Poets of Old England
...That connection they had,
with a soft rained upon earth,
was barely understood
Until Matthew Arnold's
"Strayed Reveller"
rode that "thronging train"
stirring up the Goddess,
bringing her right...
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Categories:
reveller, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Bunny Hugger
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Life lover
Death mugger
Hope giver
Low sugar
Water chugger
Love lugger
Tree hugger
Silly bugger
Fun frolicker
Food fantasiser
Friend finder
Hug holder
Soft shouldered
Money shrugg...
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Categories:
reveller, beautiful, character, christian, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Mean Streets
...Newspaper blows along rain-washed streets,
dying echoes of hash tags and tweets
promising hook-ups, flash mobs and meets,
long gone to their bed-sits and urban retreats.
Puddles painted with ne...
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Categories:
reveller, city,
Form: Rhyme
Skating On Thin Ice
...He stamps the ice beneath his feet
Fallen leaves, gifted from the trees clinging to his soles
Softening the thud of clumping boots
Patterns shimmer in the fading light
As he trudges up the path
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Categories:
reveller, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Human Dumpsite
...Human Dumpsite.
Dumping ground the Tummy has become!
Mouth, the guard on duty, has dozed off
Junk-invasion loathsome and unwelcome
Is our palatable and choice treat to scoff!
Unpaid, unapp...
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Categories:
reveller,
Form: Quatrain