Long Step too far Poems

A kangaroo in dungarees hops hopefully 
	To win first prize in the Favs contest hot
		On the heels of an enlightening glow worm

Surely life is no competition but the stage lights
	Reverberates all the promising contenders
		Reincarnation oils...

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OPEN

Each
      chiselled
                     line
enamel
       ...

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I met her on a towering cruise ship,
the Benthic Princess, a vacation trip.
Her platinum hair shimmered in waves,
a beckoning smile that asked me to stay…
That first dinner was quite magnificent,
we talked and talked, like life-long...

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They ask how this could come about?
How could a young man just snap,
this did not happen way back,
enough to make a good soul doubt.

They wonder why has it changed,
what’s different now than before,
what turns a...

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Sometimes folks will go and pity us,
“Come out of your shell!”they always cry,
forgetting that it you do that to a turtle
the poor beast is going to die.
But still some folks insist they try.
Introversion, they never...

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Because of you, I learned to love
Because of you, I learned to trust
It was you who showed me how to feel
Took my dreams, made them real
You showed me what it means
To act without any fear
And...

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To wear or not wear a mask that is the question  found poems 

To wear or not wear a mask
Is the question
That bedevils the world
From Brazil to the White House
Ohio and Texas

The call has...

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Elden Hewett smiled at the sight
of Gretta Coburn moving his way,
she had worked here at his saloon,
ever since that dark, tragic day.

He pinched her as she walked by,
said,”Now I think it’s time you see,
you got...

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Never the never


If all was to disappear in front of your eyes, 
Would you still reach out for me?  
In an echo chamber I am only ever, 
Calling out for you to hear the...

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...You apply it to history
and the causes we fought
just fade away into nothing,
and everything is lost.
You think that slavery was bad,
that’s just your point-of-view,
you think that women should have rights,
keep that nonsense with you!
How can...

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I know this happens every year,
but I dislike it all the same,
cloying, oppressive August heat
puts such a great stress on the brain.
Add the humidity to it
and slight movement soaks you through,
I’ve grown tired of the...

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PERPETUAL POEMS
A poem is never merely still born,
It has its creator's eyes,ears and nose
Yet,unique it lives  a life of its own
Independent,well able to stand alone;
On others it can,influence,affect
Energise,direct or initiate
A response,unforseen and immediate
Or lie...

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R is for RETROSPECTIVE
A poem is never merely still born,
it has its creator's eyes,ears and nose
Yet,unique it lives  a life of its own
independent,well able to stand alone

On others it can,influence,affect
energise,direct or initiate
A response,unforseen and immediate
or...

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I can't quite remember how I got here
It apprehends my vision, apprehends my senses
my hiding places are very well hidden
and there's no way to stay
this maddening day from my vision.

All the tensions created by hollow...

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Loaded Guns.
.
Windblown flosating discarded carrier bag
On an empty city street
The eerie silence of a ghost town
No mass of people and pounding feet
.
Rows of abandoned shops boarded up
And closed down
Rats breed like rats
And in daylight as...

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After The Funeral

Tim had found his place after the party. Faring well in his urn he waited to be scattered. Compartmentalised, fragmented and united into two batches of memories.

Indian Ocean
Passionate love on beaches
Drift wood adventures

His...

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Looking back over my teenage years
socially not together as others are
feeling alone keeping my self to self
being extrovert was a step too far

My main source of enjoyment each week
was soccer at my local team being...

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Will event of creation be revealed
By the James Webb telescope
Concentrating time
Like a kaleidescope?
Galaxy after Galaxy
Slowly being revealed.
Will the moment of Creation
Always remain concealed?
Will we ever see the glory
Of the birth of timespace,
Can James Webb ever...

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He rode his horse side saddle
Across the rolling plains
Scarlet polished finger nails
Gripping diamantéd reins
A little cocktail hat 
Resting on his head
Dingly dangly earrings
Sparkling ruby red.

This dandy of the cowboys
Dressed to impress one and all
Showing off...

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Sometimes it emerges, often buried 
Surfaced through various triggers
A match lights the taper 
Feelings of helplessness, like grass bent in an uncontrollable wind
Then at a step too far, a push over the line, over the...

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I for 1

Am all for taking

The next big step up

So long as that next step

Doesn't require anyone

Stepping on or over

Those who 1st helped them take
baby steps 

That lead you to the bottom step and 
in...

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Dying Star


A falling star; a dying heart.
A step too far for a shot in the dark.
A burnt out car; the ruins of a castle.
You cannot defibrillate love inside a hospital without a chapel.


A smile without...

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Minefield
I wish I could navigate the minefield of my mind
Its corners dark and undefined. 
One step too far, it all explodes
It explodes, my being erodes.
I walk through slowly with a hopeful face
Behind me, anxiety soon...

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Free Fall

How dare I have the confidence to doubt your misery and such despair

	Everything will be fine but where is the everything that matters

The foundation of this world has fallen when rock bottom seemed enough

Void...

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What lies before you?
I see a stairway
that's much in decay
must I go today?

May I put it off?
and go another time
I don't know where it'll lead 
maybe to commit a crime

I really am so negative
why am...

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