Other poems
Poems about life, love, family, and politics — not sorted into the seasonal wheel
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RoutineMundaneIt’s all the same Live to die ChallengeSucessLoveLaughterLife! It’s all the same Just live to die Why? Read more
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Have you found it hardTo hold back a hugWanting so much to hold someone In your armsTo let them float and relaxSo they can feel your loveJust a hug, no wordsSonehow a big sister will always want to do thatFor the brother she lovesThe brother she played with, laughed withThe brother she scolded and bossedAnd… Read more
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Watching washingGoing roundSittingStaringThinkingBeingMake time to do nothingLet the dog eat your tumble dryerSave the planetAnd claim backTime Read more
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Why do you weep? (On the eve of Robins Dads death)Why do you weep, I am not goneWithin your life my heart lives on For when warm wind blows through the cropsAnd windows wet with rainy dropsAnd summer sun makes all things dryRemember me, I need not die And as you act with me not… Read more
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Take me to a gardenAnd smell the flowersLet me take you up a mountainAnd adore the viewTake me to a sculptureAnd sense its powerLet me take you to the seasideAnd breathe the airTake me to a desertAnd worship the heatLet me take you to a gigAnd immerse us in songTake me dancingAnd move with meLet… Read more
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RobinBefore we metI knewThat youAnd IWould flyAnd then your smileThe way you wereReached out to meAnd as weGot closeI sawYour eyesAnd saw insideAnd we triedSlowBut it flowedToo fastAnd we were bubblesAnd frothAnd we laughedAnd gave inTo love Hold meCloseJust beWith meAnd shareBeingTogether Read more
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His friendsHis eyesHis bodyHis soulIs allPart of the pictureI paint inThe skyAs I lie in bedThinkingWhyWas I so luckyTo meet him at allTo fall in loveAnd shareIt allLaughingPantingCryingBeingSillySadHappyGladLike a fish he hooked meAnd reeled me inAnd now I giggleAnd squirmOn the endOf his lineAs we beginTo shareOur livesIn time Read more
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Last year I was in a really deep holeAnd every time I tried to crawl outhe pushed me back inHe was in total controlAnd the deeper I gotThe worst I becameFriends were my rays of sunshineand hopeBut no-one had a ladderto heave me outBut out of the darkness,the depths of despairThe real me arosewith a… Read more
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I am freeFrom the shacklesthat have bound meI am freein my head and my heartI have grown through the soil and the leavesfrom a dark persecutioninto the lightand blossomed and bloomedI am myselfThere is no controlAnymoreI can be meMeAnd the dark clouds have turned to rainbowsThe thunder to birds singingAnd the horrorThe tortureIs all overI… Read more
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Sitting in the sun as they pack up my lifefeeling betrayed and aloneThis is the real end of our rainbowsaying goodbye to our homeMiserable and sad for what could have beenAngry you threw us awaybut the March sun is so warmtelling me my life begins on this dayFor if you can turn 21 years of… Read more
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What is a familywithout a father?What womancan steel a father from his children?What does a child feelwhen daddy leaves?Does he know daddy still loves him?Does daddy still love him?If he does, why did he leave?Does mummy still love me?If she does, why did she let him leave?Was it me?Did they break up because of me?Can… Read more
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Is there hope that Ican relax and trust and laughCan life rise out ofthis unhappy dark wildernessCan the sun shineand the flowers growand the stars twinkleand the rivers flowCan the moon glowand the waves roarCan love growor has he killed usExtinguished the familyWhere love and laughterfun and happinesscuddles and kissesmade us loveHas he smashed usinto… Read more
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I remember the day you put on this ringand promised yourself to methrough whatever would befall us in lifeOur union was one you and meSo what did it mean when you gave me this ringA mere token of what might have been?Because for me it was an everlasting bondA sign that you and me were… Read more
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Do I describe shock or surpriseor is it hurt in my sad eyes?Has this catastrophe taught me to hateMyself?Tragic betrayal has destroyed me and my lifeRipped away trust Cut with a knifeAllowed boiling anger to burst out ofMEAnd so I feel worthlessOnly for the childrenI can smileNot for me Read more
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My mornings they used to beSuch a tired and grumpy timeJust to start another dayUntil this sweet son of mineWakes with so much happinessHe’s laughing and wants to playAs if to say to mummyI’m excited that it’s day Read more
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I’ve learnt a lot these first six monthsI’ve learnt to eat and laughI’ve learnt to love my mum and dadAnd to love my nighttime bathI’ve made a very special friendWho lives with me at homeInside of every mirrorSo I’m never here alone! Read more
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Rainow in springtime is joyful and gayNewborn lambs at frolic and playBirds are nesting and daffodils shineMornings crisp when weather is fine Rainow in summer is peaceful and funSheep are sheared and farming tasks doneGardens are tended in colourful waysSun may shine on some of the days Rainow in autumn is golden and brightTree leaves… Read more
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When I am old and my works doneGive me the strength to carry onWhen my body is failing fastGive me the hope my mind to lastWhen living seems a heartless choreGive me the will to want for more (Written after visiting an elderly lady when I was a GP trainee ) Read more
Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon 