BRITAIN
...Britain
Why did they fight for our freedom of speech?
when we as a nation are afraid to speak
Led by a government that’s corrupt and weak
the future for our children looks dark and bleak.
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Categories:
cheque, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
Laundromat I
...I used all of what remained out of my cashed monthly cheque.
The purple coin purse had been emptied before I could even check
That the washing machine was just not at all now working.
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Categories:
cheque, boyfriend, extended metaphor, lost
Form: Sijo
HAPPILY DISCONTENT
...HAPPILY DISCONTENT
One may wish to own a JW Turner
The art of art is the skill of knowing
And recognising every good earner
The online market for art is growing
Yet it is more my greed I mus...
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Categories:
cheque, art, vanity,
Form: Terza Rima
Your Mind Can Take You Places
...Your mind can take you places
let your eyes be the judge of what you see.
Is a bin not a bin?
Is a rose not a rose?
I could call on deception, flattery, duplicity,
misdirection.
I h...
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Categories:
cheque, betrayal, corruption, fate, power,
Form: Free verse
Meryl the Peril
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There is an odious gal named Meryl
Go meddling with Meryl at your peril
She bites where it hurts
And calls it her perks
For being an adventurous rebel.
Meryl once bit a fella on...
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Categories:
cheque, character, cheer up, fun,
Form: Limerick
THESE DAYS
...I vow to silence the whispers of my heart
No longer will emotions drive my pen.
I'll write from reason, all there at the start
Let words flow furiously like an angry stream.
Should I write ...
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Categories:
cheque, 12th grade, absence, anger,
Form: Free verse
UNMENTIONABLES
...In this life you have to be prepared for unmentionables,
don't pretend they don't exist, can't have daisies, sunshine
all the time, my imagination or is it a female problem?
Guys are tough, don't ...
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Categories:
cheque, analogy, change, sensual,
Form: Sonnet
This Question Does Not Compute
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Let's see... how do I feel today
Pretty much the same as yesterday except one day older
Guess that's the least anyone can expect
Wonder if an enormous amount of money just plopped in m...
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Categories:
cheque, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
My Pacific Isle
...I entered a competition
In a gardening magazine.
I had to write a poem
About a garden I had seen.
I chose a lovely garden
That was here in my mind.
A piece of imagination
Where flamingo's co...
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Categories:
cheque, beach, butterfly, fantasy, garden,
Form: Rhyme
In This Case the Amount of Zeros Dont Amount
...In this particular scenario or case
The actual amount of Zeroes
You place or add on the end
Does not represent it's actual
Real value or true worth
Because the difference being is this...
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Categories:
cheque, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Cheque Please Blind Date Over and Out
...Cheque please
If you will
Garcon
I have waited longer enough
And if my blind date
Bye some miracle
Does at some point
Eventually finally arrive
And asks did I
Leave you a...
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Categories:
cheque, funny, humorous,
Form: Free verse
The True Measure of Prayer's Full Potential
...Prayer is indeed our privilege
that God invites us to speak
in His presence so very near
no matter our state the Lord to seek
We can't just expect God to give
whatever we would dearly love
pr...
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Categories:
cheque, prayer, spiritual, truth,
Form: Rhyme
A Business Man Talks
...Please" A Big No!"to contract
That would Shaolin kicks attract,
From a modest aim detract;
Flow of air slow down in tract.
"No"to cheques you never checked;
Much like grains hens never pecked...
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Categories:
cheque, business, care, cry, money,
Form: Rhyme
The Sky's a Shark
...The sky is stark, the air is cool and still
The black cat’s run, the birds unfold all day
I sit down here and with my totty pray
Ye cast o’ foolish thoughts, you raped my will
. We’ve each enrage...
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Categories:
cheque, adventure, allusion, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Character Change
...He lost his cheque book
then blamed me
throwing all his disused newspapers around
Dementia was acting fast
I left, glad to disavowal myself
from this character change,
claiming he didn't want t...
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Categories:
cheque, age,
Form: Free verse
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