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Best Sussex Poems

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April and the Lost Stamina Sussex County I
-Honey go to the Dr
-April I don't know Am I still alive?
-Do it for Us, ours strive
-And the watcher what I should say?
-Tell him the...

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Categories: sussex, body, humorous, love,
Form: Prose Poetry



Poem Written At the Sussex Hotel, London,04/04/04 After Death Threats
Because I have so little time,
I only hope, for what is mine--
in my blood so dark and hot
is a bright and fevered spot--
O let me...

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Categories: sussex, death, family, children, forgiveness,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication Series
Note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley,  Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation	Poet, dramatist,...

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Categories: sussex, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
And Still I Drive - Part One
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall 
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...

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Categories: sussex, heartbreak, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Farm Girl
On a Sussex farm works a golden haired girl
Surrounded by guys as she makes their hearts twirl
But her love and soul are miles away
In a...

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Categories: sussex, love, hair, body, river,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member England - Gleaming In the Distance
across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
  Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
  hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
  the mighty maw of...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sussex, conflict, destiny, england, history,
Form: Narrative
Puddings
Jam roly poly, treacle sponge
And sticky toffee pudding head the top of my list
But apple pie, rhubarb crumble
Or a decent cheesecake are hard to resist

Banana...

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Categories: sussex, food,
Form: List
Sammy the Snake - Humour Contest
Sammy the snake had a stutter
His "S" sssssss he  couldn't say. 
When eating his fish and chips
Path the thalt pleath is what he said

The...

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Categories: sussex, children,
Form: Rhyme
The King of Goth
The Sussex lad, to title and land born,
An alumni, now he stands proudly tall.
In Oxford students pass at future’s dawn,
For some the inspiration was his...

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Categories: sussex, anniversary, art, dedication, people,
Form: Sonnet
Tongue Twister Time
Tongue twister line: 
From the rustic rover to Samuel Sanders,  they try to tickle the tongue with tricky tongue twisters. 

1. A rustic rover...

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Categories: sussex, fantasy,
Form: Alliteration
Ian Sagar
At the age of 17 Ian broke his back, 
In a motorbike accident, had rehab, 
He then worked for a w/c company, 
Who showed him...

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Categories: sussex, basketball, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Way Back When I Was Ten
It was a cold night, and I hated it, 
The church service all in rows, 
I contemplated my throat to slit, 
But decided not, for...

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Categories: sussex, abuse, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member A Leafy Land
A Leafy Land

      To the North and East, green sloped Downs above
      The Weald* of...

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Categories: sussex, england, history,
Form: Free verse
Nanny' S Day Off
On Sundays she likes to drive
To the country or the coast.
Cheered by fields of blazing hue,
singing hymns from home.
She threads her way
through Sussex lanes
on her...

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Categories: sussex, happiness, peace, sea,
Form: Free verse
Prince Harry and Megan
Duchess of Sussex nee Megan Markle
From an actress to a Duchess with diamonds that sparkle
Just like in the movies enchanting Prince Harry
Now forever doth have...

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Categories: sussex, love hurts, romantic love,
Form: Clerihew
Book: Reflection on the Important Things