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Colin Jeffery Poem
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gentle giant of the great apes
Close to us in temperament
With compassion and love of family
Mighty vegetarian walking the Congo
Hunted and endangered species.
Silver-backed male
Father and protector
Too heavy to sleep in trees
Sleeps on the jungle floor
While his family sleep safely above.
Babies cling to mothers’ backs
Carried through the jungle
With silver-back on guard for danger
Loving family group of nine
Moving peaceably from place to place.
Villagers of the Congo
Hunt and kill gorillas for meat
Selling skins on the black market
While hunters kidnap the young
Selling them to zoos for public display.
Days of gorillas in the wild are numbered
Soon only to be found
Gentle giants caged in zoos
Paraded for human entertainment
Great apes so close to us in temperament.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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Where have all the days gone
Slipping away like the rushing wind
With months quickly becoming years.
When I was young and easy
Days hardly seemed to pass
And every minute was precious.
Time in old age speeds our step
Rushing us towards the great darkness
From where no man returns.
Oh, but my golden days were in my youth
With memories of kisses sweeter than wine
And lovers in abundance.
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WAR HORSES
At the outbreak of World War One horses were used as cavalry, but because of trenches, barbed wire and machine guns they were used for pulling guns, carrying ammunition and transport. Over 8 million horses died on all sides. British horses that survived the war were sold off as cheap meat to Belgium butchers.
Shrill neighing of horses
Screams out terror on the battlefield
Harnessed to the big gun
Eyes wide with fright
Whipped on through dragging mud.
Proud animals with spirits broken
Treated as beasts of burden
Moving ammunition, guns and shells
Used abused without compassion
Supplying the trenches of hell.
There was no respite or mercy
Slaughtered by enemy fire
Dreaming of lush green fields of home
Cantering free and joyful
Without terror of Man’s war.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
When the wind blows
All will come tumbling down
They thought could not be moved.
Lies they told will be revealed
Crimes committed held to count
And nations shall be set free.
Dictators shall be humbled
Religion no longer cause for war
And love will prevail over all hearts.
When the wind blows
There will peace and freedom
And all men shall be brothers.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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HOWL DOWN THE SCREAMING WIND
Howl down the screaming wind
Stem the gushing flow of innocent blood
Rescue lost souls from the whirlpool's trap
Floundering lost amidst thunderous waves
Dashed and broken upon jagged rocks.
War mongers cries surge out of control
Silencing the prayers for peace
Lies are told to quell the panic
And the inmates run the asylum
Giving madness birth to destruction.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
When the wind blows
All will come tumbling down
That they thought could not be moved.
Lies they told will be revealed
Crimes committed held to count
And nations shall be set free.
Dictators shall be humbled
Religion no longer cause for war
And love will prevail over all hearts.
When the wind blows
There will peace and freedom
And all men shall be brothers.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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GUARDIANS
God bestowed intelligence to save not destroy
We are guardians of our planet
Playing the role of God
Selecting which species survive
Polluting the atmosphere
Burning forests and laying waste
Speeding ever faster fatal global warming.
We factory farm to feed our masses
Hunt endangered wildlife to extinction
Breed our own human kind beyond control
While insisting on culling other species
Man is the only creature on this planet
Waging war and killing for pleasure.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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Polar Bears
Majestic hunter over snow and ice
Roaming frozen seas
Polar bears live in a freezing domain.
Hibernating hidden under snow
Sleeping the winter away
Mother bears give birth in dens.
Emerging with her cubs
She teaches them to survive
Roaming the harshest land on the planet.
Hunting over chilling landscapes
Seeking seals basking at sea holes
Polar bears roam the land of blizzards.
Man is the greatest enemy
With global warming melting ice
Taking away the kingdom of the bear.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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OLD SAILOR
The old sailor sat on a sea wall
Watching heaving swell of dancing waves
Crowned with foam of swirling white
Hearing shrill cries of seagulls.
Feeling salty spray on weathered face
Closes his eyes remembering
Times long gone of his seafaring youth
Spent beneath mast and billowing sail.
Friends lost overboard in raging storms
And climbing slippery rigging
Pulling in sails, lashing them to yardarms
As monstrous waves broke over the ship.
Shore leave with girl in every port
Getting drunk and spending all his pay
Returning to the ship and hard life on board
Sailor with unruly sea as his home.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND EASY
When I was young and easy
Lying naked with her on a summer’s day
Hidden among swaying corn
Whispering our promises of love.
There were no thoughts but of my lover
With heart rejoicing hearing her voice
Making the soul tremble, giving life reason
Every kiss a giddy taste of wine.
Colin Ian Jeffery
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