A Sensitive Man
...A Sensitive Man
He was the finely spun, hushed type
his character often folded up;
inside pocket rather than on display.
He felt different but followed the rules:
school, college and then wor...
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Categories:
scrutinising, appreciation, character, emotions, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Asking the Way Part Two
..."Well to a certain degree yes I really don’t want to impose.
I’m getting used to my deprivation." As this strangely odd conversation began I couldn’t help but notice several book...
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Categories:
scrutinising, age, art, creation, death,
Form: Prose
Adhd Unprotected Living Openly
...I spoke those words impulsively,
I didn't think them through,
And now I disagree with me,
Knowing you do too.
We analysed at the same time,
simultaneously conclude,
Scrutinising my own min...
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Categories:
scrutinising, appreciation, mental illness, strength,
Form: Rhyme
I Am Not a Good Friend
...I encourage her in so many ways, highlight her talents, minimise insecurities, tell her over and over again ‘she’s got this!’ I’d never dare champion myself, be in such awe; have the audacity of self...
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Categories:
scrutinising, emotions, friendship love, i
Form: Narrative
Kisses Are Creamed
...piercing eyes of wisdom
soul searching in depth
the intensity of the stare
her soul is scrutinising
mine
summer is climbing over
spring in our steps
vines of my thoughts
clambering over
her ...
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Categories:
scrutinising, allusion,
Form: I do not know?
I Am Exposed
...scrutinising eyes of
the female dog
transparent paws
under the naked tree
shedding green leaves
i am exposed
muddy brown water
from the yellow river
he is shaking delirious
she is selling pi...
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Categories:
scrutinising, allegory,
Form: I do not know?
Stuffed Toys and Boardgames
...Stuffed Toys And Boardgames
A tinker mending
clockwork trains
And other broken things,
Peered over his
wiry spectacles
Scrutinising unwound springs.
Between the jars
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Categories:
scrutinising, childhood, irony, mother son,
Form: Rhyme
Meditating
...not looking hearing or speaking
nailed by the side of the humming
naked ocean at the feet waving
beating crashing reincarnating
in every eternal moment
rampant rivers of love crescendoing
remna...
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Categories:
scrutinising,
Form: I do not know?
Wwjd
...You're my miniature Messiah,
You're my temporary saint.
You naively think you own me
And have a right to voice complaint.
You tell me I'm the sinner,
And chastise the things I do.
But to demonise th...
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Categories:
scrutinising, faith, religion
Form: Rhyme
Cirque De Anomie
...Success induces affinity, a sense of familiarity, recognition.
Similarly it instigates mysticism and scepticism: all based on ‘intuition’.
Thoughts accumulated without reason, nor justified percept...
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Categories:
scrutinising, people, political, social
Form: Couplet
Precious Stone
...As I walked on the road
Ragged, rocky and raw,
The Sun had beat down, midday
high and bright
I was travelling down, on the straight
route, alone except for the whistling
wind, which sometimes p...
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Categories:
scrutinising, allegory, lost love, me,
Form: Dramatic Monologue