Long Foot to the floor Poems

"The Recalcitrant Romantico Sends a Love Note to the World"



There was a loophole in the contract
in fine print, when the final page was rolled back,
a sharp paper cut bled a firebrand’s life and a swollen...

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"50 Words for Poe: Witch"




She liked driving fast
The number plate in the dust
Read DOT.OZ.LimaLimaBrava 
Their destination was Wichita

Foot to the Floor 
Off Route 66 Silver Lady purred
Some Kansas backwater 
Galena sped by in a blur

He...

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"Bat Crazy 5"


Some say

she was batsh** crazy
life hits the windscreens 
in the labyrinth of life
that way

the foot remains pinned
to the metal, fast to the floor
full speed, left brained left hand 
holding hard-gripped the gear stick

an...

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It was two days before Christmas
Joe feared for his life
He had clearly forgotten
A gift for his wife

He sat on his bar stool
An ache in his heart
As he pondered his route
To the nearest Wal-Mart

He waved to...

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My verse has been chosen as Poem of the Month at Sherborne Abbey!

The curious offerings of sacristans
Are given in obscure humility
The symbol of the cupping of the hands
Enshrines the essence of this mystery
The dawn unlocked;...

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"Soul Contract - Part 1"


“I Am”. The All Seeing Eye. The Pineal Gland.
Perhaps God exists in all of us - the Great “I Am” exists in all of us.
Within all of us The Pineal Gland,...

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Draughty rafters, creaks and groans
Is it wind or Timmy Jones
Not in school nor home in bed
Did he roam or lose his head 
So much time since Timmy passed
Neither first nor the last

Such reputations can’t be...

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how far is the moon
woo, Oh
the moon is two hundred thirty-eight billion eight million fifty-seven miles away?
it is two hundred thirty-eight billion eight million fifty-seven miles away?
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN, HOW FAR IS THE...

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"Vibrationary Roadkill High Beam "  

You look at a screen,
it’s like you’re driving
you know, full speed, 
there you are planted 

firmly 
behind the wheel,

the windscreen wipers 
are swiping bugs and crap 
off the page...

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Early 60’s feeling my oats, slow moving wasn’t my bag
56 Chevy, foot to the floor, looking for someone to drag
He’s a Rebel on the radio, smell of gasoline was strong
Marked off a stretch of highway,...

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This is hard............ 
I cannot take the load 
I know! 
What about a road? 
The M25? 
The biggest carpark alive! 

A race track! 
Cops on my tail 
How soon can I get back? 
I must...

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The miles of white line layout ahead in front of me,
Where it goes nobody knows.
It has no beginning, and has no end, There is freedom up ahead, or so I'm told.

With my eyes affixed ahead,...

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cursing and swearing
with a mouthful of burnt toast
I put my foot to the floor
but it's no use
it's raining
both headlights are brocken
an indicators missing
and the wipers don't work

"START DAMN IT, START", I scream
turning the key
dressed in...

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It's not a nice word...but sometimes I do say 
The F bomb word...when I get carried away 
I said it this morning...when I hit my left thumb 
Smashed with a hammer...throbbing and numb
 
Before that,...

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Oh God

I have to go to work today
I really can't be bothered,
I have to face that damn bright light
and bloody cold when I kick off the covers.

Urgh

My alarm's about to go off too
It's like I've...

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Road Rage

The sign on the road said stop and turn back
But the driver is listening to his own soundtrack
The noise in his head is messing up his thinking
As he looks at the truck ahead whose...

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Can you put your pedal to the metal
Let me feel the force
Yeah’ put your pedal to the metal
Race around this course
I wanna hear that engine 
Smell that rubber burn
Hear them wheels spinning
As we hit that...

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No penality...(in Australia)
There is no penalty aint no penalty mate…
The old crim smirked and laughed out loud
As they sat with a beer and a steak
Do what you like he told the crowd 
The doo gooders...

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There is no penalty aint no penalty mate…

The old crim smirked and laughed out loud
As they sat with a beer and a steak
Do what you like he told the crowd 
The do goode'rs laws are...

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Feeling the pain as the solstice is waning
Counting the days till the end brings me home
Keeping a smile through the mess I am wading
Wondering why I am here all alone

Lost in a dreamscape of past...

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“Monopoly - Fast Track Equations”



Razor sharp cut quite clear
He says Trust
She says Fear


Broken glass and hidden things
He says Respect
She says Trust 


Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust


Black Lies and Alibis
He says Truth
She says Respect


Innocence is shattered
All...

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I am asked for the access code that will expire 15 minutes after
behind the curtains 
someone is nervously tapping their foot on the floor
creaking
I'm waiting in my imaginary world,
even though I haven't been for a...

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"Blind Spot"



Eyes front 
on the Road

Foot to the floor

What you don’t see 
coming -

The Blind Spot.

Eyes open 
foot to the floor. 

The ‘TIME’ 
is coming, 

The Blind Spot -
Something unseen,
unheard...

felt somewhere
in the heart
....mmm

foot to the...

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Free to be free, is not free; for there is,
a cost, for the choice, and the chance.
Only a few, are able, and willing to go,
to the horrible, and hard core dance.

As soon one, sets foot,...

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Renting a car
Hire it weekly
Off of the forecourt
Ever so meekly
Waiting until
A mile up the road
Check for police
Throttle gets toed
Burning some rubber
Spinning the wheel
Smiling away as the
Tyres they squeal
Needle it redlines 
In every gear
Hitting the bends
Showing...

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