Stood tall and strong and proud they had

been with him though each year

become akin to family,

through plough and drill and shear

sheltered and protected him

held off weather's assails

comforted him at times of rest

guided his hard travails

As friends, they kept their counsel closed

whilst provoking contemplation

they stripped him as they too laid bare

exposing all...

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As I stood there ’twixt tree and stream

I saw afar a distant dream

and in its hazy shadow's wake

appeared a cleft, such fractured break

that shook from root to very core

as through the tear, the port, the door

stabbed fearsome vision no return

with eyes to freeze and breath to burn

it lunged and launched a shattered thought

and from the dust a hand it wrought

so took ...

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In they fly then out again

and annoy me in between

they buzz around haphazardly

what does it really mean?

Where do they go, what do they seek

is there really any clue?

I've no idea what flies are for,

No, no idea, have you?

Fred>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

From C to A (backwards)

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Look not beyond the greys of poses and frozen moments

nor beyond the illiterate pleas of soiled men

scribbled lines a gift of comfort

scan merely to acknowledge an existence

a time of once and then

of past and gone

delve not into sacrifice and duty

of loyalty and trust

seek not to understand belonging and cause

avoid perception of a society long diminished

stay mindfu...

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She loves me not she tries to say

in her gentle, unconvincing way,

with eyes that warm

and lips that glide

her heart and mine collude, confide.

She does not care, but care she must,

I know she lies, herself I trust,

but what of me, what thoughts are held

when reticent, restrained, compelled?

Does she feel that which I feel too,

no choices now but to pursue

whilst h...

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Come to me my lover,

come to me with blind eyes,

with helpless cause and hopeful mind...

bring to me your all, that which has never be known to another.

Kneel your world, your everything before me,

lay before me as you lay yourself bare.

Though all my bidding is forbidden.

Though your calling must be silent,

hidden from any save our entwined souls.

A heady brew, that tas...

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Lay bare foot crisp on roasted stems

of wild grasses, dust trod blades

once herald of lush pasture soon

now fallen heroes of the storm.

Strewn before each stride performed

not noted save the random bur

or hidden needle of the pine

bows lying over path by path.

Inviting all to gates below

where creaks have lived these forty years

escaping every visit's turn

soil scr...

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Could you hurt me, yes you could

though would you hurt me, no

but what if hurt it came about

and you weren't there to know

What if it struck and cut me down

or slowly crept upon

me like a fog, a rolling mist

with you unseen and gone

where would I turn that pain to bare

with no one to placate

around in circles once again

myself alone to hate.

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Sad mind,

under your dark cloud where cold rain propagated the poetic sense,

identifier of the dirty Jew.

That inward mind,

so conscious of body, mind full of dress,

were you coherent to all but yourself, on days

and constantly reversible on others.

Did you fuck and suck and lick your way around your set

midst daubs of paint and flowery words

that patted one back after a...

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Hey sullen girl with innocence and intrigue so combined

who's apprehensive reticence leaves desire so confined

when will you make that daring move

when will you make that stand

do you need a gentle push

or should I take you hand

are you to be just whisked away, transported to that place

where morning, noon and during night those wants you've had to face

deep feelings stirre...

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Her legs were shadowed by those of the stool

which propped her askew the bar,

knees pointing out each man that entered the gloom.

Slim, delicate, instinctive fingers wrapped the stem of an invitingly empty glass,

face lowered, eyes raised,

a skirt, with business-like immodesty held her thighs,

jacket separating her, part androgynous, part very much the woman of the room

Her co...

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And so the will, my bloody will

turns drip, turns run, turns flow

and from my core to heights I soar

erupting deep below

be overwhelmed, be lost beware

be careful but be you

for all I give you truly want

I know, you know, I knew

so lay you back, so cast aside

each shackle, tie and lead

and liberate all held within

the truth can then be freed

invite, embrace, rec...

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Such tenderness contained within

her dusky, taught and youthful skin

that sets my dancing eyes alight

and sources man's most base delight.

Amidst temptation's lame restraint

lurks deep the urge to mark and taint

an innocence so surely flawed

as desired as it's adored.

What is a reasoned mind to do

resist the will or just pursue

to claim the offered chastity

beginni...

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You want my love

..and I you

what will it be we need to do

to share a touch, a slow embrace

to read the other lover's face?

So many reasons, intertwined

my only wish that you should find

the lightest feeling, ache of need

to make a union succeed

in placing deep within that part

that reaches further to your heart

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she lay upon a floral plinth...

prone, willing for my gaze...

and as my eyes caressed her form...

my mind became a haze....

then as the real and present prize...

reward for my desire...

warmed away the confused fog...

I was smoked out by the fire!

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I visited the Shard today

a building made of glass

architectually examined it

just about received a pass

An icon of the cityscape

a capital idea

but beneath it was an awful mess

I didn't linger there.

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I took Earl Grey with Churchill's ghost

a subterranean tea

I sensed his presence everywhere

though I doubt he noticed me

I wandered back n forth at will

traced footsteps trod with fear

now here I am so free to dwell

from what was given here.

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Those lips

Those lips

That impending kiss

Their certain submission

The undoubted abuse

You want all of this

Then unparalleled experience

I want to make you feel my lips

An indelible memory

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Behind most winning men it's worth saying again

there's force driving them, it is true.

With such strength and resolve ambitions evolve

and support to see goals carried through.

It's then they possess stubborn drive to success

in the guidance, direction and tips;

you really are missing if you think just for kissing

is the purpose of those tender lips.

No, ...

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The warmth of closing Maytime sun

Flicks through the breezy blind

As jagged, fractured, lightening thoughts

Attack my drifting mind

I lie, reclining held secure

A nest of wickered foam

Just glaze and stare, motionless there

Subconsciousness to roam

Unexpected warmth surrounds

With this the moment’s shaped

Languid limbs and slackened mouth

A body barel...

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Deception comes in many forms

And takes on many guises

Expected tricks and underhands,

As unforeseen surprises

It strips away trust's sweet veneer

It crushes hope's foundations

But when it creates indifference

It destroys united nations.

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I've transformated, morphasised,

I've bent, reformed, aligned.

Embraced and moulded with some zeal;

included and combined.

So now I'm out there, chick at large,

pouring forth my thoughts;

compelled to brief to unknown screens,

providing my reports.

When snuggled in my rain-soaked nest.

When waiting for my tea.

When just about to fly the nest,

th...

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Now getting in first is valid advice

thus staying ahead of the game

to obtain the slightest advantage

is Mister Successful's aim

in a dog eating dog situation

taking leads is a winning approach

reward and acknowledged achievement

is surely beyond our reproach

but sometimes a little reflection

and restraint can prevent us a fall

to understand that th...

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Two medic students dwelt one day

observing new admissions

and visually assessed each walk

then mused upon conditions

'A slipped disc' came a knowing nod

'I'm afraid I beg to differ,

Haemorrhoids I'm sure it is,

a slipped disc walk is stiffer'

Keen to settle their dispute

they approached the man with care,

for he had a worried look

and a disconce...

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The dog had gone, the children scattered

The family atmosphere was shattered

And once the In-laws had departed

I confessed, yes, was I who'd farted.

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I was a certainly single guy.

She became a lover.

And then my mistress.

And a friend.

She was soon my Partner,

my Lover, my Mistress and my Friend.

The love was fractured;

and with that went the Lover,

the Mistress,

and eventually Partner too.

I contented with the friend.

Yes, I contented with the friend.

Alas without the Lover and the Mistr...

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When things that appear as they should do

turn out to be nothing but fake

and their form and position and physique

take shape for appearances sake

when so often we're clearly deluded

and substance is masked from our view

we behold and embrace and take comfort

well what else can we reasonably do

but some things are there to be questioned

should not be al...

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In a long ago time when the world was fine and the sun shone every day.

Where the grass grew green and the air blew clean there was always time to play.

Then falls from trees and fresh scraped knees where just one part of life.

As meal times passed we survived the fast untouched by any strife.

When football games were played in frames until dusk wrap it's cloak.

A stic...

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Goodbye!

All my thoughts and feelings were focused on her;

she struggled stoically,

fighting against the obvious rising tide,

not wanting to lose control,

for me, for her, for the others on the platform.

I'll never know, I'll never see her again.

Slowly we moved away, she never moved.

Hanging out from the carriage window she watched me,

and I her, until...

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Blinding bright the winter light

strikes out against the chill

reviving life and spirit

as perched up atop the hill

it reaches through the laden clouds

strikes all who lay below

warms, restores, promotes, implores

instils a rosy glow

the visits though infrequent treats

remind us of the force

sustaining through truncated days

as the season wends ...

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The best in me has brought the most happiness

and, in seemingly equal measure, sorrow.

When the lesson is learned at last

how brief the time left lasts;

how I've portrayed the images of passion,

bleak pictures of the incompatibility of man and woman.

Nimue pursuing and tantalising Merlin.

The clasping, desperate embrace of Phyllis to Demophon.

The mermaid ...

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a jetty by the zee

the sound of gunfire overhead

roused her to survey

a solitary Wellington, pinned almost to the brine

behind it growled a predatory, fearsome 109

the little Jewess fixed and froze

as trying to gain height

the stricken bomber jettisoned

one engine now alight

and every hundred yards or so, when terror ...

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Have you ever woken in the dead reprieve of night

Where darkness holds you captive, reality the only light

A troubled mind so focused that will cannot deter

From the crisp and crystal clarity with boundaries such a blur

That coldness seeping from your heart to chill your very soul

A suffocating sense of dread that reason won't control

Panic's clasping manacles stir...

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I let her eyes seduce me as she glanced across the bar

she passed a smile suggesting her apartment wasn't far

calmly and collectedly I held that higher ground

but all the while internally my will it slowly drowned

I was full with raw emotion that could never be denied

when hearts collide it can never be denied

With a look that told her everything I lead her o...

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The cost, the cost of all his wanton sodomy

Wealth and trappings, the arrogance of rule

The degradation, plunder and the apathy

The sun that never set, unjustified control

Yes, oh yes, accordingly accountable

It matters not anonymity

The very hue, the pigment of your smile at me

Without dispute the judgement of history

I do not care for your per...

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Jayne Fontaine was not to blame

It was surely Auntie Mable

That let the baby crack its head

Under the kitchen table

And as the screams filled up the house

And spilled on to the street

Jayne ran around to garden to

Be sure the first to meet

The neighbours and the gathering throng

So perplexed and concerned

And horrified and angry at

What each in...

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No Court to vent, no platform to proclaim

No moment to publicly address

No opportunity for Silken reason

No line drawn and judgement duly passed

The trial will draw on and on forever

The case against and verdict so returned

The sentence travels day by day in parallel

The victim of the punishment of conscience

Guilt, guilt! Is never spent, lest forgiven

...

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Ornamated, salon painted, golden cockatoo.
Generated, compound created, facsimile of you.
Glossy feature, style creature, grasping on a trend.
Naïve Teacher, fashion preacher, it’s do or die.
The end.
 

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A World away in a field of hay

on an evening oven warm

where with finesse a cotton dress

did shape and form adorn

she would not know this absent beau

so craved the merest touch

and adored every thought and view

he worshipped her as such

she lie there smiling hand to brow

to shield the falling sun

and looking up she spoke to him

she told him of t...

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I once grew cucumbers in significant numbers

on a plot down the end of our lane

they were all shapes and sizes though none would win prizes

in fact they brought nothing but pain

retailers would jeer at my distorted gear

I'd get angry defending my deeds

cross words were spoken and relationships broken

then I found that they quenched other needs

what Tesco wo...

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The fairer, the sweeter the smarter by far

intuitive, cute and astute

That women are nicer, more able than men

is impossible now to refute

they're built with compassion and reason and hope

with loyalty, faith and resolve

their clear understanding and caring instinct

as protection and nurture involve

Oh yes they're most clearly on a higher plane

a superi...

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Behind most winning men it's worth saying again

there's force driving them, it is true.

With such strength and resolve ambitions evolve

and support to see goals carried through.

It's then they possess stubborn drive to success

in the guidance, direction and tips;

you really are missing if you think just for kissing

is the purpose of those tender lips.

No, ...

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I'm renowned in the village, the region, the World

for something impressive, once it's been unfurled

a commending citation it fills me with pride

a sound reputation as long as is wide

true clear recognition, a plaudit so fine

as others seem poultry when measured by mine

I've grown it, I've shown it, I've reared it by hand

been invited to take it all over the la...

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I found a little lump last year

of course I thought the worst

at my age, could it really be

just why had I been cursed

the medicals and surgicals

spoke frankly though the smiles

of chemicals and percentages

tribulations and of trials

of confidence, assurances

and reasons just to be

special, individual

to fight and just be me.

It seems like q...

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Awaken for one mindful moment

be guided by illumination's soul

don't miss the whisper of temptation

reach out and grasp, escape the daily bowl

give welcome to your inner stranger

embrace what you've not known before

make waves on life's incessant ocean

not washed up upon its barren shore.

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First I lost my innocence

Next I lost my dad

Then my childhood passed away

It was really all I had

After virginity had gone

And cynicism came

I lost my heart

It returned once

But never was the same.

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My bum it did look big in that

he could have bloody lied

I know an inch or two's appeared

But God knows that I've tried

Pigeon, mouse and rabbit food

Yes muesli by the ton

I can't pretend, it's got to end

Eating used to be fun

If I'm not good enough for him

He'll get what he deserves

To hell with all this diet stuff

Cos real women have curves!

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As a child I could reason the simplest of things

Soon I knew how the World ought to be

I could argue my point with the reason of youth

Truth as only such youth could agree

Later as I became so defined as a man

I could see I'd been fooled all along

By the time that I saw that my Father was right

I'd a son who knew that I was wrong.

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I sat and watched you walk away

long after you had gone

aware of all the distance since

you decided to move on

I followed you till out of sight

the course you had to take

the reasons were so clear to me

your will was less opaque

and so the worthy part of me

was severed, cleaved away

but in a moment rationale

conquered hope that day

if I shou...

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