorb life's bitte...

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But for words I wouldn’t be here now

But my pencil is blunt and broken

And the words I would have spoken

Have all fallen

Blown away on that first nervous gust

Of inward breath

Hiding and crying the verbs and adjectives

I had once proudly used

Now I stand naked and bereft

Of all that I have practiced and rehearsed

It seems that all that I had won

Is so ready to ...

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Collage of a few poems 

Poem 1#

Dazzling night, our eyes sprinkled with the glowing freckles of the sky, our eyes are simply recipients of the floating lamps in the sky, sole survivors of the nightly lamp genocide 

 

Poem 2#

Running rivers

Must Return to mother, the sun beats it’s back, forcing the river to run, haunted tales of brethren being abducted by the rays, to be cleansed...

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Five minutes from home Sabina Nessa walking in the dark,

Was savagely murdered by a complete stranger in a park.

Hidden under a pile of leaves discovered by a dog walker,

 Indiscriminately attacked  by an unknown  male stalker.

 

Women and girls deserve to feel safe at all times,

But are being subjected to an intensity of crimes.

Male violence is killing women and restricting ...

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Where red and yellow are

I'm there too

I carry them with me and in myself.

Stones from all countries

they are not worth as much as one Macedonian grain of sand.

Whenever you need it

following my flag

you will find my root.

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How To Choose A Good Plumber

 

How can you choose a good plumber

And trust that he’s up to the task

When his ratings are five star.. and glowing

But he can’t screw the lid on his flask

 

So you’ve checked his reviews on his website

And you see that the guy’s “level headed”

But you notice the flask.. in the top of his bag

And you see that the cup’s on cross-threaded

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You know what?

Jane’s Fashions hasn’t been a clothes shop for years,

But everyone ‘round here still calls it Jane’s

 

See,

Jane’s shop had a wall that was just right,

We’d sit there most nights

‘cause

Jane never turned off her lights.

 

We were here when the giant hailstones came,

And when it rained

Jane looked on. 

 

Now Jane’s long since gone

But the ...

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It brings me comfort knowing we're sleeping under the same sky,

Gazing at the same moon,

Wishing upon the same stars. 

 

It makes me feel closer to you. 

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Why me?
Is the question of everyone around me.

Cursing the misfortune,
forgetting the blessings & hope.

It might be dark & cold today, 
But there will be sunshine another day. 

Just keep walking, 
cherishing the flowers on the path & birds singing. 

Smiling and nodding off
"Why me, why always me"? 
because it is not just about me. 

All poems are copyright of the originating au...

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My Ocean Dream

 

Sometimes when life is rough

We cast our mind to a special place

A dream

Where things feel a little more wholesome— with a little less edge

 —and things are a little less tough

 

And this is where I go

 

Where the sand meets the sea

Where rugged rich formations— are cushioned by giant and lush tropical trees

The sky is blue— the sun smiles

An...

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A summer’s day ‘tis certain you are not.

Thy beauty is more stormy than serene,

and nothing calls my blood to run so hot

as when you fix those flashing eyes of green

 

upon mine own. And thus you pierce my heart,

to stir it in the tempest of thy gaze.

Not just a whim, no simple Cupid’s dart,

but certitude remaining all my days.

 

So nature’s course is changed by fickl...

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Spread across the mystic moonlight,

Once there was a flow,

Flushed with lush green fields,

Made my mind to blow.

And on the flow, there was a bridge,

Signature bridge is so called,

And the blowing breeze on my face,

Was inspiring me for my breath to hold.

Melody filled atmosphere,

And the fireflies filled sky,

And the out of the world company,

Who have become apple...

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I know that I worry if I notice some people haven't posted for a while. So I am just letting those kind folk who leave likes and comments on my attempts know that I am taking a bit of time off WOL. Hopefully I will be back to annoy you all soon with my daily attempts. Jx 

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When I met the summer sea,

I was standing on the edge of nowhere.

It was a sort of seabird sense of humour,

when the world was new.

 

All was dripping in the sun.

Salty young silhouettes on old scars.

Sunflowers lifting faces to the sun

their divinity mirroring his.

A breath of wind,

which ripples the reflection of an usual sky.

 

I became accustomed to the ligh...

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Life is full of challenges

Good, bad or even savages

Hard to deal with at times

Similar to wailing of chimes

 

Some trials are there to push

Helping you to come out of the bush

Making you realise your inner soul

One that maybe you could not control

 

Challenges can be a real surprise

Never imagined till you open your eyes

No need to back off or fear

Alone you...

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The thought of how could you do this to me

I'm dying to be loved but I wasn't good enough

Another heart, another time

I just wish I could get it all back

 

You told me you would never hurt me like this

But you poison to my head

I'm one hand from falling from the edge

So don't take the last will I have to live

drop it all and let it just fade

 

I was so fucking happ...

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This room is dark and quiet 
My thoughts conversate with eachother
And In my lonely disposition I whisper to the shadows climbing up the wall 
No audible answer could be heard, only the short inhale and exhale of breath being released from my lungs. 
Now all my wounds are open
Bleeding out in the dark. 
Owned by overwhelming fear, I am in belief these insecurities will never subside 
Here w...

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Floating Leaf Haiku

A lone leaf floats down

Spiralling as it descends

Gliding onto earth

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Looking around the scenery bores me I can't lie

Almost as if the walls ignore me the paint won't dry

Too stubborn to settle..repairs go back to unrepaired 

Once prepared now unprepared 

Scared of change but now not scared 

Light bulbs pop  blown fuses 

Trying to compromise with the boiler 

But he refuses 

Doors on and off..conflict with hinges 

The freezer won't stop cry...

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It has been a while

Wind of change have yet to come

Will it ever come? 

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Memory-Great old day

Monday,20th Sept 2021

 

We remember innocent days

street plays

barefoot running

and dance when raining all over

 

School days were really a golden period

when we avoided

hate and jealousy

and acted obediently

 

youth brought little seriousness

but face brightened

it gave the sense of responsibility

and little insight into humanit...

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One sure way to kill any of our dreams

Spend our life just staring at screens

What we focus on makes our realities

Attention squarely centred upon banalities

Getting more likes with diligent persistence

As we take selfies for our unreal existence

Social media about as real as a fairy story

Selling a pretend life in all its faux glory

“I wish I had spent more time on my phon...

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A sigh, a song and a lament

For those who here have lost

Those cherished, now gone

Those who never saw the silence

If isolation lift.

 

Who are they?

Who were they?

Who would they have been?

 

Tens of thousands left

Each a song a story and a voice

Now ash and memory

If together they could speak

Of injustice faced.

 

A tragedy of indecision

Awash w...

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