Jl Giant Poet U Hoo

The Giant's

Of the wonder class
With outstretched looking ears
And pierced whistleblowers lips

Never had a mother
To sew their name into
Their favorite clothes
Or a home with a wardrobe to hang them in

They were instead chosen to become
The dead poet's and tortured artist's
We recite today

By speaker's corner

At wakes and funerals
On cold and grey rainy days
Outside derelict building's
Who's roofs were lost to german bombs

We as children dared each other not to go into 

For fear of stirring up a hornets nest

Of represed abandonment feelings

Lest best we be remembered forgotten
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Makama Avatar
June 15, 2020 at 3:57 PM
Remarkable lines, true words, amazing piece from a very deep and wise mind. I love every bit of this. Great work Christopher
Flaherty Avatar
June 15, 2020 at 4:12 PM
Thanking you so very much obliged Funom my friend appreciate your comment and taking the time to read Especially because i love this poem myself its about a documentary i seen on John Lennon and the Beatles formative years in Hamburg and Liverpool Cheers Bud ta
Lamoureux Avatar
June 13, 2020 at 8:28 AM
This brings a smile.
Flaherty Avatar
June 15, 2020 at 1:10 PM
Much obliged for you both taking the time to read and commenting. Cheers
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