Me Abc Poems

The trees that sprout from the tiniest of seeds.
The sunny sky
A hint of a breeze
The warmth from the fire, therein the crackling sparks tease.
I’m grateful...

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Nazi time

Uniformed men with ice blue eyes, marched
Up and down the street, bomb fell, earth shock
And I was two years old
An officer with steel rimmed...

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Black is beautiful 

When I tore lose from the mountain
and fell into the river. I was a rough
stone, offended other stones as I lacked
manners and appeared...

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Changing world?

In Peru, they import potatoes
In Guatemala, they plant thousands of trees
drink cacao, sit in groups, and sing
think they are new agers 
the new war in...

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A Yellow silk scarf
He bought a yellow silk scarf at a second-hand shop
In Cheshire, the type actors were, when meeting for
A drinks party; the mirror...

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After the concert

Now, in the afternoon of my life
My thoughts are about love and romance
These pesky things are disturbing 
My tough exterior makes me soft...

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Gaza
The baby
Wrapped in a blanket
Looks at the camera
Emaciated face
Large eyes
Incomprehensively
Looks at me
I lower my gaze
Who is going to
Switch off
The killing machine
This harvester of 
Of death
Not...

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Alfred and the wilderness

Alfred, who with the greatest of ease tells, he is not my father
and I went for a walk across a chlorophyll-filled field.
Alfred,...

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The Genetic pool 

I’m my father’s son, I carry his genes
He is a part of me that is inseparable
If I hate him, I dislike myself...

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Noli me tangere

The elderly man with sad brown eyes
Sat on the terrace looking at the sea
Unable to face up to his many failures
He fantasizes and...

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My old horse 

I had been into town 
Horse and cart
Bought two bags of chicken fodder
Going back to the farm, there are a few steep...

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Swindlers
I had been scammed, a woman on Facebook
Asked me for friendship
Told me of a website that could help
Tried, a picture of a well-suited man looking...

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The Cake Shop
There was a small cake shop near the bath-house
If I had money, I would go in there for a coffee and a cake
the...

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The Jewish couple

I have written about this before, but somehow
 didn't  get it right 
My perceived brusqueness made them think of Cracow,
they had fled, their...

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They kill, children 

A hum of silence met me
Dead babies everywhere like dolls on the filthy carpet
a lone soldier guarded the ghastly scene
looked stunned and...

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