Long Plain sailing Poems

A Coffee Merchant was the first man to find,
The corpse as he started off on his daily grind!
What he saw filtered through, so he had grounds
To send for the Police, to investigate what he'd found!

He’d...

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Feeling the cold winds on the feet is bearable
There's always a blanket to shield the hail

But what about the cold hearts that once emitted warmth?
Whose presence was like sunshine ripping through the grey clouds

Safe to...

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Pull no punches

Game no Thrones

Salt your favorite food less and less

Undress not in the company of others
unless of course you plan on swimming

And do it then whilst undercover or
in a bolted clock room closet

Never let...

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Anybody, yes, anybody,  can do poetry these days, though
getting it published is a tad more difficult.
For that you must be determined and thick-skinned,
irrespective of your talent,
and it’s plain sailing in any case,
if you’re both...

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Pushed up from stomach's abyssmal pit
Choked off cries, constraint deformed
Packed with panic's punches
Right here where words are formed
Throat cords tightly gripped
Resistance rules my holding back
While mouth stammers mind blown shock
Fear sped thoughts fly blindly
Wild-eyed in...

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DIFFERENCES
No 1

An old man sitting on a park bench
Reminiscing of days gone by,
Times he has travelled the world
And scenes that captured his eye.

So many wonderful memories,
Of friends he made now calls mate.
Nor does he have...

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STUCK IN TIME

I’m stuck in time, all my ships have sailed
The sea is rising, as the cold winds wailed
If only my hands were not held by others
Your lack of foresight for me, it smothers
Your chains...

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Rob played semi-professional rugby, 
From when he was 4 until the age of 21, 
When he got a serious spinal cord injury, 
Whilst playing that rough game spun. 

As part of his rehabilitation sessions, 
At...

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In the space of six weeks,
had two operations,
the first was plain sailing,
the second one I began failing.
Everything went wrong,
I caught a super bug,
heart, liver kidneys, lungs
oh and oxygen level sunk.
I was in a scary place,
Elias...

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Your voyage began in the summer of 69.
The adventures of life lay ahead.
Though you knew it would not all be plain sailing,
Your four years of prep put you in good stead.

At times, when your sea...

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Trekking along with weighty doubts,
Piled repeatedly and in attempt,
The dream so rewarding in giant
But not so plain sailing in its dark clouds.

You keep pushing and pushing 
Though touring in, it's not friendly,
You keep digging and...

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A hostage to fortune, a throw of the dice
Your confidence blind as you skate on thin ice
The plans that made that you think cannot fail
Are full of ambition yet decidedly frail

Life’s so unpredictable, full of...

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whats the point in getting old ??? Let me have a look ...
Firstly I was lucky enough to start a chapter in this book ...
My childhood was great in lots of ways , no major...

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The first day of a new football season,what does it hold in store
 will it be de ja vous,or many goals will score
Boro, always seem, to put you all to hope
the carrot snatched away,but we...

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Don’t let the world make you bitter
Don’t let the world turn you cold
Some things that happen when we're younger
Can come back to haunt us when we're old

Things will happen that hurt us
And people we cherish...

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Hey, helmeted heads and masked faces
Just doff your boring accessories
Come step into this secluded place
Which makes your mundane minds go crazy  
On watery leaves, these little birds glide
Roistering the plain sailing water ride
There, the...

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I am captivated by the idea, sold in fact
Hook, line and sinker by new moorings
The palpable anticipation of change
Buoyed up on the belief it will solve everything

Of course, there is a snag
Despite fair winds, I...

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It would be so easy
just to give up on life

It would make complete sense
just to let go

the moment of anger is gone
it’s about keeping yourself sane
when chaos reigns

no one said it would 
be plain sailing
no...

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