John Read

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09/20/202518 Other
06/16/2025224 Rhyme
05/20/2025291 Rhyme
05/17/2025303 Rhyme
05/16/2025263 Other
05/09/2025318 Rhyme
04/03/2025519 Monoku
04/03/2025317 Other
03/26/2025615 Couplet
03/24/2025411 Other
03/23/2025258 Rhyme
03/20/2025395 Rhyme
03/15/2025446 Limerick
03/06/2025529 Rhyme
02/17/2025426 Quatrain
02/16/2025385 Rhyme
02/09/2025482 Rhyme
02/06/2025292 Rhyme
02/05/2025207 Rhyme
02/03/2025370 Light Verse
02/01/2025354 Rhyme
01/31/2025297 Limerick
01/22/2025358 Free verse
01/19/2025292 Monoku
01/18/2025423 Rhyme
01/16/2025369 Free verse
01/09/2025554 Rhyme
01/07/2025299 Rhyme
01/05/2025319 Monoku
01/01/2025375 Prose
12/31/2024337 Rhyme
12/28/2024307 Rhyme
12/24/2024650 Rhyme
12/22/2024251 Free verse
12/13/2024881 Limerick
12/10/2024392 Verse
12/08/2024501 Limerick
12/06/2024317 Rhyme
12/03/2024291 Verse
12/02/2024275 Rhyme
12/01/2024333 Rhyme
11/30/2024349 Verse
11/26/2024425 Prose
11/24/2024300 Rhyme
11/23/2024361 Rhyme
11/21/2024241 Rhyme
11/19/2024738 Limerick
11/17/2024413 Rhyme
11/17/2024301 Rhyme
11/15/2024320 Free verse
11/12/20241169 Rhyme
11/11/2024223 Rhyme
11/09/2024358 Rhyme
11/06/2024513 Monoku
11/01/2024440 Limerick
10/30/2024386 Rhyme
10/29/2024301 Rhyme
10/28/2024459 Rhyme
10/26/2024392 Limerick
10/19/2024605 Rhyme
10/17/2024278 Rhyme
10/17/2024302 Limerick
10/14/2024247 Rhyme
10/12/2024142 Rhyme
10/11/2024284 Rhyme
10/10/2024447 Rhyme
10/08/2024408 Limerick
10/07/2024228 Rhyme
10/06/2024228 Rhyme
10/06/2024209 Rhyme
10/05/2024373 Limerick
10/05/2024202 Rhyme
10/04/2024254 Epitaph
10/02/2024131 Rhyme
09/30/2024171 Rhyme
09/30/2024188 Prose
09/29/2024168 Limerick
09/28/2024201 Rhyme
09/27/2024141 Rhyme
09/26/2024322 Rhyme
09/23/2024604 Haiku
09/21/2024192 Rhyme
09/15/2024248 Rhyme
09/14/2024387 Rhyme
09/11/2024228 Limerick
09/09/2024332 Acrostic
09/08/2024293 Rhyme
09/07/2024163 Rhyme
09/05/2024243 Rhyme
09/04/2024232 Rhyme
09/03/2024189 Free verse
09/01/2024154 Rhyme
08/30/2024395 Limerick
08/29/2024179 Free verse
08/28/2024172 Rhyme
08/28/2024178 Limerick
08/26/2024284 Rhyme
10/01/2023323 Verse
09/05/2023335 Rhyme
09/03/2023184 Rhyme
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Quote Left The so called far right fight with words, the radical left use weapons. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life is just an illusion,nothing is what it seems,the things you see are not real,for life is only a dream. Quote Right
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Quote Left In poetry follow love and the pathway of truth, never let hate be your muse. Quote Right
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Quote Left Is poetry just a waste of time, a collection of words put together in rhyme. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sometimes not saying anything is the best answer, for silence can never be misquoted. Quote Right
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Quote Left Tact! Is the art of making a point, without making an enemy. Quote Right
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Quote Left Some say that dreamers are wasting their time, and to face up to reality, and not walk around blind, but dreams have no barriers, dreams have no walls, and wouldn't it be wonderful, if just one dream came true. Quote Right
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Quote Left The Sun is king over everything. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry Soup is becoming a war zone, the enemy is plagiarism with AI owning the throne. Quote Right
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Quote Left A politician is someone who promises the earth while living on another planet. Quote Right
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Quote Left An Illegal immigrant, is someone breaking into your home, and you paying to keep them. Quote Right
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Quote Left Love is God, religion is fiction. Quote Right
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Quote Left Humanity has lost its sanity. Quote Right
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Quote Left Donald Trump is Putin's puppet, in fact he's just a fool, he was hoping for a Nobel peace prize, but finished up with sod all. Quote Right
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Quote Left Religion is like living in the land of Oz, a land that never was. Quote Right
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Quote Left If your looking for an honest opinion ask a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left Spring is most definitely here,there's even a nut in the White House Quote Right
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Quote Left It would be a far better and fairer world, if those who held the power, weren't a bunch of self indulgent arseholes. Quote Right
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Quote Left If you want to hear the truth ask a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left I've never blocked anyone, that is not my way, for the things we say are a reflection of ourselves, so I let them ramble away. Quote Right
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Quote Left God is my spirit, God is my soul, God is the love that makes my life whole, I've no need for religion for me to believe, for religion is fiction full of lies and deceit. Quote Right
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Quote Left I believe that Adam and Eve,is where it all began, so in my eyes there's only two genders, a woman and a Man. Quote Right
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Quote Left I often talk to myself, because I'm the only one who will listen. Quote Right
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Quote Left You'll only find out what people really think of you, not by what they tell you, but by what they tell others about you. Quote Right
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Quote Left Those loved ones who have passed on we can never bring back, so remember them as they were, think of all those happy times, and all those wonderful memories you shared together, don't be sad they wouldn't want that, smile be happy for they will always live on in your heart. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, it can fall apart in a moment, but don't give up, because the pieces still fit together, it just takes time. Quote Right
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Quote Left When you smile the world smiles with you, when you break wind your on your own. Quote Right
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Quote Left Throughout life you'll meet one person who is like no other, you can talk to this person for hours and they never get bored, you can tell this person things and they will never judge you, this person is your partner your soulmate your best friend never let them go. Quote Right
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Quote Left If you love someone put their name in a circle not a heart, because heart's can be broken, circles go on forever. Quote Right
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Quote Left Back in the day, London used to have a pub on every corner, all have been replaced by a Mosque. Quote Right
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