Road Rage Revisit Manurewa New Zealand

Memories of him are still there upon Weymouth Road
his sullen white cross nailed to the old Kauri
symbolize by countless layers of uncaring street wise graffiti,
while burdensome scars revealed by heavy metal grow faint
and the old Rose i placed withered and faded
in the over grown yet still blood stained grass,
a monument still there for the few of us
those that cared those with lives full of guilt
'when you mate ran out of life number nine!'

© Harry J Horsman 2013

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 1/21/2013 8:32:00 AM
Congrats on your win Harry, wishing you a wonderful day :D - huug, yanny
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Date: 1/20/2013 6:08:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Harry - Ralph
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Date: 1/20/2013 1:34:00 PM
Congratulations on your win!
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Date: 1/20/2013 11:24:00 AM
Congratulations harry with this extremely sad work you did it so well xx
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Date: 1/20/2013 10:08:00 AM
Harry , :-) CONGRATULATIONS on a poem well done. Nice nice nine lines in Tracie's :-) " #9 " awesome contest... love always ~PD
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Date: 1/20/2013 9:21:00 AM
Congratulations on your big win my dear friend, Harry! love/hugs, Leonora
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Date: 1/20/2013 8:56:00 AM
Good verse Harry, makes me wonder about the guilt.... interesting....pd
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Date: 1/18/2013 6:26:00 AM
One has to be through that to truly appreciate the depth of feeling and the emptiness we sense when someone goes. Excellent because so true! Thank you for sharing.
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Date: 1/17/2013 11:39:00 PM
your take on the NINE theme was very interesting and original. The poem makes me want to know more on this subject! It was great to see two new posts from you today, Harry.
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Date: 1/17/2013 8:12:00 PM
What a poem you penned here. It is sad, but it happens. Here When someone dies in an accident, They always put up a cross in the place the person died. Thanks for sharing. Lucilla
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Date: 1/17/2013 5:11:00 AM
I have read this a couple of times now and I am gonna read it again..........it is such a heartfelt piece harry, it really feels that way to me......xx
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Date: 1/17/2013 5:04:00 AM
I have a feeling this is a true story. Would love to hear the story behind the cross that was placed. Awesome write, Harry. Love ya, Toquyen
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Date: 1/17/2013 4:56:00 AM
Superb, Harry... I really like this... Terry
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Date: 1/17/2013 4:28:00 AM
I love this but I sure hope it's fiction for the contest. My favorite lines are 3 and 4, you just know how to effectively conjure up the images!
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