Swings and Roundabouts
forthright don’t seem meandering paths ~ but they are known tried and tested
shortcuts and trapdoors are much more direct ~ but lives they have ingested
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Categories:
roundabouts, allegory, life, meaningful,
Form: Monoku
Swings and Roundabouts
My feelings are
MY feelings,
Born in some childhood place
Long before I met you
Perhaps before you yourself were born.
They emerged on the bank of some shimmering stream
Or in a bathroom splattered with blood from the gash in my head.
You were not there
Nor were you there when my heart was broken by a misdirected token of love
Passed in
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Categories:
roundabouts, feelings,
Form: Blank verse
Mood Swings and Roundabouts
The low pressure depression
has lifted
the momentum is higher
we've weathered the storm.
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Categories:
roundabouts, life,
Form: Free verse
Rednecks and Roundabouts
Rednecks and roundabouts, they don't mix.
Don't try and fool us with your media tricks.
We drive around the back roads throwing bottles at signs.
Your roundabouts make us slow down or the ladies spill their wine
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Categories:
roundabouts, car, conflict, drink, funny,
Form: Free verse
Swings and Roundabouts
A torrent of life,
Bursting like a bud in spring.
Face squashed to a smile,
Leading me with eager grip
To the see-saw and the swings.
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Categories:
roundabouts, childhood, family, father, girl,
Form: Tanka