Poetry Blog by Nigel Astell

Racing past the post

one winner but many losers

wealthy bookmaker.

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Long distance truck driver, a strange encounter - - - now he fights for his life

She stands motionless waiting

a lone hitch hiker

Observed nervous awkward manner

Where are you going?

Hospital bed, inquisitive nurse asks

Where were you going?

Falling into deep trance

body paralyzed, room lights up

Mystic fiqure looming above

unsettled spirit beckoni...

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Unsure Street

Nothing changes

Turning corner

Possibility Lane

Right direction

Uncertain Avenue

Move into

Maybe Road

You are

Halfway there.

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Inside the grounds of a Children's Home in Liverpool a young boy plays - - -

Hideaway green

together fields

climbing grey

stone wall

young boy

eager mind

song writer

ideas grow

imagination adventure - - -

Years later

music lovers

singing Strawberry

Fields Forever

walking through

Fab Four

Beatles gateway

always open

never closed.

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Silent invasion

alien spaceships

tense hystera

Moonlight fantasy

cloud formation

dark misconception.

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Searching for socratic inspiration

pen craves poetic appetite

emotional sunbeams golden moments

first taste not enough.

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Weather forecast given

clear as mud

sunbeam window gaze

Summer says hello

coming out today?

white T-shirt, jeans

ready in seconds

halfway down street

dark as night

realizing minimal protection

ambushed without mercy

fast and furious

I returned home

the Gods laughed.

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Grey blur

lightning speed

tree acrobatics

chasing, scurrying

playing catch

squirrel style.

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Dreams to come true

kept us moving forward

A lifetime of promises

crushed inside a changing world

A disillusioned today is beyond repair

tomorrow now becomes isolated

As we fail to remember

how it once was.

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Slipping,sliding downward slope

brushing off past mistakes

fighting talk not enough

prove yourself to the cause

loyal supporters all rally round

proud champions Northern League

Stockport County Football Club

first leg of comeback complete.

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Asking various questions of yourself

ability can easily be in doubt

Asking others helps support this quest

disbelief ends only when awareness begins

Asking yourself again, answers will wait

till such time rejection means nothing.

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Evil predator strikes

places of worship

killing assembled praying

easy targets slain

millions replace victims

each praying harder

condemning barbaric atrocities.

Guilty as charged

murderer stands unaffected

prayer book placed 

grey stone cell

anxious spirits inflict

inhuman silent screaming

life sentence passed.

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He hides, he waits

what he does not know

are the fatal consequences

that in this waiting game

will soon take place

unfortunately then it's too late.

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The faster you run

distance never really alters

only when drawing breath

something or someone says

your dreams never left.

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Six rainbow cloudburst smiles

spectrum of radiant colour

leprechauns dance throughout the night.

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Disagreement at the Randy Dandy Gentleman's Club

fruity vodka cocktail thrown, hangbags at dawn

choice words, full verbal onslaught, heated encounter

Tory Boy hurls insults at the Red Queen

as two lovers quarrelled chess match agreed

forfeit for the loser paying for splash out meal

winner has Silvio Quickfinger the barman for the night

Q C Cyril Boychaser voted in as referee

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On the run

left everything behind

no one believes

I was nowhere

near the place

preying hungry fox

unearthed shallow grave.

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Manor house countryside views

weekend club exclusive membership

Security measures private grounds

secluded from prying eyes

Oxford Professor Sidney Oddball

Master Keeper bondage dungeon

Physical Instructor Fiona Feelgood

Sauna Mistress, temperature hotspot

Kinky submissive Nicola Toylover

Pink tickler playmaker fantasy

Cambridge Lecturer Herbe...

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