Take off your red hat
shake off those shoes
we both know that
there's nothing left to lose
If I should tell you
while we swing and sway
I feel forever new
my blues just gone away
Meet me by the river
in the evening sun
there'll be time to quiver
before the day is done
And before its midnight
you'll promise not to go
and I'll know its just right
when we tie that bow
Take off your red hat
shake off those shoes
we both know that
there's nothing left to lose
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Posted: Feb 2023
About this poem:
Maybe some lyrics
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Paris pink
home by Africa
holy communion
east by east
Hula hula
brass retorts
dark glass anxious
figured in spades
Nazi hilltop
morning jaunt
panzer division
siren coast
Old hackneyed lines
jack-knifed Jim
signal jam
ovarian
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Posted: Jan 2023
About this poem:
A montage of random lines, hope you like the effect even if the meaning is questionable!
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All you need is some love
fits warm like a glove
maybe for you its from above
descends like a dove
All you need is some hope
to ease the prevailing slope
then its much easier to cope
Xmas card from the Pope
All you need is some cheer
to dampen the fear
now what do I care
if some stop and stare
All you need is some dollars
and a good set of molars
the bears are all polars
the cells are all solars
Just a few silly lines
to waste some more time
in these troubling times
I'm just happy to rhyme
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Posted: Oct 2022
About this poem:
ok I'm idle, writing some rhyme, I should be writing about spring!
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online today!
Out in the open meadow
Swaying in the breeze
I am a wildflower
Living a life of ease
The seed from which I grew
Was blown here by the wind
It landed on the earth
And that was my beginning
I am watered by the rain
And fed by the earth
Each of them is dear to me
My life depends on both
My beauty is free for all to see
Even a little child
I love the life I am living
I enjoy being free and wild
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Posted: Mar 2022
About this poem:
Personification
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Considered lines you caused
I sat outside in the sun today, it poured on my face,
And I was in languid contemplation, whilst you were in a race,
I thought of how very dear to me you alone have become,
And how my heart in your hands, may finally have found its true home.
I was thinking of your incomparable wit, when I send you my lines,
How you break me down into more perfectly designed designs,
And how you show me all the things for which there are no words,
And how you take me by the hand into such pleasant new worlds.
I was thinking of you and all the good things you do,
And how you done them not for glory, for so few ever knew,
So few knew the things you done, for no other reason than being good,
And how you took the time to understand, and said little until you understood.
I considered these lines as I drank my coffee on my summer chair,
And how my life would be ever rich, if you were somehow there,
There to share our words, our kindness and all of our joys,
You forgive my imperfections if my words sometimes annoy.
I considered your heart and how so very kind you are,
In the skies of my lonely nights you are my guiding star,
You are bright and sparkling and you add your cosmic dust,
And now you are at my poetic heart’s core, by breaking through the crust.
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Posted: Sep 2022
About this poem:
For a very very dear, precious and wonderful lady x
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online today!
as I skim the treetops
gazing all around
birds on nearby branches
joyfully sing their song
looking upwards on high
never ceases to astound
white clouds on a blue sky
looming in the background
glancing downwards
my vision contacts the ground
where water in a nearby stream
gently flows along
leaves that fell from the trees
have all turned to brown
dotting the green grass
growing on the ground
among the fallen leaves
some wildflowers abound
painting a lovely picture
leaving me spellbound
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Posted: Jun 2022
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When lightning strikes the sodden trees
and bad weather does prevail
steer not from your chosen course
across the hills and dale
When thunder is about you
and the sky delivers hail
keep pace along the country lanes
despite the howling gale
In time the sun will shine again
there is no time to wail
for many a mile is still to go
be sturdy as a rail
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Posted: Jun 2022
About this poem:
Haven't written a poem in months, just toying with some rhyming
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online today!
There is a state between happiness and sadness
That is a basic human emotion
It provides a relief from life's stresses
And stimulates a mode of deep reflection
To be happy all the time come what may
Is nothing other than a fallacy
So live your life as it unfolds each day
Be honest to yourself most sincerely
Face the good and bad with equanimity
Coping with the bad times may be tougher
Know that all things will pass eventually
And subsequently you will be stronger
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Posted: Feb 2019
About this poem:
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same”
(Extract from Rudyard Kipling's poem “If”)
equanimity - a calm state of mind and attitude to life
(Collins dictionary)
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cold ice dancer
raspberry ripped
clean clean glass
muscle stripped
no passion spared
whirling storm
he held her high
strength and form
carving crystals
blade and steel
spotlight night
a show for real
judges gasp
audience hail
pinnacle display
they could not fail
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Posted: Apr 2022
About this poem:
Really enjoyed the ice dancing in Beijing, and those guys are strong holding up partners with one hand, even if they weigh only 50 kg its amazing to see. I'd struggle with 10kg over my head!!
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This is the dawning of
the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquar...
..scratch.. enough of that record..
lets see, mmm Beach Boys..
Lets go surfing now, everybody's learning how....
..better.. uplifting...
hmm poetry time
When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For the good thing he's found
hmm sounds familiar, must have been done, lets try again
Baby, let's cruise, away from here
Don't be confused, the way is clear
And if you want it you got it forever
This is not a one night stand
... like it, surely that's original...
You'll never find, as long as you live
Someone who loves you tender like I do
You'll never find, on the graveyard shift
any dinner options, that aren't stew
doesn't take no imagination baby
to put together, some Mexi beans, yeah
whoa, whoa whoa whoa
enough rambling
where were we, ah yes serious poetry
Love for a Spanish girl
midnight in Madrid
castanet
bullfight dawn
the day we met
dark dark dark
gypsy eyes
moving like a tigress
flamenco cries
sailing like Columbus
on your ocean blue
take me around the world
such delights we knew
enough!
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Posted: Apr 2022
About this poem:
filling in time, Happy Easter all
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