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Selby Poems - Poems about Selby


Caving-In Or Caving-Out
...Look Nigel, Boris and Dave are all climbing out of the cave No longer keen to be an MP - they’d rather freak-out at a rave! The Commons have driven them sickly So they’re clearing their desks rath......

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Categories: selby, beach, break up, change,
Form: Lyric
Rip Tony Selby
...He was an English actor and Gina Sellers was his spouse. He guest-starred in "The Avengers" and "Bless This House". He was a very talented man and he starred in some hits. He starred in the classi......

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Categories: selby, celebrity, dedication,
Form: Rhyme



Ode To Dark Shadows
...This is a simple ode, To a soap opera from some time ago. It was called Dark Shadows. And it’s still one of my favorite shows. It aired from 1966 to 1971. Watching the show was a lot of fun, ......

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Categories: selby, childhood, fear, feelings, gothic,
Form: Ode
I Am and Am Not a Toddler
...I am yet I am NOT a toddler. I say to you Mayor Selby As a toddler, having rats crawl over me in your city, so many decades past before me I see you I have nightmares you will never see A tod......

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Categories: selby, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Read Me: Awful Truths
...At the station Paton stares at me from the train bound for Johannesburg He leaves a note to remember to mop up where the roof leaks This is after the British take Achebe and I's gods away before s......

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Categories: selby, books, history, language, literature,
Form: Free verse



W,A,W,D
...OH! What A Wonderful Day. There's Billy Bosh and Tommy Blease and Frankie Welch with knobbly knees. Theresa Moon and Shirley Lake running and splashing about in the lake enjoying their play on......

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Categories: selby, children, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Surviving a Teenage Soul
...One of the most courageous things you can do is, identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go. I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ! .. conflict builds character , but ......

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Categories: selby, adventure, age, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Dont Die
...Smile! but i want to die. but how can i take my life when god sacrificed his life and we shall have life and have it more abundantly .. LIFE . that simple word that you can change, it all depends h......

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Categories: selby, addiction, suicide, youth,
Form: Free verse
Game On
...In snooker there is but one rule To play your best at the crucible Professionals play under extreme pressure For the crowds joy and immense pleasure Fifteen reds set up on the table Pottin......

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Categories: selby, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Cruciballs
...There’s a breathless hush in the Crucible, A racing baize and the black to win, To miss that red was inexcusable – His hand was shaking – too much gin ? The “Hurricane” is blown away, We will not see......

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Categories: selby, funny, humorous,
Form: Sonnet
The Death of Magic
...The herald-mage raced To the sacred place Where Mystery and Magic abound. He threw down his wand, And broke the fierce bond That gripped the village and town. He knew that after He’d courted d......

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Categories: selby, fantasymagic, power,
Form: Rhyme
No Man's Land
...As I walk familiar sands and hear the watchers sing, I realize that no man’s land encircles everything. Footprints are erased by tides tossed forth by angry seas; Villagers who there reside try ......

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Categories: selby, death
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things