Best Worldly Wise Poems

He meandered lonely
just a senior citizen
trawling the pathways of his computer,
when suddenly one day in a flash
an enchanting name jumped from the screen
into his unadjusted...

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Late night summons madmen, 
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the...

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The sun would not forget to shine
Unless I bid it so
And rain would only fall on days
When I’ve nowhere to go

Each Winter is a long...

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Nightscapes

...inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night' 
       by T.S. Eliot


Late night summons
madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the...

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I believe in freedom
I believe in love
I believe in all things
Sent from up above

I don't believe in hatred
I don't believe in pain
I don't believe that's...

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“I hold a delightful being and an undesirable being inside of me. 
            ...

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Leather jacket cloaked
upon shoulders worldly wise
together they lay
within the Pacific floor.
New Year gift to keep her dry.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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She dances to his tune
When she does his bidding, he’s over the moon
He acts so cool
Yet he plays her for a fool

This innocent girl has...

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Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, the Sereno and the Hausgast – XXXI  Part One

Be they so named or not in these...

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We are but dreams in the night. Shadows on the land, whose time on earth is only truly measured by God and loved ones alone....

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A girl's first date; she's sixteen.
The older boy is a prize.
He flutters hearts with green eyes -
so suave and worldly-wise

The young Adonis picks up
 Sweet...

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Perhaps, I might be blind at anytime,
The present, I know, I'd beaten the time.
Though then, I was down in the dumps
Now, I cocks an ear...

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Is poetry only meant for teaching what is time-honoured
what is authorised
what seeks not to rock the ship of fate

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I see mystery hidden in the depth of his eyes
In the very soul of this being so worldly wise

With his rugged demeanour, his understandable speech
His...

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At breakfast time, don’t give me eggs
Or pancakes or French toast;
Some coffee and a cheese-topped bagel
Is what I like most.

Gouda, Muenster, Edam, Swiss,
American or Brie;
Jarlsberg,...

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