Long The commonwealth Poems

Dad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...

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In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans.

One day he and seven...

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What would it be like if you lived in paradise, what would it like if you didn’t have to work for the rest of your life? What would it be like if you could travel...

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An extra shot of whiskey,
To keep my hands steady,
A potent dosage of psycho,
To kill everyone in this fermented grotto,
A torrent of tears,
To drown my homicidal regrets and masochistic fears.

Sadistically driven by revenge claimed so long...

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The 8th of September twenty twenty two
A day of sad news is brought to you
London Bridge has fallen this was said
At eighteen thirty two Queen Elizabeth II  is dead

Her Royal Highness reigned for seventy...

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I have traveled the world over but like the United States best
From Maine to California, north and south, east, and west.
Born in West Virginia, I live in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Have visited Vermont, New Hampshire...

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H 
St.Charles Parish 
When René Robert Cavelier sieur de La Salle claimed this vast country of 
Louisiana for King Louis XIV on April 9, 1682, the French Empire in North 
America extended from Hudson Bay...

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Zoe was born 1992 and is a Paralympic powerlifter,
Who was born with growth hormone deficiency,
In Ipswich, she attended East Bergholt school, lifter,
And enjoyed the Suffolk School Games, proficiency.

She tried the sport of powerlifting for the...

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And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of...

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Beverley is a professional at the Paralympics, 
Because she’s been to five of them including Rio, 
And in London she made the podium’s antics, 
Since she won discus third with a lush glow.

Born the 17th...

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Having taught GCSE’s, A-level’s and degrees, 
Sue switched to primary teaching with a PGCE, 
And won the Yorkshire/Lincs Sportsperson twice,
Was given the MBE for her services to charity.

She’s a patron of Rainbow House, disabled kids,...

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My Father took me to the Menin Gate
lest I should not knot that lives were lost
to make me free.
Then at the cemetery I fell asleep
while he walked along the rows
on soft grass between the crosses.
...

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My Father Took me to the Menin Gate
lest I should not know that lives were lost
to make me free.
Then at the cemetery I fell asleep
while he walked along the rows on soft grass between the...

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>Dear Sir,
Just in the event you may need a space filler at any time, concerning an in or out of the EU configuration of our future.
Protection!
Our military forces looked okay, many years ago, in the...

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We no longer own an empire
We no longer rule the waves
We rarely show the Dunkirk spirit
We no longer free the slaves

We are not the world's bold policeman
With the strength to control with will
The turbulent forces...

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A Games Maker at London’s Paralympics 2012, 
Stephanie used to be a competitor able-bodied, 
In the Great Britain team, mind on the Olympics, 
Even tho’ since 11 her eyes were bad, crummier.

One day when she...

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Libby was 1990 born in Bollington in Cheshire, 
But when she was older, eleven years of age, 
She moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, to admire, 
The Royal Blind School which she did stage. 

She’s a sprinter...

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Sarah Storey was the first disabled athlete, 
In the Commonwealth Games to compete, 
As an English competitor, and she’s thrice, 
Able-bodied national track champion of ice.  

She was born without a left hand, entangled,...

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Of course, in the end, her end was inevitable
Reaching such an age, even in such as this age
A memorable funeral of Pomp and ceremony
A traditional Monarchy, perhaps even the last
Famous across the...

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Long Live Queen Elizabeth II

Queen of England and realms of the Commonwealth,
she’s a symbol of grace and enduring strength.
God blessed Elizabeth with longevity,
intelligence, poise, and stately serenity.
Through major challenges of the 20th Century,
Her Majesty has...

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Having lived nearly three score and ten
these years have known of evidence royal
for all my days Queen Elizabeth II reigned
now passed to glory her majesty so loyal

Looking back on these memorable years
so much to be...

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Naught but a maze shall carry this
bound in cloud
through the tunnels of twigs
shall freedom range to the applause of leaves

Tangency poised on the ballet of grass
such hurricane stanzas embrace
these burnished strings of delicate harp
or sigh...

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Rhys comes from the Rhondda Valley, 
In South Wales from Church Village.
He was born with mild Cerebral Palsy, 
And sprints in the T37 category, page. 

As a child he played disability football, 
But migrated to...

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An Affirmation is that you say to improve your health today.

It’s a prayer and potent, because you are willing something to happen.
The seek and you will find part as Jesus said ….and it works!
Why is...

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Oh! Virginia

Come travel back with me to Old Virginia 
The namesake of Elizabeth: the Queen
No other state possesses such charisma...
Oh! Mother, of this nation... evergreen. 

The Old Dominion, (fifth realm of the Crown),
Birthed many 'Declaration'...

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