Tag: death
member name: Peter R.
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March 21, 2009 11:37 AM EDT --
The weather has been delightful today, here in Nottinghamshire where I live, and this little poem reflects some of my thoughts as I bask in some pleasant weather.
THE FIRST REAL DAY . . .
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April 12, 2009 05:56 AM EDT --
I WROTE THIS LITTLE EFFORT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN AN ASPECT OF THE NEWS WAS SOMEWHAT DOMINATED BY THE PENDING PUNISHMENT OF AN ISLAMIC WOMAN WHO HAD COMMITTED THE OFFENCE OF BEING RAPED. It is not . . .
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May 14, 2009 03:56 AM EDT --
DEATH AND BIRTH
A falling petal
From a wild summer flower
Under a hedgerow,
Silent like the breeze
On a day blazing like this,
A light cumulus
Drifting over blue
Acres of . . .
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June 10, 2009 03:46 AM EDT --
This is the second of the posts I said I'd share, concerning a possible (though hopefully never arriving) future in which the only way of maintaining a sustainable population is to limit the . . .
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December 03, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
MY WAY
“There was nothing common about him,” whispered Danny, looking down at the cold, still and definitely dead body of his brother, . . .
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March 12, 2009 05:04 AM EDT --
This is the first poem I posted on-line, on a different site, and I thought it might deserve a second outing here. Just because something's a couple of years old doesn't mean it's worthless!! . . .
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April 10, 2009 08:51 AM EDT --
THE BUTTERFLY
I won't be there in the morning
When the eagles, silent, fly,
I won't be there when the galleons
Like ancient ghosts drift by,
But I will be there at the sunset
And the . . .
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April 13, 2009 04:07 AM EDT --
Written as a series of connected haiku poems, this is a portrait of a grieving woman who leaves her past life behind her as she walks away from a grave, and heads out for the future
T . . .
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April 23, 2009 04:08 AM EDT --
Here's a change from the poems that I have posted on this site. Back in the early 1990s I helped with the editing and production of a community magazine distributed through Rainworth and Blidworth . . .
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May 01, 2009 11:33 AM EDT --
WHY MEN GO TO WAR
In the danger zone
Where these men die one by one
Bullets screech wildly
Searching beating hearts,
Turning vibrant loving life
To still final death,
And the roar . . .
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May 26, 2009 07:46 AM EDT --
THOUGHTS AT NIGHT MY LOVE
There's absolutely no way I want to be apart from you, Not now in the breathing day, Not for a heartbeat moment So beware brother death, take care Not to come this way . . .
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May 28, 2009 03:55 AM EDT --
THE DROWNING MAIDEN
Long hair lashing The beach at the eventide, White waves crashing, And the golden lady cried. It was a pain in fiery eyes And the golden lady sighed, Yes pain . . .
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May 31, 2009 03:10 AM EDT --
MY WICCAN LOVE!
"Wicca, Wicca witchy, roast the nuts in May, Take me to your mistress, take me there today, And I will be your sweetheart, will bring you to my heart, . . .
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June 02, 2009 03:39 AM EDT --
THE DESERT KNIGHT
Mounted and grizzled, metal vest, Shining and bronzed, and a sword in his hand The knight sat and pondered and heaved his chest, Surveying in silence that . . .
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June 07, 2009 04:22 AM EDT --
A TAKE ON LIFE
Old Thomas looked at Mary, Smiled inside his heart, Knew the time was closer When they both must part, Guessed a day would dawn soon Like days are wont to do And that would be the . . .
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June 13, 2009 04:08 AM EDT --
This is the third in a series of stories I wrote recently, stories that are almost warnings to the future.
THE VIGIL
It was the kind of day when Father Absolom would . . .
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December 05, 2009 05:36 AM EST --
BROADBAND BERNIE
Bernie sat in front of his slightly dusty keyboard and swept a stale crumb away with an irritable hand. He frowned to himself . . .
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April 16, 2009 04:28 AM EDT --
THE MAGICAL PRINCESS: HER ENDING
Look at their world, it's ochre skies, the grass
Red like alien sunsets on a savage land,
Roads where squirrel people slowly pass,
Dukes of their . . .
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May 02, 2009 03:01 AM EDT --
THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
I caught the wild west wind and tamed it,
Was forced to rush beyond the hills
Where racing rivers rashly shamed it,
Gurgling past old England’s mills
As turning . . .
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October 15, 2009 04:07 AM EDT --
Unlike much of my output, there's not much that makes sense in this macabre little number. It's sort of dark humour, I suppose
THE LAY OF TOMMY TOPPER
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