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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2013 10:37am
23rd Nov 2013 10:37am
ABSENCE
By Stanley Collymore
Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say;
but not having you near me each day is a
poor substitute in every way for not
being able to see you, touch you
or feel the comforting warmth of your soft, feminine
body next to me - while experiencing in full the true
joy of contentment I happily derive from living
a life blessed with the knowledge that you’re
Heaven sent; and no other woman but you
could have been half as successful in
making me so obviously happy,
as you can clearly see.
© Stanley V....
Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say;
but not having you near me each day is a
poor substitute in every way for not
being able to see you, touch you
or feel the comforting warmth of your soft, feminine
body next to me - while experiencing in full the true
joy of contentment I happily derive from living
a life blessed with the knowledge that you’re
Heaven sent; and no other woman but you
could have been half as successful in
making me so obviously happy,
as you can clearly see.
© Stanley V....
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2013 9:44am
23rd Nov 2013 9:44am
Carry on Killing!
By Stanley Collymore
We need a war:
as we have no answers of any kind for the
repeated failures and full-scale collapse
of the economy, which we’ve
persistently botched up with such
stunning regularity through our
exceptional mediocrity; so
a war would do nicely,
wouldn’t you say,
in helping to
focus our
minds?
We need a war:
to consolidate and further stimulate the
expanding arms industry; our solitary
outstanding success, rivalled only
by our extraordinary zest in
unmasking our...
We need a war:
as we have no answers of any kind for the
repeated failures and full-scale collapse
of the economy, which we’ve
persistently botched up with such
stunning regularity through our
exceptional mediocrity; so
a war would do nicely,
wouldn’t you say,
in helping to
focus our
minds?
We need a war:
to consolidate and further stimulate the
expanding arms industry; our solitary
outstanding success, rivalled only
by our extraordinary zest in
unmasking our...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2013 12:15pm
22nd Nov 2013 12:15pm
On becoming a vibrant woman
By Stanley Collymore
Uncontrollable passions surge through my veins for you
as I intentionally throw all semblances of discretion
and rationality out of the proverbial window. For
never before has anyone impacted quite so
instantaneously and emphatically on my life
like this creating in the process a vigorously
swirling and seemingly unchecked whirlpool
of unbridled emotions that have me in a
complete tizzy where everything else
but you is now inconsequentially
implacably and forcefully
shut out of my mind.
How could this...
Uncontrollable passions surge through my veins for you
as I intentionally throw all semblances of discretion
and rationality out of the proverbial window. For
never before has anyone impacted quite so
instantaneously and emphatically on my life
like this creating in the process a vigorously
swirling and seemingly unchecked whirlpool
of unbridled emotions that have me in a
complete tizzy where everything else
but you is now inconsequentially
implacably and forcefully
shut out of my mind.
How could this...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2013 12:12pm
22nd Nov 2013 12:12pm
I’ll do anything it takes to socially survive!
By Stanley Collymore
Why didn’t you tell me that practically everyone knows
we’re having an affair and that you’ve been aware of
this for some time and have kept it from me? Do
you know how that makes me feel? Well, I’ll
tell you! I’m absolutely horrified. I am,
after all, a married woman with a family.
Just imagine what this revelation will
do to my reputation? And I do
dread to think what my husband
will do should he ever find
out; that’s providing
of course that he
hasn’t already
done so.
Then there are my...
Why didn’t you tell me that practically everyone knows
we’re having an affair and that you’ve been aware of
this for some time and have kept it from me? Do
you know how that makes me feel? Well, I’ll
tell you! I’m absolutely horrified. I am,
after all, a married woman with a family.
Just imagine what this revelation will
do to my reputation? And I do
dread to think what my husband
will do should he ever find
out; that’s providing
of course that he
hasn’t already
done so.
Then there are my...
811 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Nov 2013 4:02pm
20th Nov 2013 4:02pm
Pubertal Disquiet
By Stanley Collymore
I’d no idea at all, nor did anyone or anything either
remotely or illuminatingly, for that matter, seek to
acquaint, counsel much less informatively prepare
me for the unwittingly, in my case, looming
expectation that the seemingly sudden for me,
invasive and completely transformative
realization of the onset of puberty in my life
would be such a complex situation persistently
interposed with a serial avalanche of the most
intensive and highly unpredictable array
of physical and emotional sensations
whose...
I’d no idea at all, nor did anyone or anything either
remotely or illuminatingly, for that matter, seek to
acquaint, counsel much less informatively prepare
me for the unwittingly, in my case, looming
expectation that the seemingly sudden for me,
invasive and completely transformative
realization of the onset of puberty in my life
would be such a complex situation persistently
interposed with a serial avalanche of the most
intensive and highly unpredictable array
of physical and emotional sensations
whose...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Nov 2013 1:03pm
13th Nov 2013 1:03pm
Clueless!
By Stanley Collymore
What kind of a world are we living in when so many of
you either simply stand idly by and watch or, worse
still, unthinkingly or even willingly participate as
part of a system where rank stupidity
masquerading as intelligence,
rapacious greed compounded by a total indifference
to the real needs and aspirations of the genuinely
unfortunate: those deliberately left behind or
else completely ignored because they’re
considered to be of the wrong colour
or social class, is regarded as
okay and even fulsomely ...
What kind of a world are we living in when so many of
you either simply stand idly by and watch or, worse
still, unthinkingly or even willingly participate as
part of a system where rank stupidity
masquerading as intelligence,
rapacious greed compounded by a total indifference
to the real needs and aspirations of the genuinely
unfortunate: those deliberately left behind or
else completely ignored because they’re
considered to be of the wrong colour
or social class, is regarded as
okay and even fulsomely ...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Nov 2013 1:01pm
13th Nov 2013 1:01pm
If ever there was a just case for blowback the antics of the Energy Six is such a one!
By Stanley Collymore
You obviously don’t care do you? And realistically why should any
intelligent person choose to imagine that there’ll be any concern
on your part for the financial woes of your customers which
you’ve premeditatedly, gratuitously and greedily created
and lumbered them with because you clearly knew
from the start that you could get away with
doing so; obviously seeing these faceless people, whom you
provide gas and electricity to, solely as profitable milch
cows and nothing more, to be loathsomely fleeced
in the onward,...
You obviously don’t care do you? And realistically why should any
intelligent person choose to imagine that there’ll be any concern
on your part for the financial woes of your customers which
you’ve premeditatedly, gratuitously and greedily created
and lumbered them with because you clearly knew
from the start that you could get away with
doing so; obviously seeing these faceless people, whom you
provide gas and electricity to, solely as profitable milch
cows and nothing more, to be loathsomely fleeced
in the onward,...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Nov 2013 12:55pm
12th Nov 2013 12:55pm
Lisa Martin, whistleblower and femme extraordinaire!
By Stanley Collymore
You are the conscience of the nation; someone
instinctively imbued with a committed sense
of duty not only to the well-being of your
fellow citizens but also to the intrinsic
principles which undeniably characterize
and shape the fundamental structures
of what genuinely constitutes and
successfully sustains a truly
vibrant and civilized
society.
In other words what’s evidently and unquestionably
right and must therefore be wholeheartedly
encouraged, enthusiastically fostered,
vigorously...
You are the conscience of the nation; someone
instinctively imbued with a committed sense
of duty not only to the well-being of your
fellow citizens but also to the intrinsic
principles which undeniably characterize
and shape the fundamental structures
of what genuinely constitutes and
successfully sustains a truly
vibrant and civilized
society.
In other words what’s evidently and unquestionably
right and must therefore be wholeheartedly
encouraged, enthusiastically fostered,
vigorously...
828 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Nov 2013 12:53pm
12th Nov 2013 12:53pm
Even among Ladies who’re unique you Carolyn are discernibly unsurpassable!
By Stanley Collymore
So many years have flown by since that very first and
highly auspicious meeting between the two of
us, yet for all that each of them has been
profoundly and perpetually enriched
by the respective, enduring and
commensurately undemanding friendship
and love we’ve always freely and
spontaneously demonstrated
towards one another
together with an assured and reciprocal
respect for each other; themselves
juxtaposed with the most
powerful and imperishable memories conceivable
to either of us of our very...
So many years have flown by since that very first and
highly auspicious meeting between the two of
us, yet for all that each of them has been
profoundly and perpetually enriched
by the respective, enduring and
commensurately undemanding friendship
and love we’ve always freely and
spontaneously demonstrated
towards one another
together with an assured and reciprocal
respect for each other; themselves
juxtaposed with the most
powerful and imperishable memories conceivable
to either of us of our very...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Nov 2013 10:45am
9th Nov 2013 10:45am
Biologically related, familially strangers!
By Stanley Collymore
You are the grandchildren whose presence I’m very much
aware of but who notwithstanding that you’re also the
grandchildren I’ve never seen or embraced; have
never communicated with or been given the
opportunity to welcome into this world
we currently share with each other.
My biological offspring, most certainly, but that is all it
would appear to be as things presently stand. A very
awkward state of affairs to fin one’s self in I must
admit, and all because there have been no
overtures on the part...
You are the grandchildren whose presence I’m very much
aware of but who notwithstanding that you’re also the
grandchildren I’ve never seen or embraced; have
never communicated with or been given the
opportunity to welcome into this world
we currently share with each other.
My biological offspring, most certainly, but that is all it
would appear to be as things presently stand. A very
awkward state of affairs to fin one’s self in I must
admit, and all because there have been no
overtures on the part...
861 reads
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