Long Goalposts Poems

"I Would Be....WOOD"


   "Knock On Me!" or more correct "Knock On WOOD!" You've probably said that and rapped your knuckles against me while saying it! I know you've knocked on me many times...

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The Ever Shifting Pattern of Life by
Terence David Cooper. June is wife's
name and they are Basildon,  Essex, 
England.

As children we learn lessons clear
Broadly defined lines we hold so dear
Constants to which we can easily...

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WE ARE CANADIAN, EH?

We came across the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago. 
We didn't linger long up there – 'twas 99 below!
We wandered south while looking for a Timmy's 'round each bend,
Just something in...

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There is one way to know real Love
Analogies of rivers, fires, light, dark
are inadequate to describe it

If you feel it, you know
No submission to your plans
Any controls you place on it
Will fail

All constraints, labels, timeframes
preferences,...

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I grew up in Bath in the nineteen nineties
wearing short shorts over tighty whities,
while Bath were champions of English Rugby,
a beautiful city farfetched from ugly.

We played on Stilts and had Yo-Yo's,
skateboards with logo's,  
Tamagotchi's,...

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1 The human condition

Since we’re mistaken we’re this body-mind,
we are driven by animal desire,
to the truth of our eternal light blind,
fanning flames of raging lust, till we tire.

In bondage to form, to attachments tied,
although we...

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She wanted to go back
to the place that expelled her-
Octopode ink on a birth certificate.
Black smoke, not blue,
Dark smatter hid from view
Pale pink sunrise
Baby blue skies...

It rained the day she cried,
newborn, still womb warm.
Instinct to...

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A completely non religious write, I think!

The universe is nothing yet everything, inward then outwardly led
has tried every configuration possible, peanuts to stellar nursery beds
Mixing this and that together, now it's growing inside our heads
Bringing...

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>It is very late at night, or very early in the morning.  Whichever way you look at it.  The date is 13/07/2016 and a time  01:34 AM.  I cannot sleep and...

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park football

 once school duties were over
we all went straight to the park
using jumpers for goalposts
and play until it gets dark

the rule that never got broken
and was abided by all 
was that you could be...

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streams of mud


we played in shallow streams of muck
where there was no black, no white
we were all mud-packed kids
crusty-skinned little boys who knew the sludge would wash away
when we dipped into the stream
and splashed one...

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RED DEVILS AND THE BLUES

Who dares to dare the dare devil
Or share the same insurmountable level
Than the deep blue sea?
To break the ledge
More than two lives will merge
After the whistle give 'em the Blues
Instead of...

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“come back, come back, oh wisdom from your flight
ignite our heart, that we too see the light”

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Disjointed thoughts written the night before
Retrieved next morn for a final review
Clear light of dawn, has now dimmed their...

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The tip of a finger, barely touching ulcerated skin
   Chamfered ache of reason, or finely balanced whim
  Forced through a reality, where spoons become bent
  Into the pleasure dome, they inject...

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There I was walking down memory lane
taking a trip back to old Kilmarnock town
stepping back to routes of the past
where I was brought up makes one astound

So many changes since I have left
the place is...

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Too far gone it seems,
heart's deluded dreams,
distanced from the truth,
caged in ego's booth.

The rot's sunk in deep,
fears and desires seep,
as a dark spiral, 
that has gone viral.

Remedies we seek
only make us weak,
as our goalposts shift,
leaving...

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This is my Achilles heel
The damage bound as best I could
This is where the crack splits
The rip fits
The embers flame
The rivers flow
Why should I care if I’m feeling quite alone?
Perfect freedom
I topple off the edge...

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Impulse conjured by heart's emote vibrates
Distilled in the cauldron of love, thoughts stir
Playfully shaping a ripple in space
Creating a portal for desire’s door
Manifesting a dream world magical
Wherein presence plunges, immersed in trance

Shifting goalposts bring forth...

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I can cook up numbers,
manipulate the sheets 
Sometimes chase shadows
not knowing I am beat,
You can trick my senses 
sweep me off my feet,
With a smile so beautiful,
easily launch a Trojan fleet 

I can change the...

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I dance in the rain

I splash in all the puddles, 

I climb trees, so as to be one with nature

I ride my bike, through forests weaving in and out of trees, 

I just get so...

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scream of awareness

like factor fifty lotion
a screen of cognizance 
shields emotions in
rational thoughts

perceptions
illusions
mere grasps of appreciation
slice through an underworld
of dreams wishes misunderstanding

the past reeks through
misrepresents disallows 
creates a narrative of survival
in the here and now
which...

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The cosmic egg, splits into two
Male-female polarities new
Beginning game of hide and seek
Esoteric truth, known to few

Each half incomplete, feeling weak
Dips into love, it’s hungry beak
Union manifests heightened joy
Fleeting due to energy leak

Body both boon...

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Knowing not the way, we yet pray
Seeking boons from God, every day
Goalposts shift, fickle our desire
Why not then make love our mainstay

Our ego once burnt in the pyre
Resolve’s steady to climb higher
Overcoming bondage to mind
Save...

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As humans we are exempt from many indignities,
imagine you were a fish just waiting to be stuffed,
no place to hide, pre-determined, after you huffed and puffed,
shortened life-span, of no consequence, the classic also-ran.

Kipling said: 'To...

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The icy snow sparkles in the midday sun
as we glide down on cardboard toboggans.
Scarves wrapped thrice around our necks,
overcoats buttoned to the top.
We feel no pain as we tumble off,
just laugh, and run for another...

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