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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
classic rhyming stuff been called a realism poet. No axes to grind, chips on shoulders un-found, just like the fun of writing stuff down, safe in the sanctuary here Deep Underground.
Poison Chalice (Brexit)
A cup that none queue up to sip
And those that do hallucinate
A gilded flask to eager grasped
And found it held fake paradise
Expectations sewn of seed
A panacea for all needs
Nations wings severly clipped
And factions never quite in step
A bitter brew, rule and divide
For a thirst, they though we had
And forced feed all till we revolt
Not to be touched with a barge pole
A brew for foolish to consume
Brings bitter discord a nations ruin
A tincture bringing harm immense
Cure all...
And those that do hallucinate
A gilded flask to eager grasped
And found it held fake paradise
Expectations sewn of seed
A panacea for all needs
Nations wings severly clipped
And factions never quite in step
A bitter brew, rule and divide
For a thirst, they though we had
And forced feed all till we revolt
Not to be touched with a barge pole
A brew for foolish to consume
Brings bitter discord a nations ruin
A tincture bringing harm immense
Cure all...
#politics
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Jack-in-the-box
#lesbian
#lover
472 reads
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Keepsakes
Are your shelves weighed down like mine
Of memories stored like vintage wine
The dust in rusty keyholes where once we peeked
Mother'd knit and dropped a stitch, expletive then released
Small kingdom made as in innocence we played
Kindred spirits, bound of scrached knees and happy times
A kaleidascope the colours, and recalled nursery rhymes
Where are you now ? for adulthood brings the knowledge
The past returns its joys and follies
And childhood, times long gone
The knell that bells are ringing, the changes in that bong ...
Of memories stored like vintage wine
The dust in rusty keyholes where once we peeked
Mother'd knit and dropped a stitch, expletive then released
Small kingdom made as in innocence we played
Kindred spirits, bound of scrached knees and happy times
A kaleidascope the colours, and recalled nursery rhymes
Where are you now ? for adulthood brings the knowledge
The past returns its joys and follies
And childhood, times long gone
The knell that bells are ringing, the changes in that bong ...
#memories
#nostalgia
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The spectrum to come (rainbows end)
Red
Seeing it and then be calm
That mist be one of healing balm
And know that danger overwhelms
Now to defend your blood and bonds
Orange
The badge that warns and brings alarm
" hi viz" jacket and its omens
Signs that we ignored in time prolonged
Of amber resin burned and forests gone
Yellow
The cowardly will not compete
When your ideals make people sick
Oppose all those coal burning plants
The sulphur clouds, the choking cough
Green
Come now join the verdant tribe ...
Seeing it and then be calm
That mist be one of healing balm
And know that danger overwhelms
Now to defend your blood and bonds
Orange
The badge that warns and brings alarm
" hi viz" jacket and its omens
Signs that we ignored in time prolonged
Of amber resin burned and forests gone
Yellow
The cowardly will not compete
When your ideals make people sick
Oppose all those coal burning plants
The sulphur clouds, the choking cough
Green
Come now join the verdant tribe ...
#rainbow
#tragedy
429 reads
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The laughter of children
It has no language barrier to overcome
For it is the same in any toungue
Comes as spontanious applause
Moves us to remember when we played
The dance of innocence
Just how short the second
Seeped over the day and fell
like pollen on the wind
From the belly and infecting
Bring a smile for the days of muddy paws
To splash the puddle in our best shoes
And when your friends were your best toys
chilhood of boys and girls
Skeleton of funny bones
Tickled with a feather
A confection for us all to treasure ...
For it is the same in any toungue
Comes as spontanious applause
Moves us to remember when we played
The dance of innocence
Just how short the second
Seeped over the day and fell
like pollen on the wind
From the belly and infecting
Bring a smile for the days of muddy paws
To splash the puddle in our best shoes
And when your friends were your best toys
chilhood of boys and girls
Skeleton of funny bones
Tickled with a feather
A confection for us all to treasure ...
#childhood
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Storm in a teacup
The soothsayer has his runes
Cast them at the darkest moon
The fortune teller has the orb, its secrets cloud
Coins of silver for fortunes coming good and bad
The stars that will fortell our lives
Astrology its truth our birthday dates and times
But all that granny had was tea
In porcelain and earthenware repositeries
Cups and scaucers chipped and worn
The brew would steep till it was poured
A steaming brew with strenght to stain the teeth
When drunk, just left a reminance of leaves
To devine and see what lies
The...
Cast them at the darkest moon
The fortune teller has the orb, its secrets cloud
Coins of silver for fortunes coming good and bad
The stars that will fortell our lives
Astrology its truth our birthday dates and times
But all that granny had was tea
In porcelain and earthenware repositeries
Cups and scaucers chipped and worn
The brew would steep till it was poured
A steaming brew with strenght to stain the teeth
When drunk, just left a reminance of leaves
To devine and see what lies
The...
#astrology
#culture
#tradition
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Living by the gun # Bonnie & Clyde
What caliber of people them
was that bond formed of talk in bed
the romance counjered in their heads
pillows secrets share the dark intent
perhaps a throwaway remark, but a question asked
a dare, that concieved into a plan
a formulea of where and when
from a mundane daily slog
to what if's for kicks, we steel and rob
(reader you are in their shoes
now's the moment which path would you choose)
Beatty and Dunaway the flickering stars
captured the plight of the tragic pairs lives
robbing and shootings the...
was that bond formed of talk in bed
the romance counjered in their heads
pillows secrets share the dark intent
perhaps a throwaway remark, but a question asked
a dare, that concieved into a plan
a formulea of where and when
from a mundane daily slog
to what if's for kicks, we steel and rob
(reader you are in their shoes
now's the moment which path would you choose)
Beatty and Dunaway the flickering stars
captured the plight of the tragic pairs lives
robbing and shootings the...
#strength
#determination
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Juxtapose
Johannesburg its dirty slums, shacks where open sewers run
Put on the pot, dance around the fires skirt
Folk songs, beating feet upon the dirt
Heat of June the spirit of Mandella and promises undone
Pass the jar of bootleg hooch, a measure, test the proof
A circumstance that millions to endure
While zuma had little hope to offer
corruption rife fills Swiss bank coffers
The ship of hope in freedoms shambles
The state handcuff and the manacle the freed
To the jetty it it still tied and shackled
A javelin spear pierced the...
Put on the pot, dance around the fires skirt
Folk songs, beating feet upon the dirt
Heat of June the spirit of Mandella and promises undone
Pass the jar of bootleg hooch, a measure, test the proof
A circumstance that millions to endure
While zuma had little hope to offer
corruption rife fills Swiss bank coffers
The ship of hope in freedoms shambles
The state handcuff and the manacle the freed
To the jetty it it still tied and shackled
A javelin spear pierced the...
#oppression
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Knickerbocker glory
#lust
#sex
#food
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Heads in the sand
Morning birdsong, lyric notes in hedge and field
the rook lies dead with shots if lead impailed
eat the grain and gorge and feed
the grits, that flour the crush of mill and wheel
Vermin with a flight so steep, swoop and settle on a leaf
its larder bountiful and free
as we mourn, It already dressed in black
that thief the odds against its existance stacked
But our years they are not future proofed
as animals we all stand within that group
clipped wings a cage will self destruct
endangered, a concept upon us thrust
...
the rook lies dead with shots if lead impailed
eat the grain and gorge and feed
the grits, that flour the crush of mill and wheel
Vermin with a flight so steep, swoop and settle on a leaf
its larder bountiful and free
as we mourn, It already dressed in black
that thief the odds against its existance stacked
But our years they are not future proofed
as animals we all stand within that group
clipped wings a cage will self destruct
endangered, a concept upon us thrust
...
#corruption
#nature
#greed
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mundic blocks
Bricks and mortar the foundations that don't alter
the roots put down so we don't falter
precious time threads that came untwined
not underpinned just undermined
The traffic roaring past its tremor
they reflect the quiet anger
morgaged hope that change will happen
the bailiffs of despair come a knocking
Joy that was, now walls of straw
Cheating wind, rocked all that we enjoyed
Jealousy the wolf is at the door
ripped our house with tooth and claw
Shredded clothes rent the fabric
conversations so...
the roots put down so we don't falter
precious time threads that came untwined
not underpinned just undermined
The traffic roaring past its tremor
they reflect the quiet anger
morgaged hope that change will happen
the bailiffs of despair come a knocking
Joy that was, now walls of straw
Cheating wind, rocked all that we enjoyed
Jealousy the wolf is at the door
ripped our house with tooth and claw
Shredded clothes rent the fabric
conversations so...
#breakup
420 reads
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Paddle
Existence the need to rehydrate
To dip our toe not hesitate
To walk and leave a little wake
To dip our toe not hesitate
To walk and leave a little wake
#river
#water
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