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George Orwell 1903-1950
Young man. E. A. Blair. Literary genius An uncommon flair. Each page, inspired, His soul laid bare, Dystopia pondered From his polished...
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Shakespeare 460. A summary.
Stratford’s sonneteer and scripter. Gladdened glove-makers girded groin. Studious son: Sunny student. Choice cusswords casually coined....
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Life’s flotsam and jetsam.
Ebb and flow, Vast open sea, Superlative waves Surge relentlessly, Castaway souls, Adrift and lost, Life’s flotsam and jetsam. Humanities...
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Love is like…..
Loneliness, like a dark stain, engrained upon my soul, A dull ache that hides in the recesses of my heart. Then, you, I became engulfed...
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Mona Lisa Haiku
Contours softly traced, Aspect in a state of grace, Portrait of her face.
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The Colour of Christmas
Outside, bright gold and crimson bows hang large on frosted trees Whilst white snowflakes dance merrily on winter's gentle breeze, Bells...
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Love died without dignity
I'm not sure what I'm unsure about, I don't know what I don't know or doubt, What I do know, and this I know to be true, The love I give...
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Over
In darkened shadows, an ungrateful heart resides, Ignoring countless blessings, in pitch it hides. No flowery blooms of appreciation in...
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Decorations (Acrostic)
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Draped ceiling garlands in various coloured hues, Embellished fir with lights of red,...
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Was that?
Persuasion of thought, I recognised this woman Sitting majestically, an epitome of independence Had not only Bette Davis's eyes But also...
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Walk in Depressed Shoes Blues
Usual January blues, New year news, old-year shoes You’ll take this year in your stride Journey's long: Ticketless ride Morris dancing,...
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Petrolhead Fraternity
We ride as three, Charlotte, Robert and Me As pack leader, I drive my bright red car Charlotte, her hybrid just behind, not far Robert...
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Steam train conceit
My heart burns in the furnace that is my chest, Boiling steam evaporates, becoming sorrowful tears. This locomotive in desperation...
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My little pumpkin
Trick me or treat me Not just on All Hallows Eve, But through our marriage
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Romeo to Juliet Act II Scene 2. Alternative Scene
Hold tight, Hold tight Farting is not sweet smelling I shall not linger long Your stench is dwelling My nasal airways are unparked...
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Until then……
There will come a time When meadow blooms are mindfully mum, When majestic woodland oaks succumb When poetry surely loses rhyme. There...
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Hokusai's Great Wave (Mount Fuji presidary) Crews cower lower Deep troughs, white horses (Mount Fuji introspective) First drowned, then...
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Middle Eastern Mayhem
Genocidal aggression, Arabian fanatic altercation, Zionist zeolites offering Armed conflict, not peace. Separatists demanding Territorial...
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The Crossing
Waterlogged, in the shed tears of a storm’s cry Dinghy souls crouched, frightened, beneath bedraggled rags Their sound future sought....
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Freedom
The lightness of liberty gives me lift to fly, Without restriction into the blue open sky. No chains will ever bind, no bars will ever...
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