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Santa Time
Christmas time is here again; that time when parent’s go insane. A strange man sneaks into our home dressed like a demented garden gnome. We tell our children it’s alright; strange men loitering in the night. Tomorrow night it’s Stranger … Continue reading
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Happy Whatever
Summer Solstice is upon us; is this some Pagan plot? Did they hide their rituals behind this Sana Clause we’ve got? Or did the Christians steal it; as the birth of their God’s son? In the northern hemisphere, it means … Continue reading
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Jackie’s Love
She holds the universal love and personifies the gentle dove. she is the centre of my heart; the place where love and wisdom start. She is the source of simple truth; the source of wisdom and of youth. The source … Continue reading
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Happiness
happiness, I’ve heard it said can keep a soul from their deathbed and so I think that I might smile just to keep death at bay a while
Posted in Humour, Life
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Freedom
I’ve found that freedom’s like a tree, it offers shelter to you and me. Its branches spread over this land from deepest forest to beaches sand. It’s there to offer us sanctuary because that is the right of you and … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Poetry
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Alone
Alone now flies the flocking bird and less now is Dawn’s Chorus heard. The world we knew crumbles to nought; exhausted by life’s battles fought against a foe who knows no fear although our own end we bring near. As … Continue reading
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Choice
Violence dominates the news; anger dominates our views But always it has been our choice to toe the line or use our voice. So whatever in this life we bear be it cruel, unjust or unfair we bear by choice … Continue reading
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the coalface
It’s followers who lead today; the sheep we know will never stray. Nose to the grindstone, earn your pay; you simply work or go away. No more the world of daring-do; that place where you could just be you. There’s … Continue reading
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a man from the bush
there once was a man from the bush who joined in the fast city push where he’s just not at home, he still needs to roam too much noise; he just needs some shoosh.
Posted in Limericks
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The Peace of the Hills
forgetting the peace of the hills many head for the cheap city thrills but get lost in the crowd where life is so loud and end up existing on pills
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Sometimes
Sometimes the bond is broken as I wander through this space. Sometimes I forget the peace with so many foes I can face. Sometimes there’s little feeling down deep within my heart. Sometimes I see no beauty when I look … Continue reading
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Paths
Sometimes you’ve got to walk off the path; sometimes you’ve got to leave home and hearth. The safety we see is not as safe as it seems, it’s merely somewhere we hide in our dreams. In reality safety’s found out … Continue reading
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Me
Who am I, I wonder, there’s so many that I’ve been the concept of identity is more the “me’s” I’ve seen and other folk have noticed, deciding that is “me”. But really, after all this time I need to set … Continue reading
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The Rhythm
Common feelings well defined; loves pathways all aligned. This is what I love to see; I wonder, will it ever be? Love, it always seems to me is tortured souls bursting free. Tortured souls who know the song of where … Continue reading
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chaos and creativity
Chaos and creativity; the twins within my mind; they fly so close to madness that sanity they bind. A Gordian Knot tied with problems to answers yet unknown is wrapped around my heart at times, to test the seeds it’s … Continue reading
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