Best Favours Poems

POTD 9th April 2018

Synopsis -
A story of selflessness without jealousy or rancor that is often evident through the ages in all walks of life, even...

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I flew to Olympus, to find its heart,	
armour intact against Hades’ dark wrath.	
At birth the power of light made its start	  
as Homer's ghost...

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She senses before she sees
The manicured nails - the elegant fingers
Holding out the hundred dollar bills - enticingly - so temptingly
A generous nights takings of...

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POTD 7 Oct 2020

Step ever so light
Into this treacherous night
Creatures that abandon the day
come out to play

Hear those June winds howl
To the hoot of an...

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Famished and flagging footsoldiers;
formerly fitters and farmers.
Facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.

Forsaking fissures and furrows,
forced forwards with...

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~The Unexpected Gift~

There is no wrapping to tear away
No expectations of a gift
No birthday or anniversary today
Nothing expected to give a lift

No favours given and...

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“The God Complex”



His face imprinted 
hidden under layers of ink
he whispers his words

like a haunting breeze
dust blown off the pages
towards the back of their minds

once-in-a-while...

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With a single glance
I imagine a lifetime dance
The scent of you
the things we’ll do
Somehow it rings true
as I walk towards you

Those lips and brown eyes
Cause...

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With elan springing forth from young age
Enthusiastic to take centre stage
All his wits he was able to gather
And proceed to the foot of the ladder
Effervescent...

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Grateful for the gift, 
That my heart does lift, 
Someone thought of me, 
And my poetry;

Thank you for your thought, 
To me joy, you've brought,...

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A new day gleaming

A new chance for dreaming

A new sense of revealing

Love and light

The flitters like a butterfly

Within us all

A new chance to show our...

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Golden are those with benevolent souls
Wonderful people, blissful in their roles
They've not passed exams, but offer their all
In favours they do, whatever the call.

The elderly...

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As I roll out of bed tomorrow
I’m gonna say goodbye sorrow
Fare thee well Mr. Cynicism
See you later Mr. Pessimism
Adios to Mr. Skepticism
Exit negativity, enter positivity
No...

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MY PRINCESS OF IMAGINATION
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“deus ex machina”


When LOVE came knocking at our door
we stood there opposite sides
like torn pages 
from the chapters of a banned book 
with no spine...

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