Long Recaptured Poems

Dark Gothic Heart, A Valiant Knight & The inner harmony tuned to its hidden beasts menagerie 

Dark Gothic Heart

I look to the sea
viral implications take me to the surf
along the rocky ledge leads to an...

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Telling tales or stories is a favourable pasttime;
But using pictures to tell stories of past and present,
Yours remind me of days back in time,
Would not be all very  recent,
Last ones of grateful recline
To golden...

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NEWS Item AP: TOGO
LOME – In an effort to topple a government set up to end a 24 year dictatorship rebellious army troops seized the state broadcasting station yesterday, then left the building but returned...

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My heart is heavy
My mind is clouded
My world has darkened

I pursued my heart's desire with all zest
But I've come to a point where I'm forced to rest
Fate has decided that I'm not worthy of life's...

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In 1960, I was introduced to the world in a place called Rome
A place where gladiators battled at center stage, a place so far away from home
Young, robust, handsome; nah 'pretty', that's right 'pretty'
A product...

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I saw the top twirl
As he whispered over again to the crowd,
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
I breathed in his air as he did the same to me.
I could...

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What is it about love that makes us laugh unpredictably,  cry uncontrollably and dance unendingly .
The happy times,  they seem so far away..
but I know they were just yesterday..
Yesterday when I held your...

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I can’t explain the emotions that gather.
Trapped in my very own current of thoughts that rushes me like a flood from a broken dam.   Unable to slow down or control my emotional over...

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I bent down and sat on a elfridge log

While a crying frog came out of a bog

I set my precious best friend, Anya, on the ground

I distantly listened to the goblin and giants thundering sound

I...

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It is okay to mourn
the rapid speed by which this treacherous virus
caught us off guard
Now we cope, we survive, some better than others 
And for so many, too many
the dignity of dying has been denied
After...

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with Huzzah, but stood mute in proximity 
when ye didst call
in kitchen of century old stone 
mansion built and hall 

ways echo wing the absence sans pall
in droning sounds of silence, a squall
vacuumed a key...

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"Too often we don't treasure the value of a moment 
  until it's becomes a memory."          ~ by poet


In a melancholy moment I painted a...

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“How long has he been here?” said the other voice which Dumpty could see now that the dawn light started to grow, belonged to a largish Owl perched on a tree branch, near the sleeping...

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Over the years
some were carefully carried
tied up in tiny bundles
held tight against the heart

While the other
more awkward ones
were pulled behind in a cart
like so many precious parcels
taken along for the ride

But a few fell
and rolled...

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BOX OF CHOCOLATES 

My heart aches for those who vanish —
a variety like chocolates, melting
into vanquished existence.

First and farewell - those lucky
who have died, without having
their names besmirched —

the young and old, the hospitable
and the...

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She's a part of my spirituality.  
A gift of sunshine when darkness surrounds. 
A fire starter.  It only takes a spark for her to ignite me. 
She's the staircase in my basement. ...

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Jerusalem the City of God
Will live forevermore
Enemies can surround Jerusalem
But Jerusalem will never be destroyed
Jerusalem is a City with a Covenant 

Jerusalem has been destroyed twice
But it is still alive 
Because of the God of...

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No, it is still missing, and I am starting to suspect kidnapping (or 
Remotenapping?)...have contacted the police- 2 detectives over...They grilled me 
mercilessly- I was their prime suspect...I balked when they wanted to put BBQ...

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Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret flowing unrestricted
Into a ballet arabesque of transparent history 
Irretrievable
Uncatchable
Lost like a...

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Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret flowing unrestricted
Into a ballet arabesque of transparent history 
Irretrievable
Uncatchable
Lost like a...

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Alone for the first time
Since the labour wards
Beckoned my name

'Take a bath' they said
This will help
To calm the pain

For a an hour or so
I had recaptured my body
Away from strangers eyes to see

In that wonderful...

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It's the summer of my fourth year.
Dad is driving us to the seashore.
The sun follows us, a happy fellow,
beaming in the mid-morning’s azure sky.
In the back seat with my two sisters, I’m looking out the...

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Times seems rampant
Your body language an easy to read pamphlet 
Heart beats faster quicker the blood transits 
Robbery of the heart the approval of this bandit 
Revealing feelings that no longer compresses 
Making you think,...

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The moon bears the brunt of a dying storm that
foreshadows lovers who once shone bright with promise.
Sea waves fold over their affections as their lives rush to shore 
unfolding as their love unravels at the...

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King of the Jungle 

Queuing with my homies
Houdinis every one.
No sharpened  tongues, but scissors,
To calm the shaggy throng 

Not all blokes in this queue,
Despite lockdown's grooming blooper,
As I stand here and review,
Will contest my Bradley...

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